Re: versatile 150

Posted by robert major on December 11, 2014 at 10:04:00 from (216.130.69.88):

In Reply to: versatile 150 posted by lucky sevens on December 10, 2014 at 20:19:34:

Hi
there used to be a lot of them round here. a friends dad has one, they bought it new or fairly new and looked after it. it is still nice and has high hours. they love the thing and it's been good, not sure what motors in it though.
Lots of them that were round here at one point I saw had all the axle hubs/drives welded up. or welded back to the axle ends, or straightened up before they broke .
So looks like that was a weak point on 150 and a few years newer series to. Don't see 9030's with that issue but they use a different axle.
My other friend used one where he worked the finish of that one was the waukeshaw, or how ever you spell it diesel motor, it was tired and had many issues. A few guys have said that motors bad if you work it hard compared to a cummins or other option. They struggled for parts the last time it puked. so it went bye bye.
To be honest its not a tractor or Hough loader. if you find a nice one with a good motor brand, treat it right and do the right jobs with it. it will do fine for what it is.
My experience of them here is when a guy came in with a newer 9030, when our loader was down. I called him to clean a hog barn that was frozen. For the size and grapple it had I figured it should of done better. I kinda hinted that for his hour rate he'd better get production from it, or I would drive it, get the production out of it,and he wouldn't want it back after. He said this is all she's got. a 925 cat came with no grapple, just a regular bucket and industrial tread tires. That did the job better even with it's limitations in spec for farm use.
if it's cheap you can get parts and it will do what you need go for it. if not look for something else, or a newer model would be my advice!.
Regards Robert

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