"Excellent tough tractor."

"Best tractor ever made (also the ugliest but who cares)."

"Bought cheap---$1,300. Starts nicely. Gear range is useable, traction not good when muddy. Engage diff lock helps but then steering suffers. Brush hogs okay. Not the best firewood puller. Have an old post hole auger I'm trying to retrofit to it. Very simple tractor."

"Only had it a bit but it sure is a nice tractor."

"How do you adjust brakes r add fl. They don't work."

"I bought this tractor new in 1989, and it only has 300+ hours on it. It looks rough due to never being stored inside, so there's massive surface rust everywhere. Many of the hours is sitting at 3/4 throttle with a 3-point hitch wood splitter hooked to the hydraulics. The tractor was not built for comfort, speed or looks. It was built to pull equipment, and it has done everything a 31 hp diesel is expected to do. I bush hog, plow, disc, run a post hole auger, scrape, rotary tiller, etc., and it has never failed any of the tasks. The fuel pump went out a few years ago, and rather than spend the bucks on a new one, I installed a $30 electric one which feeds the injector box just fine. The alternator finally completely died a few months ago, and I replaced it with a Delco 1-wire. A little bracket modification was all that was necessary. The had the original starter rebuilt some years back, and it just failed again. I bought a new gear drive one to replace the factory direct drive one. All the reviews say I'll like that starter much better. It's a bear to drive due to no power steering and the added weight on the front tires. Should have never been made without power steering, but I did have a $700 choice to buy this option new. These tractors are work horses, but seem to hold little resale value. I've heard from dealers who sell other brands that the transmission is weak, but I haven't seen it. I've destroyed a bush hog drive shaft, twisted a pinion shaft off a auger, and disintegrated a ratche slip clutch on the PTO, but no transmission issues. "

"I bought from a previous owner who didn't like because he couldn't understand the shifting pattern. This tractor has manual steering but I would have preferred power. The reason I bought it was because of the loader and the tractor was in great shape for the money."

"This has to be the worst tractor ever built. Way too heavy, electrical and fuel problems, turns hard, no breaks, complicated, too many levers, hydraulic problems. Driving it is a real nightmare. On the plus side it has a lot of soul. When you do finally get it running and moving, it does a good job of moving forward, as long as there is not too much weight. I don't recommend anyone buy one unless they have plenty of time on their hands and like to meet a challenge head on. It is more like staying on a bucking bronco for 60 seconds. You end up with a sore ***, hurt bones, but your proud of your self for lasting as long as you did. "

"Solid tractor, good steel, easy fluids, ease of shifting, soft footprint, fuel lasts long time, nice to have now that the bugs are worked out. Only $1400, after some oil in tranny. Solved the locking up problem. She's working okay. Can't seem to adjust brakes enough to function without also dragging considerably. That's now all that bugs me."

"-3 point power up and down -start in canada cold weather -40 -easy on fuel -can lower and raise -lots of POT power -loader work good on it (can pick up a full size car)"