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    MY 1st Tractor Question

    Final update on this saga, since he bid on it as a 2010 he was into it as such and wouldn't reduce the price, to bad for him I guess since he knew I was interested in a nice sized disc, thanks again for every ones help. TOM
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    I'll for sure keep everybody posted, LMAO on your last post, yea i get stuff running through my head too then the whole community chimes in LOL!!!!
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    MY 1st Tractor Question

    Yes I did test the 3pt with big disc that he had there, it seemed smooth, tires looked a little worn about 400 hundred hours worth but still lots of tread left, hubs had been repainted, the front grill plastic was slightly out of place but not cracked , has a grill guard, the little alignment...
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    MY 1st Tractor Question

    Hello there Old and Tired, the meeting and test drive went well, he did purchase the tractor from a dealer in texas and does buy the smaller tractors on a regular basis from them, he became a dealer in 2010, I also knew about the "Extra Power" stickers on the hood starting in 2008, the sight...
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    MY 1st Tractor Question

    Thanks "Old and Tired" for helping out the newby, you've got some serious knowledge. Tom in Blaine MN
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    MY 1st Tractor Question

    I guess my next question is how do I check it out? do I have to operate it with a tiller attached and working the ground?
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    MY 1st Tractor Question

    Hi worker bee, I spoke with the dealer Kesteloot today and he did say it was temporairly at another location I also informed him that the S/N tag has been spotted on another site related to proxybid, when I see him tomorrow I will have a sit down with him and get the straight poop as he knows...
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    MY 1st Tractor Question

    Thanks a ton for that major update lugbolt, I'm now worried that if I do use a tiller they will fail, would a pto clutch help with that issue? I'm going to see dealer sat morning and its a 3 hour drive. I'll get to the bottom of this saga
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    MY 1st Tractor Question

    Me Too, I think somebody on proxybid did a cut and paste
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    MY 1st Tractor Question

    Hi Wgator, wow I just checked that out, the one I'm looking at is in Marshall MN at a dealer, the only picture that is the same is the S/N plate all the other pictures not even close, Ill be meeting with the owner of the dealership on saturday and show him this
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    MY 1st Tractor Question

    Oh great idea I'll get it saturday, BTW I was with CSC 2/505th Airborne, I think we were just down the street from you at Bragg
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    MY 1st Tractor Question

    Thank you 19thSF, for your suggestion, it's a good possibility this dealer was the original seller but I would like to face to face when I ask that question, I will work on those other sites Tom in Blaine
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    MY 1st Tractor Question

    Good morning all, I'm Tom and am new to this site. This coming saturday I'm going to finalize a deal on a 2010 L2800 hst S/N 53628 with 468 hours, I've been trying to research as much as I can and have come across some disturbing items like weak pto components requiring major repairs and also...