New Holland T6

[mixed farm]

Anyone driving the new new Holland 6 cylinder T6 160?

 

[Badshot]

They making it 6 pot now?
I have a 13 plate 4 pot T6 160 and love it. Loads of poke, small, nimble and light. The only thing is the lift capacity is right on the edge for my weaving drill.

 

[john432]

I couldn't believe that such popular tractors such as the T6 range and the 6030 etc before them have such a fundamental design problem. Nearly impossible to adjust the linkage height turnbuckles due to the pick up hitch lift rods being in the way. Made for hitching up a mower that wasn't taken off properly, a really difficult job.

 

[robbie]

They making it 6 pot now?
I have a 13 plate 4 pot T6 160 and love it. Loads of poke, small, nimble and light. The only thing is the lift capacity is right on the edge for my weaving drill.

Same here but the red version(maxxum 130mc) on a 62 plate, it's a hell of a tractor!!!! Really pokey.

 

[michael N123]

Feels like loads more torque than the old 165 handles the combi drill on steep land fine

suspension and cab is slightly better but not brilliant compared to other tractors NH still hasn’t changed much in 20 years

 

[Cornish bob]

We got one with a mx12+ loader a couple of weeks ago, only done 70 hours with it, so to early to tell how good it is. Tried out a t5 140 plenty of go but found it to light to handle our loader attachments

 

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I couldn't believe that such popular tractors such as the T6 range and the 6030 etc before them have such a fundamental design problem. Nearly impossible to adjust the linkage height turnbuckles due to the pick up hitch lift rods being in the way. Made for hitching up a mower that wasn't taken off properly, a really difficult job.

We lower the arms and set them no problem, but agree if you got yourself in a mess and had to do it with linkage raised then it's very difficult.

 

[michael N123]

We lower the arms and set them no problem, but agree if you got yourself in a mess and had to do it with linkage raised then it's very difficult.

The short linkage travel is pretty pathetic to if you screw it so the arms are nearly on the floor you don’t get much height for lifting a plow and turning it so they need to be set high and you still need to faff on unpinning them and moving them higher to avoid PTO shafts on spreaders ect my Valtra arms have twice the travel but need a different longer pto shaft for the power harrow

 

[daveydiesel1]

I couldn't believe that such popular tractors such as the T6 range and the 6030 etc before them have such a fundamental design problem. Nearly impossible to adjust the linkage height turnbuckles due to the pick up hitch lift rods being in the way. Made for hitching up a mower that wasn't taken off properly, a really difficult job.

Our mf 5465 has the same problem but the hitch lift rods are held on with a pin and lynch pin so just take it out and take lift rod out of the way, simples

 

[Lincsman]

I couldn't believe that such popular tractors such as the T6 range and the 6030 etc before them have such a fundamental design problem. Nearly impossible to adjust the linkage height turnbuckles due to the pick up hitch lift rods being in the way. Made for hitching up a mower that wasn't taken off properly, a really difficult job.

In 8 years I have never tried or needed to move them!

 

[john432]

In 8 years I have never tried or needed to move them!

I wish I could say the same..over 40 years I've had to adjust the dam things. Anything trailed with a PTO, adjust the linkage arms to get the max height ,as to not foul the PTO shaft when turning. Next time, need lengthening to pick up an implement. Fit a mower and the right hand arm usually needs to be higher or the mower won't lift to clear the mown swaths on the headland. John Deere can be adjusted no probs on the 6000 series.. Massey 6400 series doable. But the New Holland's T6, must have been designed by Stevie Wonder

 

[ColinV6]

I wish I could say the same..over 40 years I've had to adjust the dam things. Anything trailed with a PTO, adjust the linkage arms to get the max height ,as to not foul the PTO shaft when turning. Next time, need lengthening to pick up an implement. Fit a mower and the right hand arm usually needs to be higher or the mower won't lift to clear the mown swaths on the headland. John Deere can be adjusted no probs on the 6000 series.. Massey 6400 series doable. But the New Holland's T6, must have been designed by Stevie Wonder

Cant say I’ve found this issue on our T7 and T5’s? Like you say always needs lowered to pick up mounted stuff and raised to full height for trailed equipment.

 

[mo!]

Only an issue on the T7 when using CAT 2 equipment, always grease the turnbuckles so they're easy to operate. I often run with the arms down on trailed PTO gear and flick the linkage switch off so you can't knock it.

 

[powerontheland]

I couldn't believe that such popular tractors such as the T6 range and the 6030 etc before them have such a fundamental design problem. Nearly impossible to adjust the linkage height turnbuckles due to the pick up hitch lift rods being in the way. Made for hitching up a mower that wasn't taken off properly, a really difficult job.

Drop your mower bed on a couple of decent blocks and you will have no problem

 

[Down farmer]

Have experience with a neighbour who has 2 shades of green tractors
one a 6020 JD has shorter arms than the rest including blue and green so isn’t as easy hooked onto a fertiliser sower etc with being so close to dirty wheels is also a curse with needing a shorter PTO shaft ,the other shade of green has to have its arms strapped up high to clear PTO on slurry tanker and other items as it has destroyed a couple of vacuum pumps and constantly destroying PTO guards .

 

[Ben B]

My uncle has a t6 160 4cyle and loves it to bits. Pulls the 13ft trailered mower with conditioners like a charm through some big crops at some speed. He has got a t7 170 but much prefers the t6 160. The t6 is an Autocommand trans which I think makes a difference because our 6010 has no balls so is just a pain to use for anything other than raking(has a loader and is used to pull a bale feed out machine).