[AT] Actual tractor content - New Holland TC33D

[David Bruce]

Looked like a great machine at a fair price. NH dealers are local so 
that issue is solved. The man who leases the pasture and hay fields here 
runs all NH/Ford tractors and has little trouble. He actually pointed me 
toward this find. My use will be light (typical suburban mini farm 
stuff) as I am not doing farming day to day. Some mowing with the 3pt 
grooming mower I have, some moving of mulch and a bit of dirt, some 
general carrying as FELs usually do.

The size is right for me, the 4WD and the HP fit with using my current 
implements for the use I will give them. Actually a vacation for this 
tractor :)

David
NW NC

On 3/3/2015 9:27 AM, Stephen Offiler wrote:
> 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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