Pros And Cons Of Purchasing A Tractor

If you need a tractor, and you are looking to save a little money on the purchase, you may want to consider purchasing a used tractor. Purchasing a used tractor can help you save money in the short-term and allow you to get the work that you need to use it for done sooner rather than later. Here are a four things that you need to check when purchasing a used tractor.
Check The Hour Meter
Instead of an odometer that shows how many miles a vehicle has been driven, tractors have an hour meter instead. An hour meter shows the number of hours, broken down into the tenths of an hour, that particular tractor has been run at an average RPM rate for that tractor. This does not show you the exact amount of mileage or time the tractor has been used, but it gives you a good idea of how many hours of real work the tractor has put in. …show more content…
Do a little research on the particular tractor model you are interested in purchasing and find out how many hours you can expect to get out of the tractor before it needs major repairs or to be replaced.
Check For Rust
One of the things that can easily ruin a great tractor is rust. Once a machine starts to get rusty, it can be hard to stop the spread of rust to the frame of the tractor and to the parts. Check the outside of the tractor carefully to see how it was taken care of. Watch out for paint around the bottom that looks like it was placed there to cover up rust.
A tractor that was stored indoors when it was not in use is less likely to have rust damage than one that was stored outside without any protection; be sure to ask where it was stored and look carefully for rust damage if it was stored outdoors or in a semi-covered