I'm 2-1/2 years in to the adventure of farming 165 acres of my great grandfather's 1900 homestead in SE Idaho. When I started it was overgrown with sage after 25 years in the CRP. It's looking pretty good now, and I've just got my 2nd harvest of spring wheat this fall.
So far all the work has been done with a 7U D4 and a 5U D2. They are running nicely but it is slow going and I don't have hydraulics. We used to use a D4D SA 84J that we bough new in the early '70s after it had sat on the dealer lot for a couple of years. It was a good machine, but doing some light dozing a rock cracked the oil pan and now it needs a bottom end overhaul, and also some brake work.
My dad and brother bought a 44A D6B with hardnose 2-way blade on it. We've put a bunch of money into fixing it up, but just don't use it. It isn't a good match to our needs really. It runs well but the steering boost leaks and that is making one clutch slip.
Anyway, I'd like to find a nice newer ('80s) D4E SA out of the Palouse region that still has some good life in it but is too small for the owner's current operations. I have seen these on occasion for sale in MO at Zimmerman tractor, but would rather avoid the cost of hauling from E-WA through SE ID to MO and back. I'm hoping to find something I can use for another 15 years at less than 100 hours per year without needing much other than routine maintenance. Ideally the transaction could be with the original owner of the machine
I'm also looking to sell or trade both the D4D SA 84J machine (not working) and the D6B 44A machine (working with some maintenance squawks).
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Joe

