Loader tractor?

[tinsheet]

Due to expansion going to need a new (to me) loader tractor needs to be around 100hp but a small tractor in its self if that makes sense!
Jobs mainly feeding and cleaning out around the yards abit of cultivating in the spring, moving big bales mowing hedge trimming and other gfw.
Power shuttle a must
£15000 budget max.
Quite like the mf 4255, (snoopy bonnet)having driven a neighbours a fair bit.
Suggestions please.

 

[Thomas5060]

New Holland TL100/ TL100a would be a good choice

 

[Recoil]

A Kubota would suit you but i'm not sure you'd get 100hp in your budget. If you don't mind a small cab, an me8200 kubota would be in budget, they do a 90hp one too. They are very nice tractors and actually better put together than the newer ones.

 

[Henarar]

Quite like the mf 4255, (snoopy bonnet)having driven a neighbours a fair bit.

I have a 4355 powershuttle bought new in 02, it does everything I want and seems to punch above its weight considering its a relatively small light tractor, no problem with our 32 foot trailer with 30 round bales of straw or putting ten ton of silage behind it, I have Faucheuz loader on it {gliddons] and it will lift 2 ton easy enough which is plenty for the size/weight of the tractor, it also does all the mowing with an 8 foot mower drop the loader in less than five mins, good visibility with slope nose and glass roof, its not been any real trouble, had to have a new thermostat housing as it started leaking apart from that just steering joints and a couple hydraulic pipes,
it starts with just a look at the key even when its below 0

right I am off to fix the tractor as that recommendation will make it break down for sure

 

[james ds]

A Valtra 6550 will last longer than anything else on the market , a bullet proof tractor with the best shuttle on the market.

 

[JonL]

Should find a Kubota m108s for that price

 

[cfr1964]

A Valtra 6550 will last longer than anything else on the market , a bullet proof tractor with the best shuttle on the market.

The OP said a small tractor in itself
The Valtra maybe doesn't quite fit that criteria does it?

 

[cfr1964]

Handy wee tractor here @tinsheet http://www.talunjones.co.uk/tractors/item/259-nh-tl100-mx80-loader-2001-powershuttle-1750-hours

 

[james ds]

The OP said a small tractor in itself
The Valtra maybe doesn't quite fit that criteria does it?

Yes he says 100 hp , the 6550 is a 4 cylinder 105 hp short wheelbase tractor , why do you think that's too big , it's the same size as a 70-80 hp tractor .

 

[Ratherbefarming]

An MF 5455 with dyna 4 gearbox, very little would beat it as an all round loader tractor..... apart from maybe a newer MF 5600 or 5700 series!

 

[Thomas5060]

An MF 5455 with dyna 4 gearbox, very little would beat it as an all round loader tractor..... apart from maybe a newer MF 5600 or 5700 series!

Wouldn't get one for 15k

 

[Henarar]

Yes he says 100 hp , the 6550 is a 4 cylinder 105 hp short wheelbase tractor , why do you think that's too big , it's the same size as a 70-80 hp tractor .

with a stupid great nose to look at all day long instead of looking at what you are doing

 

[Thomas5060]

Yes he says 100 hp , the 6550 is a 4 cylinder 105 hp short wheelbase tractor , why do you think that's too big , it's the same size as a 70-80 hp tractor .

Quite a difference in length, know what I'd rather be using on a loader in tight sheds and yards

 

[james ds]

Wouldn't get one for 15k

At 15 k you need a bit of luck in getting a good tractor , are you buying somebody else's trouble .

 

[james ds]

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Quite a difference in length, know what I'd rather be using on a loader in tight sheds and yards

Big differance in lenght all right , spec sheets say the wheelbase of the NH 100 is 91.1 " while the 6550 is 91.7" . So is half an inch going to make a big differance .

 

[cfr1964]

Yes he says 100 hp , the 6550 is a 4 cylinder 105 hp short wheelbase tractor , why do you think that's too big , it's the same size as a 70-80 hp tractor .

What 70-80hp tractor? A Broon 1210

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Quite a difference in length, know what I'd rather be using on a loader in tight sheds and yards

Aye and the valtra with all the weight of the engine on the front axle before you think about a loader
They're good enough those old Valtras, but nimble they ain't

 

[cfr1964]

Big differance in lenght all right , spec sheets say the wheelbase of the NH 100 is 91.1 " while the 6550 is 91.7" . So is half an inch going to make a big differance .

Just happened to have that information lying to hand did you?
Might be better to compare overall length

 

[james ds]

What 70-80hp tractor? A Broon 1210

Aye and the valtra with all the weight of the engine on the front axle before you think about a loader
They're good enough those old Valtras, but nimble they ain't

Ive a 6400 here and it's as handy a tractor as you would ever get , it also stays going for ever with little trouble .

 

[cfr1964]

Ive a 6400 here and it's as handy a tractor as you would ever get , it also stays going for ever with little trouble .

Aye ok jimmy nobody said they were unreliable did they?
I'm not going to argue with you because that would waste hours of my life that I'll never get back
But looking at @Thomas5060 s picture,are you really trying to say that the valtra looks like the handier loader tractor
I'll have a pint of whatever you're drinking

 

[james ds]

Aye ok jimmy nobody said they were unreliable did they?
I'm not going to argue with you because that would waste hours of my life that I'll never get back
But looking at @Thomas5060 s picture,are you really trying to say that the valtra looks like the handier loader tractor
I'll have a pint of whatever you're drinking

Well if the two pictures were taken from the same distance then it would look more even , the fact that the wheelbase is the same lenght means that you will turn either in the same space , the shuttle is handier on the valtra and the high tech transmissions means you won't have clutch trouble either .