MF5455 or NH T5060?

FeelTheBern

Hi All,

Looking at changing tractor. Nothing fancy - tractor around 100/115 hp (ground hilly) with loader. No real heavy work - mowing, drawing bales, foddering, bit of slurry. Was thinking about 2010/11/12 models of the MF and NH above.

Don’t know much about machinery. Are there any well known problems with either of them that would make one much better option than the other or that we should be looking out for if inspecting them?

Thanks!

Buford T. Justice XIX

I'll bump this, it seems to have gotten lost yesterday evening:)

SuperTortoise

Spent a good while driving a NH5060 on a daily basis could'nt fault it, know very little about the 5455 though.

lab man

Nh all the way ora case 115

hopeso

I have no experience of either tractor, but those small New Hollands seem to be rated very highly by anyone who knows them. Punch well above their weight. There was a number of gearbox options available in them, ranging from a very basic manual up to an electronic power shuttle. For loader work, you'd want to get the manual shuttle at least. Get one with a wet clutch too, as the dry clutch was probably their weakest point..... They were also sold in Case colours, as the JXU series...

David Hay

Would the new Holland be a more simpler/basic tractor ?

Are those dyna gearboxes in the early massey’s 5455 dodgy enough ?

FeelTheBern

Thanks all.

Have tested a T5060 manual and one with the power shuttle. Thought the power shuttle way better. Had never been in a NH before and was a bit surprised that was so basic for 2010 tractors. Seemed like the layout hadn’t changed from 2000 models - but maybe that’s the advantage of these tractors that everything tried and tested and pretty basic so not too much to go wrong.

Hoping to look at the MF next week to compare the two but liked the NH.

Would there be much difference in reality between the T5050/5060/5070 - supposed to be 95 to 115 Hp in range but dealers even seem to quote random HP for the different models?

White Clover

As a standalone tractor and especially as a loader tractor, the Massey 5455 would be a good bit ahead of a Newholland T5000.
Dyna 4 gearbox is bomb proof, it's a later variant of the very popular and well liked Dynashift.
The New Holland T5000 can trace its heritage back to the Fiat tractors of the mid nineties.
They are solid performers but nothing spectacular. The hydraulic performance would be well back from the Massey.

twin_beacon

If it was me, id go for a snoopy bonnet 5455 if you are doing a lot of loader work.
the NH is a great machine too. The massey will be more expensive, but has a much better finished cab. I wouldn't be afraid of the dyna gear box, its been around for a good while.

David Hay

When ever I change again I will go either for a T5060 or 5455.

Kinda leaning more towards the NH at the moment would there be difference in hydraulic oil flow when using loader stacking bales?


Would both tractors also be fit for double bale handler ?