6130R or 6155R

SolwayFarmer

Member

• Mar 16, 2019

• #1

im hoping to lease one of these but can’t decide on which one. It’ll spend most of its time attached to a Keenan 360.
Wagon weighs about 10 tonne and batch of feed will probably be about 6tonne.
Worried the 6130 might be too small to handle wagon. Fairly steep concrete track to deal with in th yard. But wondered if the 6155 is too big for yard work
Any thoughts or experience would be appreciated

 

kill

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Livestock Farmer

Location

South West

• Mar 16, 2019

• #2

Get your dealer to po a demo tractor across?

 

SolwayFarmer

Member

• Mar 16, 2019

• #3

Not using local dealer so don’t want to waste their time

 

solo

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Location

worcestershire

• Mar 16, 2019

• #4

@Ducati899 has these two I think so may be able to give a user appraisal.

 

James

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Location

Comber, Down

• Mar 16, 2019

• #5

SolwayFarmer said:

Not using local dealer so don’t want to waste their time

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If the tractor is pivotal to the running of the feeder would your local dealer not be a safer bet for when you have bother?

 

KB6930

Member

Location

Borders

• Mar 16, 2019

• #6

If it's a 6155 make sure it's on narrow front tyres if you're working in any tight spaces mine with 600s on the front has no lock at all .

I can't see why a 6130 wouldn't handle it but I've no experience of them you could always add weight if needed

 

kill

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Livestock Farmer

Location

South West

• Mar 16, 2019

• #7

KB6930 said:

If it's a 6155 make sure it's on narrow front tyres if you're working in any tight spaces mine with 600s on the front has no lock at all .

I can't see why a 6130 wouldn't handle it but I've no experience of them you could always add weight if needed

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With the increasing weight of each new range I bet the 6130r is heading very close in weight to a 6910 and more power with its boost for PTO work
Just googled and 6130 r is around 400kgs heavier

 

hally

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Livestock Farmer

Location

cumbria

• Mar 16, 2019

• #8

The 6130 will handle that no bother, we have one and it is seriously heavier than the Fendt 412 it replaced. Handles a fusion and 3m unidrill on our steep land no bother. However we find it a bigger and more clumsy tractor than the Fendt by a bit so if the 6155 is any more numb around the yard than a 6130 it could be a real handful in my opinion.

 

Chae1

Member

Location

Aberdeenshire

• Mar 16, 2019

• #9

Get the 6130r and fit a chip, there all exactly the same anyway. Just software different.

 

Finn farmer

Member

• Mar 16, 2019

• #10

Wouldn't a M-series be more fit for feeder towing?

 

KB6930

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Location

Borders

• Mar 16, 2019

• #11

Finn farmer said:

Wouldn't a M-series be more fit for feeder towing?

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He might want autopower tho you never know .

 

Mouser

Member

Location

near Belfast

• Mar 16, 2019

• #12

155s are absolutely massive, not a yard tractor by any stretch!

 

KB6930

Member

Location

Borders

• Mar 16, 2019

• #13

Is a 130 a 4cyl and a 135 a 4cyl in a 6cyl chassis?

 

hally

Member

Livestock Farmer

Location

cumbria

• Mar 16, 2019

• #14

Yeah our 6130 is a four cylinder

 

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Drillman

Member

Mixed Farmer

• Mar 16, 2019

• #15

It’s a lease tractor, the smaller cheaper one will pull it no bother

 

KB6930

Member

Location

Borders

• Mar 16, 2019

• #16

hally said:

Yeah our 6130 is a four cylinder

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A 6130r will be fine I'd say I regularly tow 16t of fert with my 6430 and it's a 27ft Herron trailer so it's not a light trailer and it's fine so I'd say towing a feed wagon will be fine

 

rusty

Member

Location

Buxton Derbyshire

• Mar 16, 2019

• #17

I have a 22m3 JF twin auger feeder wagon . 8 tonne empty and another 8 when full. Pill it with a 6430 fine. Also have a 6145R (same size as 6155R) and it's quite a lot clumsier on the odd occasion it's been on the wagon. 6430 will probably be swapped for a 6130R in a year or two.

 

tr250

Member

Location

Northants

• Mar 16, 2019

• #18

What is a 360 in old numbers I recon it's a 170. In which case a 130 would be ideal personally I would have an M on that job

 

Andrew

Never Forgotten

Honorary Member

Location

Huntingdon, UK

• Mar 16, 2019

• #19

6125M and 6155M here, both cope with the Shelbourne twin auger mixer. 155M is bigger but not unmanageable.
Would have said the 130 would be fine, you may have to go up the slope a gear slower but would that be a problem?

Talk to the lease company, they may bring you a 130 and do you a deal on swapping to a 150 if you wanted to later?

 

kiwi pom

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Location

canterbury NZ

• Mar 16, 2019

• #20

Finn farmer said:

Wouldn't a M-series be more fit for feeder towing?

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No No No you need to buy an all singing, underpants on the outside top range tractor for a feeder wagon. Then you can complain about how expensive new tractors are these days. Do try and keep up