Posted by RodInNS on December 01, 2008 at 05:36:56 from (216.118.158.123):
In Reply to: Old 4WD Tractors posted by Farmer Alf on November 30, 2008 at 21:28:07:
With all due respect.... I think you should probably confine your search to Versatile or Steiger, and of them, limit it to something that's Cummins powered (L10 or 855) or Cat powered (3306 or 3406). Sure... there's going to be someone come along and say they got along great with a 3208 powered White, and someone else will say that the triple nickle or 903 wern't bad engines, and some more will reminisce about a screamin' jimmy, but the 4 listed above are on average the better power plants of the lot when it comes to old 4WD tractors. The V-8's of that era were well known for high dollar failures at low hours. Mabey you would find one of them that's in real nice shape and cheap... and mabey it's worth a look, but I think on average you'll have better luck with a tractor that's powered by one of the 4 above. The Cummins are cheaper to repair than Cat to some degree, and Cat probably has a higher percentage that run to a lot higher hours without needing repair... a fact alone that you might also watch out for.
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