1996 Ford 8240. I was haying around 90 acres, and my 1490 Case was getting a little old, and my NH 411 mower was a lot for it, especially on hills. I found this ten year old Ford at a JD dealer that I had done some business with, and it seemed to be in good shape, so I bought it in Jan for a little less than the asking price. Well it was pretty good to me for the next ten or so years, then the hydraulic pump went out. This tractor is all electronics so it had to go to a dealer with the diagnostic computer, in order to figure it out. The hydraulics were SLE so the replacement pump alone was $5,300.00. I got it back, and this was in the middle of hay season, and after a couple hours the PTO would not engage, back it went, an hour and a half each way. This turned out to be mechanic error, a tube improperly installed. When I got it back it was good the rest of the season. Next year, it suddenly stopped and would not move. I went through the on-board diagnostics and it told me that one of the clutch packs in the transmission was bad. So I got it loaded up again, back to the dealer for a transmission overhaul. I sold it the next year, for about $5,000 more than what I had in repairs in the two years. I wished at that point that I had stayed with the old 1490 Case.
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