What 150hp+ appreciating classic

Finn farmer

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One I’m on the look out for at the moment...Valtra 8950. Monster of a tractor with a real engine but modern enough to be an enjoyable day at the wheel..?
Friend has a 8950 with all the bells and whistles (50km/h, A/C, twintrac, industrial axles), done a bit under 3000 hours. Bought new only for power harrowing potato fields, so quite lightly worked. Everyone wants to buy it, but he won't sell. Although he has 2x 720, 1x 724 and a 936 Fendts. 🤣


Who on their right mind would go to forest with a 8000 series? Way too big and clumsy. 6000 series for forestry all day everyday.
 

Old apprentice

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Arable Farmer
A few years ago I had a mf 699 and put a mf combine engine it did all the slurry pumping absolutly no problem to it no silencer just pure away all day easy tweet to 150 hp . A jd rep brauget a farmer to look at something else said to farmer you don't have to spend 40k to pump slurry . Jd dealer I don't think was to chuffed.
 

SFI - What % were you taking out of production?

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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