[AT] tractor oils maintenance?

[Stephen Offiler]

100 hours is a good oil change interval.  That is the specified interval
for my modern-ish diesel tractor as well as my very modern zero turn
mower.  If this were an automobile, 100 hours translates into roughly
3000-3500 miles.  Old tractor engines have rings that just don't seal as
well as modern equipment, so the oil contaminates quicker.

SO


On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 6:48 AM, Dean Vinson <dean at vinsonfarm.net> wrote:

> Herb, interesting question.  I just bought two oil filters for my Super M
> and two for my 620, with the intention of changing oil in both of them now
> and then having a filter on the shelf for next year also.   But as I think
> about it they are each unlikely to see more than a hundred hours in that
> year, maybe not even that much.
>
> "Once per year" appeals to me because it seems like it would flush out any
> accumulated condensation water, and because it's easy to remember, and
> because it's what my dad does.  But I don't know that it's strictly
> necessary, probably very conservative given the tractors' actual usage.
>
> Dean Vinson
> Saint Paris, Ohio
>
>
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> Cecil & Others with seldom used antique tractors, What rules-of-thumb do
> you follow for oils changes on old tractors still in good condition but
> only get used less than one hundred hours per year? I have a couple Allis
> G’s in this limited use situation; none are heavily loaded. Also an Allis
> D-14 gets less than two hundred hours per year. Herb(GA)
>
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