Cheapest make of tractor to service

[Giles1]

What is the cheapest make of commercially used tractor to service,so no Dexta's,135's,Olivers,etc,say 90hp plus?
DIY service, 100hp 11 year old Valtra 6350 in the region of £750 for '000 hour air,fuel,engine,hydraulic/back end filters and oil changes,Valtra parts and oils.I know a 3 year old bigger 160hp Valtra is approaching £1400 for the same by a dealer.This is using Valtra oils and filters,to validate extended warranty.
I know you can get like for like oils and filters cheaper,but it's not that easy to source the same spec oils,just similar and not being an engineer,it leaves me a wee bit too uneasy to go for it.That kind of money for a service,whilst obviously essential seems like a big cost to fork out on a regular basis.
Having said all that,a JCB fuel filter for our ancient,used daily 520/2 telehandler, £3.50.........

 

[Drillman]

I’m sure most dairy and pig farmers can easily beat those figures

 

[seedman stains]

Probably a DB not many filters and cheap to buy.
More modern tractors with filters costing +100 a go, 2/3 fuel filters starts to add up but perhaps as a percentage value no more than an older tractor

 

[Martin Holden]

I’m sure most dairy and pig farmers can easily beat those figures

What are you incinerating...... I wonder?

 

[Brisel]

Zetor. The air filters were wire wool - backflush with petrol and you’re sorted.

 

[Lincsman]

You dont have to service them, buy new, sell at 2000 hours, no servicing needed, mad?, a local guy used to do that years ago.

 

[H200GT]

Zetor. The air filters were wire wool - backflush with petrol and you’re sorted.

The only Belarus i ever worked on as well, 572 progress.

From memory, fuel filter was washable, centrifugal oil filter, and oil bath air filter

 

[Chae1]

Was going over invoices for dealer servicing our t7 200 today 600 hr service 485. 1200 hr service 1k. We supply oil so need to calculate that. But £1.25per hour before oil.

 

[Goffer]

Jd 6195r 1500 hr service oil, fuel , air and cab filters . Front axle , engine , transmission oils done ourselves just cost last month £ 935 plus time with 500 and 750 changes as well stands at £1634 plus time or £1.09 clock hour . Didn't think it was too bad

 

[roscoe erf]

What are you incinerating...... I wonder?

You after @Thick Farmer ’s job

 

[Giles1]

Zetor. The air filters were wire wool - backflush with petrol and you’re sorted.

Had 2 Zetors in the past, centrifugal engine oil filter,can't remember what the others were like,so can't have been expensive.
Don't factor in any wages for ourselves either,really should.

 

[davedb]

The only Belarus i ever worked on as well, 572 progress.

From memory, fuel filter was washable, centrifugal oil filter, and oil bath air filter

They are cheep in parts but not in time, it takes 3 times as long to properly service a zetor compared to other makes

 

[Martin Holden]

You after @Thick Farmer ’s job

Oh no! Would never upstage more erudite folk than me

 

[rob1]

Zetor. The air filters were wire wool - backflush with petrol and you’re sorted.

DB's were wire in an oil filled base,just get it out and set fire,just had to remember to take of the rubber O ring and not over fill it or it could suck up the oil and race the engine,saw a massey combine that had a oil airfilter that had been tipped over,oilin the intake and it raced untill I blew a BIG hole in the block

 

[Thick Farmer]

Oh no! Would never upstage more erudite folk than me

I had to google erudite!

 

[TripleSix]

You dont have to service them, buy new, sell at 2000 hours, no servicing needed, mad?, a local guy used to do that years ago.

A local contractor does that.

They have a waiting list for their old tractors too!

 

[Farmer_Joe]

mf 6465 2007 1200 hour service

front axle and hub oil £aprox 25 heavy duty gear oil
rear end trans oil good quality £122
engine oil £23 (gulf 15w-40 e7)
all rear end filters £70.28 (mostly donaldson mf OE)
derv fiters £27.04 (perkins branded for both)
engine oil filters £7.96 (perkins branded for 2 filters)

so whats that total? £275.28 + vat + say a day to sort it all out nice and steady.

 

[Cowabunga]

Having said all that,a JCB fuel filter for our ancient,used daily 520/2 telehandler, £3.50.........

If its a CAV 296 equivalent, you were overcharged.

 

[Cowabunga]

I had to google erudite!

Isn't it a kind of glue?

 

[Cowabunga]

What are you incinerating...... I wonder?

All the waste oil to heat his house probably.