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Ford 4000
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Registered: 01/11/2012 Posts: 66 |
Just toying with an idea, will a 4000 chassis hold up to a farm stock 7000lb?? Power will be a 268 (from 7710) w/9.5 simms & turbo. Thanks! |
Re: Ford 4000
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Registered: 04/04/2008 Posts: 631 |
We used a 4000 in an econo mod tractor with about 750 HP. It worked ok except we had to run high gear in the transmission and we broke the gears after about 2 years. We took out the tractor transmission and just ran the rear and it worked great. I don't have a clue what HP you are expecting or what gear you plan to run but I'd say if to run a lower gear you should be good. We ran 750 HP and a lot of RPM and the high gear in that transmission has a very small gear and a very large gear and it just ate up the small gear.
S'no Farmer |
Re: Ford 4000
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Registered: 07/02/2008 Posts: 129 |
We started out with a 4000 trans and rear behind a 304 4-cyl. Not sure what our HP number was, but we tore 7th gear out of it twice...and after the second time we went with a 5000 trans and rear and haven’t had an issue since (10+ years). The rear end will hold up fine but the trans is a bit weak for a pulling application, in my opinion. |
Re: Ford 4000
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Registered: 01/11/2012 Posts: 66 |
Thanks much for the input! I doubt this would even hit 200 hp. Does the 4000 rear bolt directly to a 5000 trans? |
Re: Ford 4000
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Registered: 05/24/2013 Posts: 380 |
No it doesn’t, you would have to use the 5 trans and rear |
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