Strayed to the Subcompact Green side.

[oliver2-44 11,303]

Forgive me father Pond, I have strayed  to the green side. Please don't ban my Redsquare account  

I have a friend who says, " Even a A blind hog finds an Apple every now and then"

A local estate sale had this tractor for sale on FBMP and at the sale for way to much.

The previous owner had 10 acres of horse pasture that he shredded. 

Around here Estate Sales  are outrageous price Thursday, 25% off outrageous 2nd day, and 1/2 off 3rd day getting closer to reasonable.

I was the last person on the 3rd day just looking around and she was counting cash to close.

I didn't intending to buy a tractor, but sure needed something I could put a post hole digger on for some repairs on the family farm.

We have a great guy leasing the 300 acre family farm for cattle. But we are responsible for the 3+ miles of exterior fencing.  

Being in Texas I guess I should call this our "Ranch", but Dad always called it the Farm!

Thankfully we don't need to build new fence, but there are cedar line post every 5th T post that are rotting off at the bottom, especially where there are low spots that stay wet longer. 

I'm the youngest son in the family, and still able to do some work around the place

I inquired about the tractor and she said she couldn't do 50% off on it. 

I made her an offer and she took my number and said it would continue to be on FBMP. 

2 weeks later I got a call and she said she needed to wrap up the estate sale and get seller their money.

I interpreted that as, if she didn't sell the tractor she wouldn't get her 30% commission off it.

She played the game of she had other offers to call and got me $500 higher. 

Surprisingly wife said "Go for it", you've been looking for something and you won't have to work on it before you use it like your backhoe one'

PS there was kind of a wife jab there about my greasy farm clothes....the old Oliver always has a oily hydraulic seep somewhere. 

So its a 2021 John Deere 1023E with loader and shredder. It had 67 hours. I didn't steal it,  but a really good price!

I even got to transfer the last 6 months of the 5 year warranty over to me!

The old Oliver doesn't have power steering, plus the JD hydro transmission with foot control sure is nice for light work. 

In 2 weeks I've put 7 hours on it shredding 2 passes around the perimeter fencing, and cleaning up some light brambles and dead wood along the fences. 

A lot more could be done around the farm, but we owe it to our leaser to maintain the fences

 

When I got it the bucket didn't have a single scratch in it.  I've put a few!

Nice 4 ft shredder

 

Going through the service list I've greased everything. But see it has an initial 50 hr engine and transmission oil and filter change.

I can tell the filters are the black factory painted one with no writing, so I need to do that. 

Interestingly besides the transmission hydraulic filter, it has a screen to remove and clean for the pump suction.

While most would consider this subcompact too small, I like that I can put it on a 16 ft trailer and pull it with my 1/2 ton truck.  It weights 2600lbs

I have my my old White Oliver 2-44 for any heavy work. With loaded tires it weights just under 10,000 lbs.

With the weight of the backhoe and a bucket full of gravel it can put all 44hp of diesel grunt to that back axle. I try to be careful, as I really think it has enough grunt to break that heavy back axle. 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by oliver2-44

[ri702bill 11,501]

So I take it that the mower is a flail mower, not a finish mower ?

Linen beige on the rims & a black seat cover would make it less "offensive"...

Edited 5 hours ago by ri702bill

[oliver2-44 11,303]

Not a horizontal shaft with multiple flail blades, but a typical farm pasture shredder that has a vertical shaft gearbox with 2 swinging blades . 

[JCM 10,919]

Wish you good luck with it. Have fun !