I've been mulling over the tractor a bit. Still not convinced it's worth the asking price.

As it so happens I noticed the crawler sitting out with a for sale sign when I was heading into town for an appointment. On my way out of town I stopped for a couple minutes to look it over again and take a few pictures.

Looking it over this time it looks to me like there is some considerable wear on the track bushings. There again I'm not a particularly good judge of such. In my ignorance am I correct to assume that sealed tracks are run to failure, as in there's no turning the pins and bushings?

 
 
 
 
 

Sealed tracks it can be worthwhile turning pins and bushes, however lubricated tracks I wouldn't bother trying to turn.

Wombat

Here's the story on S & L pins and bushings. By today's costs (labor) it is no longer practical to do pin and bushing turns on small machines (D4 and under) may even be marginal on D6's.

 

it is common with all farm tractors wheel or tracked the the brakes on one side will have done more work. and that can be rectified with an adjustment provided there is still life left it the linings and drum/disc. if the re is little life left it makes sense to rebuild the assembly with new and never touch it again unless you plan to put the machine to work.

I wish to think the owner ran that unit with the tracks pumped up too tight, to have that much wear on those bushings? Or some would say from high speed use? Rail height looks nice, along with the sprocket.
Overall, that is a very clean looking unit. Myself, I would love to have that one. It is a good thing it is far away from me!
Perhaps you can get the seller to make some adjustment in price? Hope you purchase it. JM

So am I correct in my assessment that the bushings do have considerable wear? And that it's pretty much run to failure then fork over $5,000 for new chains and sprockets?

Be best to actually measure. New is 2.12" diameter, 100% service worn at 2.00"

I'll have to see if I can get some free time to go make a measurement. My calibrated eyeball says there's more than 1/8" missing.

In agricultural used soil type makes a world of difference in how long track life will be. How many acres do you get with chisel points or disc blades? Without rereading to see if it says how many hours on it the drawbar shows very little ware, and no sign of 3pt in the last pictures. So I can see the high speed being a big part of the ware. If your soil is not highly abrasive and you only tillage a few weeks those track could last a long time. But loose sandy soil they could be gone in much sooner.

With the link height it would break my heart to send those to scrap if the bushings ware out soon, but I understand the dollars have to work.

Old wrote:

Be best to actually measure. New is 2.12" diameter, 100% service worn at 2.00"