Belarus tractor

Tom N MS · Jun 1, 2009

Where can I get info about Belarus tractors? I know where I can get one for what sounds like a good price, but don"t know anything about them. Supposedly, only has 1,000 hours on it..70 hp..Shift it by twisting a knob??? All I know. Please tell me good and bad..Thanks

cj in wisconsin · Jun 1, 2009

Don't expect to get parts if anything goes wrong, kinda the Yugo of tractors.

Tom N MS · Jun 1, 2009

Thanks--not too surprised to hear that..

Wilsonfire · Jun 1, 2009

Around here ( Central OK ) they aren"t worth much at all. Easy to find one broken sitting in someone"s barn. Parts will almost always have to ordered. For me personally , if someone GAVE me one I wouldn"t go pick it up. Cheap to buy, expensive to maintain, not at all reliable. This is the one I won"t ever have. Look for a good dealer / repair shop and buy a more common tractor. Mr pessimist, Chas

Tom N MS · Jun 1, 2009

Thanks, that's what I need to know..

Pair-a-dice farm · Jun 1, 2009

I"ve got a Belaruse that is supposed to be 85hp, it MIGHT be 50. It is easy on fuel but the PTO is weak, the 4wd drive is weak, the cab is junk,the hydraulics is very weak and it takes 40 acres to turn it around. Other than that it"s a pretty good tractor lol. The only reason I keep it is because it"s only worth scrap price and it starts easy in the winter and it gives my good tractors a rest.

Tom N MS · Jun 1, 2009

Thanks for the info..I will continue looking for a tractor.

Tom in TN · Jun 1, 2009

Tom,

My brother-in-law has a little two or three cylinder air cooled Belarus. I think it's about 35 or 40 HP. It is a certifiable POS. He's replaced about everything that he can get parts for, and the tractor virtually never operates for more than a few hours between break downs. He borrows my 1973 Ford 2000 whenever he really wants to accomplish something.

I wouldn't buy one under any circumstances.

Tom in TN

mmidlam · Jun 1, 2009

belarus is a made up name.
There are 7 different companies that make equipment sold under the Belarus export label. The reliability depends on which company made it. Parts are super easy to get.
There are many dealers. There is a really good used/new parts dealer in Alabama, Behears(800.541.4215)
a good dealer since 1976 in Pennsylvania that can rebuild the injection pumps http://www.lwe-inc.com/

direct from the former USSR by way of alex if you want to wait a few weeks
http://www.itrademarket.com/belarusspareparts/profile/ukrzapchast-ltd.htm

a gray market importer in Arkansas
http://www.partsforbelarus.com/

get parts direct from the official warehouse in Wisconsin
http://www.belarus.com/

Anonymous-0 · Jun 2, 2009

I thought Belarus was a Russian Manufactorer. The tractors that I saw seem to have very crude metal castings. And there was a combine that was relatively cheap by American standards. It looked to me that the technolgy and manufacturing methods were decades behind the West.

JMOR · Jun 2, 2009

I know one, sitting , grass growing up around it, still waiting after a year for a PTO output.

Tom N MS · Jun 2, 2009

Thanks everyone.....I'll keep looking for a "tractor".

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