What 140 hp second hand tractor to buy?

[JD6920s]

MF 6290 if you can find one with moderate hours, you can spend a little on it each year to keep it tidy plus parts and labour are 100% tax deductible or they are in Australia anyway. No cab suspension to play up, and mechanical injector pump much cheaper and more reliable than the common rail perkins that came after it.

They do take some beating, love ours.

 

[FarmerFrank88]

Masssy 5480 or 6480 would be what I'd go for. Simple, reliable, comfortable and plenty of power to the jobs you listed. We have 3 and love them. We bought 2 6480s last year with 3500/4200 hours in average spec with flinks and pto for 35/38k and the 5480 had 4400 hours 3 years ago and cost 25k. Im not sure what your budget is. 6480s are fairly easy to find but 5480s are rare as hens teeth unfortunately.

 

[Cmoran]

John Deere 6140r great preforming tractor

 

[Happy]

Judging from what I see around I would say a Massey 6480. I don't own one but the ones I know of don't seem to be giving any bother. A T series Valtra wouldn't be a bad buy either and probably be bought for less then the MF.

Don’t you just love TFF

Pretty much every mention of MF on here is nothing but how unreliable they are, how cheap the components in them are, how poorly designed the cab layout is, how awful the dyna 6 box is, what does error code blah, blah, blah mean?

What’s the best 140-150hp secondhand tractor out there?
Easy one that. Altogether now.........................................
It has to be a MF6480

Sometimes me thinks the power of TFF is overrated

 

[Lofty1984]

Don’t you just love TFF

Pretty much every mention of MF on here is nothing but how unreliable they are, how cheap the components in them are, how poorly designed the cab layout is, how awful the dyna 6 box is, what does error code blah, blah, blah mean?

What’s the best 140-150hp secondhand tractor out there?
Easy one that. Altogether now.........................................
It has to be a MF6480

Sometimes me thinks the power of TFF is overrated

Post of the day

 

[Drillman]

I think without a budget and an idea of what sort of age and hours the OP is prepared to accept where in the dark still

 

[Weare Cham]

If you have dealers close then buy what you like. They all break down.

 

[Nae bother]

Sorry up to 5 years old and no more than 4000hrs if that helps.
Tia

 

[FarmerFrank88]

Don’t you just love TFF

Pretty much every mention of MF on here is nothing but how unreliable they are, how cheap the components in them are, how poorly designed the cab layout is, how awful the dyna 6 box is, what does error code blah, blah, blah mean?

What’s the best 140-150hp secondhand tractor out there?
Easy one that. Altogether now.........................................
It has to be a MF6480

Sometimes me thinks the power of TFF is overrated

Just shows how far they have fallen in the last few years

 

[Dave6170]

https://www.agriaffaires.co.uk/used/farm-tractor/31715713/massey-ferguson-6290.html

 

[Timbo]

Sorry up to 5 years old and no more than 4000hrs if that helps.
Tia

Budget>??

A very late 12 plate 6830 be my choice. At those hours it'd be £45k

 

[Flat 10]

I was wondering what you need 140hp on a 4 furrow plough for

 

[FarmerFrank88]

I was wondering what you need 140hp on a 4 furrow plough for

May have heavy land or steep fields

 

[glasshouse]

I was wondering what you need 140hp on a 4 furrow plough for

35hp a furrow is about right

 

[Steevo]

35hp a furrow is about right

How many furrows did a horse pull?

 

[glasshouse]

How many furrows did a horse pull?

Do you want to plough that slow?

 

[v8willy]

How many furrows did a horse pull?

It wasn't pulling a variwidth at 21 inches.

 

[Will 1594]

Budget>??

A very late 12 plate 6830 be my choice. At those hours it'd be £45k

Look on doubledays web site if you want a a mint low houred jd
£49500

 

[Finn farmer]

How many furrows did a horse pull?

Horse has over 10 horsepowers when it's working.

25hp/furrow is doable.

 

[Spud]

Horse has over 10 horsepowers when it's working.

25hp/furrow is doable.

25hp/furr is ample. I started pulling 4x12" furrows with a 70hp Ford 5600! (still got it) Then 4 14's with a 2wd 399. Similar time a contractor we worked with had 6x14" behind a 130hp MF2680 & 8x16" behind a TW30!

5x14" with press behind a MF6480 is our current rig. Press roughly equivalent to an extra furrow. Some folk dont understand the difference between an engine governing and an engine struggling.

I predict the current obsession with hp will reduce as tractor prices continue to increase. For years, every replacement tractor we bought was bigger than its predessor - for the last 10yrs that hasn't happened - and we've more work than back then. Trying to achieve more with less tractor hours without increasing hp, by altering our methods. So far so good.