Tractor Talk Discussion Board |
Re: Big 4WDs
[ Expand ] [ View Replies ] [ Add a Reply ] [ Return to Forum ]
Posted by davpal on July 06, 2006 at 20:46:44 from (216.93.96.24):
In Reply to: Big 4WDs posted by Cherry Grower on July 06, 2006 at 19:34:22:
I bought an old 4-150 white last year and like it pretty well. I think they will last a long time if you treat them well and don't try to till up 2000 acres a year with them. Cat 3208 is strong and very decent on fuel. Don't try to pull outrageous sized equipment. 6 bottom plow, 23 foot disk, 7-9 tooth chistle plow, or they can pull a heck of a no-till planter and not break a sweat. I like the whites because they turn on a dime, the cabs are acceptable, they are heavy and are capable of amazing pulling power, can get in fields before in the spring and when the fall gets a little greasy. You can pull a huge grain cart, gravity boxes, pull out the combine if it gets stuck. Its like having an insurance policy on your farm, like a backup unit. I paid less for mine than my polaris quad! ($5400) Delivered, trucked from Iowa to Michigan. Advice, if you get a white, go for the 4-180. I should have, has planetaries on axles, Hi-low trans, no powershift problems. It is an upgraded 4-150. 4-210 is again saddled with a poweshift that could give you problems although built heavier at the hinge than the 4-150 or the 4-180 and has the heavier rearends out of the 2-155 tractors instead of the 2-105 that the 4-150 and 4-180 use. Cab on 4-210 is a little more hi tech inside and shifters are rail style on the right side of the driver. I never liked the way they shifted or the way the 2-155 shifted either. Gate shifter can get jammed but they are still ok. I think you are making a good choice buying an old articulated beast. They are cheap, built heavy, expensive to repair!, but after you use one in a field in marginal conditions you will love the pulling power. It is unreal. Good luck with any of the beasts you end up with. There are some pics of mine in tractor photos under mid michigan white 4-150.
Replies:
Home
| Forums
Today's Featured Article -
A Lifetime of Farm Machinery - by Joe Michaels. I am a mechanical engineer by profession, specializing in powerplant work. I worked as a machinist and engine erector, with time spent overseas. I have always had a love for machinery, and an appreciation for farming and farm machinery. I was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Not a place one would associate with farms or farm machinery. I credit my parents for instilling a lot of good values, a respect for learning, a knowledge of various skills and a little knowledge of farming in me, amo
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
1964 I-H 140 tractor with cultivators and sidedresser. Starts and runs good. Asking 2650. CALL RON AT 502-319-1952
[More Ads]
Copyright © 1997-2024 Yesterday's Tractor Co. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V. Yesterday's Tractors - Antique Tractor HeadquartersWebsite Accessibility Policy |
|