Great video. I had a White 4-180 with the Cat 3208 210HP. I used it for many years and sold it to another farmer when I retired. It pulled a 8-16 Oliver plow anywhere, never short of power. I loved that tractor!
Great looking tractor. I have a 4-175 and I usually put the underdrive in low to change gears. One must stop to change gears anyhow and its easier on the clutch to start moving in low range. Plus one can experience the snap as the underdrive shifts up. Never get tired of that. I noticed your 4-210 is missing the two shields that protect the oil pan and underdrive, cheap insurance you might want to look into. A little TLC for all the years of abuse and you will have a solid tractor. Keep the revs up on the cat. One of the big problems I believe was that farmers were use to an Inline 6 which had a lower pto rpm rating on the engine. Being creatures of habit they operated the cats the same way. What kills the cat is lugging them. I do not have the preheater in the intake or a heater for the water but I never had a problem with starting the cat well below freezing. It will smoke a lot on startup but will soon purr. My tractor when worked hard likes to sip oil so keep an eye on that. Keep us updated on your progress.
Paul from Iowa, I call that a Win, if you guys wouldn't have picked up that tractor it probably would have just rotted away. That's a Great buy, cheap horse power
Looks like a good tractor. I had a 4-175 turned up to 210 and it was really good tractor. Your shift linkage could be wore leading to the hard shifting. Whites also shift easier when in underdrive because it releases the pressure off the power shift clutches
You'd think a spare battery and jumper cables would be worth 3 hours of fecking around but I guess not... 3208 is no different to any other engine - if it's operated within specs and maintained correctly, it'll perform satisfactorily. Run it at rated speed, which I think is 2800. 1900 is too low if it is under moderate or higher load
Thanks , I definitely have to rev it up more. We are obviously used to the inline 6 tractors. And yes I spent 3-4 hours with excellent jumper cables, cracking injector lines etc. just didn’t film that part. Couldn’t get good fuel pressure. In hindsight, it was just gummed up fuel at the injector pump but didn’t want to get in that deep so far from home.
3208 is like any diesel it needs to spin good to start.flow timing the engine will help some on power and a lot on cold start up smoke.the also had pencil injectors need to be checked and cleaned from time to time.later 3208s had turbos good engine ,like any thing good maintenance .
Thanks madfarmer, at the time we were getting a little goofy. Thanks for finally answering my question. That makes so much more sense being a milling parlor. 😅
Great video. I had a White 4-180 with the Cat 3208 210HP. I used it for many years and sold it to another farmer when I retired. It pulled a 8-16 Oliver plow anywhere, never short of power. I
loved that tractor!
Great looking tractor. I have a 4-175 and I usually put the underdrive in low to change gears. One must stop to change gears anyhow and its easier on the clutch to start moving in low range. Plus one can experience the snap as the underdrive shifts up. Never get tired of that. I noticed your 4-210 is missing the two shields that protect the oil pan and underdrive, cheap insurance you might want to look into. A little TLC for all the years of abuse and you will have a solid tractor. Keep the revs up on the cat. One of the big problems I believe was that farmers were use to an Inline 6 which had a lower pto rpm rating on the engine. Being creatures of habit they operated the cats the same way. What kills the cat is lugging them. I do not have the preheater in the intake or a heater for the water but I never had a problem with starting the cat well below freezing. It will smoke a lot on startup but will soon purr. My tractor when worked hard likes to sip oil so keep an eye on that. Keep us updated on your progress.
Paul from Iowa, I call that a Win, if you guys wouldn't have picked up that tractor it probably would have just rotted away. That's a Great buy, cheap horse power
Looks like a good tractor. I had a 4-175 turned up to 210 and it was really good tractor. Your shift linkage could be wore leading to the hard shifting. Whites also shift easier when in underdrive because it releases the pressure off the power shift clutches
Thanks for the info. We haven’t put that many hours on it yet so I’ll be looking forward to this spring.
We’re in East Tx and have one identical to this white tractor, if you have any questions let me know!
If you ever want to sell it let me know I'm in East TX also
3208 are good motor need to keep it service properly good content
That White was walking away with that six bottom plow!
You bought a great tractor
You'd think a spare battery and jumper cables would be worth 3 hours of fecking around but I guess not... 3208 is no different to any other engine - if it's operated within specs and maintained correctly, it'll perform satisfactorily. Run it at rated speed, which I think is 2800. 1900 is too low if it is under moderate or higher load
Thanks , I definitely have to rev it up more. We are obviously used to the inline 6 tractors. And yes I spent 3-4 hours with excellent jumper cables, cracking injector lines etc. just didn’t film that part. Couldn’t get good fuel pressure.
In hindsight, it was just gummed up fuel at the injector pump but didn’t want to get in that deep so far from home.
3208 is like any diesel it needs to spin good to start.flow timing the engine will help some on power and a lot on cold start up smoke.the also had pencil injectors need to be checked and cleaned from time to time.later 3208s had turbos good engine ,like any thing good maintenance .
She is a monster, I would love a day on that beast, but living here in North Wales in UK your a bit far off 😂 cracking vidio Cheers Guys 👍👍
Thanks 👍
That pit was for a milking parlor
This old iron will always be better than whats manufactured tofay.
Thanks madfarmer, at the time we were getting a little goofy. Thanks for finally answering my question. That makes so much more sense being a milling parlor. 😅
Got a good looking tractor
That barn was a milking parlor the stalls and milking equipment were gone
it's a milk room .. step down so you're even with the teets ...
Depends on your needs. The tractor is a POS, no arguing that. Had a friend that ran one, he hated it, but it got the job done. Good luck!
There is nothing wrong with a 3208 Cat used one for years in a truck
Video too small opening up
Hahah ya dilge!!
A lot of good cow feed going to waste 😢