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| I never ran a 7000 but I've spent a lot of hours on the newer variants including a 7710.
Hydraulics were slow on the 7000. Other than that... it's an 85 hp tractor. Could be had in utility (All Purpose) version or row crop. One is a straddle mount; the other a flat deck. Straddle (AP) is probably more suited to what you want...
As far as overheating goes... I've not seen many Ford's that frequently overheated unless they had a generous twist of the torque screw. It's nothing to get 100-110 horse (PTO) from that engine but it's hard to keep cool... and if you did a survey around here you'd find most of them turned somewhere in that range...
The rest of the chassis of that tractor should be pretty solid. I would either question the hours or the maintenance if all of that work was done to it and it's still only got 4500 hours tho.... really seriously question.
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Is a 7000 Ford a good tractor?
