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| paul the original and jhent, both of you have a TW 20 if I remember correctly? I am well aware for reasons Bern has listed here many times that the TW tractors were certainly not Ford's best effort. There is a TW 20 coming up on auction locally with "new diesel engine, new injector pump". Assuming the rest of the tractor is OK as far as TW's go, what is your ballpark estimate what this tractor is worth? It is equipped with Farmhand F236 loader, bucket and grappel. Same sale also has other Ford tractors including a 860, 5000, a couple 6000's that might make one tractor, 8000 with dozer, TW35 mfwd, and a TV140 bi-di. |
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Mount Vernon, WA | A 20 is better than the 5 series (i.e. TW5, 15, 25, and 35). If the price is right, I would consider it. Weak spots include the PTO brake and cavitating cylinder walls. |
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Ontario, Canada eh. | Have a 25 that the pto likes to stay on. Is there a fix? Simple inexpensive fix? Should I just live with it? Use it < 100 hrs/yr. It will go off under light load...when auger is stopped, its just impossible to hook up anything with tractor running.
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Pulaski, TN | I have a TW20 with 7000 hrs on it. I really like it but I am partial to the Blue tractors. Without knowing the hours, tire tread, cab interior (if it has one), and overall appearance, I would guess in the $10 to $15,000 range. I gave $12,500 for mine 4 years ago. It was in above average to excellent condition. Nothing wrong with these tractors, cheap h.p. Good Luck!! |
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| If I were to buy and run any pto equipment with this tractor it would probably be a snowblower or post hole digger. Digger might not be enough to stop the pto. Snowblower wouldn't really matter all that much. 100 hrs a year would catch what I'd use a tractor like this for. I have a 8600 and a 9600. both are good starting tractors in winter, which is when I would use a tractor. IMO, it's a good idea to shut off the tractor engine to hook up or detach a PTO anyway. Also the easiest way to line up the splines when hooking up. |
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| Thanks Eddy! That's about in line with what I was thinking. I'm partial to blue tractors myself and figure they sell for roughly about half of a comparable green tractor of same vintage LOL! I'll see if I can do a link to the Feb 14 auction:
http://www.sdauctions.com/index.php?cmd=prevauction&id=2503
Edited by John SD 2/5/2007 19:36
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West Texas | You'll go thru a lot of steering pumps with that loader on it. |
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southern MN | You have a good memory, haven't mentioned it in a while. :)
I paid $10,600 for mine, duals & rock box was the only extra, about 5000 hours. Have seen a couple others go between $11,000 - 12,500. Local dealer will bid them to about that.
I'd not like one for loader work, it's not nimble & shifting is maybe better than a IHC of same age, but barely. I'm sure it can handle a lot of loader tho.
Wonderful big old beast tho for general field work. Handles a 3pt 15 row bean bar too.
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Southeast Florida | You'll go through the thrust bearings on the spindals too. Does the TW-20 hav the heavy duty or light duty frontend? Easy to tell apart 8 bolt wheel hubs HD, 6 bolt LD.
I've got a TW-30 in rough shape here and I wouldn't give $5k for one in good condiction. Mine has the front end torn out of it right now and if the estmated cost is much more than $2,500 it's going to the land fill.
The other luxuary about the Ford TW's is the part's have changed number's so many times that I don't know where to find the current numbers for anything. |
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Manitoba canada | I have a 20 with 9750 trouble free hours on the clock it's been fantastic , I would like a 25 ( super Q cab) to ease her into semi retirement. |
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| George, it is the LD front end. About 10 yrs ago I rebuilt the front end of my 8600 at a cost of about $1200 back then if I remember correctly. That was using new aftermarket spindles that cost half of OEM. Had to buy OEM steering arms and thrust bearings. Got new wheel bearings from local bearing jobber. Local guy did machine work on axle knees where the thrust bearings were wore out. Yes, it was a job. Neighbor did a similar job on a Case 2090 a few yrs ago and it was pretty spendy too. If I look at this tractor I will pay particular attention to the condition of front end.
Edited by John SD 2/6/2007 09:54
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| Paul, I did do a search of old posts at yt that kinda jogged my memory too! :-)
I'd mostly use a tractor like this for stacking round bales in summer and feeding them in the winter. No field work likely, but could dump the loader and be a backup haying tractor just in case. Especially if the AC could be made to work without a lot of expense. I see this tractor has the long axles with hubs for axle mount duals. |
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Mount Vernon, WA | Tractor has to be split behind the tranny, not an easy job. PTO clutch housing will have to be replaced, along with the brake disc and pads. Housing might also be damaged. Could be big dollars in parts. |
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southern MN | Mine has a TW25 rear axle in it, axle hub duals.
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Ford TW tractors revisited, again.....
