Your drum mower might not clear hard to say as they are all a little differentHello,
Im looking at a 956xl.
Anything to look out for before buying?
I know it’s over kill but it’s for a bit of haying work. Small baler and mower.
Would a 165 drum mower work or would you take half the mower cut out with the tractor width ?
Your drum mower might not clear hard to say as they are all a little different
Make sure the 956 starts from cold
Take good attention of the cab condition lift the mats etc
Yes they can be terrible starters.Are some of them crap starters ?
mare they 40k ? It’s a 2wd ?
Cheers everyone - are parts available if anything happens ?
Yes they are normally feckedI would have a good at the front pillars where they meet the floor, have the cab mat up. Some skilled folk on the forum have done some very restorations of the XL cab but a lot of work and skill.
I take your point there but I used our 4wd drive 956 for small scale hay making. A lot will depend on the condition and price as to what the OP should buy.dont bother with a tractor that size for that sort of work, if your doing those sort of jobs we run a 8ft plain disc mower 6 rotor tedder and run a welger ap830 baler no issues behind a Case 885xl or a case DB1394. weve a 120hp tractor but thats more for road trailer work, the 956 that are for sale are usually crazy high hours ( recently had a dealer try and sell me a 2wd one with 11k hours on for 18 grand. you can buy a NH TM for that sort of money.) all your doing is pricing yourself into bigger implements such as mowers as your loosing your effective working width with the offset. if i were you id be looking for a 885xl or 4230XL avoid the 856 as these were heavily used for overweight work due to their punchy nature and are generally burnt out at this age unless your lucky and win the lottery to buy a restored one.
Sounds like it wants weighing inNot to be lads - nice tractor but the reg had been altered and was from a tractor 10 years older.
and needed a sniff of easy start to go
just put a bigger battery on it .Yes they can be terrible starters.
If you can find one you might be better with an 856xl or and 844xl for your job