Replacement for mf6480

[dannewhouse]

What would you replace with,
Was debating 7s180 or 6s180
But what about other brands?
What's fendts equivalents?

 

[Tarw Coch]

As someone who once thought they were a die hard Massey fan and would never buy anything else I’d recommend trying something else.
My most recent purchases have been a case maxxum 150 and a Valtra T215 neither of which is perfect but which I much prefer to the newer Masseys.
Part of me is still very much a Massey man at heart but I’ve recently had a 7718 on trial and sent it back as I couldn’t get on with it.
No doubt a lot is down to personal preference but if you don’t try you won’t know

MF rep wants me to try a Fendt now as reckons they’re easier to operate than the Masseys now

 

[daveydiesel1]

Fendt is thee ultimate machine, its just the price tag thats hard to justify

 

[dannewhouse]

I'm a Massey man just wondering if there going soft.
Know of plenty 7718 issues
Prop shaft/sump.
Back axle bearings.
One with PTO issues.

Do the others have the same problems.

 

[thorpe]

I'm a Massey man just wondering if there going soft.
Know of plenty 7718 issues
Prop shaft/sump.
Back axle bearings.
One with PTO issues.

Do the others have the same problems.

we used to be dihard massy men glad were not now by the sound of things!

 

[icanshootwell]

Fendt is thee ultimate machine, its just the price tag thats hard to justify

You say that but Massey comes with a big price tag now, I know which one I would choose over 10 years, depreciation would be higher on the Massey. Easy decision for me.

 

[Old apprentice]

What would you replace with,
Was debating 7s180 or 6s180
But what about other brands?
What's fendts equivalents?

Is your 6480 tr2/3 and what hours what is the reason for change?

 

[daveydiesel1]

You say that but Massey comes with a big price tag now, I know which one I would choose over 10 years, depreciation would be higher on the Massey. Easy decision for me.

Yes the massey dyna vt isnt cheap enough to put up with all its shortcomings compared to its green sibling,

 

[David.]

Fairly die hard JD chap local has just gone Fendt, so they must be okay.

 

[aangus]

we used to be dihard massy men glad were not now by the sound of things!

me too

 

[daveydiesel1]

Fairly die hard JD chap local has just gone Fendt, so they must be okay.

Problem with deere is theyr now fendt money in lots of cases but the fendts nicer and holds the resale better (not that deere is bad in this) so it makes it a no brainer in the premium bracket. Could any1 answer me what the price difference in say a mccormick x7 618 vario would be and a 718 as was having this discussion this mornin with a friend

 

[Hampton]

Yes the massey dyna vt isnt cheap enough to put up with all its shortcomings compared to its green sibling,

Love to know what the short comings are.
My 7s190 is cvt, it has a Fendt back end and gearbox and a better engine than the deutz. It also has 4 years warranty
What precisely would be the reason to by its “green sibling”
Is it short of flashing beacons?

 

[daveydiesel1]

Love to know what the short comings are.
My 7s190 is cvt, it has a Fendt back end and gearbox and a better engine than the deutz. It also has 4 years warranty
What precisely would be the reason to by its “green sibling”
Is it short of flashing beacons?

Ok i see your point, but the new fendts are coming with a sisu,they have the 1 range vario which is a good step up especially for work like slurry and silage cart where your road and field all day, thier screen is more user friendly and it doesnt look like a total afterthought that they realised they had no screen so just bolted it to the door, the dash is touch screen which for using guidance is great, fendts paintwork is better, it costs a bit more but keep it 10 years and go to sell it the value will be greatly different, the fendt stabilisers are sooo much better than all other brands which doesnt sound like much but once you use them a while its actually important, imo theyr far smarter looking and once they go for a look they keep it basicly so even tractors thats 10 yeads old looks uptodate whereas massey change it quite often making the old model look older instantaniously, of course this is all my opinion and im not saying im right just saying how i see it

 

[Hampton]

Ok i see your point, but the new fendts are coming with a sisu,they have the 1 range vario which is a good step up especially for work like slurry and silage cart where your road and field all day, thier screen is more user friendly and it doesnt look like a total afterthought that they realised they had no screen so just bolted it to the door, the dash is touch screen which for using guidance is great, fendts paintwork is better, it costs a bit more but keep it 10 years and go to sell it the value will be greatly different, the fendt stabilisers are sooo much better than all other brands which doesnt sound like much but once you use them a while its actually important, imo theyr far smarter looking and once they go for a look they keep it basicly so even tractors thats 10 yeads old looks uptodate whereas massey change it quite often making the old model look older instantaniously, of course this is all my opinion and im not saying im right just saying how i see it

Understand. But all that is about £40-50k extra

 

[daveydiesel1]

Understand. But all that is about £40-50k extra

A massey specced like for like wont be 40k cheaper

 

[dannewhouse]

T3 6480 just done 6k hours and just done axle bearings
Annoyed with it

 

[daveydiesel1]

T3 6480 just done 6k hours and just done axle bearings
Annoyed with it

Ever been in the gearbox?

 

[lloyd]

T3 6480 just done 6k hours and just done axle bearings
Annoyed with it

I bet the other tractors are glad when they see you
go off to town.

 

[rob h]

T3 6480 just done 6k hours and just done axle bearings
Annoyed with it

So your going to get rid because it needed a bearing at 6000 hours

 

[Farmer_Joe]

did you ever grease them? you have to remove a blank and fit a grease nipple,

in all honesty if thats the worse you have had i would keep it have you seen the price of newer tractors!