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TonyO
04-17-2006 19:53:42
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Re: Buyers BEWARE !! in reply to Curt Smith, 04-17-2006 19:09:18
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I am the owner of this 880 who is selling it now and want to clear some of this up. First off, I was indeed wrong about the cubes of the tractor. My Oliver books says that 880s came out with 3 1/2 bore which I have since been informed is not true. I have changed my ad to be correct now. The tractor is stock bore. Also, the carb. is a stock carb which I have taken apart and bored the jets on. Which makes it "bigger" on the fuel side. Next, I put the tractor on the dyno and got 70HP. It is to my knowledge that these are 62 from the factory which can easily be bumped when the RPM's are upped to 20% over. Finally, YES, I did buy it off of Ebay for $4350 with suitcase weights and I am now wanting to sell it for $4200 without the suitcase weights. This was one of the main reasons I bought the tractor was for all the weights. My original intentions were to pull it but I already have a great pulling 77 and don't need another one to take up all the money and shed space. So lets lay it out here, I have a stock 880 with small modifications (aftermarket K&N filter, bored carb. jets, electronic ignition, 20% over RPMs, weight brackets, wheelie bars, and kill switch), I am losing $150 on the deal plus my fuel (another $150) to go get it. But it is a good deal for me because I am keeping the suitcase weights. I have pulled this tractor one time in the 5000 lbs class and it spun the tires in second gear. The previous owner told me he pulled it from the 4500lbs class up to the 6500lbs class. When I bought it the governor was not working correctly and the carb. was not right. I readjusted the governor and got it working and also rebuilt the carb to make it run right. I hope this clears it up for Curt and anybody else who may have questioned my ad. I am admiting I was wrong, but I have since learned more about the tractor and that my Oliver book is wrong. But when it comes right down to it, this is a good strong honest tractor that I bought 2 weeks ago and am now selling. This is not illegal by any means and I am not trying to make millions or screw somebody over. This has gotten a little blown out of proportion.
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