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Nebraska | Thinking of trading a JD for a Challenger 1000 series, anyone own a new series Challenger with FWA?
Edited by NEBR. 2/8/2018 16:23
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Modena, Wisconsin | Pretty much the same tractor. Have not been around the Challenger enough to list option differences or price difference. Fendt is the premium. Several 1000 series Fendts in the area. |
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Nebraska | I guess I need to make my question more clear. Anyone own or been around a new series 1000 Challenger? Are they good, bad or otherwise? |
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East Central Ia | We ran one last fall on a demo.
Was a very nice tractor.
https://talk.newagtalk.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=745789&posts=3... |
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| I own a 1038 & 1042 Challengers. As I have stated in past post: they are the best tractors I have owned. I have over 900 hours on my 1038 and 1200 hours on my 1042. They have been trouble free. The CVT is perfect; combined with the MAN engine . The Man engine reaches full torque at 1000 rpm's. We cultivated cotton all summer at 6.5 mph and running 1050-1100 rpms. We go 4 days on a tank of fuel at those low rpms. The Man engine is the quietest diesel engine I have ever been around. No high & low on the CVT; just engage direction and go. MFD auto engages without touching a button. No fan belts.
My 1042 outpulled my 25 shank parabolic deep ripper by 1 mph compared to my 775E track machine. The 1000 series puts the power to the ground without any power hop. Amazingly smooth , quiet running tractors. The lower RPMs will add much to the longevity of the tractor.
This tractor is 10 years ahead of the competition of any other color.
I am running 480 80 38's on the front instead of the narrow 42's .
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Nebraska | Thanks for the info, that was what I wanted to hear. |
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Fendt or Challenger
