Fendt 700 series

[KB6930]

You could be disappointed with the Fendt then as the CP gearbox is pretty much the same, coming from a Fendt is the reason we like it.

Yeah pretty much sums it up along with a heap of other annoyances

 

[KB6930]

One day after having my lunch I couldn't get tractor to move. My piece bag was ontop of exhaust brake.

Luckily I hadn't phoned dealer workshop.

I did the same thing with a demo a few yrs back!!!

 

[KB6930]

I'm a simpleton but that setups pretty hard to beat. I rarely use the buttons on the joystick on new Holland! Just engage autosteer. I setup hms after I had finished drilling! Too much of a hash to fudge about with it when rain on way !

Shuttle use left hand lever next to steering wheel. For the lift I use rocker next to draft control. Spools I use paddles.

I really miss the lift control of the JD if I'm in something else that 1 in the picture is a 6930 so still has the slide but both our 7020/30 and the R it's all done on the lift switch and I get on really well ploughing with it so as soon as I try something else it's an instant put off for me .

Only time I ever use HMS is drilling and not for endrigs the rest of the time I like to actually drive the tractor so don't like controls scattered around so the JD armrest is pretty damn good .

 

[icanshootwell]

I can just hear all the arable farmers on here tutting at the thought of a shitty collie in a tractor cab

Clean pointer thank you

 

[Speedstar]

I find in 1 gear in the field going down hills the exhaust brake is very good, but in 2 on the road it could be better

 

[wuddy]

I just like my normal autopower too much

I can do everything I want with 1 hand with no need for a joystick. I've driven this setup for a long time now and there's nothing any better

I agree with you about the command pro! I would like to see the auto power controller out an 8r available in a 6r think that would be good!

 

[Richard Smyth]

It's by far jds best option but just falls short unfortunately. Especially pedal control and comfort. Has advantages over fendt no doubt but as I find with most jds, it's a case of what could have been.

thats what I find too. They are nearly there but not quite.
Round here everyone buys them as they won’t look outside their little bubble for something else.
Guy that we work with has just bought a 7495 mf and it’s the same. Nearly there. I know they are old tech now but without tms it makes it a hard drive

 

[Richard Smyth]

I really miss the lift control of the JD if I'm in something else that 1 in the picture is a 6930 so still has the slide but both our 7020/30 and the R it's all done on the lift switch and I get on really well ploughing with it so as soon as I try something else it's an instant put off for me .

Only time I ever use HMS is drilling and not for endrigs the rest of the time I like to actually drive the tractor so don't like controls scattered around so the JD armrest is pretty damn good .

each to their own and it’s what you are used to but I find when subsoiling in a 8r it’s almost impossible to get the draft control set up and working right.

the fendt has normal draft control but also what seems to be set of gps. Not sure if it is gps but it is brilliant so responsive it makes the job a doddle

 

[KB6930]

I agree with you about the command pro! I would like to see the auto power controller out an 8r available in a 6r think that would be good!

What's it like the one with reverse on it as well so no left hand shuttle?

 

[brentnz]

I hate the exhaust break where it is, the dog is always treading on it. Make more sense to be put on right and more comfortable, never hardly use it where it is.

Tell me how you’re supposed to supplement the exhaust brake with a little foot brake if they’re both on the right

 

[icanshootwell]

Tell me how you’re supposed to supplement the exhaust brake with a little foot brake if they’re both on the right

It would be out the way, it does sod all anyway, if your going down hill with any weight behind you,you need the foot breaks,the exhaust break does nothing. As far as i,m concerned you can re-locate it behind the seat.

 

[Mouser]

It would be out the way, it does sod all anyway, if your going down hill with any weight behind you,you need the foot breaks,the exhaust break does nothing. As far as i,m concerned you can re-locate it behind the seat.

Says everyone that doesn't use it properly

 

[ollie989898]

I just like my normal autopower too much

I can do everything I want with 1 hand with no need for a joystick. I've driven this setup for a long time now and there's nothing any better

I will tell you the biggest bonus of having a CVT Deere.

The main controls are all on your armrest. This means you avoid the usual JD driver 'Bridgewater-Quasimodo' posture with one extended right arm all day meaning you sit in the seat like a sack of spuds and have the posture of a 90 year old dowager by the time you are 30.

Whichever person designed the original should have been forced to drive every Deere model featuring that fudging right hand console until his right arm had grown 4 inches longer than his right. This may explain of course why the fudge the seat isn't in line with the steering wheel.

 

[KB6930]

Fendt spools??

I can get some into float as in the 2 assigned to the joystick and the wee cross joystick with the 2 buttons on the front but how do you float the 4 paddles?

 

[Chuckie]

Fendt spools??

I can get some into float as in the 2 assigned to the joystick and the wee cross joystick with the 2 buttons on the front but how do you float the 4 paddles?

Push forward all the way

 

[Mouser]

Fendt spools??

I can get some into float as in the 2 assigned to the joystick and the wee cross joystick with the 2 buttons on the front but how do you float the 4 paddles?

Rarely use them. Do they go into float at full forward but the paddle returns to middle instead of staying down like most?

 

[Richard Smyth]

Rarely use them. Do they go into float at full forward but the paddle returns to middle instead of staying down like most?

they do yes.

 

[Fish]

Push forward all the way

Yes, just like every other tractor.

 

[Boysground]

If you buy a Fendt have one more spool than you need then you can have one dedicated to the pickup hitch. My brown spool switch on the bank of 4 is only the hitch. Means no swapping of pipes when I take the drill on and off, it uses all the other spoils.

Also have the spools with the quick release lever alongside the connector ( can’t remember the proper name) they are so much better, release under pressure.

I like the exhaust break and use it loads. The JD drivers on the farm (I have both makes) never use it when they drive a Fendt.

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[wuddy]

What's it like the one with reverse on it as well so no left hand shuttle?

Yes