I didnt want to hijack Bern's posting about his Ford 6000 being put to work after a full restoration but his post and pictures/video got me to thinking about my Ford 6000 experiences. Probably 25-30 years ago I did some work on a neighbors's Ford 6000 and he let me use it to do some moldboard plowing and disking that spring . I was impressed with the tractor and found it to be decent on fuel use and a good tractor to run , selecto-speed worked well under a heavy load and good power steering, manueverability and comfortable for a tractor of it's vintage. I have put plenty of hours on other makes of tractors of similar size and age as well as newer and somewhat larger (and somewhat smaller) tractors so I feel I can make a fair comparison. The other things I know about a Ford 6000 are basically what I heard from my ex's late uncle who bought one new and when the selectospeed failed it sat at the dealership for quite a while (2-3 months if I recall )waiting for parts to repair it under warranty which upset him to the point of trading it off about a year after it was fixed on a Massey- Ferguson. The general opinion was that the selectospeed wasnt designed for the power the 6000 made which caused excessive failures and reliability issues and that gave the selectospeed (and Ford tractors) kind of a bad reputation. I own a 3 cyl gas 4000 selectospeed which has been a very good tractor for the nearly 30 years I have owned it. Anyone else have anything to share about Ford 6000 tractors feel free to join in.