Posted by fixerupper on January 25, 2014 at 17:46:26 from (100.42.83.15):
In Reply to: IH 1086 posted by IH buyer in ILL on January 25, 2014 at 11:35:16:
Well, I have a short diary of 1086 ownership here. I'd go for it if the price is right. That's not many hours for that age of tractor. Every tractor has it's bugs and the 1086 certainly isn't bug-free, but it's a pretty good horse all-in-all. Bought my 1086 new in 1978. It saw mostly heavy fieldwork for 15,000 hours. Been through several TA's and the tranny was gone through once. The shifting linkage has been replaced twice. Nothing was broken, I just wanted it to shift like new again. I've replaced one bull pinion and bull gear and I kind of blame the unforgiving 5 shank three point V ripper on that. At 16,700 hours it's still in excellent shape but all it does now is loader duty and pull the planter and sprayer. It's kind of a nice loader tractor in ways, for an older tractor. The forward mounted cab makes for a shorter hood and puts the operator a little closer to the front of the tractor. Gear shift on the left and hydraulics on the right is nice for loader work. I extended the hydraulic livers so they're easier to reach. Downfall is the clunky gear shifting but shifting isn't all that bad once you get the hang of it.
The doors are kind of an afterthought in my opinion, but they seem to last pretty well. I've had to weld two hinges back on inside the doors but the first one was at 14,000 hours and the other one was just this winter, so I'd say they held up pretty well considering. On windy days the wind tries to push the door shut on your butt when you're getting in. One bit of advice concerning the doors is to HANG ON TO THOSE DOORS WHEN YOU OPEN THEM ON WINDY DAYS! Oh ya, I'm 6'2" and the cab doesn't bother me at all. Jim
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