My Family started out on tractors late. MY Great Grand Father loved horses and did not want to spend the money on the up keep of a tractor. He would feed a horse year round but that did not "cost" anything. LOL My Grand Father bought the first tractor in 1940. It was a JD "A". That tractor is still here. Then came others: Ferguson 30, Ford 861,JD 4010, JD 4020, IH 806, IH 1466. The JD 4010, JD 4020, and the IH 1466 are still here too.
For me I started out with a JD "G" and a Ford 6000 Commander. IF Ford had better dealer support I might have been a Ford man. The JD "G" was a man killer to use. The Ford 6000 actually handled well. I liked many things about the tractor. I know they had issue but if handle right they where livable. The trouble I had was that mine was a very late one 1967 and with it being less than 10 years old many of the parts where already not available from Ford. That JD "G" was 35 years old and I could get 90% of everything for it still OEM. So that hurt Ford in my eyes. I bought an IH 1086 new in 1980. We hated the ride on that tractor so much I only kept it six months and sold it. I bought a year old JD 4440 and that tractor is still here.
I have mainly JD tractor now BUT I have bought four new tractors in my life and not one has been a JD. The first was the IH 1086. I bought that based on the good service we have had out of the IH 1466 we own. The cab and ergonomics of the 86 series IH are terrible compared to the JD cab. So the IH 1086 hit the road. The next "new" tractor was a Duetz-Fahr DX 3.50 Nice tractor but was just a little small for what I needed. So after two years it was replaced with an Duetz-Aliis 6275. I also bought a Allis Chalmers 8010 in 1985 that was an 1982 model that was never sold. Good cab poor engine. Low torque and under powered for the chassis it was in. The 2300 series or 301 engine was just not a good match for that tractor's size. AC pushed that motor too far. The AC 8010 only stayed around three years and someone wanted it more than me. LOL The Duetz-Allis 6275 got sold too but with the plan to by a new one back but they had skyrocketed in price.
I have not bought a new tractor since. My JD 6400 was a demo tractor with 75 hours on it when I got it. I bought a JD 5210 with 1500 hours that was a Repo. Most of the rest have been bought broken or well used and rebuilt.
I forgot to mention one of my favorite tractors. My Uncle bought a NEW Oliver 1655 in 1975. When he retired in 1980 I bought that tractor. It is still here today. That tractor was my main use tractor for years. It planted and sprayed all the crops. It ran the square baler. It was used just about every single day. The only reason I did not have more Oliver/White was lack of a good local dealer. Than once AGCO came about I just will not seriously consider anything AGCO supported. There parts support is second rate around here. CNH and JD have them beat hands down in parts availability.
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