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Allan in NE · Jul 9, 2016

Is there a support group for ex IH 5488 owners? Taking on this much debt scares the bee-geebies out of me! :>(

Allan

larry@stinescorner · Jul 9, 2016

Wow!!! Thats a beaut!!!!

David G · Jul 9, 2016

Wow, what a tractor

Allan in NE · Jul 9, 2016

Ordered a new loader for it as well; the dealer has to haul it back to town to mount the silly thing. Says it takes his techs 16 hours to hang it.

Allan

IanC · Jul 9, 2016

And it is still RED. You just have to worry about the others getting jealous.

paul · Jul 9, 2016

Hopefully it has other work besides hauling 6 bales around at a time. Otherwise, you mighta reached a little high!

Looks good.

Paul

casecollectorsc · Jul 9, 2016

Wow! You must have had a heckuva wheat crop! How many horse is that bad boy? I bought a used 4wd last spring and have two of them, neighbor asked why I bought it, I said no use the kids spending the money when I'm gone, I'm gonna spend it now.

Allan in NE · Jul 9, 2016

Oh no, not in this country. This guy is tiny compared to what my neighbors use.

Allan

Allan in NE · Jul 9, 2016

With this one, I can use it every day instead of letting it sit for 9 months out of the year. I'm back to pulling hitch pins tho.

Allan

dcarp · Jul 9, 2016

Sure looks like a beauty. Those 215 horses should help get things done faster and with fewer breakdowns.

Allan in NE · Jul 9, 2016

It's roughly the same size as the 5488 was only in a newer 4x4 version. 215 horse I think.

Allan

Allan in NE · Jul 9, 2016

Yes Sir,

That was what was killing me around here. I was always repairing instead of being in the field at the most critical times.

Alllan

notjustair · Jul 9, 2016

Flip those front wheels when you are done row cropping for the year and you will be shocked. I hate doing it on the 7800 but it really makes a tractor out of it. It feels like such a big hog otherwise and takes half of Georgia to turn around. With a front loader the swap isn't too bad.

ditchwitch · Jul 9, 2016

LOL, that cracked me up

ditchwitch · Jul 9, 2016

That sure is a good looking Tractor.

Alan K · Jul 9, 2016

Nice. You can always put a belly mower underneath it and earn a little extra money

wilson ind · Jul 9, 2016

Got to get some different way of hitching. Maybe pintel for all but biggest tillage. Pull rope on trigger?

Bruce from Can. · Jul 9, 2016

Hi Allen , looks like a real nice tractor. I wonder, does it have the same brand of engin, rear end and transmission as it's cousins the Fent tractors do ?

CenTex Farmall · Jul 9, 2016

Maybe they make a sickle mower for it.......

Ozlander · Jul 9, 2016

(quoted from post at 10:41:42 07/09/16) Maybe they make a sickle mower for it.......

Or maybe a mounted baler.

flying belgian · Jul 9, 2016

My neighbor has one like that. Not sure if same number but he just loves it. He was all green until this. He would have bought another green at the time but saw he could get so much more tractor for less money and we have a Massey dealer only 6 miles away and the green dealer is 10 miles on other side of town. Location, location, location.

Dieseltech · Jul 9, 2016

Brother has the 8470 model with the CVT transmission, REALLY likes it. Think you will like yours too..

Larry-Tx · Jul 9, 2016

I was in Bridgeport last week, I should have come up and checked it out.

oliver power · Jul 9, 2016

Nice looking tractor Allen....

Brown Swiss · Jul 9, 2016

I hit the like button many times!

Brown Swiss · Jul 9, 2016

Not sure about the trans but the Massey has a Sisu engine (came from the Agco purchase of Valtra originally Valmet) and the Fendt has a Deutz engine.

oldtanker · Jul 9, 2016

Nice tractor!

Rick

showcrop · Jul 9, 2016

Well, it seemed like it was just never going to end with that 5488. I still like those 88s but that one you had just was a bad one from when you got it and chances are from when the first owner go it.

bobwny · Jul 9, 2016

T.V. ?

Pair-a-dice farm · Jul 9, 2016

(quoted from post at 08:55:37 07/09/16) Is there a support group for ex IH 5488 owners? Taking on this much debt scares the bee-geebies out of me! :>(

Allan

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Nice!! I don't know much about Masseys. I've got a friend that does right of way work for the railroad. He started out with Masseys and went to Case/IH and then to Kubota. He started making a lot of money so he bought a bunch of Deeres . He said the Deers almost broke him and he went back to Massey. According to him they are the only ones that hold up to abusive work.

Bill VA · Jul 9, 2016

Nice!
MF 8450 Plowing

MF294-4 · Jul 9, 2016

Brother bought a Massey a few years ago. CIH dealer told him "once you own a Massey You will always own a Massey" meaning he could not get rid of it. I thought it was OK, but he didn't keep it but a couple of years.

Bill in IL · Jul 10, 2016

I sure do like the old IH's but that is one very nice upgrade. I think you will be very happy with your new mobile easy chair.

Allan in NE · Jul 10, 2016

That's the thing,

The compressor on the air conditioning went out one afternoon; well okay, I can fix that later.......then the next morning I lost all power
steering and the silly thing stopped moving all together. Hooked the 1066 to the disc and it just can't handle it.

Still okay, I can fix that 5488. Took me two hours to pull the hydraulic flow control valve out of her and I'm trying to repair it on the
tailgate of the pickup out in the field with the wind and dirt blowing.

I'm getting stressed out as I'm wayyyy behind in my work now. Can't see the light at the end of the tunnel anymore. Went to put the
hydraulic valve back together and I didn't even have a silly pair of needle-nosed pliers because that damned fire had taken all my tools.

6:15 the next morning I'm off to town as I live a long ways out. Get a $5 pair of pliers, bringing the total amount of money I've put in that
tractor to $3ok plus the pliers. I'm nearing the end of my rope by this time.

On a whim I drive by the machinery dealer's lot to see if he would have a tractor I could possibly rent for a week. He's not even open yet as
it's still not quite 8 am. Call his cell phone and no, nothing to rent but I can "demo" the dualed-up Massey for two days.

He had it in my yard before I got the hydraulic valve back in the 5488.

Yesterday, I knocked off at noon as I am totally caught up and just waiting on 50 acres of hay to dry. Yes, I'm rambling........

Allan

Allan in NE · Jul 10, 2016

Oh,

And after the repairs to the 5488, it operates just fine now. :>)

Allan

oldtanker · Jul 10, 2016

You are lucky. 2 brothers near me have been AC/AGCO guys as was their dad. Now they are driving 60 miles for parts and service and the dealer leaves a lot to be desired. The old dealership that was near them the brothers that owned it retired and sold out. The dealer 60 miles away bought them out and in less than 2 years had run off enough business that they closed their "new store". I'm betting their next new purchase will be the other red or green and yellow. Both dealers are closer and provide better parts and service. Kinda sad in a way. Was nice to drive 14 miles and for great parts and service.

Rick

T in NE · Jul 10, 2016

They probably have to jack it up and half tear it apart to hang the mounting brackets. Joystick control with a rocker in the top for the grapple is nice, too.

Don't know about the Massey, but the newer JD with the reverser I guess you are supposed to just pop it in F or R and let it do its own thing with the clutch.

55 50 Ron · Jul 11, 2016

Would that be about a 2005 model year? One of Larry Gay's books shows the 8450 as beginning in 2005 if his book is accurate.

Allan in NE · Jul 12, 2016

Yeah,

That's why I'm now givin' the old sister a wax job. Paint faded a bit.

Allan

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