Mike, you gave some pretty darn good info and I really like the idea about keeping your tractor info as a contact or even a picture of the ser#. Thanks again for the great tips
Tractor Mike, Phone with pictures are a Godsend. Yes I keep pictures of VIN on my Toyota Hilux pickup, medication that I take etc. It idiot proofs stuff for me. I live in Spain and my Spanish is limited mostly to Texmex being a Born and bred Texan. I try verbalize what I wish to purchase, yes it's all messed up, voila show pictures and get a smile. Problem solved. I ENJOY YOUR CHANNEL A LOT, KEEP UP THE GREAT CONTENT. LEE
Great idea about taking pictures of serial numbers and models numbers. I have done this for my equipment for a couple of years. I even create a special folder on my phone labeled “equipment“. I take pictures of my chainsaw models numbers and the information on the bar as well as other equipment. For my tractor and Zero turn I do the same thing. Another thing that I do it I take pictures of is my license plates and front, back and both sides of the vehicle. Just in case. Great video. Thanks.
A few years ago I was watching a video of a guy living in Wyoming and he found a Ford tractor online. It looked pretty good and money wise not too bad of a price, so he brought it. Had it delivered to his farm, well it wasn't nothing like the picture at all. The cab was in bad shape, the controls some were working and some not. Then the engine looked like the oil and filter hadn't been changed for quite a while. Then after a couple weeks the fuel pump went bad. I believe he sold soon after.
Never thought about putting equipment in phone contacts. I have photos of equipment in sub folders in my phone, but in the contacts is a great suggestion. I will have to do this!
I liked the last suggestion about using a contact in your phone. I do something similar but use Notes in my phone to keep up with different pieces of equipment and can update when I change parts, e.g. air filter, oil filter, etc.
Thank you for explaining Tractor ( serial number) versus a vehicle, boat ( serial numbering) is different, I personally find boat numbers easy to understand, that's just me though.
Good information Mike. Looks like a nice ford tractor you have. How many hours do you have on it, and has it been a good tractor? Thanks for the video Mike. Keep the videos coming. Thanks LinemanG
I don't use it as much as you might think, it only has about 1,000 hours on it. They are excellent tractors, in my opinion the TC New Holland were among the best ever built. I used to love selling them when in the dealership world.
Im trying to buy a used tractor and the bank wants the serial off the tractor which is pretty obvious, but they are adamant about getting the serial off the loader too which is highly confusing why they would want that. The machine is an 85' ford 1910 with cab and 770b loader. It has all been re-painted and the dealer can't find it. Im afraid if they can't find the number the bank won't loan me the money. Just perplexed
The 13 digit Deere S/N’s had meaning as well. The first two letters denote the factory (LV - Augusta, GA, E - Ottumwa, L - Mannheim, Germany, etc..). The next four numbers show the model number (5400, 6400, etc...). The next letter was what Deere called a “factory use code”, and the final six numbers were the S/N sequence. The 17 digits drilled it down further. Even Deere’s older S/N style prior to the 13 digit style had a way of coding information in it.
I don't use it as much as you might think. It's about to roll over 1,000 hours. One of the best tractors ever built in my opinion. I loved selling them when in the dealership world.
Hey Mike I watched a video you made the other day about loader leak down. Well a neighbor bought a Kabota 108 something and his loader leaks as you guys stated the dealer told him that it was a gov. regulation that all loaders were to be on the ground within 5 minutes after parking . I don't know what you guys are talking about because my Deere stays where its at when the tractor is shut down even with a bale of hay on it.
When fooling around with old N series Fords (my hobby) you sometimes run into some odd surprises. A standard serial prefix is 9N or 8N. But wait, there’s more! A BNO serial prefix denotes manufacture for the Bureau Of Naval Ordinance, meaning that the engine was bought surplus as a replacement engine after the war. A 9NBN prefix indicates that the tractor was originally sold as an industrial model, not as a farm tractor. It’s these kind of oddities that makes restoring the old ones fun.
@@TractorMike The BNO’s we’re installed in airport tugs. There were around 3,200 tugs built. After the war it looks like better than 90% of them were broken up for parts. A few were used as civilian tugs, like at the Lancaster, PA airport near me, but most were scrapped. I never cease to be amazed at the number of Ford 9N and 8N’s with BNO replacement motors. It was probably a lot cheaper for the farmer to buy a low time surplus engine than to have his original overhauled. As for the 9NBN’s, those are RARE. I’ve only ever seen one and I bought it for the collection. Keep up the good work. I’ve learned a lot from your channel. Now I know why my Kubby has a Great Bend loader on it! Happy New Year to you!
I take pictures of tractor and equipment serial numbers and keep them in a folder on my computer. I pulled up one of my JD serial numbers but couldn't keep with you. Can the link you put in here be trusted? I think my dealer has a record of every piece of equipment I have and can find my serial numbers if needed.
Hi Mike, Your video was really great and I really thank you for sharing that SMA website. As my retirement draws nearer, my acquisition of a tractor becomes more and more imminent. My tractor of choice is the TYM I really like them. The website your provider does not list TYM but it’s not just your suggested website but many others don’t list. TYM. What in the world does that mean than in terms of buying accessories a.k.a. aftermarket items or just using a website like you suggested? The model I am interested in happens to have a Kukje engine do I go under that? I would welcome hardly any help. You can provide keep making great videos.
I don't have any experience with the TYM brand, but they're a huge South Korean Company and sell a fair number of tractors in this country. They also build some of Mahindra's models. I don't have any personal experience to relate, we've never had a dealer in this area that sold many units.
@@TractorMike thank you for your honesty. I’ve been having trouble trying to get an answer from TYM as they don’t seem to understand my question I should keep trying. Thank you for your wonderful channel.
When I got my John Deere 1025R two years ago, I wrote the serial number on the front cover of my owners manual I figured it would be a good idea if the tractor ever got stolen, I could give the serial number to the Sherriff. Also for looking up parts as Mike said.
dear mike i am new to your channel and my dad has a kubota 76 hp tractor and it will start but it will not get no fuel. what should i do about this problem?
Mike I need help! Bought a Farmtrac 25H and the dealer that sold it to me is no help. Do you have any idea where I can get filters, I need to do a 50hr service and I'm a novice. 0:00
I didn't know the Farmtrac brand was back in the U.S. If you can get the numbers off the filters that are on the tractor you could probably Google them and find them from another source. Good luck!
The best idea is the contact update for equipment. I manage my dad's, our joint property, and personal equipment. I'm always losing the pictures I take of the data plates.
I have a picture of the vehicle, license plate and vin number of everything I own in an album marked vehicles in my phone. It comes in handy quite often.
I took photos of every serial number on my tractor and emailed them to myself, before loading it to bring home. Now even if I don't have my phone I can check my email for numbers.
Mike, you gave some pretty darn good info and I really like the idea about keeping your tractor info as a contact or even a picture of the ser#. Thanks again for the great tips
Would have been helpful if you showed exactly where on the SMA website the S/M lookup is.
Great info on SNs. I do have photos of all serial plates but great idea putting them in the contacts!
Tractor Mike,
Phone with pictures are a Godsend. Yes I keep pictures of VIN on my Toyota Hilux pickup, medication that I take etc. It idiot proofs stuff for me. I live in Spain and my Spanish is limited mostly to
Texmex being a Born and bred Texan. I try verbalize what I wish to purchase, yes it's all messed up, voila show pictures and get a smile. Problem solved.
I ENJOY YOUR CHANNEL A LOT, KEEP UP THE GREAT CONTENT. LEE
Lee, thank you! Could you shoot me an e-mail sometime at mike@asktractormike.com? I have a couple of questions about Spain that I'd like to ask you.
Thanks for the information, very helpful. Great idea about the serial numbers in the phone as well…never thought of it and will definitely do it.
Great idea about taking pictures of serial numbers and models numbers. I have done this for my equipment for a couple of years. I even create a special folder on my phone labeled “equipment“. I take pictures of my chainsaw models numbers and the information on the bar as well as other equipment. For my tractor and Zero turn I do the same thing. Another thing that I do it I take pictures of is my license plates and front, back and both sides of the vehicle. Just in case. Great video. Thanks.
Mike, great video. That was very interesting what you shared about the difference in serial numbers between tractor manufacturers.
Mike, thank you for this information.Very useful.
A few years ago I was watching a video of a guy living in Wyoming and he found a Ford tractor online. It looked pretty good and money wise not too bad of a price, so he brought it. Had it delivered to his farm, well it wasn't nothing like the picture at all. The cab was in bad shape, the controls some were working and some not. Then the engine looked like the oil and filter hadn't been changed for quite a while. Then after a couple weeks the fuel pump went bad. I believe he sold soon after.
Never thought about putting equipment in phone contacts. I have photos of equipment in sub folders in my phone, but in the contacts is a great suggestion. I will have to do this!
I liked the last suggestion about using a contact in your phone. I do something similar but use Notes in my phone to keep up with different pieces of equipment and can update when I change parts, e.g. air filter, oil filter, etc.
Thank you for explaining Tractor ( serial number) versus a vehicle, boat ( serial numbering) is different, I personally find boat numbers easy to understand, that's just me though.
Good information Mike. Looks like a nice ford tractor you have. How many hours do you have on it, and has it been a good tractor? Thanks for the video Mike. Keep the videos coming.
Thanks LinemanG
I don't use it as much as you might think, it only has about 1,000 hours on it. They are excellent tractors, in my opinion the TC New Holland were among the best ever built. I used to love selling them when in the dealership world.
This is excellent info. Good Job my friend
Im trying to buy a used tractor and the bank wants the serial off the tractor which is pretty obvious, but they are adamant about getting the serial off the loader too which is highly confusing why they would want that. The machine is an 85' ford 1910 with cab and 770b loader. It has all been re-painted and the dealer can't find it. Im afraid if they can't find the number the bank won't loan me the money. Just perplexed
The 13 digit Deere S/N’s had meaning as well. The first two letters denote the factory (LV - Augusta, GA, E - Ottumwa, L - Mannheim, Germany, etc..). The next four numbers show the model number (5400, 6400, etc...). The next letter was what Deere called a “factory use code”, and the final six numbers were the S/N sequence. The 17 digits drilled it down further. Even Deere’s older S/N style prior to the 13 digit style had a way of coding information in it.
Great video Mike! How many hours does your TC have? Those things are solid! We have an open station and a Super Suite cab. 🙂
I don't use it as much as you might think. It's about to roll over 1,000 hours. One of the best tractors ever built in my opinion. I loved selling them when in the dealership world.
Wow! Our 2002 open station has well over 2000 hours the 2007 cab model has only 600! They are both TC45D models.
Hey Mike I watched a video you made the other day about loader leak down. Well a neighbor bought a Kabota 108 something and his loader leaks as you guys stated the dealer told him that it was a gov. regulation that all loaders were to be on the ground within 5 minutes after parking . I don't know what you guys are talking about because my Deere stays where its at when the tractor is shut down even with a bale of hay on it.
That's a new one on me. Have the dealer find that legislation. I'd like to see it :).
When fooling around with old N series Fords (my hobby) you sometimes run into some odd surprises. A standard serial prefix is 9N or 8N. But wait, there’s more! A BNO serial prefix denotes manufacture for the Bureau Of Naval Ordinance, meaning that the engine was bought surplus as a replacement engine after the war. A 9NBN prefix indicates that the tractor was originally sold as an industrial model, not as a farm tractor.
It’s these kind of oddities that makes restoring the old ones fun.
Wow, thanks for sharing. That's information that I wasn't aware of.
@@TractorMike The BNO’s we’re installed in airport tugs. There were around 3,200 tugs built. After the war it looks like better than 90% of them were broken up for parts. A few were used as civilian tugs, like at the Lancaster, PA airport near me, but most were scrapped. I never cease to be amazed at the number of Ford 9N and 8N’s with BNO replacement motors. It was probably a lot cheaper for the farmer to buy a low time surplus engine than to have his original overhauled.
As for the 9NBN’s, those are RARE. I’ve only ever seen one and I bought it for the collection.
Keep up the good work. I’ve learned a lot from your channel. Now I know why my Kubby has a Great Bend loader on it! Happy New Year to you!
I take pictures of tractor and equipment serial numbers and keep them in a folder on my computer. I pulled up one of my JD serial numbers but couldn't keep with you. Can the link you put in here be trusted? I think my dealer has a record of every piece of equipment I have and can find my serial numbers if needed.
Great advice and tips.
I like that contact info/picture tip!
Hi Mike,
Your video was really great and I really thank you for sharing that SMA website. As my retirement draws nearer, my acquisition of a tractor becomes more and more imminent. My tractor of choice is the TYM I really like them. The website your provider does not list TYM but it’s not just your suggested website but many others don’t list. TYM. What in the world does that mean than in terms of buying accessories a.k.a. aftermarket items or just using a website like you suggested? The model I am interested in happens to have a Kukje engine do I go under that? I would welcome hardly any help. You can provide keep making great videos.
I don't have any experience with the TYM brand, but they're a huge South Korean Company and sell a fair number of tractors in this country. They also build some of Mahindra's models. I don't have any personal experience to relate, we've never had a dealer in this area that sold many units.
@@TractorMike thank you for your honesty. I’ve been having trouble trying to get an answer from TYM as they don’t seem to understand my question I should keep trying. Thank you for your wonderful channel.
When I got my John Deere 1025R two years ago, I wrote the serial number on the front cover of my owners manual
I figured it would be a good idea if the tractor ever got stolen, I could give the serial number to the Sherriff.
Also for looking up parts as Mike said.
I also do this along with date
dear mike i am new to your channel and my dad has a kubota 76 hp tractor and it will start but it will not get no fuel. what should i do about this problem?
There are a lot of things that it could be. Sounds like some foreign material in the fuel tank or fuel line to me. Have you changed the fuel filter?
@@TractorMike yes sir we did
Great suggestion about photos
That is pretty interesting, Mike.
Do you know about decoding rk serial numbers?
No. I've not had experience with that brand.
@@TractorMike thank you
Mike I need help! Bought a Farmtrac 25H and the dealer that sold it to me is no help.
Do you have any idea where I can get filters, I need to do a 50hr service and I'm a novice. 0:00
I didn't know the Farmtrac brand was back in the U.S. If you can get the numbers off the filters that are on the tractor you could probably Google them and find them from another source. Good luck!
Great info! Thanks!
The best idea is the contact update for equipment. I manage my dad's, our joint property, and personal equipment. I'm always losing the pictures I take of the data plates.
Excellent!
Helpful information for people who can’t think on their own.
Thanks Mike.
I need help to find Massey Ferguson 240 4x4 front crown wheel and pinion can u help me please
I have a picture of the vehicle, license plate and vin number of everything I own in an album marked vehicles in my phone. It comes in handy quite often.
Good job
I took photos of every serial number on my tractor and emailed them to myself, before loading it to bring home. Now even if I don't have my phone I can check my email for numbers.
It's a PIN or a VIN. Not a VIN number. The N in both stands for number.
Nice yours is riveted on mine is yours but red mine is a sticker and it fell off
This is one reason tractor are hard to return to the original owners.