[AT] Tractor upgrade
Larry Goss
rlgoss at insightbb.com
Thu Nov 19 07:40:33 PST 2009
I hear you loud and clear, Cecil. Now that I'm in my mid-70's, I'm selling tractors that don't have power steering and user-friendly controls. It pains me to do it, but it pains me more to put up with skinned knuckles and torn rotator cuffs on my body.
Larry
----- Original Message -----
From: Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net>
Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009 7:03
Subject: Re: [AT] Tractor upgrade
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>
> Well after little thought and a lot of expense, I am selling my
> JX85
> Case IH. It is going to a dealer in Chickasha OK, on
> consignment.
> After mowing 45 acres of prairie hay on a rough field, I am sick
> and
> tired of banging my knees on the gearshifts on each side of
> me. My
> shoulder is nearly out of place from reaching under my butt to
> find the
> hydraulic lever, and I am sick of trying to reach the 3pt lever
> without
> hitting the hyd levers.. I bent a pto shaft on the little
> baler because
> I hit the 3pt lever when shifting the range shifter... The
> lit arms
> dropped and caught the pto shaft when I turned..
>
> I bought another Belarus, an 8345 with a Koyker loader cab, and
> air. It
> got here just in time for the wet weather we have been
> having. The cab
> is roomy enough that another person can ride in it. This
> is good for
> training my hired hand.. I miss the shuttle
> gearshift, but the 4wd
> front ends on both of my Belarus's is great for these soft wet
> hay
> fields. I have heard so many stories about Belarus being
> the scum of
> the tractors, I wish I had driven one about 20 years ago, I
> would have
> bought a new tractor for the first time in my life.
>
> I found a 96 Belarus 825 with a MEMO german front loader 85hp
> 4wd after
> I bought my JX85. I got the Belarus for less than the cost
> of the front
> end loader for the JX85. Then I found a 2000 Belarus
> 8345 85hp with a
> Koyker loader for $12,000 By the time I get skid steer
> attachments for
> both loaders, I will have $19K in 2 tractors with 4wd, and I had
> $25K in
> the JX85...
>
> These may not be antique, but my antique tractors are just too
> antique
> in the 30mph misting rain around here or trying to cut or bale
> hay in
> 30mph wind... Not to mention loading round bales with rat
> nests in
> between each bale and then the wind blows all the crap
> (literally) in
> your face when you pick up the bale. The cab has already
> saved me from
> respiratory infections with my asthma....
>
> I just need to find a good small baler and a new holland stackliner..
>
> Cecil in OKla
>
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