High hour use

[Tx Jim]

6,500 hrs, 6,800 hrs, 8,000 hrs, 10,500 hrs, are still lots of times that everything in any engine is going round, and round!
The continued hard pulling by farm tractors may affect engine wear, but in either type machine with the same total hours, the same parts are all moving/wearing constantly.
Utility tractors usually have many more cold starts, and that can certainly be an engine wear issue.

Yes & then there are brand new & nearly new tractors that engine won't start/run or transmission won't operate as designed because of a part failure or regen failure.

 

[Orange man hero]

Yes & then there are brand new & nearly new tractors that engine won't start/run or transmission won't operate as designed because of a part failure or regen failure.

Yes, and cold starts wear engines no matter what kind.

 

[BruceP]

Yes, and cold starts wear engines no matter what kind.

This has been proven time and again.
Taxicabs, busses and other vehicles which start ONCE and drive all day last far longer than engines which are started cold several times per day.

 

[daverd4]

Long story short they sold the lower hour tractor for near full price and I don't even want a 10,600 hr tractor for even $4000. Thanks for all the input. it was great to see everyone's opinions .