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2004 McCormick MTX135 good or bad

20K views 6 replies 6 participants last post by  beanplanter  
#1 ·
My neighbour is looking at this tractor it has 4200 hr, loader grapple,mfwd,3pt ,3hyd and a powershift.Looking for any info anyone has on these or any new McCormick tractors thanks.
 
#2 ·
We currently have two of these units showing 3800 and 1900 hours. We ended up trading a case mx 135 with 6000 hours on the first one. No problems with the case but only cost $5000 hours to trade to a new tractor. Case sold their Mx line off to McCormick and went with new holland. Real bad move. Anyway, the only difference between the case and MC is the Perkins motor which is much more fuel efficient. We have had a few small problems with it mainly bolts not tightened down form the factory. We also pulled the injectors at 2000 hours and rebuilt them but they were 99% within spec. Overall it is a good unit with a few small problems. If the guy is getting a good deal on it I would grab it but watch out for the resale.
 
#5 ·
Hmmm, Onionfarmer, why did you purchase your MF combine? You just buying by name? There doesn't seem to be anything MF about it.
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McCormick tractors were actually built at the former IH Doncaster plant, so there is some McCormick parentage there.
I don't find anything wrong with either brands purchase.
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