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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Phil314" data-source="post: 107689" data-attributes="member: 11667">1845c are older machines, simple and bulletproof. Routine maintenance is cheap too. Almost everything on the machine uses 10-w30 oil - hydraulics, engine and chain cases. Newer machine require more specialized fluids (more expensive).But routine maintenance cheap compared to break downs, so a reliable machine is probably more important than maintenance costs.743, 753 are probably similar to the 1845c, very reliable old school machines. You really can't go wrong with one of those. They are cheap (to buy and fix) and do the work. Newer machine start to shine when you spend a lot of time in them, hrs a day. But for homeowner/hobby farm, older is a great choice too.</blockquote>