Re: why do '86 series IH's get such a bad rap?

Posted by dhermesc on April 12, 2012 at 06:38:33 from (24.248.193.103):

In Reply to: why do '86 series IH's get such a bad rap? posted by Dave from MN on April 11, 2012 at 17:04:13:

I've heard some uniformed people bash on them - usually it's IH guys who's biggest tractor was a Super A or a 706.

The 86 series were pretty good tractors but were dated when they were built. They should have had the 50/30 series transmission to compete with John Deere but they still had the 66 series transmission - out of date for even the mid 1970s. They are fairly tough machines (we've had 886 and 1486 models that had well over 20K hours on them).

The biggest problem they have is that they came out just as the farm crisis went into full bloom in the late 1970s and early 1980s. They were bought by the guys that were expanding and then got the **** worked out of them as money got extremely tight - especially for the guys that were "going big". Some maintence was skipped in attempt to save money. While its not uncommon to find 06, 56, and some 66 series tractors with low hours it seems all the 86 series have lots of hours and lots of hard work put on them.

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