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Cowabunga

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What caused a Valtra to snap in half? I'm genuinely interested. Steyr used to be good machines in my limited experience of them. Are they still made in Austria by people who actually give a damn?
Probably an overload situation. Tractors tend to snap upwards in the middle, which is why loaders have subframes or expansion frames underneath or, as with MF4360 and 70 tractors, tension bolts on top of the transmission as standard.

Small to medium size Valtra, not the A series but the ones above, have always struck me as having very compact and lightweight transaxle housings for their power class.
 

Orionn4444

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It is a pity this has turned into a spat.
I would be genuinely interested to know how anyone who had actually put down 60 or 70 or so of their own thousands, to buy one of these tractors in the 140hp bracket had got on with it, and especially how they got on at trade-in time.
The OP is right about the 6000/10 series Deeres, but I wouldnt be buying one of the new ones either.
Send me a private message and I'll let you know how I got on with mine ?
 

Cowabunga

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Ceredigion,Wales
You have a good point there.
Since they sell hardly any new tractors in the UK these days, fairly new used ones are increasingly hard to find. Especially outside their dealer network.

Riverlea tractors alone, a local dealer, used to sell more tractors annually than McCormick and Landini now manage nationwide. With the low sales you have depleted backup quality and quantity that goes with it. The import and distribution side just cannot sustain the operation they once had and to compete with much higher volume operators.
 

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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