[Farmall] Opinions on a Farmall 460 Utility

[Lane Freeman]

John,
I'm no expert on a 460 Utility but I'll try to help a little.  I understand 
your need for a live PTO,  once you have one you never want to go back to 
non-live when you have PTO work to do.  A tractor of this era should have a 
lever on the right side of the seat with a push button on the front side to 
lock it in and out of engagment when you pull the lever back to engage or 
front to disenagage.  There will be a similar lever on the left side if it 
has a Torque Amplifier.  This tractor should have live PTO but maybe it was 
offered without.  If it was non-live then it probably will have a pull rod 
behind the seat attaching to the side of the PTO unit.
Hope this helps,

Lane Freeman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <John.Samulevich at alltel.com>
To: <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 10:11 AM
Subject: [Farmall] Opinions on a Farmall 460 Utility


>
> I've hung out on some of the other lists in the past to garner information 
> about some of the tractors I've owned or thought about owning, I'm now 
> looking at a 460 Utility and I'm pretty much Farmall ignorant so I'm 
> hoping I can some opinions.  Mainly I have about 15 acres to keep mowed 
> and raked (a friend comes in and bales it),  plus a little plowing & 
> disking, snow removal, driveway grading, etc, and I'd like to move up to 
> something more modern than the JD B, 8n, and Ford 850 that I have now. 
> Have been wanting a Farmall for a while anyway and now a neighbor has this 
> 460 that he's ready to sell.
>
> First, is there any way to tell if it has a live PTO, that's something I 
> really want.
>
> Second, what's a fair price for something like this.  I know that's hard 
> to comment on without seeing the tractor, but I'll say that it has seen 
> better days.  It ran to where it was parked about seven years ago and has 
> been sitting since.  Tires hold air but are shot, left hood side panel 
> (white piece that covers the spark plugs) is missing, and the air 
> cleaner/crankcase breather assembly is missing.  I can't turn the engine 
> by hand so I assume it's stuck, the muffler's still intact with a rain cap 
> though so it shouldn't be too bad, it's a 6 cylinder gas.   Hour meter 
> shows 1700 hours but don't know if it's correct.  Has PS and a loader 
> that's been cracked & welded. Tin has surface rust but appears solid and 
> is fairly straight.  It has a 3-point hitch, I assume since it's a utility 
> that they all did.  Other than that that's about all I can say right now 
> about it.
>
> So any information and opinions are welcome.  THanks!  John
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