A 6120m is a grand tractor but it will be on its limit with the cooling pack being crammed in .Definitely not one to chip or remap...
Valtra v John Deere
- Thread starter Northeastfarmer
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michael N123
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Valtra loader is a quickie/Trima and by far the best
michael N123
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lloyd
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- Herefordshire
With all this positive feedback I can't understand
why those Valtra 234s struggled to sell at auction
a few weeks ago?
Anyone have an idea ?
why those Valtra 234s struggled to sell at auction
a few weeks ago?
Anyone have an idea ?
dairydurham
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Ripon back up been above & beyond stated limits. Absolutely faultless
and yet jd sell 8 tractors for every valtra in the uk alone......just saying.
Cab suspension won't be the same only two point .Cab will be very different to R!
R is a very different tractor tbh, ours is about 6.5 tons over the weighbridge considerably heavier than our Fendt and very refined. I haven’t driven a m series but as a more basic tractor you have to be careful your not comparing apples and oranges. Saying that I have no doubt Valtra is a very capable tractor but these things are so bloody expensive nowadays buying something that you don’t like or won’t do your job is an expensive error. I once traded down from a 6210 jd to a 5820 many years ago and whilst on paper the same horsepower the 5820 wasn’t a patch on the 6210 in every area, engine was 2 valve not 4 and gutless and the oil supply was more basic and struggled with one or two of our implements at the time.
@Northeastfarmer short answer is, no, you shouldn't be nervous of swapping!
Mechanically they're every bit as reliable as Deere (though that might not be the best benchmark
). Valtra has been better designed for loader work with far superior visibility, tighter turning and near ideal weight balance.
Get one out for a demo and make up your own mind. Take it for a spin through your Deere dealers yard when you've got it, if nothing else it might sharpen their pencil a bit
agri knives
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- middle of ireland
Most farmers prefer to buy from a dealer for backup and warranty, it’s also hard to get finance on an auction tractor and then you have to sell your trade in. They are for sale now in dealers for 10 k more.
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- South Molton
Vauxhall sell more cars than BMW, which is the best car?
Why not demo each tractor your looking at .
Check out fuel consumption, service cost and usability.
Residual value is very hard to gauge tbh.
Had a look at one expecting it to be great but was left disappointed by how short it was and the cooling was my concern cab was pretty dated too .
had e nuff
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- Durham
Need better backup with a jd
kiwi pom
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- canterbury NZ
At the end of the day buy whichever one you want. I don't think opinions on here will help much, there don't seem to be any posters with experience running large numbers of multiple brands with any kind of whole life numbers. So it turns into, i run this so its the best type of posts. Everyone's an expert
Don't be too nervous about swapping if that's what you want, Valtra are a major brand after all even if they don't shift the numbers of other brands.
On the other hand there are plenty of Deere's out there that run to high hours with no problems. As ever the operator is a big factor.
Dealer back up and distance from it would be a big part of my thought process.
It’s a yard tractor really,basically a 6330, but it’s what JD needed cos the 5R range isn’t the best.
agri knives
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- middle of ireland
I think that’s gone down to near 4 to 1 now from 8-1 4 years ago. Some swing.
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- Hampshire
Have a Valtra 121 here for 8 years, nearly 7000 hrs, and hardly touched it, gone Kubota since as Valtra dealer was only interested in selling Fendt, Valtra's a cracking tractor, still a favourite to jump in, now Kubota dealer has been shafted and lost franchise may well look again.
Have the same outfit here and find the loader pretty okay to drop off except sometimes I have to stand on the mudguard to connect the vale pack. Was on the same dilemma with buying the 6130r or a134n and stayed with Deere. It is thirsty enough and engine regenerates frequently enough but It is a very good Tractor The loader is heavy but the Tractor is strong enough to do a job on a light one. When the two prices are the same it is hard to leave the Deere behind you but John Deere as a guy from Missouri said on here recently are a ruthless corporation.