Tractor splitting in Stoughton
Clutches, TAs and PTO work priced off the published cost guide. Call (608) 889-9317 or send the form below.
Stoughton sits where Dane County stops pretending to be suburban. South and east of town the land runs to working farms, and the tractor fleet matches: utility machines from the 1970s through the 1990s doing feed chores and fieldwork, plus a strong showing of older iron kept running because it still earns its diesel. When a clutch lets go on one of these, the tractor is too big to trailer casually and too valuable to park, which is exactly the job we built the truck for.
Our Stoughton work leans toward the classic split: clutch disc, pressure plate and bearings on utility tractors that spend their winters feeding cattle. The pedal that slowly lost its grab all summer usually quits completely in the cold months, and a split done in your shed beats a dead tractor in the yard and a trucking bill both ways. Full clutch jobs run $2,000 to $4,500 on the published table, model and loader depending.
The vintage side of Stoughton deserves its own mention. This corner of the county keeps more restored and working classic tractors than anywhere else we serve, and splitting a Farmall or a two-cylinder Deere for a clutch is friendly work at $1,000 to $2,200. Parts hunting is part of the service on the old iron, and we tell you what the supply looks like before anything comes apart.
Do you do general tractor repair in Stoughton, or only clutch splits?
We do the tractor repair that lives between the two halves: clutch discs and pressure plates, throwout and pilot bearings, rear main seals, flywheel work, transmission input shafts, IH torque amplifiers and independent PTO clutch packs. If the fix requires separating the engine from the transmission, that is our job and we do it in your shed off Highway 51 or out toward the Rock County line. Engine overhauls, hydraulic pumps, electrical gremlins, tires and sheet metal are not our trade, and we will tell you so on the free phone diagnosis and point you to the dealer or shop that does them well.
That line matters when the symptom is vague. A tractor that will not move can be a clutch, a shift linkage, a hydraulic shuttle or a transmission failure, and only the first and last are split work. Describe the symptom and the model on the phone, pedal to the floor, slipping under load on a hill, grinding into gear, PTO that will not hold under the baler, and we sort it into split or not before anyone drives out. Most Stoughton calls land on one of the published cost guide rows within that first call.
What does tractor repair cost in Stoughton?
A mobile service call runs $150 to $300 for the first hour on site, hourly labor $110 to $160 after that, and the phone diagnosis is free. Stoughton sits inside our 30 mile radius from Madison, so there is no trip charge. On the common jobs, a complete clutch on a 1970s to 1990s utility tractor is $2,000 to $4,500, a compact tractor clutch $1,400 to $2,800, a vintage two-wheel-drive split $1,000 to $2,200 and a transmission input shaft or gear repair $1,800 to $4,800. Every number comes off the same public table and the written quote matches it, with the model number and the loader or cab work spelled out.
Why winter is chore-tractor season
The dairy barns south of Stoughton run their chore tractors every single day of winter, which means a slipping clutch there is not a spring project. We hold winter shed slots for exactly these jobs, because a heated or even just wind-tight shed makes a January split entirely practical, and the alternative is feeding cattle with a loader tractor that will not pull its own weight.
South county coverage
Around Stoughton the calls come from the farms along Highway 51 south, the Kegonsa side, the Rock County line country, the old tobacco land east of town, covering ZIP 53589. If your farm is near those, odds are the truck has already split a tractor within a few miles of it.
Price a Stoughton split
The model and the symptom get the fastest answer. Every number comes off the public table.
Stoughton farmers ask us
My chore tractor’s clutch is slipping and it is almost winter. How fast can this happen?
Usually within a week or two of the call, faster if the tractor is already down. A wind-tight shed is all we need to split in cold weather, and winter is honestly our best season for planned clutch work because the fieldwork machines are parked.
What does a clutch job on a 1970s utility tractor actually cost?
The published range is $2,000 to $4,500 all-in for the split, the clutch kit and the bearings, with loader removal and parts tier setting where you land. The phone diagnosis with your model number turns that into a firm written figure.
Can you split my Farmall H for a clutch without me trailering it anywhere?
Yes, vintage two-wheel-drive tractors are the easiest splits we do, at $1,000 to $2,200 published. The tractor never leaves your shed, and we source the clutch kit before the visit so it goes back together the same day whenever parts allow.
Is it worth fixing the clutch on an older tractor or should I sell it?
On a tractor that runs and does its job, a clutch is nearly always worth it: a $2,500 split against replacing a machine that costs five figures used. When the answer honestly goes the other way, rust through the frame or a tired engine on top, we say so on the phone for free.
Madison Tractor Split covers the whole county and beyond. See the cost guide, the how it works page, or nearby areas: Sun Prairie, DeForest, Verona.