Re: Big 4WDs

Posted by davpal on July 06, 2006 at 20:46:44 from (216.93.96.24):

In Reply to: Big 4WDs posted by Cherry Grower on July 06, 2006 at 19:34:22:

I bought an old 4-150 white last year and like it pretty well. I think they will last a long time if you treat them well and don't try to till up 2000 acres a year with them. Cat 3208 is strong and very decent on fuel. Don't try to pull outrageous sized equipment. 6 bottom plow, 23 foot disk, 7-9 tooth chistle plow, or they can pull a heck of a no-till planter and not break a sweat. I like the whites because they turn on a dime, the cabs are acceptable, they are heavy and are capable of amazing pulling power, can get in fields before in the spring and when the fall gets a little greasy. You can pull a huge grain cart, gravity boxes, pull out the combine if it gets stuck. Its like having an insurance policy on your farm, like a backup unit. I paid less for mine than my polaris quad! ($5400) Delivered, trucked from Iowa to Michigan. Advice, if you get a white, go for the 4-180. I should have, has planetaries on axles, Hi-low trans, no powershift problems. It is an upgraded 4-150. 4-210 is again saddled with a poweshift that could give you problems although built heavier at the hinge than the 4-150 or the 4-180 and has the heavier rearends out of the 2-155 tractors instead of the 2-105 that the 4-150 and 4-180 use. Cab on 4-210 is a little more hi tech inside and shifters are rail style on the right side of the driver. I never liked the way they shifted or the way the 2-155 shifted either. Gate shifter can get jammed but they are still ok. I think you are making a good choice buying an old articulated beast. They are cheap, built heavy, expensive to repair!, but after you use one in a field in marginal conditions you will love the pulling power. It is unreal. Good luck with any of the beasts you end up with. There are some pics of mine in tractor photos under mid michigan white 4-150.

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