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Eastern VA. No such thing as too many Magnums. | I'm talking with a dealer about a Brent 672 cart. I'm guessing it's 12-15 years old. Can you tell me anything bad about this from experience or from the picture. I havent' seen it up close and I don't know the serial number. I'm just looking for something cheap. Guy wants $10K. I never had a grain cart, just thought it would be a better long term buy than another truck to title and insure. I dont' need super capacity, I know its old. I'd like comments good or bad.
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MN | the 72 series will have smaller 14" auger vs the 74 series has 17" auger.. Personally have 674 bought new few years back and great piece of equipment.. not a single complaint or problem... Only suggestion buy a larger one than you need for you truck because if its rated at 630 bu. its a real SOB to get it that full...pricewise if the auger is decent and it does include the tarp i dont think thats outta line.. questions feel free to ask away.. ps ran our 674 for years on 4440, was ok but 8000 series now play with it... |
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East Prairie, MO | Looks to be in good shape, I'd just look it over for cracks, check the flighting and stuff. I've got an 874 and there's no telling how many bushels have gone through it, several million for sure, and it has been very tough and reliable and is still going strong. Brent makes a good cart. |
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SESD | We run a 674 and have no complaints. Not sure of the changes from a 72 to 74 series. swmn is probably right about the auger, the one in the pic looks small. Bought ours 5-6 years ago for about 13-14K and was a good deal then. Good Luck |
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Crawfordsville, Arkansas | Those tires pull harder in mud than a R1 will. Its very rare to see a cart in my neck of the woods on turf tires. |
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CENTRAL ILLINIOS | We have been running a 770 for a long time. Both augers wore out and re-flitghted twice and top and bottom tubes replaced(one due to operator error). Only weak link has been the slip clutch. It seems like everyone that runs that wagon has to open the gate too wide or try to start it full and when the clutch slips - if you don't catch it immediately - it will smoke the friction disks. Our other Brent (1080) has a shear bolt and in my opinion that is better. Never had to weld on it or any type of spindle/wheel bearing problem. Good cart. |
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Farmington IL | 
Looking at the picture it looks alot like the new 678 we bought this fall. It works nice, with a tarp was right at 22K. |
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Casey Illinois | I have a 670 Brent, which is the one before the 672. No problems with mine, bought it 9 years ago, replaced the bottom auger. Small auger but it works for us. One of the better carts on the market. |
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Athens, Illinois | Had a 874 and now a 882. Excellent piece of machinery. I think it's the only item I've bought that I didn't say I wished they would of did this or that. |
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North Central Iowa, Humboldt County | Check the gear box for play. They can get expensive to repair if you can get gears. Some of the early ones had a chain and knuckle assembley. I'd stear away from them. |
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East central IL | I have one same as this minus the tarp, works great bought used and have used it for 4 seasons. We use it behind 4555 matches fine. We've never had issues with the turf tires. |
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Eastern VA. No such thing as too many Magnums. | Brent must make good carts. I can't recall another time I saw 100% satisfaction on this site. |
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Renville Minnesota | I wanted to comment, held off cuz we don't run that model. Do run a Brent 880 with 22" unload, its been a flawless cart for 5 years. Also run a 525 J&M, took out a gearbox once, in ten years. Just isn't much to go wrong on carts. Looks like good tires on the one ya want. Maybe check the flighting, change the oil in the gearbox n you shoud be good to go. Good luck |
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SW Missouri | I bought a Brent 670 this fall. I like the cart except for 2 things. The first is it has the chain and knuckle assembley like mentioned and it runs rough. Can't get it to smooth out no matter what RPM you run it. The other thing is that the unload auger isn't as tall as I had expected/ hoped for. I have a tall sided truck and its not got alot of clearence. I like Brent carts but I would like to trade this one off for a bigger model, either a Brent, Kinze, or a Killbros. |
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| In the last ten years we have had a 472 and a 774 and other than one u-joint it has been a grease and go experience. Farming would be fun if everything was that reliable, and other than the small auger that price seems real decent if it is in as good of shape as the picture looks. |
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Southeast Iowa | Our two-year old 524 Unverferth looks exactly like the cart in the photo. The only thing bad about the one we run is that there seems to be some problem with the PTO shaft as the cart shakes when the shaft is turning; as though a stabilizer bearing should be added in the long span. The OTHER THING is that it has a tissue paper shear pin setup. If you even SNEEZE it will shear a pin while unloading. Unless the corn is very, very dry, you cannot open the slide gate above #3 position. THEN once the shear pin has been replaced, you have to lay the full auger over and spill corn everywhere in order to get the auger empty enough to get going again. We have those same turf tires and I HAVE SEEN them quit turning in deep mud when pulled by the 8410. |
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Brent 672 grain cart. (pic)
