Any body have a Belarus?

[Matthew Storrs]

I guess it all depends on how much he is asking for the tractor, otherwise there could be other makes like a case international which would do what you ask of it whilst being more 'commonplace'!

 

I dunno, I ran two zetors over 3 years- parts were cheep and so were the tractors but boy they cost me big time in downtime and my labour (and agri engineers) fixing them. The last 9540 I had I just ended up selling with a known hydraulic problem to Poland cos I just couldn't stomach spending another penny on it after spending 5k on it within a year, I purchased a much newer modern Same at a much higher purchase price but not spent a penny on it in nearly 3 years and NO DOWNTIME! Once bitten ( or twice in this case) twice shy!!

[andy cobb]

I guess it all depends on how much he is asking for the tractor, otherwise there could be other makes like a case international which would do what you ask of it whilst being more 'commonplace'!

 

I dunno, I ran two zetors over 3 years- parts were cheep and so were the tractors but boy they cost me big time in downtime and my labour (and agri engineers) fixing them. The last 9540 I had I just ended up selling with a known hydraulic problem to Poland cos I just couldn't stomach spending another penny on it after spending 5k on it within a year, I purchased a much newer modern Same at a much higher purchase price but not spent a penny on it in nearly 3 years and NO DOWNTIME! Once bitten ( or twice in this case) twice shy!!

 

I know what you mean about down time on zetors, currently running a 7245 that eats brake cylinders both master and slave and a 10011? That won't drive pto.

An old case would suit me fine as I did my apprenticeship on 956s and the like,

Unfortunately every 1 I've looked at has a knackered handbrake, meaning it's been left on, possibly warming the crown wheel up to almost the point of destruction or the gear selectors are worn to buggery.

Would like a 51 series but unless they've been well looked after and had regular hi-trans transfusions they can suffer clutch pack problems.

The attraction of the eastern block machines to me is that if something goes wrong in the woods you can usually limp back home with it or at least bodge it to get the job done instead of having to call out an engineer.

[Craig.]

Thanks for that. Answered a lot of questions I've gathering up over the last couple of days.

Probably won't tow much over 3 ton so brakes should be adequate hopefully.

Machine hasn't been run for probably 5 years so I'm glad you mentioned about the 24v starting or it would have been a frustrating day trying to get it to fire.

I was wondering if the 90 hp models ran the pto through a dry dual clutch or an Ipto pack? Have had a lot of trouble with a zetor regards hydraulic pump and clutch for pto and it's something I'm keen to avoid!

The air brakes would be a bonus as I'm looking for a low loader to move the 40t splitter around and can probably find a better trailer by looking at hgv trailers (mot failures etc) than something that's been worked hard behind a tractor and neglected.

 

- Andy

 

Thanks for all the info from everybody who's taken the time to post:thumbup:

 

The pto is an independent unit. It is also braked which can be a pain when coupling a shaft up, unless you can turn the implement, also don't just through the lever forward to stop unless the is an overrun clutch on the machine as it will stop the shaft dead, feather it forward as the machine has run down to bring it to a stop.

[Timbermcpherson]

I have a 952, the greatest thing about them is that so long as you have 3 hammers, a half bottle of vodka and a desperate need to get dirty, theres not much you cant fix yourself. You can find manuals online for them in alot of cases to.

 

With an cordless impact driver I can have one side of brakes apart in less than 2 minutes!

 

The brakes are aweful, hydraulics questionable, and they run as smooth as a drunk C3po doing a pole dance. But they are a good, strong machine.

[andy cobb]

I have a 952, the greatest thing about them is that so long as you have 3 hammers, a half bottle of vodka and a desperate need to get dirty, theres not much you cant fix yourself. You can find manuals online for them in alot of cases to.

 

With an cordless impact driver I can have one side of brakes apart in less than 2 minutes!

 

The brakes are aweful, hydraulics questionable, and they run as smooth as a drunk C3po doing a pole dance. But they are a good, strong machine.

 

The 1 I looked at was a 952 synchro . Was put off when the guy selling it said the brakes were terrible from new. Now looking at a Marshall 110 6 cylinder hoping it'll be simple mechanics like the zetor/ Belarus but a bit better brakes and hydraulics. Anybody got opinions?

[Timbermcpherson]

The brakes are terrible, but can be improved by getting new springs for the brake seperation units and giving the units a good clean. Bright side its easy to do, bad side is you have to do it!

[timbernut]

Think most of em have 'power down' on the 3pl, enough to lift the back end n change the wheels, an option you'd pay a lot extra for on most brands

 

 

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