I started out with a Ford 6000 and a JD "G". The JD "G" was a 1947 model. I could go to my local dealer in the late 1970s and buy just about any part I needed for the 30 year old tractor.
The Ford 6000 was a 1964 model. So it was just about fifteen years old. The local Ford dealer could maybe get half the parts I needed to keep it going. Even then it was wait for 3-4 days for parts. I finally had to buy another "parts" tractor to keep it going. Plus a whole bunch of fabricating of stuff to keep it going. I know it was not one of Fords better tractors but the parts support was the break point for me.
If I am willing to pay the extra shipping I can get just about any part from JD the next day. So $20 of freight when your planter tractor is broke down in the spring is a small price to pay.
The Fords are a fine tractor if your doing mostly three point work. Their remote hydraulics are not great and never really got better until the 1990s. Then Fords over 100 HP tractors where not that good for years. The Genesis series was the first models that where truly a pretty good larger tractor.
The three cylinder Ford 3000 and the 4000&5000 where rugged tractors. Clumsy but rugged.
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