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notjustair

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I have a few gas tractors. They are old enough that they don't have a tach or hour meter. I'm not sure what kind of hours I put on them but one of them is run daily for chores.


I know this varies widely, but what kind of hours do folks get out of gas tractors before a rebuild is necessary? On the bigger tractors I usually think of 10,000 hours as the break over/get ready for anything point. I tend to take good care of my equipment and am strict about maintenance so I know I will likely go past that with no issues, but that is kind of my mindset.
 
There is only the out dated information to go on. I say this because we are in a new ere of 100% better oil, and lead free fuel. These two things make dramatic changes in engine life. Think of the 100,000 mile 66 Ford or Chevy car. Pretty much toast and that is after 10 sets of plugs and points and 30 oil changes. Today's cars (though some better in metallurgy) easily push 250,000 with no major issues.
I will say that your 10,000 would be optimistic 20 years ago, I think it might go beyond that today, especially with medium use tractors not full tillage as in the past. Jim
 
We put a maximum of 1000 hours per year on gasoline tractors back in the 40's, 50's and 60's and did a complete engine overhaul and maybe the clutch once every seven years.
 
There is no set time , when they start to burn oil and i say more then two qt. per day of hard work and ya have no skeeters hanging around at night while working the tractor and ya see a big drop in power then it is time . It will let ya know when it gets sick .
 
Old cars had more miles on them then you thought because of the standard practice of odometer roll back.
 
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