What’s the best tractor of all time ?

[Clive]

we have a worst thread so for balance what’s the best tractor of all time ?

 

[Clive]

for me i think it’s the Fendt 724 - strong, reliable, compact power to weight, lovely to drive and cheap to own

others slightly older contenders for me would be Jd8410 or 7810 …… any 10 series JD in fact, they were all great

 

[BuskhillFarm]

Awww jees @Clive slow on the forum today to start a fight this big??!!!

I’ll start with any modern JD from the 6series 6010 to the 6r perfect alrounders with spec for all from the basic levers to the funcy auto powers.

Just please no one mention a TM or valtra the other thread Clive mentioned is for them!!

 

[Rich_ard]

Mb 1300

 

[ollie989898]

Awww jees @Clive slow on the forum today to start a fight this big??!!!

I’ll start with any modern JD from the 6series 6010 to the 6r perfect alrounders with spec for all from the basic levers to the funcy auto powers.

Just please no one mention a TM or valtra the other thread Clive mentioned is for them!!

Apparently R series John Deeres use too much fuel.

 

[ford 7810]

We’ll best tractor for reliability and work done and most enjoyed using it. Definitely the ford 7810 but I was 28 years old when we bought it new, very well looked after mechanically and worked very hard siting with about 13 and abit Thousand hours on hasn’t done much lately it’s in for restoration (the cab) next favourite valtra N111 great tractor every thing you need and nawt you don’t

 

[Kidds]

IH 674

 

[Hampton]

Massey Ferguson 3085 dynashift 110hp
Game changing.

obvs anything modern puts older gear into a cocked hat. pound for pound though, MF 3000 series takes some beating.

when the first JCB telehandler was launched, we had the first demo in the West Midlands off Gunns. It was so good Dad refused to let them take it away and wrote them a cheque that day. Shows how revolutionary that machine must have been compared to what went before.

that’s why I wouldn’t put the Fendt in this bracket, it’s good, but not game changing

 

[capfits]

AgXeed Agbot 5.115T2
The future will be better.

 

[Yale]

The ones with the least amount of stupid electrics and ecu’s needing a guy with a laptop to ‘repair’ it!

(from a livestock farmer’s perspective.)

 

[Tractorstant]

SAME100 Antares

Mods, please close this thread.

 

[bobk]

40 series New Holland , bombproof engine lovely to drive , still going strong

 

[Muck Spreader]

For its day a IH/CASE 956/1056xl would take a lot of beating.

 

[Daniel]

Our Fendt 720 profi plus with the drop down screen and all the gps options ticked seems to get nicer every time I drive it.

I honestly thought it was a posers tractor but it’s just so nice to use.

Except the pickup hitch and hydraulic top link hog a spool each and should be permanently plumbed in with their own dedicated switch.

And also when you’re unloading a combine or beet harvester on the move and you get up off the seat a bit to see into the trailer it beeps at you and cuts the speed right back, that feature can get in the bin as well.

 

[icanshootwell]

Fendt 516, even more nimble than the 700 series, can do nearly every job on the farm. A true classic for the future.

 

[BRB John]

I won't take sides but I'd bet the best tractor built was between 2000 and 2012 ish...
Anything before that it's just sentimental rather than quality your remembering and anything after that has adblue so....

 

[Clive]

40 series New Holland , bombproof engine lovely to drive , still going strong

all i can recall about them was recalibrating clutches rather often

great tractors though, many hours in the cab of 7840 and 8240’s

 

[daveydiesel1]

Massey Ferguson 3085 dynashift 110hp
Game changing.

obvs anything modern puts older gear into a cocked hat. pound for pound though, MF 3000 series takes some beating.

when the first JCB telehandler was launched, we had the first demo in the West Midlands off Gunns. It was so good Dad refused to let them take it away and wrote them a cheque that day. Shows how revolutionary that machine must have been compared to what went before.

that’s why I wouldn’t put the Fendt in this bracket, it’s good, but not game changing

The game changing fendt was the original 926 vario

 

[Robt]

Case MX135 with front suspension and stuck open side window. Mods, please close this thread now

 

[bobk]

all i can recall about them was recalibrating clutches rather often

great tractors though, many hours in the cab of 7840 and 8240’s

They should calibrate themselves