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Ne Iowa | The little hydrostatic articulated 4 wd. I see one coming on a sale, what is the good and bad on these units? Thanks |
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Sunburst Montana | Cousin of ours had to borrow our skid steer because their 150 couldn't lift some chemical shuttles. They are anemic in the lifting department. I think they are only like 65 hp. My cousins also own a 276 which is a newer bigger model and they are having a heck of a time getting parts. |
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Idaho | Handy as a pocket on a shirt. These are older machine and the first run of the series. Later ones were bigger, more powerful and refined. If it is not leaking oil somewhere it means it is out! You have to work on they some but you get a useful yard goat if nothing else. We don't use ours for anything in particular just use it for most everything. Lift pallets all the time. Loader lift is a function of psi and cyl diameter. Certain machines will not lift what a 966 Cat will ether. Use for rock bucket work. You can see! Pallets. Hay. With a "L" pin on the bucket it maneuvers machinery into storage like nothing else. Put a 12' cult in a 10' hole. Not good for tillage type field work. Would be interested to see what it brings. |
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North Dakota | Perkins engine, eaton hydros, open center hydraulics and the smallest cab you will ever see. Last ones were made around 1980 so getting close to 40 years old and versatile parts for them are hard to find. Engine and hydro parts are around but will take some looking to find. Seat pivot and hydraulic leaks are common. Engine vibrates at idle but get it over 1200 and it is OK.
Handy little tractor but most of the people that bought them thought they were payloaders and treated them as such. One large round bale or half a bucket of sand is their limit if you want it to live more than 1000 hours. |
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North Central Kansas | Was there not an earlier version of the Versatile 150 like back in the late sixties? It was a low horsepower articulated but not bidirectional and maybe the "150" represented the nominal horsepower. It was basically a "wheatland" tractor as I remember. |
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NW Washington | Yes, I remembered a small hydro-stat transmission Versatile 4x4 too and after some searching around the web I found it on Tractor Data. I remember one someone used to make a SP sprayer.
Here is a link to the Tractor Data site with info on these rare tractor. http://www.tractordata.com/farm-tractors/001/3/3/1336-versatile-300... |
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Kingdom of Callaway - Fulton, Mo 65251 | palennn - 6/8/2017 14:22
Was there not an earlier version of the Versatile 150 like back in the late sixties? It was a low horsepower articulated but not bidirectional and maybe the "150" represented the nominal horsepower. It was basically a "wheatland" tractor as I remember.
Here is our little 300 getting it done this spring!
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North Central Kansas | I'll bet it's paid for and doesn't have electronics issues.
Edit: I guess its the Versatile 145, the predecessor to the 300, that I was thinking of. Looks like it was about 30% heavier than the 300 for some reason.
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Kingdom of Callaway - Fulton, Mo 65251 | palennn - 6/8/2017 19:41
I'll bet it's paid for and doesn't have electronics issues.
That's why I like them!
Here is a pic of the G125 we have in the shop. Its the same as a D-145 but with a Ford V-8 gas engine.
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North Eastern Maryland | Did that one come from Maryland?
Looks like one I sold a few years ago. |
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Iowa | You getting a little off the path the 150 is a bi-directional unit, I saw the picture of it but don't know anything about it, I was surprised it was there I have driven by this place 10,000 times. |
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Ne Iowa | Years ago it sat in the driveway, thought he'd probably gotten rid of it. I bet it would be a nightmare to keep running. |
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SW Sask | If you are thinking of the 300, it had an innovative hydro-mechanical transmission (I don't know the details, but I believe that it was a predecessor to current IVT transmissions. The mechanical component gave it reasonably good efficiency on field work.
The 150 (and subsequent bi-directional tractors) are pure hydrostatic. As others have stated, hydro + articulated steering + 4wd makes them incredibly handy around the yard. They are capable of some field-type work, but you'll break the bank buying fuel, and its probably tough on the hydro.
The 150 and 160 were a bit awkward because everything happened on the same (cab) end, ie) drawbar, 3 pt, and loader were all there, so you couldn't use more than one at a time. Later (256, 276, and later) were available with drawbar and 3pt on the engine end as well (optional, I think).
We had a 160 for a while, and dad was really careful about always rotating the seat/controls on the same arc when he moved it (which was rare). It was possible to keep moving the controls in a full circle, which I'm sure would have been bad news for the wiring. As it was, we started having some wiring issues under the cab before 3000 hrs.
The other quirk - they are a miniature articulated 4wd tractor, which means everything gets squeezed into a smaller area. I remember that doing a routine service and greasing on the 160 was a much bigger job than a full-sized 4wd tractor.
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