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Bought new in 2007, this thing has been a real workhorse. Periodic maintenance and a few struggles here and there but overall this has been a great tractor! And I still have money in my pocket, compared to what the local Deere and Kubota dealers wanted for a comparable tractor. And this site is a tremendous resource! Thanks to all!
I mounted a power inverter to run an electric pole saw while in the orchard. It works great!
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That's great Tom
. I'm using mine to dig holes for a fence and used one of the pallet forks I made to hold a roll of fence, it would have been a pain to get the fencing where I needed it without it, and I can roll it right off the tractor. I'm using an electric pole saw to limb trees too, it's hot and dry and I feel safer knowing I won't spark a fire like I could with a gas saw.
Now if only I hadn't read the post on parts unavailability for the Quanchai engines.
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Can't agree more with you two. Wish I bought my 07 284 as soon as I bought my land. Got very burned out on the too big, too old, too expensive farm tractors. But then I might've got one with a Quanchai ? ! When did they put those in ? I heard it was for a short time but what year? Tom, have you changed the alternator? How big of an inverter can you run? Thanks, Fido.
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As long as he lets the little alternator give the battery a full charge he should be okay. The inverter is/should be drawing from the battery primarily. I do agree that it will work the alternator pretty hard to keep up with the inverter if there's much draw, though. That's one reason I upgraded my alternator like you did, Bob. I want to mount my 2KW inverter on the tractor for things like pole saws and other tools, some of which will come close to the max the inverter will provide. I may even have to consider adding another battery. If so, I'll probably add a deep-cycle battery and an isolator/charger circuit like on an RV – use the deep-cycle for the tools and both of them for starting when/if needed. Just have to figure out exactly where to mount all that stuff!
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My experience has been good with very intermitent use of the pole saw. I had mounted a 2500 watt unit initially, and it would only power the saw on slow speed (it's a two speed Try Bilt pole saw). Didn't matter though as I unwittingly left the tractor and mounted inverter out in a big rain storm and the inverter guts were still wet when I turned it on again. Fried the thing! Might have just been fuses inside, but I went ahead and replaced with the 5k watt unit for more power…. and added a rubber boot to keep it dry!
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