Most reliable 120-150hp tractor?

[holywell farmer]

Might the op not have sorted the gremlins? I cannot see buying an older machine will be any less grief. anything might breakdown unless standing in the shed. Most half decent tractors between 10 and 20 years old will be fairly electrical albeit not on the engine control side necessarily. Our 23 year old 8340 is awash with heath-robinson wires under the cab.

Did new Holland do a big recall on some of the 8340 series in 1992

 

[Finn farmer]

Front suspension and 50k, to this day the fastest tractor I have ever driven on the road

No front suspension, 250hp and went 64km/h. The scariest tractor i've ever driven. Good old 8550.

If you can find a 8950 Hi-Tech you'll never have to worry about losing money. Any peat contractor in Finland will buy it off of you, if it has the Hd rear end it's capable of over 300 horses.

 

[essexpete]

Go really old, IH 12/1455xls, no fancy electrics on those old buses

Rose tinted? What a heavy noisy old machine to spend the day on.

 

[holywell farmer]

No front suspension, 250hp and went 64km/h. The scariest tractor i've ever driven. Good old 8550.

If you can find a 8950 Hi-Tech you'll never have to worry about losing money. Any peat contractor in Finland will buy it off of you, if it has the Hd rear end it's capable of over 300 horses.

64k that quicker than a fastrac

 

[essexpete]

And dangerous I would guess

 

[faircomment]

64k that quicker than a fastrac

With far less braking ability

 

[6910 Buzz]

Jd6910 won’t be beaten

 

[Finn farmer]

And dangerous I would guess

Yes. Put the throttle to the floor as always, owner forgot to mention that he had tweaked with the gearings.

And dangerous I would guess

Sure. I was scared when it felt it was going fast and still accelerating. Dropped the speed to a far more reasonable 45km/h.

Edit. Ahh, failed the quote.

 

[Gapples]

Rose tinted? What a heavy noisy old machine to spend the day on.

Perhaps Pete, I didn't have to drive them very far , then again I didn't have to continually fix them either, they are as bulletproof as any machine I worked on in 35+ years ...

 

[holywell farmer]

Jd6910 won’t be beaten

Very rare to come across low hours one on the second hand market

 

[6910 Buzz]

8500 hrs on a 2000 reg 1 here never seen a spanner yet

 

[holywell farmer]

8500 hrs on a 2000 reg 1 here never seen a spanner yet

Do cultivate with it much out of interest

 

[clbarclay]

Electronics necessarily aren't all bad.

We had two MF tractors which had linkages problems. On the MF3645 it did take a while to work out what the problem was, with the linkage computer visiting David King etc. but after going on gut instinct and replacing a dodgy looking position sensor it was fine. The flex shaft on the MF2680 broke, pretty obvious where the main fault was and for a mechanic to fix, but when it broke I suspect that it damaged the internal mechanical control linkages and its draft control was never the same afterwards.

I have a love/hate relationship with electronic engine control, but linkage control is a different matter.

 

[6910 Buzz]

Not so much now she has seen plenty of heavy work still mowing with it use it for the k2 spreader slurry tanker drawing grass, discs etc

 

[BredRedHfd]

You know it makes sense....
I fancied updating to newer 6400 MF's. Our local indy MF mechanic suggested otherwise. How glad am I that I listened to him

 

[Magik22]

Smart looking machine here http://www.rgmachinery.co.uk/john-deere-6910s/17 , no price but these older machines seem to be fairly pricey now!

 

[Macsky]

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/163192840028

Great buy for someone if it’s genuine.

 

[wuddy]

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/163192840028

Great buy for someone if it’s genuine.

Just up the road from me! They have a Facebook page and the tractor is the cover picture!

 

[Douglasmn]

New Zetor forterra HSX? Can be had now with cab and axle suspension and eco 40k box. Still fairly basic tractors but buy new and have the comfort of warranty.

The most unreliable tractor that's ever been on this farm. Now sold for a Kubota. 2 gear box issues on an 800hr tractor that took 4 months and £8k to get sorted. Countless other constant problems in the 5 years it was here. I would advise anyone considering a zetor to completely abandon the idea.

 

[Dave6170]

You know it makes sense....
I fancied updating to newer 6400 MF's. Our local indy MF mechanic suggested otherwise. How glad am I that I listened to him
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Credit to you! They look really smart