My stepdad sent me this picture from work. I'm not sure what failed but it was only 100k for a replacement engine. Yes that is a pile of metal in the oil pan.

Edited April 23, 201510 yr by Buzzinhalfdozen

$100k for an engine? What kind of tractor is this?

I'm not sure what model but he told me it was a 500hp 4wd John Deere.

With 500hp it would probably be one of the big articulating tractors like a 9500 series. I can see it costing $100k for the engine and all labor involved, a tractor like that new would probably cost around $300-400K.

I just got done a couple weeks ago putting a used cummins ISX in a truck at work after the original lost oil pressure and took #3 liner and piston out as well as the crank and cams, and it cost about $15k just for the engine(original engine was rebuild-able but would have cost more than a used one to do it), and to get a reman engine from cummins would have been $30k, and thats all without any labor added in at all. the prices of these newer engines is crazy.