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NNW Nebraska | My main feed / loader tractor is a 1086. I do have the door so that it can swing around to my loader arm, but it is WAY easier to climb into and several steps less than climbing into my jd4650.
I sure can not complain about problems with my 1086 and don,t have any idea how many hours it has on it, but I am sure it passed 10k hours years ago. Clutch may be not the best if you got some clown running it that thinks you need full throttle doing loader work and slip it like a torque converter in a 4wd loader, however I get several years out of a clutch and that includes loading out 600 to 800 ton of silage a year as well as handling maybe 2000 big bales and hauling dirt. I did replace the front spindles with some off of a 1370 case because of all the loader work I do with it, I did have front spindle trouble, but Jd had weaker front spindles.
There is fairly simple fix to the slop in the shift linkage as things get worn. Did have trouble with the spring on the detentes in the top of the transmission breaking and replaced that spring with one with smaller wire & about twice as many coils about the same diameter. Have never replaced another spring and it makes shifting easier.
I am a big guy and I find the sound guard cab very small and harder to enter / exit after spending years in the 1086. No room to put hardly even a water jug in the sound guard.
I think that if IH would have put in a synchronized transmission or possibly a power shift back in the 66 series days, they would have outsold JD. That said, I have neighbors that have spent more on their JD repairs than I have spent buying my 1086 and all the parts I have put in it and that includes a engine overhaul.
I have heard that the 14s had a lot of rear end trouble if you were pulling the guts out of them, but I have a 1466 that I bought used and used for a few years as my main tillage tractor. I knew it needed a overhaul, but never got it done and developed a knock. Still in the process of installing a different engine. I never put a ta or rear end in it. I did replace the clutch once.
I pull the same equipment now with my 4650 and don't know as I am going much faster.
The best part of the 1086 for loader tractor work is how well they start in cold weather. and no, I don't mind the shifting doing loader work with mine. It may not be as great as a shiny new tractor would be for loader work, but what I have in mine wouldn't make a down payment on a new shiny paint model! Having the shifter on one side and the hydraulics on the other side is a plus for loader work. | |
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International 1486 good/bad/ugly???
