Judging hours

[Seth470]

Anyone got tips to know if a tractor has gone round the clock.

 

[Phil P]

Usually the peddles are a pretty good sign of how much work a machine has done, if the tread pattern has worn off it’s done quite a bit of work. You can usually tell by the general condition though, how much play there is in the lift arms, draft link, hook ends etc.

However a good test drive is as good a check as anything, if it’s got 3k/h on the clock but feels like everything is loose and rattling when you go down the road chances are it’s more like 13k

 

[Lincs Lass]

Bit hard to tell really ,,you can get a 20 yr old tractor thats been barn stored for years and only have 2-3000 hrs on and then a 3 years old might have twice that .

 

[Lincs Lass]

Ive seen lots of adverts for tractors ,,hours unknown ,clock stopped working at X hours ,X many years ago but still runs as it should ,if the owner doesnt know how many more its done ,a new buyer hasnt got a hope .

 

[Cowmansam]

Well we have a 885 brown here that’s done the clock twice before the clock stopped and if I told you it had done 4000 I’d bet you would believe me

 

[Cowmansam]

Looks and feels a damn sight better than the Massey 390 that’s done 12000

 

[daveydiesel1]

Looks and feels a damn sight better than the Massey 390 that’s done 12000

Was it sittin on a barley crusher not movin around?

 

[Cowmansam]

No idea way before my time sits in a shed now and and does a week on the saw bench and the odd day scraping up if the 390 throws a wobbly

 

[Cowmansam]

Still starts first time and doesn’t smoke or out so she’s a good bus far as I’m concerned and no rust