My late Dad bought a 562 new in 1989. Its still on the farm as he kept it after he retired in 1998. After retirement, he used it for snow blowing, plowing his garden and sweet corn patch and bush hogging the property. Its got a bit over 2000hrs on it now. I have used it the past 3 summers for just the bush hog. I don't live near enough so the renter does the snow for my Mom.
Last summer I noted the head gasket was going out again. Spits out along the edge of the head. Don't think there is water/oil mixing but need to check. The gasket went out once before when it was being used for actual farming in the mid 90s. I don't think he had the head or block checked for flatness on the repair and pretty sure the head bolts never got re-torqued at 100hrs in per the manual. That is about the only sort of serious problem its ever had, although Dad was easy on equipment. The starter had to be replaced when rain water ran inside and wrecked some of the windings.
These things are sort of crude, with slow revving engines. I think redline is about 12-1300 rpm. At least on Dad's, the shifter setup is pretty weird with a twist knob rather than moving the shifter left/right. Once you get used to it, its OK though. Most of the rest of the controls are pretty normal.
The steering is slower than molasses in January and the turn radius is large. But, the FWA worked pretty well and I remember having to un-hitch a tandem disc and bail out of a muck hole I was stuck in as it was digging 4 holes. Had to go get a chain to retrieve that disc.
These have a "lifetime" oil filter that needs to be washed out on oil changes. Summer before last I managed to bust off the elbow on the exhaust when mowing under some trees and hit a branch. My bad. I had no problem ordering a replacement from a internet place. I think it was called "parts for belarus" or some-such.
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