McCormick X7.650 Efficient - User Opinions?

[dieselboost]

What do people make of this offering from McCormick?

http://www.dands.ie/product/x7-650-series-t4i/

Seems a nice get up and go mid range hp tractor with a minimum of complicated equipment while offering cab and front suspension if required. Thats if the price is right of course!

It would be interesting to hear opinions of anyone that either owns or has demo'd this model. Anyone an idea of pricing on this model? Seems to have a good combination of the proven FPT engine and ZF Transmission.

 

[Dan Attle]

ill be able to tell you in a few weeks when mine arrives had a demo and liked it very much in effcient spec very nice place to spend a day we got ours with 50k air brakes and front linakge for 67k but this will be more now as they are 5k more on the new imports

 

[McCman]

A recent test here of them from farmers guardian......

https://www.fginsight.com/vip/on-te...ration-from-efficient-spec-mccormick-x7-18742

 

[Sackofnuts]

So is the Efficient slightly lower spec than the Premium??
I see the efficient doesn't have the arm rest control but what other differences are there and is there much difference
in price between the two?

 

[dieselboost]

To me it seems that the only differences are the lack of elec spools,headland management, and the control screen. Mechanically they are identical.

Looking like a good relatively simple tractor if the price is right.

 

[McCman]

The main differences are ....no armrest console it's all on the r/h side of the cab like old school tractors, 3 mechanical spools instead of electric, no headland management system but it does have auto pto, auto 4wd and diff lock, different lights and a few less work lights, smaller mirrors, manual a/c system instead of climate controll, standard with smaller rear lift rams but can be specd up to larger lift capacity. that's roughly it. It's the exact same chassis with options of front and cab suspension 50kph and air just the same as the premiums. The 650 model has no engine HP boost either just straight 160hp.
It's aim is for the farmer that doesn't want all the tec of a mainstream modern day tractor.

 

[DrDunc]

The main differences are ....no armrest console it's all on the r/h side of the cab like old school tractors, 3 mechanical spools instead of electric, no headland management system but it does have auto pto, auto 4wd and diff lock, different lights and a few less work lights, smaller mirrors, manual a/c system instead of climate controll, standard with smaller rear lift rams but can be specd up to larger lift capacity. that's roughly it. It's the exact same chassis with options of front and cab suspension 50kph and air just the same as the premiums. The 650 model has no engine HP boost either just straight 160hp.
It's aim is for the farmer that doesn't want all the tec of a mainstream modern day tractor.

So with the standard specification, it's actually better equipped than the equivalent fixed ratio tractors from nearly every other brand?

 

[bluegreen]

One of the big Cereal and Potato growers around here hired in a number of 160hp machines both McMac X7660s and CASE 160s last season to pull 14 tonne trailers up to 10 miles + from base. They did this several times a day from late July to late November. I had a chat with one of the farms long serving employees who gets to drive everything and he was quite upbeat about the McMacs, said they hadn't had any of the old reliability issues associated with the brand and their road manners were decent when pulling a full load at 30 mph. Certainly an improvement on the XTX 165s used before.

 

[Sackofnuts]

ill be able to tell you in a few weeks when mine arrives had a demo and liked it very much in effcient spec very nice place to spend a day we got ours with 50k air brakes and front linakge for 67k but this will be more now as they are 5k more on the new imports

You will have to give us a full running report on it when it arrives.

 

[Zebbedee]

They look a smart tractor I think, and the spec is decent too good oil flows and optional higher lift weight should be good tractor

 

[Sackofnuts]

ill be able to tell you in a few weeks when mine arrives had a demo and liked it very much in effcient spec very nice place to spend a day we got ours with 50k air brakes and front linakge for 67k but this will be more now as they are 5k more on the new imports

Has your new McCormick arrived yet???

 

[Dan Attle]

well weve had her a week now this is the 660 and going well already got 48 hours on her this week and 40 of them on a 4m powerharrow so its been given a good test and is going well its very comfy on the road and in feild and fairly easy to work out the functions for auto pto auto road and auto feild and the rev memory only gripes i have are the tool box as its poor quality its made of the worlds thinest plastic and the fact my knee always nocks it out when using the clutch only problem weve had is a pto speed sensor went yesterday but fair play to the dealership who sold it its back and ready for action again tommrow

 

[Sackofnuts]

It looks a cracking bit of kit.
what HP is it??

 

[Dan Attle]

165 175 boost with 50k does need balast on the front for the heavy work

 

[Sackofnuts]

is that a Efficient spec one??

 

[Lofty1984]

Has the fergie gone @Dan Attle ?

 

[Dan Attle]

yeah it is even do it has one electric spool and 3 manual weve added creep and comes with 540and1000 eco aswell

 

[Sackofnuts]

any photos of inside the cab???

 

[Dan Attle]

Has the fergie gone @Dan Attle ?

no still got her replaced our 100 hp zetor

 

[Dan Attle]

any photos of inside the cab???

ill get some for you tommorow when im on the powerharrow again reason we brought it is simple but comfy and to handle lighter cultivations spreaying spreading and the big bulk of the road work