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Necessary upgrade or spending our kids' inheritance

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    T.Jeff Veal

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    My wife said I should have washed it...I told her the grease showed it was used well...
    That was a tough tractor...as brenndatomu mentioned, we replaced front well bearings several times from heavy loads.
    We had just zip tied the lower grill back together...
     
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    We tried...:thumbs::thumbs:
     
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    I think they offered a good deal, $8500, and he knew how we used it, they rebuilt the trans last year.
    Gave us a good deal on the mower, $1600 less than comparable Bush Hog brand
     
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    Imagine my dismay when I got my new tractor with canopy home and found out that it was too tall to get in my garage!
     
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    Nice tractor Jeff!! Give it a good wash and wax, before the dust gets in the pores.
     
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    Sweet new tractor TJV! :dex:
     
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    Excellent! I'm sure you will put that new tractor to good use.
     
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    Congrats! What a nice machine! Here’s to you both getting many years of enjoyment out of it!
     
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    Out of curiosity did you do any calculations like.... what you paid originally, put into minus trade in dividend by years ect?
     
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    That’s interesting idea; I doubt mine will ever leave; my Bota has a Cush life compared to TJVs
     
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    Nope sounds like Greek to me...lol...
    We got it in Jan '07...'06 model, so almost 20 yrs old. We paid about 20K or so then for tractor loader and harrow. Got $8500 trade in
     
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    Congratulations!
     
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    Looks great lots of luck with your new adventure
     
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    Sounds like you did very well in my book!!
     
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    Working at night just got a little easier. We had ordered several small LED lights several years ago, only installed a set on the golf cart. Found the box, had a small pair left. Got those installed on the canopy last night... 1000018652.jpg
    Really helps out, the loader and grille limits the headlight output... 1000018654.jpg
    Got the counterweight on, rear work light is a blessing too. Old tractor didn't have one. 1000018653.jpg
     
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    Sweet machine there. Looking forward to seeing it in action.
     
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    Big pine stump headed to the burn pile... 20250414_094520.jpg
    20250414_094508.jpg
     
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    I'm happy for you! I'm interested to hear the new capability of that fine looking tractor. Congratulations!
     
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    Was curious because I see asking money not far off from what I paid for mine on the tractor sales websites. The ability to shake off depreciation is pretty amazing.
     
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    How do you like those R14 tires?

    My old Kubota had R4s that kinda sucked at everything except tearing up the yard and driving down the road. They clogged up bad in mud and were terrible in snow.

    The new one has R1's that have probably more traction than I need and tear everything up in the process. It's not like I'm going to replace them anytime soon but I'm curious if they have noticeably more traction than R4s.
     
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