High hour Dyna VT.

Dyna shift short wheel base ended a bit before the long wheel base models, ottomh, 6480 went dyna6 after 55plate, 6490 about 07 - not certain but I'm not far off I don't think. Biggest carrot for a 6485/90 is Sisu motor - much more poke and better longevity than the Perkins. A lot of 6480's were the 'big tractor' on farms back in the day, so will of worked. A 6485, being the smallest in a big range, will be comparatively unstressed. Better ride too. Nowt like as nimble though - there's a trade off, as ever.
6480 both dynashift and dyna 6 sold well for massey
 
Just spoke to a very helpful Fendt dealer who used to sell Fendt and Massey. He recons because Massey use different software to Fendt there is no engine braking on the stick, therefore Massey doesn’t put back pressure into the system. This makes the Massey unit far more reliable??? He said they’d never touched a Massey VT??? Anyone care to comment?
Funny you mention that. I considered a vt for a while and spoke to a tame fendt mechanic for pros and cons on the transmission. He said the box seems to last longer in a mf vt than a fendt vario but he couldn't explain why. It's just the way it is he said.
 

Suckndiesel

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Funny you mention that. I considered a vt for a while and spoke to a tame fendt mechanic for pros and cons on the transmission. He said the box seems to last longer in a mf vt than a fendt vario but he couldn't explain why. It's just the way it is he said.

But you can pull back on the stick on the Massey it’s just there is no exhaust brake on it.
Mates 7490 vario went at around 6 thousand hours, it had a tuning box on it tho.
 

saly123

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Wales
Just spoke to a very helpful Fendt dealer who used to sell Fendt and Massey. He recons because Massey use different software to Fendt there is no engine braking on the stick, therefore Massey doesn’t put back pressure into the system. This makes the Massey unit far more reliable??? He said they’d never touched a Massey VT??? Anyone care to comment?

Had a 7495 where the vario went around 5000hrs due to a bearing failing internally. Majority of those hours on the tractor were sat on slurry pump. Hardly any roadwork pulling trailers etc...
 

SFI - What % were you taking out of production?

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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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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