Valtra N175 the good the bad and the ugly

[Elpresidente]

Ok I’m considering changing a tractor and I’d just like the honest opinion of owners or operators of the Valtra N Series specifically the 175.
How robust and reliable is the gearbox?
What’s the fuel economy like compared to previous tractors you’ve owned?
What problems have you encountered if any?
If anyone isn’t comfortable posting publicly feel free to PM me.
The work I’d be doing with it would be loader and transport work, spraying, light cultivation and round baling.
Also I would be looking at a Versu spec or possibly Direct so if anyone has the vario version any feedback would be great.

 

[Barmyfarmer]

Ok I’m considering changing a tractor and I’d just like the honest opinion of owners or operators of the Valtra N Series specifically the 175.
How robust and reliable is the gearbox?
What’s the fuel economy like compared to previous tractors you’ve owned?
What problems have you encountered if any?
If anyone isn’t comfortable posting publicly feel free to PM me.
The work I’d be doing with it would be loader and transport work, spraying, light cultivation and round baling.
Also I would be looking at a Versu spec or possibly Direct so if anyone has the vario version any feedback would be great.

Just had one this time, after never having anything other than NH it's a nice change, comfy, unbelievably nimble and pulls like a train, had it on discs in the spring and it pulled far better than our 6 cylinder t7.210.
No problems as of yet but early days.

 

[james ds]

I have a versu 254 , it’s more power than what your looking at but the transmission would be the same , I now have 4100 hrs on it of hard work , pulling up to 30 ton behind it all summer . It has been trouble free , in the 4100 hrs I’ve had to phone the dealer only once and that was to find a fuse that blew. It was a fuse in beside the battery for the fuel system. it hasn’t blown since . I have a 234 active which is a lovely tractor to drive , it has 1500 hrs on it and it’s repairs to date have been an addblue censor in the exhaust , it was looking to be regenerated every day. Of the two tractors I prefer driving the active . Put it in auto on the road and just sit back and let it do it’s own thing.

 

[celtis man]

In truth they are no John Deere (just saying)

 

[james ds]

In truth they are no John Deere (just saying)

Your 100% right , they are far better than a Jd. A good few have switched from Jd to Valtra in the last few years.

 

[hintonroadhero]

Your 100% right , they are far better than a Jd. A good few have switched from Jd to Valtra in the last few years.

James..did you have a site at The Ploughing last week...saw a sign on the tractor raffle site but couldn't find you?

 

[james ds]

James..did you have a site at The Ploughing last week...saw a sign on the tractor raffle site but couldn't find you?

Yes I had a stand on row 2 . Great show. I was beside the tractor raffle stand .

 

[Bossfarmer]

Can someone tell me if the 60k versions can actually do 60k with a load on the back? And i dont mean downhill

 

[Boo-Boo]

Have a n174 , very nimble, great power , airy cab with good view and lovely to get in and out. . Thankfully the cab is well sound proof and it's a rough enough engine noise . I would not consider it reliable compared to my other brands , plenty of little things fail. I find the clutch a strange setup as it seems to be a on/off switch instead of a normal setup. PTO sensors failure seems obligatory even on brand new tractors . For me plenty of pluses and some negatives . Don't know of another brand that has service costs as high as a valtra either

 

[vantage]

Have a n174 , very nimble, great power , airy cab with good view and lovely to get in and out. . Thankfully the cab is well sound proof and it's a rough enough engine noise . I would not consider it reliable compared to my other brands , plenty of little things fail. I find the clutch a strange setup as it seems to be a on/off switch instead of a normal setup. PTO sensors failure seems obligatory even on brand new tractors . For me plenty of pluses and some negatives . Don't know of another brand that has service costs as high as a valtra either

What transmission?

 

[YELROM]

Can someone tell me if the 60k versions can actually do 60k with a load on the back? And i dont mean downhill

There is a lot of variables, it’s like saying can a Fastrac do 60k with a load

 

[YELROM]

@slim shiny put a post on somewhere the other day saying the gearbox had gone in there Valtras again with in I think 4mth of being repaired but not sure which gearbox

 

[Norfolk Olly]

Yep, definitely had its issues, neighbour picked there new t194 versu up from the dealers and the gearbox went before they got back home.

 

[Boo-Boo]

What transmission?

Active .

 

[celtis man]

Your 100% right , they are far better than a Jd. A good few have switched from Jd to Valtra in the last few years.

Really James our local contractor has bought 2 Deere's to replace 2unreliable agco tractor's .
When I drove our 1st one full time I found it noisy and just irksome... Why did it rev itself up when you moved the shuttle and lifted the clutch pedal

 

[daveydiesel1]

Have a n174 , very nimble, great power , airy cab with good view and lovely to get in and out. . Thankfully the cab is well sound proof and it's a rough enough engine noise . I would not consider it reliable compared to my other brands , plenty of little things fail. I find the clutch a strange setup as it seems to be a on/off switch instead of a normal setup. PTO sensors failure seems obligatory even on brand new tractors . For me plenty of pluses and some negatives . Don't know of another brand that has service costs as high as a valtra either

When u bought it did u price other brands for comparrison?

 

[hally]

Anecdotal I know, but had lunch with a guy at the auction yesterday. He asked if I was still running jd as he had several jd but the last one was valtra and he was having no end of bother with it and was looking to get rid of it.

 

[james ds]

Can someone tell me if the 60k versions can actually do 60k with a load on the back? And i dont mean downhill

My 50 k do 55 k with a load on. But speed takes power , so I’d say a174 would struggle with a big load going uphil.

 

[Boo-Boo]

When u bought it did u price other brands for comparrison?

Only priced a jd . The valtra was good value compared to jd at the time

 

[Speedstar]

Your 100% right , they are far better than a Jd. A good few have switched from Jd to Valtra in the last few years.

Not in this area any one that had valtra has only had one and have gone back to a John Deere, just looking on the John Deere website lots of second hand valtra tractors for sale