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| I also had heard good things about the "boxcar magnums", and I bought a 7140 about twenty years ago. Mine did not prove to be very reliable. Spent a lot of money "fixing" on that tractor, finally blew the engine and traded it for something else. The tractor was a MFWA, and I ended up overhauling each of the front wheel gearboxes twice.....total of 4 "surgeries"......@ $5-6-7K a piece. I'd look at those gear boxes VERY carefully if I was looking at a MFWA magnum.
More recently bought a 4755 from a guy I knew at his auction. Like it fine, although it's a little "dated" after running the newer Deere series on the farm.
One thing that "bugged me", though, is that I like to keep the dealer's tranny oil in the transmissions of my tractors. Since most of my tractors were green, I used JD HyTran exclusively. When I bought the 7140, I used CIH HyGard in it, but always worried about cross contamination when hooking up the hydraulics on the various machinery units. So I was pleased to finally revert to tractors where I could use JD hydraulic fluid in ALL the hydraulic systems.
I DO also have two CIH 4WD articulated tractors, but on them the hydraulic systems are separate from the transmissions, so I can use CIH transmission fluid in the trannys, and still use JD hydraulic fluids in the hydraulic systems, and avoid any cross contamination.
Probably a small issue or a non issue to lots of folks, but it was significant to me..... showboat | |
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John Deere 4755 or Case 7130 Magnum
