Tractor thoughts

Aya xxv

Ursus 490 4wd. Good nick mainly pulling trailers of timber out of headlands and back home by road. What do ye reckon.

lakill Farm

Aya xxv wrote: »

Ursus 490 4wd. Good nick mainly pulling trailers of timber out of headlands and back home by road. What do ye reckon.

worked with a lad who had the 490 mercury. 4wd

It was real smokie however apart from that she seemed a good tractor. At the time it did all the main work around the place and had a loader and grab on.

He kept it for 5 years and only problem I know is the little bar that goes from clutch pedal to the gearbox broke but was an easy DIY repair. It had broke on the ursus 4512 delux 2wd he had before.
he would have been feeding 100 acres of pit silage a year x 5 years so a lot of manual clutching

Basic tractor, good enough traction and easy on juice.

agriman27

I wouldn't have one about the place. Drove one on work experience years ago,rough out, stupid gearbox and crap noisy cab, bang your knee every time gettin in. Massey will cost more but you'll have something nice and it'll hold its value. Ursus would probly be reliable as mentioned and parts easily got

Mad4simmental

Isn't an ursus the same thing as a massy as regards running gear ect? Nabougers had one for years and it didn't seem to give them any trouble. I think there is a tractor foarm sum where in the moters thred try there.

agriman27

Mad4simmental wrote: »

Isn't an ursus the same thing as a massy as regards running gear ect? Nabougers had one for years and it didn't seem to give them any trouble. I think there is a tractor foarm sum where in the moters thred try there.

Think the one I worked had ford 76 gearbox

Zr105

agriman27 wrote: »

Think the one I worked had ford 76 gearbox

I wouldn't think so, they are pretty much a Massey 200 series back end which is much the same as a 100series...

Op one thing to check if your hauling timber in not sure if they had trailer brakes

agriman27

Don't think they have a 12/4 synchro with 3 levers, the ursus have a gearbox with 2 levers

lakill Farm

agriman27 wrote: »

Don't think they have a 12/4 synchro with 3 levers, the ursus have a gearbox with 2 levers[/QUOTE

correct. after about 2 hours driving it you would be wishing to go home

Spend 10k on a new Holland 7840 or something like that. More comfort, 4wd and diff and electronic engage and a nicer tractor

micraX

Don't go near the 400 series ursus.heap of ****e. We had one for 4 years only doing drill work, transplanting interowculivation spreading a bit of fertilizer, broke our heart, both steering rams sheared the ball joint off, fuse box went on fire, all the back end had un reasonable wear from the work it done, check-chains broke the plastic in the can is ****e the doors are to heavy and catch the wind easily, the pain work is shockingly bad as theres no undercoat, everytime it was washed more and more paint was on the ground. Traded the 450 in for a mf4315, best decision ever.