I've owned a 1086 since I bought it new in 1978. It was my big horse till three years ago but it's also hauled tons of manure, ground tons of feed, cultivated many acres of row crops and traveled thousands of miles pulling wagons to town and back. Today it's a loader tractor and it pulls the planter and sometimes the sprayer.
I can't say it's the best tractor in the world, but it's been OK. That cab forward design does transfer front end bounce back to the operator a bit much. I've always nicknamed it my BRONCO because of that fact. Yesterday I had the loader off for a trip to town with this tractor and quickly found out how I'd forgotten how bouncy that front end is without any weight up there. It is a fairly decent loader tractor, not the best, just decent. The shift levers on the left and hydraulic levers on the right is nice for loader work, but I did have to extend the hydraulic levers 8 inches to make them more reachable. The short hood and forward cab does get you closer to the action when using a loader. Clunky shifting? Kind of clunky but manageable if you keep the shifting linkage up to snuff and don't let the clutch out while in neutral when you are between gears. Gear spacing is not all that good but again, manageable. Doors? Yes I've done some welding on the bottom hinges but I have been in and out of those doors a zillion times. Nothing lasts forever. Speaking of doors, I detest those doors bumping myy heels when i'm getting in the cab. I do like the service accessibility of the brakes and diff lock on the rare occasion they need service. There is no need to remove axle housings, just slide a wheel out end there it is. Getting in and out of the cab could be better, especially if I have spent an hour or so in the saddle and my body has stiffened up. Those steps are not old man friendly even with extensions.
Can't complain about the engine. The tranny has been worked on a couple of times. And then there's that TA. A person should not be required to perform special tricks to try to keep the TA from taking a dump! Enough said about that!
Other tractors have strengths and weaknesses too. This is just my observations on one particular tractor I do know something about.
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