never again

pinball · Aug 24, 2019

over the years I have had several tractors. my main tractor has been a 960 ford I had for 20 years. couple weeks ago I bought aa d-17. prices has came down quite a bit on them. this one has a conversion 3pt and power steering, now these old Armstrong steering arms of mine is fading some what, this 17 has great power steering. just used brushog for 2/3 hours. man it was great compared to the 960. never again will I buy a tractor without power steering to use. who knows I might go for air next.

paul · Aug 24, 2019

I know it was an option, but don?t know I?ve ever seen a 960 without power steering. Both ours had it.

I do understand!

Paul

Billy NY · Aug 24, 2019

You ain't kidding about that, my old 850 had power steering but was not functioning, had a loader too. Towards the end was getting worse, I was able make the upgrade, like you said never again for one that I use most. It got me through 14 seasons, but that was enough.

37chief · Aug 24, 2019

when I started mowing I had a TO 20, no power steering. I didn't realize how great power steering was. With my brodie knob,and power steering, on my other tractors. I can be going in the opposite direction in the blink of an eye. Stan

Traditional Farmer · Aug 25, 2019

Some tractors steer easier than others,I rake hay with a David Brown 780 manual steer it steers pretty easy.The only ones I worry about having PS is a tractor with a loader or a real
big tractor,figure even though my strength isn't what it was at one time not using my arms for things like manual steering it'll go downhill even faster.

Ultradog MN · Aug 25, 2019

Lots of folks insist that you gots to have live power. Personally, if I had to choose between live power and power steering I would take the PS for sure. I only need live power when mowing but like PS for everything I do with the tractor.

Geo-TH,In · Aug 25, 2019

I'm with you PS over live any day.
My Jubilee doesn't have live pto. I just lift mower, get blades spinning and then put it in gear and drop mower as tractor is moving.

dhermesc · Aug 25, 2019

The power director on the D17 is about as close as you can get to IPTO as you can get without actually having it. It makes operating a baler or brush hog a breeze compared to some tractors (like my Farmall 350) slipping the power director in heavy hay or extremely tall weeds isn't a big deal since its bathed in oil....

Texasmark1 · Aug 25, 2019

I have 1 Ford without, one I added an after market some years ago after I got tired of without, and one with. Yepper, nice to have. I get reminded every time I get on my '63 2000.

W_B · Aug 25, 2019

Growing up we had a neighbor who had a D-17, one of the newer Series. Sweet machine, it was a gasser and ran so smooth. Always thought I'd want one but my need is for only smaller tractors.

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