I don't know about "right". No one buys a plaything "right". Paid $9500. I am running almost all tier 4, CVT, RTK auto steering for the farm. This big brutal beast is as much a threat to keep the fancy stuff working than to actually work. Joe bought this new when he was mid 30's and I'm basically 50, agriculture has changed a lot in this tractor's lifetime. My gut calculator says our small frame 180 Magnum is probably almost as productive as this machine per hour. (Per $ I don't know. Per unit of pain, tinnitus and operator physical consumption the 180 probably can get 10times the work done.) With our transition to more no-till and planting green for corn the potential roll this tractor has is not going to be very many hours. To say I'm keeping my expectations low is an understatement.
Tires hold air but I'm not saying anything better about them. Leaking hydraulic at the joint/back of cab, scv outlets, somewhere up front. Don't have pressure at idle to the remotes but steering works (different pump). Implement pump is supposed to be pfc.
Changed the finals and diffs before driving it almost three hours home. One final was a little low and all had a shine but no big sparkles or big glitter on the magnets. The one final that the SIL of the deceased owner said he'd been into did heat more than the others but not so bad I couldn't hold my hand to it after roading.
Engine is the high point. No smoke, smooth, sounds right, didn't hardly change tone for hills. Temp gauge agreed with IR laser gun.
Hour meter says 3500 and is working. The tires are old, maybe even 1980s. Makes judging actual hours difficult. It's possible to mistreat a machine into this condition in 3500 hrs of use, but not likely in over 40 years.
I don't know what the cab interior is supposed to look like. There not a bit of insulation or covering left. Seat has a chunk of packing foam for a cushion. Floor to roof looks like the inside of a rusted fuel tank. (Motorola AM radio and a few speakers still hang uselessly.) All the idiot lights have empty holes. Even the turn signals! Dash looks like someone beat a raccoon to death with a shovel on it. Mouse nest kept blowing out of somewhere with the doors bungee open.
Clutch master ran out of Dot3 on the way home. Pedal is still heavy even when it's not doing anything.
Sticker on the dash is for a 10 speed. There only two levers on the dash.
