betweenthelines
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- Location
- southwest
Best tractor you owned
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Aspiring Peasants
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- Location
- North Pennines
The one I've got now MF 5610. Closely followed by FE 35 inherited from FiL.
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
8360.
- Location
- pembrokeshire
two tractors i have had one was an Ursus c385 two-wheel-drive had it twelve years apart from a set of tyres spent ÂŁ140.00 on it and the maxum 5130 it's first 7000 hrs spent either ploughing Dowdeswell four furrow auto-reset and a four-meter power harrow, still have it these days spends its life on the hedge cutter and post knocker had new track rod ends and a new handbrake because some mupet drove it with the hand brake on
Wellytrack
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What did you have to spend on the hearing loss?
- Location
- Darlington
You will have to SHOUT UP , he cannot hear you 
Local farm to here had two 5130s, always complaining they barely had enough power to drive the hedge cutter! I’m amazed you got one to power a 4m power harrow, 5140, a different story!
- Location
- Somerset
Pah. We had an N121 before our maxxum 125, 2012, hopeless machine. Sold it for not much on the trade in. They pinched some wires when the cab went on, so the blowers were always bad. Then the thing was falling apart. 7yr old and 5k hours and it was leaking oil and making a very odd noise from one of the wheels. Clutch was an on off switch, cab was made from plastic, and generally the build quality wasn't up to par. The controls were bad as well, pto switch the exact same as every other button, so once the paint wore off you would be stuck in an emergency with the pto going till you found the switch. Push out hitch was extremely stiff to release. I could go on but I won't. Maxxum seems far better built and far better laid out in the cab. Would have another case but I'd stay away from valtras like that in future.
I drove a 5130 and 5140 from the same year and on the same farm and the 5130 and I always thought it was almost as good as the 5140. Sounded really nice tooLocal farm to here had two 5130s, always complaining they barely had enough power to drive the hedge cutter! I’m amazed you got one to power a 4m power harrow, 5140, a different story!
- Location
- pembrokeshire
Our old girl is still up to the hedge cutter we use it on 1000 pto to with reduced revs trundles along all-day it saves putting scratches on the poncy green and yellowsLocal farm to here had two 5130s, always complaining they barely had enough power to drive the hedge cutter! I’m amazed you got one to power a 4m power harrow, 5140, a different story!
- Location
- pembrokeshire
what did you say? speak up I cant hear you, don't be a wus i spent years driving a Fordson major with a straight-six and a straight-through exhaust carting grass
The engine on the 5140 can be opened up, with the turbo. Engine is used in 300hp + applications, obviously the tractor downstream of the engine isn’t capable of taking this!
Good old Cummins 6bt
- Location
- Durham, UK
Iv heard that of the early ones, we have a 5130 plus with 11000hrs on and its always been fit, been worked hard from the start, 5f rev and 3m combi. Cracking tractorLocal farm to here had two 5130s, always complaining they barely had enough power to drive the hedge cutter! I’m amazed you got one to power a 4m power harrow, 5140, a different story!
- Location
- Herefordshire
After running MF followed by Deutz ,for 50 odd years ,I would say our current 3 Kubota varios are the best tractors we've owned.A pleasure to drive.
Something a bit different from the rest of the thread.
A 2016 JD 6155R. Kept it got 5500 hours, in which time it did a lot of heavy work. Almost 100% reliable. Ad blue pump and spool switches were replaced by JD FOC out of warranty.
Cost us £3.00/hr depreciation. I know lots of the classics on here will be in positive appreciation but I’d argue a modern tractor like that gets an awful lot more work done in its 5500 hours than most of the classics.
A 2016 JD 6155R. Kept it got 5500 hours, in which time it did a lot of heavy work. Almost 100% reliable. Ad blue pump and spool switches were replaced by JD FOC out of warranty.
Cost us £3.00/hr depreciation. I know lots of the classics on here will be in positive appreciation but I’d argue a modern tractor like that gets an awful lot more work done in its 5500 hours than most of the classics.
Wellytrack
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Yea done it before too. Unfortunately JFDI comes back to bite you, I've noticeable hearing loss and constant Tinitus due to all that now.
- Location
- Sweden
The best for me is 8S.225 this is something in a other league, and the next best for me is 3000 series. The best deal i have done in my life was a 3065 with stepnose. My dealer take the first one to scandinavia around 90ish but he can't sell beacuse of the stepnose. So he call me a couple of times and beg me do buy it. And one day a lorry show up in the yard with this 3065 and a trima loader. And the dealer call me the same time and told me to give him 250K Sek around 25K euro for it and help him out. And then i own the first stepnose in scandinavia for a real bargin price and it was a very good loader tractor.
Sa86
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New Holland tm 165 bought with 700 hours on the clock now has covered over 12000 it's now due a damper plate but never been into it other than a set of brakes the only tractor you know will start give you a full day hastle free will do any job big or small not to mention the best air con on a tractor we've had. Had several jd and Claas tractors and cant say the same for them.