And the rear blade doesn't appear to be a deere
looking at a 332 for a friend
Okay guys so a friend of mine is looking seriously at this 332. It comes with I believe a 30 inch tiller that is run off the front pto. It has a aftermarket 3pt hitch. A rear blade, I believe a 50 inch deck and a front snow thrower. 2 sets of tires also. It looks decent from the pictures and the owner said it has 2035 hours on it from when he bought it. He states in the email that is below that there was no hour meter on it when he bought it. From the sounds of it he is the second owner. What do you guys think about it? I will highlight my concerns and you guys tell me what you think. The current owner is asking 3000 for everything.
Ok. I bought the tractor used some years ago from a guy near Flint, MI which at the time it only had the mower deck with it. I picked up the tiller in Massachusetts a year or 2 after buying the tractor. The snow thrower I got from my father which was being used on a JD 317. The 3 pt hitch was added later and was build by a different guy in the Flint area. The 3 pt hitch is not John Deere OEM.
Issues:
Tractor - 2 slow hydraulic leaks. One is the power steering hydraulic cylinder. The other is at the check valves on the transmission I believe. These were slow enough leaks that I never got serious about fixing them. Was thinking about it but never got around to it.
Radiator is good, no leaks. Power steering wanders a little bit but I got used to it. Uses maybe a quart of oil once each year between oil changes. Can't figure why but may be coming from the breather tube.? Right now I'm having trouble starting in cooler weather. Tested the glow plugs and I believe I have 2 that need to be replaced. Those will be here this coming Tuesday and I'll be installing those.
Axle was replaced 3 years ago. A slow axle seal leak on the right side was fixed at that time too. No leaks at the axle now.
No brakes. None worked when I bought it and never felt I needed them.
2,038 hours on engine but previous owner did not have meter attached, so I'm not exactly sure how many hours are on it.
Front electric PTO needs minor adjustment. Noticed last fall that when PTO was disengaged that it would almost come to a stop but not quite. Minor gapping adjustment needed. Tractor comes with 2 other extra front PTO's. One of which I bought on eBay and never installed. These are worth a bit of money on their own.
Cosmetic improvements one might consider: rear lights not working and have missing parts. Not sure if headlights are working either. Never used them. A professional paint job would be nice. Previous owner did a lousy paint job and metal under paint looks pitted (like it may have been left out in the weather?). I've always stored this tractor and implements in doors (except for back blade). Safety switches were all disabled before I bought the tractor except for transmission forward/reverse lever. Tractor must be in neutral for the ignition to turn over engine. Frankly I preferred not having all the safety switches. But you may feel differently about that. Rubber is in good shape but may have to add air periodically.
Relatively new fuel pump was added about 3 years ago. Non OEM.
Snow thrower: single stage but does an adequate job. New drive chain a couple seasons ago and has a new scraper bar that hasn't seen any snow yet. Auger had minor bends in the blades but does not hinder functionality.
Tiller: 30 inch and has no 12" extension which was an option available. Works great but I noticed the last couple times I used it a squeak coming from the left bearing (I think).
Mower deck: Still mows great. 2 sets of blades still in decent shape. Hydraulic lift. I've had to do nothing but routine clean, grease, oil and sharpen blades for this deck.
Back blade: After market item. On the light duty side but when I needed more down pressure I would stack a cement block or two on the back of it.
I have only used this tractor a few times since last October. Mostly just to use lawn sweeper. Hate to get rid of it but can't justify having 2 tractors. This tractor would still be nice to keep around to handle smaller jobs that my newer tractor might be considered too big for. Oh well. Diesel is the way to go though. I assume you have some experience with diesel powered equipment. I doubt I'll ever go back to gas for a tractor.
Ok. I bought the tractor used some years ago from a guy near Flint, MI which at the time it only had the mower deck with it. I picked up the tiller in Massachusetts a year or 2 after buying the tractor. The snow thrower I got from my father which was being used on a JD 317. The 3 pt hitch was added later and was build by a different guy in the Flint area. The 3 pt hitch is not John Deere OEM.
Issues:
Tractor - 2 slow hydraulic leaks. One is the power steering hydraulic cylinder. The other is at the check valves on the transmission I believe. These were slow enough leaks that I never got serious about fixing them. Was thinking about it but never got around to it.
Radiator is good, no leaks. Power steering wanders a little bit but I got used to it. Uses maybe a quart of oil once each year between oil changes. Can't figure why but may be coming from the breather tube.? Right now I'm having trouble starting in cooler weather. Tested the glow plugs and I believe I have 2 that need to be replaced. Those will be here this coming Tuesday and I'll be installing those.
Axle was replaced 3 years ago. A slow axle seal leak on the right side was fixed at that time too. No leaks at the axle now.
No brakes. None worked when I bought it and never felt I needed them.
2,038 hours on engine but previous owner did not have meter attached, so I'm not exactly sure how many hours are on it.
Front electric PTO needs minor adjustment. Noticed last fall that when PTO was disengaged that it would almost come to a stop but not quite. Minor gapping adjustment needed. Tractor comes with 2 other extra front PTO's. One of which I bought on eBay and never installed. These are worth a bit of money on their own.
Cosmetic improvements one might consider: rear lights not working and have missing parts. Not sure if headlights are working either. Never used them. A professional paint job would be nice. Previous owner did a lousy paint job and metal under paint looks pitted (like it may have been left out in the weather?). I've always stored this tractor and implements in doors (except for back blade). Safety switches were all disabled before I bought the tractor except for transmission forward/reverse lever. Tractor must be in neutral for the ignition to turn over engine. Frankly I preferred not having all the safety switches. But you may feel differently about that. Rubber is in good shape but may have to add air periodically.
Relatively new fuel pump was added about 3 years ago. Non OEM.
Snow thrower: single stage but does an adequate job. New drive chain a couple seasons ago and has a new scraper bar that hasn't seen any snow yet. Auger had minor bends in the blades but does not hinder functionality.
Tiller: 30 inch and has no 12" extension which was an option available. Works great but I noticed the last couple times I used it a squeak coming from the left bearing (I think).
Mower deck: Still mows great. 2 sets of blades still in decent shape. Hydraulic lift. I've had to do nothing but routine clean, grease, oil and sharpen blades for this deck.
Back blade: After market item. On the light duty side but when I needed more down pressure I would stack a cement block or two on the back of it.
I have only used this tractor a few times since last October. Mostly just to use lawn sweeper. Hate to get rid of it but can't justify having 2 tractors. This tractor would still be nice to keep around to handle smaller jobs that my newer tractor might be considered too big for. Oh well. Diesel is the way to go though. I assume you have some experience with diesel powered equipment. I doubt I'll ever go back to gas for a tractor.
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