Always been a fan of the Fords. I used the thousand series a lot, and had some experience with the series that the 9700 is from. They were just very reliable and powerful machines.
Very heavy duty. In my experience also very reliable. I used a Ford 4000, and a Ford 8000 a lot back in the day, and no matter what, they always ran when you needed them to.
I thought one of the requirements was they needed to be turbocharged? The Massey 1155 runs a Perkins 540 non turbo. The 1355 runs a 585 cid non turbocharged and the Oliver runs either the 3150 cat or the 3208 both non turbo.
This was an oversight regarding the Ferguson, I must have confused it with the 1135, because i thought it had a turbocharged 6 cylinder engine. And for the Oliver 2255, I guess i've seen so many swapped for the CAT 3208 turbocharged engine, that I forgot the original engines in them, although large and powerful, were not in fact, turbocharged. But, given both these tractors still meet the same weight to horsepower ratio as the rest on the list, their inclusion still feels warranted to me.
The best tractor on this list were the Fiat 1300 most reliable, worst were the Massey Ferguson the engine were rubbish didn't last long. One tractor that you could have change was the IH 1466 for a 1066 that was a tractor
I definitely considered the 1066, but felt it didn't fit as well in this class due to the substantially lower horsepower. As for the Massey Ferguson engines, the Perkins Engine is the one that was pretty terrible, but the Continental engines were pretty decent.
I have a neighbor who is a big International Harvester guy, and he hates his 1466. Biggest pile of crap he's ever had. Nothing but major mechanical failures.
That's interesting. I saw a couple people on some of the forums complaining about them, but i wonder if it's just a 1 out of 10 thing, because there are a lot of people that claim they've never had an issue with their 1466.
All of those tractors look very cool.
I think so too!
Always been a fan of the Fords. I used the thousand series a lot, and had some experience with the series that the 9700 is from. They were just very reliable and powerful machines.
Very heavy duty. In my experience also very reliable. I used a Ford 4000, and a Ford 8000 a lot back in the day, and no matter what, they always ran when you needed them to.
I agree about the Oliver. I'm no tractor expert, but that thing looks awesome.
You have a good eye then. An excellent tractor in many ways.
My personal favorite is of course the Deutz, but i'm hardly unbiased.
Hey, the right opinion is the right opinion, no matter the circumstances.
I thought one of the requirements was they needed to be turbocharged? The Massey 1155 runs a Perkins 540 non turbo. The 1355 runs a 585 cid non turbocharged and the Oliver runs either the 3150 cat or the 3208 both non turbo.
This was an oversight regarding the Ferguson, I must have confused it with the 1135, because i thought it had a turbocharged 6 cylinder engine. And for the Oliver 2255, I guess i've seen so many swapped for the CAT 3208 turbocharged engine, that I forgot the original engines in them, although large and powerful, were not in fact, turbocharged. But, given both these tractors still meet the same weight to horsepower ratio as the rest on the list, their inclusion still feels warranted to me.
I think out of all of these, the Fiat 1300 super is the best looking.
I actually really like that one too. Very good looking machine.
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The best tractor on this list were the Fiat 1300 most reliable, worst were the Massey Ferguson the engine were rubbish didn't last long. One tractor that you could have change was the IH 1466 for a 1066 that was a tractor
I definitely considered the 1066, but felt it didn't fit as well in this class due to the substantially lower horsepower. As for the Massey Ferguson engines, the Perkins Engine is the one that was pretty terrible, but the Continental engines were pretty decent.
I have a neighbor who is a big International Harvester guy, and he hates his 1466. Biggest pile of crap he's ever had. Nothing but major mechanical failures.
That's interesting. I saw a couple people on some of the forums complaining about them, but i wonder if it's just a 1 out of 10 thing, because there are a lot of people that claim they've never had an issue with their 1466.