7060 info please

I'm new to this site, and allis tractors. That being said, I think I'm going to have a shot at buying a 7060 in the near future. A friend of mine inherited it, and it's been sitting in the barn for the last 5+years since his uncle died. Can't seem to find much info on these. Would be doing tillage work and hauling gravity boxes. How are the brakes on these? How good of a tractor are these? Good parts availability? Anything to watch out for? I've only glanced at it once. Seems like it's in okay appearance for the age. Don't think his uncle was big on maintenance though. What is a good price range for these? Thanks for any help.

Good, strong, reliable, cheap horse that will go and go. Wish I had one. jmho, Trev.

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The power shift 7060 I have is great for pulling wagons. Parts are available I have found, some after market even. I have found the a/c to be underwhelming on a hot May day while planting. Overall, my experience has been positive, but I am pretty sure it was well taken of before I got it. As far as pricing, my opinion is the power shift adds to value. Also, whether it is an early or late model. Something that has sat still for 5 years but starts, maybe $5,000. If it is late model and in good shape up to $10,000 but the sitting unused could be a problem as well as the lack of maintenance you mentioned. Check Tractor House.com for an idea on pricing and tractordata.com for specs.

I bought a black belly (the later version) 7060 powershift about 2 and a half years ago. Think by the time I got it trucked here, I had about 8,500 into it, and in my mind, worth every penny of that. Mine has the remote mirrors (and they even work), and stadium lights. Both are desirable options. I absolutely love the tractor. Darrel

Great tractor have had a few of them still run one on the round baler .Great hyd good trans and good brakes  

Nick - see the responses here vs. what you got on YT!   No trolls with agendas here (usually, lol).   I'm no expert on the 7000/8000 series but I knew enough to know you were being dished up a plate of crap with the bashing of the 7060 over there.  If I needed a 150/160 horse tractor and didn't have much to spend, a 7060 would be first on my list.   Mike

My 7060 came from north of Cedar Springs MI. I'm a little gun shy of tractors that sat for a few years but that's me. Condition of tires greatly affects value mine needs tires bad but since we got the 7580 it doesn't see much work. It doesn't take much to get as much in tires as the tractor is worth. Enough with being negative they are good work horses and relatively simple.    

$3500-$9000 it would have to be a real cherry for me to go past $8500. Cheap grain is leading to cheap iron.

Most of our farming was done with 7060s, and there are still our go to tractor.  Heavy tillage with duals, and all weighted up, to baling hay.  The smaller tractors are just for utility work now days.

Nick m wrote: Don't think his uncle was big on maintenance though.

I have two 7060's, one with a red belly and one with a black belly.  Both are power shift.  The black belly has 10 more horses and responds quicker to the throttle thanks to the electric fuel pump.  But the red belly has always been a good puller, too.  Actually the red belly is my favorite because it was my first tractor and I bought it new.  The black belly was Dad's and he bought it new.  Regarding tractors that have sat for a while:  a friend bought a D21 (he was very, very lucky) that had sat in a barn for 5 years.  He took new batteries over there and it started right up.  It's restored now and hasn't had any problems.  He takes it out for exercise in the field once in a while.  My advice is to check over this 7060 closely, as you would any other tractor.  Make sure it has antifreeze and doesn't have a broken block.  Take a look at the oil.  Fire it up and drive it.  It may take a while to get the air out of the hydraulics.  If it seems OK, make an offer.  Then change all the filters including the 2 differential filters.  Probably should drain the hydraulic oil and replace with fresh oil.  An AGCO dealer should have anything you need.  If you need tires check salvage yards for used tires.  We have a salvage yard in this area that used to buy a lot of tractors at farm sales and sold the tires cheap to get rid of them.  I really like my 7060's.  As with other A-C equipment, they deserved a better reputation than they had and didn't deserve the criticism they got from red and green fans!

You know....maybe this is a bass ackwards way of looking at things....

But, if for a moment there was some credibility in the bashing of the 7060's on Yesterday's Tractors, where engines and rear ends and such grenaded. Maybe there were some bad ones off the line, due to bad castings or other components or whatever. But maybe if a tractor has since then made it this 40 years and operates OK, it's fine. Sure, it's a 40 year old tractor with wear and tear and yes even potential looming issues, but overall, it's as good as ANY 40 year old tractor, and pay accordingly.

I get a kick out of the "not worth it to fix it" crowd sometimes. What's a tractor worth? Yeah, there's the selling price, and if you can find another one for that price, then do it if there's something major. But, does the tractor also make you money? What other options at what cost make you money? Guess I look at things differently. If I would have given up on my 7045 as soon as Dad wanted to, in the long run I would have been 10's of thousands of $$$ behind if I'd bought something, uh, green. And I run some green, so....