Well, dad and I found a tractor last night. A Farmall 706. Actually, not technically sure if it is the Farmall or the International tags on it. Neither dad or I could remember after we left.

It is about a hour drive from us. It has a Farmhand loader with a custom made bucket with a grapple. It is the gas version. Really nice tires all the way around. No welds on the wide front or the loader. The loader is the quick tatch setup. Factory 3 point on the back. One remote hydraulic on the tractor and then it has a PTO driven pump for the loader. (This may cause some issues for what we want to use it for but we will see)

No pictures yet. Was too busy checking the thing out last night to remember to take pics. Not a bad looking tractor for being over 40 years old. Throttle was a little sticky, but it appeared to be in the linkage. No smoke, idles nice, WOT nice, TA that works, fluid filled tires, and I think that is it. The only issue was the clutch. We are hoping that it just has never been adjusted. Which, by the looks of the rod, it has never been touched. The pedal is almost all the way out to grab and there is really no free play.

He was asking 4500 for it. Got him down to 4100. There goes some down payment money for a house! :rolleyes: We will be picking it up hopefully some time next week. I will make sure to take some pics and post the addition to the family. This will make the 3rd red tractor between my dad, myself, and my brother-in-law. We have had good luck with the Super M, the 856, and now we are hoping the 706 will be the same!

I see a 656 w/ loader and bushhog for sale in the low $3k. it's a gasser too. but we picked up a nice 275 massey for 3k and it's getting the baler and auger duty know. it seems to run forever on a tank of fuel.

lets see some pics when you get it.

We had paid 3500 for the Super M which wasn't in as good of shape as this so we thought it was a good deal. The rear tires look pretty new as well so figured there was about 1200 for just the tires.

The big thing we liked was that it had a factory 3 point instead of the corn husker. That corn husker is a hell of a 3 point, but it hangs so low to the ground. And running the round baler, if you get a big windrow, that damn thing grabs and then starts pushing the windrow.

Now on the way there, someone has an old D sitting out by the highway. On a concrete slab and just beautiful. He even has the duals on it! I was shocked. I never knew they put duals on them!

Stupid me and not taking pictures of that either! :eek: I will try to get a pic next week, but it may be tough since we will have the trailer with us. Maybe we could sneak that on the back........

Congrat's on adding another piece of red iron to the collection! The little C263's are sweet runners when they have a good muffler on them, just pur, and so smooth. If it has a factory 3 Pt., I am almost positive it would make it a Farmall. Did you check the TA with the brakes or just pull the the "power stick"?

We did not put the TA under load. Got the tractor rolling and then pulled on the stick and noticed the change in speed.

This one did pur. I really do hope that this red treats us as well as the other two have.

The farm that we work on is all green. And they are a great tractor to, but you pay for that green and yellow paint! The red paint isn't as spendy and it is just as dependable of a tractor. Now I can't wait to bale some more hay! :)

Here are the pics. Went and got her last night. Of course we had to use dad's truck. I am really starting to wonder why I own a 1 ton dually. Dad seems to pull everything now with his 3/4 ton SRW 6.0Liter.

Truck got 7 max going down the interstate at 65 with a tail wind according to the DIC. Without the tailwind, the truck would not stay in OD and the DIC was around 5 to 6. Too bad the 7.4L will get better mileage towing that heavy to!

Oh, and the truck didn't want to shift either. Got it on the pavement and the truck was reaching 5500 RPM's and would hold it there for many, many, seconds before it would finally shift.

This thing is a brick. The loader is way too heavy for the tractor. And with those big rear tires full of fluid.........yeah.........she's a load!

Good looking 706 there, must be coming in at right around 11,000 lbs...probably more. I love the look of 06 Series with the clamshell fenders, our 806G has them on it. Must be an early one with the clamshells on it. Loader doesnt look all too big, we ran a Farmhand loader on a 856 up until a couple years ago, did crack one wide front tube on it though, but no spindles. Just be careful if you have a bale or load in the bucket not to hit any bumps real fast! Those spidles sound like a bomb going off when they break!
- Darin

Well, we are guessing the tires are completely full of fluid. We got the valve stem straight up and liquid still came out. Those are 18.4 tires on the back of that. Anyone have any idea how much extra weight is in those?

Put a set of plugs in her and found the exhaust leak. She is really starting to sound good now! Needs a new air filter and going to pick up a set of points and an oil filter also.

I am not sure what the bucket weighs, but it will make the front tires squat pretty good when you lift it off the ground. And even with the fluid filled tires, it still seems pretty front heavy. When you are driving along, it feels a little light in the rear.

Here is a pic of the dang rock that decided to peel itself into the tread of our tire. Dang nice tire to! But, we already have a new tire in its place. Pretty clever rock considering those are 16 ply tires!

Well, the tire shop came in with numbers. According to him if those tires are filled to the valve stem each tire will have 1,080 pounds of weight. So the liquid is an extra 2,160 pounds in the rear.

So if it has the smaller bore engine (haven't crossed the SN on the engine yet) the tractor with tires and fluids (no loader) should come in around 10,860 pounds. If it has the bigger bore engine then it will come in around 11,060 pounds. Figure approximately 2,000 for loader and it will come in around 12,860 to 13,060 pounds.

Add on about 5,000 pounds in trailer and I can see why the 6.0L was straining! :rolleyes:

How do you go about finding a bucket for a loader? This thing is just too heavy. It squats the front tires just lifting the bucket. It will not lift either if the bucket is about 3/4 full of wet, black, dirt.

Outside of that, new filter in the trans, new fluid in the trans, fixed the tach cable, messed with the hydraulics some, adjusted the transmission brake and the clutch, she is coming along fine.

Clutch doesn't slip. She will sping those big tires full of fluid if you are trying to dig up some dirt.

I just think we need to find a bucket that is on a diet. I fear grabbing a round bale with this thing. I reall don't think it would lift it. And if it does, I fear something will break.

We may get the bucket weighed some day just to see how heavy it actually is.