Woolstenhulme Farms buys equipment with blown motors or worn transmissions and their farm hands rebuild them during the winter and then WF sells the rebuilt equipment. We bought from them a JD 4850 they claimed their "mechanics" had rebuilt the entire motor, transmission, and clutches, painted it, put new tires on it and it was field ready and "ready to work". Also bought from them a 9260 swather, a JD 4430, and a JD 544J that they'd rebuilt the motor on. Everything was looking up! We had bought what we thought was nice equipment that should last a long time. The issues started immediately however. I noticed on the 4430 when we got it there was new blue gasket seal around the clutch housing, so I figured it had recently had a new clutch installed so it'd be good for thousands of hours! Boy was I mistaken! The clutch burned out in 5 hours pulling a light landplane to level the stackyard. Shipped it to a mechanic to get rebuilt and once again figured it'd be good now....It burned up 7 hours later pulling a hay rake. Had it replaced again. The 3rd time it burned up, I shipped it to a different mechanic and he discovered that the people who had worked on it before I bought it (WF's mechanics) had swapped the hydraulic lines on the oil cooler and so it hadn't been dumping oil back on the clutch to cool it. He fixed that and the tractor works great now. Now, on to the 4850. This tractor has broken down with major issues 4 times. The first year was because the radiator system was full of mud and couldn't work properly. The second year the rockshaft broke apart and all the hydraulic oil drained out. Later that year the headgasket blew. The next year the entire motor blew up and had to be completely rebuilt. So, what qualifies as a "rebuilt" motor in WF's mind? As far as we know, finding a random motor lying around and throwing it in. John Deere had to file a claim on the motor to find out just what the heck it was because it sure wasn't a 4850 motor and there were no identification plates on it anywhere. Finally, by going off of measurements, they discovered it was out of a JD 4755. The turbo on it was incorrect and was way too small, timing was off 17 degrees, the head was warped, the compression was way off on all the cylinders, none of the interior components had been replaced like they claimed, and the injection pump was thrashed. As for the clutch they "rebuilt": they did indeed replace the clutch plates, but everything else in the clutch pack was thrashed and had to be replaced.They did paint the tractor... sprayed a coat of paint over everything and called it good. Started flaking off immediately. They did do one thing that they said they did: put new tires on it, and they've lasted well. Good job! (Course I haven't used them all that much lol).The second year we bought a 4455 JD tractor, not from WF, and every time the 4850 breaks down, we put the 4455 on the baler and keep going. Now, the 9260. That is a machine that finally blew up in less than two years and my goodness am I ever glad it's gone! It reliably broke down more than the JD 4850 and that takes effort! It was a thrashed machine that they should have sent to the scrapyard, but decided to sell as "field-ready". Ever had a rear axle break off a swather during operation and fall on the ground, tire and all. Let me tell you, it's a trip! If you ever want to experience it, I'm sure they've got a worn out "field-ready" swather they'd sell you! 544J (engine issues). Now, you may be thinking that my experience was just a fluke, that WF and their, um... "mechanics" just messed up on my equipment and it was a one time deal. I truly wish that was true for the other... victim's cases. But, unfortunately, it's not. The shop I repeatedly took the 4850 to said they saw this time and time again with equipment WF had rebuilt and sold people. In fact they dealt with it so much, they even had a name to refer to their stuff. Use your imagination with that name lol. If you're considering buying equipment from this...business, it is my recommendation that you run, not walk away from it. You might save soooo much money, frustration, hassle, and anything else you can think of if you buy elsewhere. read more