Central Michigan | We have an 8630 Ford, I have run it for two years now, ours we bought sight un-seen and had some issues, the dash required some work to get working and is pretty expencive. We had to have the dash working to calibrate the transmission, we still don't have it right so it tends to be jumpy as the clutch doesn't seem to let out it seems to be on or off in the low range. The jump between 9th and 10th gear is signifigant and tends to be were we do a signifigant amount of work. It does ride rough, but I am not used to new tractors so I never had too much to complain about. I would also wonder what you intend to use the tractor for, we have been running it on a john deere 7200 vac planter, and this spring wrecked the hydralic pump, as this planter requires and open system (I think) to run the vac motor and it has to do with priority. We also run hydralic motors on our beet harvestor and this puts a strain on the hydralic system. So do your homework on the type of system you need, cause we didn't and it cost some money, all in all I like the tractor, decent cab, decent power, just wish it had the right hydralic system and if we get the tranny working correctly I really like the design of the bump **** and quick forward to reverse ablity. It does seem to be good on fuel. |
Ford 8630
