Hi,
I am looking to buy my first tractor and so far the only thing I have found locally that I find acceptable is a '64 706D. The tractor is complete, has good sheet metal, starts and runs good. Hydraulic fluid looks clean, oil looks good (not milky or too dirty), and the coolant looks ok (dirty but don’t see any oil or sludge). There is a little black smoke on startup and sometimes when rev'ing up in high gear but it clears up immediately. Most of the "issues" I've found with it I consider minor and not surprising for an almost 50 year old tractor.
My biggest concern is that I can hear either the transmission or rear end when underway and I don't have enough seat time on tractors this size to tell if it is normal. No clicking or anything. The best way I can describe it is how a lot of import cars with standard transmissions sound in reverse. Kind of a waaaahhhh. Is this an issue?
A little more info about the tractor - All gears/ranges work and is not hard to shift although the H-L-N-R lever has a little play in it. The tractor has never had a TA, and has a Y S/N suffix, two front remotes that appear to have never been used and one rear, about 5100 hrs. according to the tach(working). My other concern is the price - $6,900. How does this sound in today’s market? The dealer does not want to come down on it at all.
-Matt
I am looking to buy my first tractor and so far the only thing I have found locally that I find acceptable is a '64 706D. The tractor is complete, has good sheet metal, starts and runs good. Hydraulic fluid looks clean, oil looks good (not milky or too dirty), and the coolant looks ok (dirty but don’t see any oil or sludge). There is a little black smoke on startup and sometimes when rev'ing up in high gear but it clears up immediately. Most of the "issues" I've found with it I consider minor and not surprising for an almost 50 year old tractor.
My biggest concern is that I can hear either the transmission or rear end when underway and I don't have enough seat time on tractors this size to tell if it is normal. No clicking or anything. The best way I can describe it is how a lot of import cars with standard transmissions sound in reverse. Kind of a waaaahhhh. Is this an issue?
A little more info about the tractor - All gears/ranges work and is not hard to shift although the H-L-N-R lever has a little play in it. The tractor has never had a TA, and has a Y S/N suffix, two front remotes that appear to have never been used and one rear, about 5100 hrs. according to the tach(working). My other concern is the price - $6,900. How does this sound in today’s market? The dealer does not want to come down on it at all.
-Matt