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Bought it 7 years ago from my neighbour, has about 15000hrs now, left them with 13800 on. I drove it into their yard when they bought it new as I worked at the dealer at the time, then drove it out 2nd hand.
Still on original DP pack, had a couple of head gaskets and sets of brakes, now upgraded to the 4 disc brakes. Has been turbo'd and they modified the JD loader to fit
If you were going to buy a 7840 SLE "L reg" white roof,with a loader on,and 9100 hours. Back arms lift up slow.They are wanting £9000.What things would you be looking at?View attachment 386452 View attachment 386454
Bought it 7 years ago from my neighbour, has about 15000hrs now, left them with 13800 on. I drove it into their yard when they bought it new as I worked at the dealer at the time, then drove it out 2nd hand.
Still on original DP pack, had a couple of head gaskets and sets of brakes, now upgraded to the 4 disc brakes. Has been turbo'd and they modified the JD loader to fit
Jervaux abbey?View attachment 386440
Arty one?
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Attack of the clones
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It does work for (half) a living.
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And a silly one.
Byland. Taking a 40' artic up Sutton Bank......the scenic route.Jervaux abbey?
If you were going to buy a 7840 SLE "L reg" white roof,with a loader on,and 9100 hours. Back arms lift up slow.They are wanting £9000.What things would you be looking at?
Is there any quick or easy way to check for front axle pivot play? Do you think one with 9000hours on and that age is worth £9000?Not sure on the arms, but a main concern is the front axle pivot, play in there causes the prop shaft out of line wearing the couplings and the input shaft on the front axle £750 ish for part to repair just for the crown wheel and pinion never mind the bolster and mounting. The change on the gearshift between 2 and 3 can be harsh, just a problem with SLE as its changing from one pack to a seperate one. Brakes on these can be weak, they only used 3 discs on the 7840 where as the 7740, 8240, and 8340 all had 4 (updated ours after fitting a crap set of non genuine discs that wrecked the housings so upgraded from a breaker). Forward and reverse syncro can wear badly too, not replaced on mine but can be a pig to get in sometimes
Of course.Power down. Thanks for the tips.Possibly worth that but would need to be clean. I paid £9000 for mine but I did know its full history, to the point that I did some of the repairs on it over the years.
If you can power the loader down and look for play in the pivot, need a couple of you to do it
They are newish aren't they??? Our k reg 7840 is the youngster of our tractorsI have a 7740 and an 8340 - to me they are still newish mainline tractors, not classics.
Feeling depressed now....