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2003-02-07 48849
A friend of mine is selling a Ford 1215 Diesel tractor with 60" Belly mount mower. It only has 153 hours on it and it looks and runs great (almost new). He said he paid close to $9,000 for the Tractor and Mower. He's asking $6,000 for it. Is this a fair price? He has the manual for the tractor, but the manual doesn't say how many HP the tractor is and what's the lifting capacity of the 3Pt Hitch. It only says that the PTO has 13HP.
Is this a good tractor for the money? Also, I would only be interested in it if I could attach other implements such as a Bucket and maybe a Backhoe. Does Ford (New Holland) even make acessories for this machine? If not, what is the likelihood that I could find used implements?
I appreciate everyone's information. Thanks!
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2003-02-08 48869
I've never been certain where these '15's fit in--whether they're somewhat dressed up or dressed down 10's. The 20-series was out when New Holland bought Ford in the early '90's and I don't know if the 15's were something Ford had out or if they were minor production changes by NH.
At any rate, NH would support the tractor now. I dealer likely would want your buz and would sell you most any new or used implement. A dealer also should know what implements are recommended for the tractor. I believe 1210's have a CAT I 3ph, so plenty of new and used NH and after-market implements are around.
In terms of the power, PTO HP is the most common was to compare tractors because of widely varying efficiencies of transmissions. I do know that the 11 and 12 models are treated differently from the rest of the compact line, which run from 13's to 21's. HST transmissions were available for 1110 and 1210's but not the other compact models. I think the 11 and 12 models were intended mostly to be small mid-mount mower tractors and I don't know how well they'd accept a backhoe. That's the sort of thing dealers know if we can't come up with anything specific here.
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