There are numerous good tractors made in the '60's. I would say very few lemons.
I can't say that about my dad's first generation Ford 6000. Because of the 6000 I stay away from any SOS, Select-o-speeds. They may have worked the bugs out of the SOS, but who can repair them and aren't the parts costly?
I would recommend buying a tractor you can get parts and dealer support in case you need it repaired.
My neighbor has a 1950's case tractor. Great tractor, runs good. He claims he can't get parts from the dealer to repair the leaking power steering.. It costs him a quart of PS fluid a day to rake hay with the tractor.
I may be SOL finding special parts after terramite went out of business.
You have a choice of buying old and cheap or spending more and buying something a local dealer can repair or get parts for.. Your choice.. All tractors are made by humans and humans make mistakes building parts. I had a water pump go out of a new car with 5000 miles on it. Parts and dealer support is the most important thing to consider.
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Today's Featured Article - Grain Threshing in the Early 40's - by Jerry D. Coleman. How many of you can sit there and say that you have plowed with a mule? Well I would say not many, but maybe a few. This story is about the day my Grandfather Brown (true name) decided along with my parents to purchase a new Ford tractor. It wasn't really new except to us. The year was about 1967 and my father found a good used Ford 601 tractor to use on the farm instead of "Bob", our old mule. Now my grandfather had had this mule since the mid 40's and he was getting some age on him. S
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