The 5000 was one of the best Ford's ever built... but it had some shortcomings too. It would have slightly less power than your Deere, but only slightly for a given year. I'd expect that three point lift cap would be quite similar and I might give the edge to the Ford there without having looked at specs. Hydraulic FLOW will go to the Deere by a margin of more than 3 to 1 which was one of the Ford's shortcomings. The other one was the lack of reverse ratios in the 8x2 transmission. 2 slow and 2 fast don't cut it for a lot of things.... Beyond that, if a person can develop the knack for shifting the 8x2 on the fly... as far as I'm concerned there was never a better transmission built. For straight ahead work, road running and pounding gears, there was nothing like driving that crashbox, and I did a lot of it. It's also probably one of the single toughest, most durable transmissions ever built. If I could get that 8 speed today with a reverser in front of it I'd buy it in a heartbeat. I much prefer it to any of the various syncro's I've driven. Otherwise, the steering wasn't so hot on the early 5000's. Later was more reliable. Beyond that, a very tough, reliable, nimble hard working tractor. I never had a 5000 but had a 5610 which was basically the same with a few modest upgrades. I wish I still had it...
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