New tractors - Are they all dull to drive?

Cowabunga

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Location
Ceredigion,Wales
Just taken delivery of a new JD6155m, don’t get me wrong it’s a nice tractor but when compared to the previous 6630 it’s a bit dull to drive. I know they are not allowed to smoke when worked hard (which is quite right) but the engine has no bark to it at all in fact you can hardly hear what it’s doing and you only know it’s working hard when you look at the screen and it shows the revs are dropping.
When driving the old 6630 I very often opened the side window to hear the lovely bark of the engine!
Are all new tractors the same?
The day when they have almost completely silent engines and transmissions can’t come too soon.
 
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mf7480

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Mixed Farmer
I asked a man 20 years ago why he was swapping a 6800 for a shiny 6910 but still only had one tractor, payments AND depreciation.
He cancelled the 6910 and bought a 2nd 5 year old 6800.
He's been working with zero depreciation since then and has 10 tractors and no tax bill.
He owes me a pint. ;)

Arguably he’d have been better off taking delivery of the 6910 and still wouldn’t have had any depreciation!
 

Moors Lad

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Location
N Yorks
o be honest everything bar serious money is mundane these days. Wife’s American colleague commented last week she’s always dreamed of owning a Ford Mustang…….. so now their employer is running a tax free offering she’s finally ordered herself an electric one! 🤦🏼‍♂️
:scratchhead:Well the electric ones I`ve seen look like sh*t and they probably sound cr*p too. The poor dear would be well advised to get a really good one with an internal combustion power plant...
My 08 reg 6480 is different, pulls well and has a lovely exaust note, puts a smile on your face type tractor. So much so the wife has claimed it as hers.
Now THAT sounds like a REAL woman... ;)
 

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