[AT] Actual tractor content - New Holland TC33D

[Stephen Offiler]

Congrat's and good luck with your new machine David!  George's note below
prompts me to write.

My work tractor is a 1991 Ford 1520 HST.  This is a forerunner to the NH TC
series machines at least as far as I understand.  It was built by Shibaura
(not sure of spelling) in Japan.   It is ~23HP diesel, non-turbo, 4wd, with
turf tires.  I use chains on the rear in winter and this seems like a
really good tradeoff vs. ag or industrial tires.  It has a loader and the
rears are filled with calcium.  And, yeah, they're slowly eating the rims.
Very slowly.  It was showing deterioration the day I got it in 1999 and I
still keep my eye on it and still waiting the right opportunity to address
it.  (That will be new generic rims welded to the existing centers).

It has been a very busy machine this winter here in New England.  I've had
around 80" of snow at my house, more than double the average, and it has
been so abnormally cold that we've had no melting whatsoever since  back in
late January.  Pushing back the piles to make room for more snow has been
critical.  I have 1100' of driveway as of last summer when we bought an
investment property next door, and I went straight to the local dealer for
a Worksaver bucket-clamp snowplow since I was very sick of snowplowing in
reverse with my old Woods 3-pt back blade.  I still use the Woods along
with the new Worksaver up front.  Very handy setup.  Now, what I need is
MORE POWER.  Trying to deal with snowfalls measured in feet, not inches,
does not stop this machine but it most certainly slows it down.

Oh and for the record, reliability has been flawless.  Purchased used 16
years ago with 396 hours, it now is creeping up on 1200 hours and nothing,
I mean nothing, has gone wrong.

SO




On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 10:27 PM, George Crawford <g.crawford1313 at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> Nice looking tractor.  Mines a bit older and smaller, 1982 Ford 1500.
> I've had great luck on ebay looking for manuals and parts.  Just plug in
> what you are looking for. Since yours is a newer tractor I would expect
> manuals, parts and support to be readily available.  Also, if you have a
> New Holland dealer in the area they more than likely can help you.  Mine
> came with a backhoe and I've collected a lot of implements I seldom use,
> but are nice to have.  A landscape rake  seems to be the next priority for
> my five acre "ranch".  Just wish I'd had all this earlier when energy was
> more abundant on my part.good luck.  george
>
>      On Monday, March 2, 2015 6:48 PM, Dave Rotigel <rotigel at me.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>  Hi David See:
> https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=new%20holland%20-%20tc33d%20manual
> Google is your friend!
>     Dave
>
> On Mar 2, 2015, at 9:15 PM, David Bruce wrote:
>
> > After a couple of years looking I found a subcompact frame tractor in
> > the right size and for a price I could swallow.
> > <
> http://www.sinkfarmequipment.com/content/new-holland-tc33d-id-c4113-sale-pending
> >
> >
> > Sale pending would be me as I will be returning tomorrow to seal the
> deal.
> >
> > My question is a simple one - where should I look for manuals for this
> > thing?
> >
> > David
> > NW NC
> >
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