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6510 john deere

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 263 ✭✭cz527


    Sorry wouldn't be a tractor I'd like myself but have herd grate things about them


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 263 ✭✭cz527


    Went to look at a Tm165 and I have to say it not the monster of a tractor I though it would be was actually a tidy outfit it had power command and I don't no is that the good one or not


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 263 ✭✭cz527


    Any one no the fuel consumption on a 165 Ashwell doing lite work and hard work


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,828 ✭✭✭yellow50HX


    cz527 wrote: »
    Any one no the fuel consumption on a 165 Ashwell doing lite work and hard work

    http://www.tractordata.com/farm-tractors/003/1/4/3146-new-holland-tm165-tests.html


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,556 ✭✭✭simx


    cz527 wrote: »
    Went to look at a Tm165 and I have to say it not the monster of a tractor I though it would be was actually a tidy outfit it had power command and I don't no is that the good one or not

    range command has the better reputation


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 263 ✭✭cz527


    That fuel consumption doesn't sound right at that rate it would be a out and out animal on fuel no mater what it is doing shure it can't be that bad.and why is range comand a better choice


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,315 ✭✭✭davidk1394


    cz527 wrote: »
    That fuel consumption doesn't sound right at that rate it would be a out and out animal on fuel no mater what it is doing shure it can't be that bad.and why is range comand a better choice

    Range command has better pulling power and is more reliable. Cousin has both range and power command machines. The range command is more comfortable aswell


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 263 ✭✭cz527


    davidk1394 wrote: »
    Range command has better pulling power and is more reliable. Cousin has both range and power command machines. The range command is more comfortable aswell

    Is there much difference between fuel consumption with the to or are they both around the same


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,828 ✭✭✭yellow50HX


    cz527 wrote: »
    Is there much difference between fuel consumption with the to or are they both around the same

    I know a few lads with TM's round here (115, 125, 140, 145, 165) with a variety of gear boxes and all are very happy with them. They all reckon the NH is better on juice then the equivalent JD or Massey. If your worried about the fuel use then maybe the 165 is just too big.

    You should match your tractor to your needs if you can go a little bigger then fine but there is no need using a 165 hp machine to do work that a 100hp will do easy. My neighbours 165 pulls a 5 furrow plough in spring, a 3 meter drill combo (with ease) and in the summer draws silage with a 18ft silage trailer. Another lad has a 140 and she is a great machine, used for slurry with a 10k ltr tank, mowing with a jd1365 with swarther, baling with a wegler chopper, harvesting beet with a double row armed, and also does hedge cutting. Most tractors will burn as much ticking over as they do with light to medium work. If none of you work needs 150hp or more then no need for a tractor that size.

    While the TM's share the same basic engine and a lot of equipment the 165 is nearly a tonne heavier then the 125


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,642 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Have a tm125 from New. 2000. Great tractor. Has 170 Keenan feeder on it all winter and also pulls a 2500 gallon tanker. Basic gear box


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,850 ✭✭✭White Clover


    OP, I would advise you to take a step back and size up things again. For the work you said you would be doing, 110hp would be loads. At the moment you are talking about 165hp. 50% more than you may need.
    If I was you I would broaden the search again including greengrass' suggestion along with your original 3.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 263 ✭✭cz527


    He has the 165 I am looking at and iv rang about that 125 it has range comand but no cab suspension.and I no 110 hp would do me at the mint but in the fucher I'd be looking to go bigger with stuff and it be nice to have the machine there for it.a man that lives near me has a 125 and when spreading slurry with 1600 gallon abbey he uses 7 litter a our now that is very impressive even if I got 10 to 12 litters a our out of a 165 I'd be very happy but iv been told with power command more like 15 to 18 litters a our


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,828 ✭✭✭yellow50HX


    cz527 wrote: »
    He has the 165 I am looking at and iv rang about that 125 it has range comand but no cab suspension.and I no 110 hp would do me at the mint but in the fucher I'd be looking to go bigger with stuff and it be nice to have the machine there for it.a man that lives near me has a 125 and when spreading slurry with 1600 gallon abbey he uses 7 litter a our now that is very impressive even if I got 10 to 12 litters a our out of a 165 I'd be very happy but iv been told with power command more like 15 to 18 litters a our

    Neighbour with the TM115 uses a 2000 gallon tank. If your planning to go to one that size I'd say a 135 or 140 would suit ya, still reckon the 165 is just that bit too big.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 263 ✭✭cz527


    Just the way the 165 came up and the fact that it is very hard to get a 125 or 135 Clean.would any one recommend getting the power put down on it or would that be a waste of time and money


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,735 ✭✭✭lakill Farm


    cz527 wrote: »
    Just the way the 165 came up and the fact that it is very hard to get a 125 or 135 Clean.would any one recommend getting the power put down on it or would that be a waste of time and money

    really clean McCormick 135 for sale on donedeal in Kildare. 1650 hours on it. I think €36k

    http://www.donedeal.ie/tractors-for-sale/mccormick-mc-135/10116503?offset=2


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 263 ✭✭cz527


    Wouldn't be a lover of them massey jd or new holland


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,300 ✭✭✭cute geoge


    I have driven 2 tm140's one the pump was opened up to 170hp .a savage tractor and the other was original and there was a massive difference in hp. I had the basic tm range command drawing slurry and it was very econimical but def. need suspension


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 263 ✭✭cz527


    Was taking to a main dealer today and thay recommend putting it back to 140 for my sort of work and it would make it lighter on fuel for me aswell and still have good power


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,079 ✭✭✭grazeaway


    cz527 wrote: »
    Was taking to a main dealer today and thay recommend putting it back to 140 for my sort of work and it would make it lighter on fuel for me aswell and still have good power

    Just remember that it will still be heavier then a 140. We have a 160 hp valtra and it's great for the heavy work it's wasted on light work.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,506 ✭✭✭Dawggone


    cz527 wrote: »
    Was taking to a main dealer today and thay recommend putting it back to 140 for my sort of work and it would make it lighter on fuel for me aswell and still have good power

    IMO just buy the larger hp machine. Don't wind back the ponies as it could be bad for injectors etc.
    there was a time that 165hp was a monster but not nowadays.
    I always thought that it was better to be looking at hp than for it.

    I've put a few TM's through my hands and they are not bad. The brakes are made of chocolate though. I know of a plant contractor that did for a set of brakes in a TM155 in 400hrs work.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 263 ✭✭cz527


    Think that is right to rather have it than won't it.and for the bit I'd be doing if I put brakes in her it would last a life time for me


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,828 ✭✭✭yellow50HX


    What did you in up with in the end?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,367 ✭✭✭X6.430macman


    cz527 wrote: »
    I'll be doing farm work no contract work agitating slurry spreading with 1600 gallon tank we do no pit just raps about 700 a year so be mowing raking and drawing our selves and I have a 7740 newholland at the mint and I'd like more power and Hever tractor and I'm trying to see witch is the best 6270 massey 6610 john deere tm125 newholland

    mf 6200 don't get the praise they deserve so u wud buy them cheaper. out of the 3 I wud take the mf anyday.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 263 ✭✭cz527


    Im still looking iv went to see a few but just havent found the right one yeat going looking at a 6610se next week sales man said it is very cleen with only 8000 ours thruth be none possible18 thousand ours and he wonts 17 thoisand for it.and a nother sales man rang today with a 6820 04 like new with new tyers and minded like a child he said but 14 thousand our for 21 thousand.and yes the 6270 is a fabulous tractor and if I found a good cleen one for right money I would hop on it


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,828 ✭✭✭yellow50HX


    cz527 wrote: »
    Im still looking iv went to see a few but just havent found the right one yeat going looking at a 6610se next week sales man said it is very cleen with only 8000 ours thruth be none possible18 thousand ours and he wonts 17 thoisand for it.and a nother sales man rang today with a 6820 04 like new with new tyers and minded like a child he said but 14 thousand our for 21 thousand.and yes the 6270 is a fabulous tractor and if I found a good cleen one for right money I would hop on it

    The 6610 is the better tractor. Hope it's good condition


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 263 ✭✭cz527


    yellow50HX wrote: »
    The 6610 is the better tractor. Hope it's good condition

    For that type of money im not expecting much of a 6610 but no harm in looking


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