tractor hours

a.rothermel · Dec 12, 2009

I was reading in the Farm amd Dairy in the Auction Guide section and there was about a 10 year old john deere with 27,000 hours! That is a lot of hours! So my question to you is.. Whats the most hours you have ever seen on a tractor? I know tachs can brake and that can lead to inaccuracy.

ChrisinMO · Dec 12, 2009

None of the tachs on any of my tractors work (except the one with the bad transmission). I wouldn't be able to even guess how many hours are on my 50 y.o. AC D17.

Christopher

IaGary · Dec 12, 2009

That would be 52 hours year around for ten years.

7.4 hours a day every day for 10 years.

108,000 gallons of fuel in 10 years. About 6 sets of tires in 10 years.

I wonder if it was overhauled inthose 27,000 hours?

Gary

Anonymous-0 · Dec 12, 2009

I know some guys that have a Case IH 2096(5.9 Cummins) with around 24,000 hours that's never had the engine apart. Injectors and maybe the pump was done but I'm not even sure of that. It gets used everyday for feeding and does some field work too. Dave

a.rothermel · Dec 12, 2009

im sure it couldnt have the original engine. Thats a lot of hours.

Anonymous-0 · Dec 12, 2009

52 hours a year for 10 years is only 520 hours total. Maybe you meant 52 hours a week for ten years?

Gerald J.

fixerupper · Dec 12, 2009

Looks like 52 hours per week to me. 52X52X10=27040.

fixerupper · Dec 12, 2009

Looks like 52 hours per week to me. 52X52X10=27040.

cadet trooper · Dec 12, 2009

How many truck miles is that?

Anonymous-0 · Dec 12, 2009

there are some Case Magnums in Russia with over 40,000 hrs.

a.rothermel · Dec 12, 2009

40000 hours? how many overhauls is that? 3 or 4? 5? geez they need to buy more tractors so they dont use the same one all day everyday.

Loren in MN · Dec 12, 2009

My 1962 gas D-17 has original 2,340 hrs. Tach still works. Had 1,820 when I bought it 20 years ago. It been the best hay baling tractor I've ever had.

Welding man · Dec 12, 2009

861 Ford diesel with 42,000 plus hours. I rebuilt the engine the fifth time it was done.One owner tractor that the owner has since passed away.Transmission was rebuilt twice ,three ring and pinion sets,broke two crankshafts and we lost count on the times the clutch was replaced. It pulled a one row silage chopper, had a mounted corn picker and a one arm loader. The tractor was used every day 365 days a year for something for over 35 years. As far as I know it is still running.

mkuhns · Dec 12, 2009

I've seen trucks with 25,000 to 30,000 hrs with 1 million miles on. That is a good range. Rule of thumb is 45mph X hours = mileage. That is what we use for trucks that do a lot of site work, stop and go, etc. In that case 40,000 hrs would be 1.8 million miles, and 27,000 hrs would be 1.2 million miles. I've know of one truck with 1.8 million on the original engine. Just had bearings replaced and routine maintenance.

Bill(Wis) · Dec 12, 2009

One of the mechanics at the local CaseIH place had a 7130 trucked to Wis from Arizona that had over 23,000 hours on it. He overhauled the engine and did some other stuff but he fully plans to use that tractor for many years. No doubt in his mind at all.

Christos · Dec 12, 2009

Here is a dumb question, are you sure it's not a typo?

Bill(Wis) · Dec 12, 2009

There are 87,600 hours +/- in 10 years so that is entirely possible. Especially in southern states or South America where they put in two crops per year on huge farms.

buickanddeere · Dec 12, 2009

An engine that is rarely shut down and rarely suffers cold dry starts. Is going to last much longer.

John e.c.MI · Dec 12, 2009

Very possible, it could have been on a mixer wagon all of it's life feeding twice a day every day.

Bill(Wis) · Dec 12, 2009

Friend of mine commanded a company of german tanks on the eastern front. They kept their diesel engines running from November thru March. Just added fuel and oil. Now that's the way to deal with winter!

Mr. Bob · Dec 12, 2009

I have to agree with you on the statement that the D17 is a great baling tractor. I"ve baled many thousands of square bales with a 1960 D17 and also with a "59 MF 65. Both of these tractors handled a baler with wagon behind very effecently and smoothly on the hill country farm we once had.

Mr. Bob

Kruse · Dec 13, 2009

Since we are getting off the topic of tractors just a little bit, but are still on the subject of diesel engines, we have a local small city power plant that used diesel engines for many years.
About 10 years ago, they overhauled the engines and put an article about it in the paper.
These engines had been running continuously from the 50s, without stopping 24/7/365 since.
They tore the engines apart, put in new rings and bearings and said nothing else was worn out.
Of course, these engines only run at about 300 rpm.

Leaky Boot · Dec 13, 2009

Was a MF 135 near here with over 14000 hrs. Was traded in and a friend seen the new owner one day and ask him how it was doing. He said good as it only had 4000 or so hrs on it-------. He didn't bust his bubble.

Weldon K · Dec 13, 2009

Electric hour meter or mechanical tachometer/hour meter ? There is a difference in how the two measure time. Electric records an hour regardless of engine speed. Mechanical records revolutions of engine. Low engine speed =less than one hour of actual "clock" time recorded. Full speed = one hour of actual "clock" time recorded.

RodinNS · Dec 13, 2009

I've got tractors here with 7-8000 hours. I know of some more with over 10K hours and no major work.
I know of forestry gear with 30K plus but they've been rebuilt several times over.
Wheels loaders with 50-100K hours. See that stuff advertized from time to time. I think Cat actually did a story here in their rag mabey a year ago about a lumber mill with a couple 966C's I think... I think one had just rolled the 100K. Dunno how many rebuilds, but several.

The dairy used to run trucks with Cat 3306's as well. Hour meters in them were up over 40K upon retirement. 3-4 in-frames tho.

I suspect the tractor in question was run on a TMR mixer. Run steady all day, every day. Probably no real big loads or hard work. Probably seen some major rebuilds by now as well. Probably also best left where it's at too. Anything on a dairy farm that's needed every day... has a tendency to not see a whole lot of maintenance until something gives up unless they were fortunate enough to have multiple units available as backup. Just how it is.... all too often.

Rod

Anonymous-0 · Dec 13, 2009

The place that rebuilt my Cat was rebuilding a big old Cat engine used on an oilfield generator. It was an older engine, 12 cylinder I think, but was huge. The service manager said the rebuild will cost $100,000 but will go for 50,000+ hours! Dave

Dave Sherburne NY · Dec 13, 2009

The fellow I work for has a Case/IH that has over
22000 hours on it. The engine has never been
touched. At the moment, it is on the manure pump
and will probably be there all winter. He just put
a GPS in it last summer. It plants all the corn
and does all the spraying. He has 6 other tractors
from a 3020JD to a 4960 JD. close to a thousand
dairy cows and heifers. When this tractor plants and sprays corn it puts on a lot of hours.

J.ReinkeFarms · Dec 15, 2009

Also gotta think about if it was an irrigation pump tractor. Some of them around here run 24/7 for a good portion of the summer so to me those hours seem feasible. Also like was brought up, dairy farm tractors for feeding and mixing as well as pumping manure. All adds up fast.

I will agree with Weldon K with one exception. On Ford tractors they rated the hours at 1900rpm. So at full speed 2300? rpm you are actually counting 2300/1900*1hr or 1.21 hours for each actual hour. Thats how they could extend their oil change intervals and what not in their literature and you see a lot of higher hour ford tractors in good shape.

roger landers · Dec 15, 2009

hi
Most tractors with the older style of recording hours ( mechanicial) ,an hour usually was recorded at 540 pto speed.( or the speed that was in vogue for the day) Ford pto speed is 1900 rpm.
roger

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