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- LINCOLNSHIRE/KENYA
My experience ford 4000 v new holland t 7 says thats not true
how many hours is on your highest houred tractor?
- Thread starter Bossfarmer
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ollandroverman
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- Location
- nr Kendal (The Lake District)
In my experience of 70s tractors vs modern....on a cold morning the modern one will instantly burst into life and I can simply start work.
No more heating then cranking untill I have to find the jump leads!
- Location
- LINCOLNSHIRE/KENYA
Thats true of most equipment undoubtedly. But they can be grounded for some very strange reasons that wouldn't happen with old stuff. Old tractor won't go forward probably clutch new tractor won't go forward God Knows! So call the man with the computer to tell you why. I am not saying it was better but it was simpler
Bossfarmer
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- Location
- between Perth and Inverness
when i was a kid we had 2nd hand tractors they only had 6 or 7000hrs on them but always breaking down and trouble starting, fords, jds all the same, once we moved from old 2130 jds to 6400 series things improved was like a different world, couldnt imagne taking one of those old ones to 15000 hours, often sitting in workshops split, same with an old case international we had
- Location
- LINCOLNSHIRE/KENYA
Is that because the smaller tractors of yesterday were worked close to their limits. We run 5 furrows on 180 hp but used to run 4 on 90 hp
newhollandcruzr
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- Location
- N Devon
They might be easy to diagnose but that doesn't mean a cheap fix ! , There are alot of Fendts around here now but it seems the odds of getting to 10k hrs without a gearbox would be pretty slim , A friend has just had a 724 done and cost 15k and his is along way from being the only one !
I think plenty do more hours than that without issue of all brands , there is always a bad story but I've heard of Varios and other CVT's doing 20k plus without issue, a lot depends on how they are used and looked after as well I'm sure - a vario /CVT is apparantly no more expensive to fix than a powershift as well
when I first came home from college the tractors we ran were either new or ex-demo 500-1000hrs - we ran them in a tallage/roots system and at 3000hrs were looking to get out of them as they started getting expensive in R&M
A tractor today is hardly run in at 3000hrs
Mode tractors are loads better than what we used to have and are capable of much more work as a result - x1 2modern 250hp tractor could easily do all the work on 2000ac combinable crop farm and no way that would have been possible just a decade ago IMO
michael N123
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CORK
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- Location
- East Cork, Ireland
Anyone can be lucky or unlucky in terms of reliability but proper servicing and lack of abuse has a gigantic impact on the lifespan of a machine.
I know a Volvo L150G that passed the 41,500hr mark last year. Works at a sawmill and only stops for driver breaks and servicing. It’s a 2012 machine.
It doesn’t have to suffer from those engine eating cold starts that many vehicles do.
The same sawmill has another older Volvo that passed the 60,000hr mark before being retired to back up duties.
I know a Volvo L150G that passed the 41,500hr mark last year. Works at a sawmill and only stops for driver breaks and servicing. It’s a 2012 machine.
It doesn’t have to suffer from those engine eating cold starts that many vehicles do.
The same sawmill has another older Volvo that passed the 60,000hr mark before being retired to back up duties.
If you buy a new one, look after it, service on the dot, careful with the pressure washer etc, you should have a trouble free tractor capable of high hours.
Trouble arises for the second/ third hand user. There's a load of tractors out there for £20-25k from 1995- 2012 that frankly would be better off exported, and let some poor mug in a third world country sort them out. Having dabbled in machines from the early 2000's , my next purchase will be back to the 80's.
Trouble arises for the second/ third hand user. There's a load of tractors out there for £20-25k from 1995- 2012 that frankly would be better off exported, and let some poor mug in a third world country sort them out. Having dabbled in machines from the early 2000's , my next purchase will be back to the 80's.
Courier
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- Location
- M62 - M1 - M18 triangle
I used to say that if it was mechanical it wouldn't go wrong until you used it - Just had a can-bus wire fail on a 2016 Renault van with 195,000 miles on it whilst it was standing in the yard......
This is my thinking - buy new, high spec high quality (premium) and service, maintain religiously, only let good skilled operators drive and keep the same driver on a machine as much as possible. Avoid working in shite conditions, keep inside as much as possible, and buy machines that are not stressed or on the limit of capabilities and with luck there shouldn't be too many nasty surprises along the way to 10k hrs ore even beyond
- Location
- South Molton
Just out of interested Is this one of your skilled operators that popped up on Twitter?
I dont like seeing anyone operating a machine with a phone in hand. Hands free all the way or no phone while moving.
Could be on auto steer I guess?
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
- Location
- Yorkshire
Is he even moving can't see wheels going round
- Location
- South Molton
Not on road but accidents happen when not full concentrating.
- Location
- South Molton
Photos dont show moving wheels, those things are called movies
Yep 10-20 years ago everyone was saying that the tractors of the day were too complicated and stuff from the 70s and 80s was best. And stuff from the 60s was too antiquated.
Now everyone is saying new stuff is too complicated stuff from 10-20 year ago is best and stuff from the 70s and 80s is antiquated.well apart from a few hard core types??
Give it 10-20 years..........
- Location
- The North
Exactly, stuff is generally very reliable in my experience and its often niggling faults that are had to diagnose but with the wonder of modern technology and the internet simple fixes are easy to find.