My late Dad bought a Belarus 562 new in 1989. Not sure how many hours it rolled up before he retired in 1997 but its now got about 2030 or so on it. It as used for cultivating, tillage, etc when he was still farming. He passed in 2012 and had in retirement been using it for bush-hogging as needed, snow blower in winter, and working up his sweet corn patch. I think it took longer to hook up implements than do the actual work for him.
In the later 90s, it had a head gasket failure. Dad and a neighbor, who had a older Belarus (late 70s vintage) did the repair themselves. That gasket failed again in 2015 while I was mowing the property for my Mom.
I had no problems getting parts from a parts depot in Milwaukee. I took the head to a machine shop to have it checked for flatness with no issues found. I think the problem was he'd not re-torqued the head bolts after some hours of run time. I spent way too much time on that gasket job but was being over careful. Its running again and I will definitely re-torque those bolts later this year I think as I've only put a few hours on it since.
They are definitely rude and crude. The FWA has a large turning circle and slow steering. Its not too maneuverable in close quarters.
I remember doing field tillage work with it in the 90s. It was OK in open fields. Hated it for row crop cultivator as its seemed the steering was too slow and hard to keep between the rows.
The only electrical problem Dad's has ever had was the starter. Water got in it and wrecked it somehow. Back then, parts were available from a local dealer. Not anymore and internet is your friend.
Basically, be prepared to do all your own work on it and source parts via internet sources.
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