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| I want to be on 120” spacing with a track tractor. I haven’t been around track tractors hardly at all And want to know about the reliability aspect of the John Deere’s. I’m looking for a 250-300hp. I found a nice 2010 295rt with 5000 hours for 100k. I found a 2006 8230t with 3000 hours for 100k as well. I’ve been on both of these kinds of tractors wheeled but not tracked. Any major difference? Thanks |
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| The 8RT tractors have a walking beam suspension and air ride. The 00-10-20-30 T series tractor do not and ride like a dozer stuck in high gear. Just a fair warning.
Maintenance and reliablity are all related to track alignment, roading, and checking them continuously. They can run a set of tracks 2000 hours, or 4000 hours, all based on how you take care of it.
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| The 30 series uses the same track system as the rt’s at least in the 9000 series. They have air ride as well. You do not want a 00-10-20 series they ride rough, but the 30 is much better. I would say between those two tractors it is up to your opinion of creature comforts vs emissions.
Edited by ksfarm1 8/22/2018 05:50
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IL | The 8030 series does not have the newer suspended track system. |
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NW Illinois | We had an 8300t and 8400t. We went back to mfwd tractors because of rough ride and slow road speeds. We have gone back to 8335rt's and really like them. Much better ride acceptable road speeds. We use them for our planters, in crop sprayers, side dressers, and grain cart. We really like them for row crop work. We have 2600 hours on them and no major issues. There are spacers available for the bogey wheels that space them out about 3/16 of an inch. I highly recommend them as it will eliminate bogey wheel issues that develope from friction and or heat during road travel. |
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Slicker than a Yes album. | That's how I read it, until I realized he meant 9030. |
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Somerset WI | We run a 2011 Deere RT , 2007 Cat 800MT 07, and 2014 quadtrac.
I don't know the hours (maybe 3000) but the RT has had ZERO issues with tracks/bogies/idlers.
The Cat had some bogies delaminate originally but we've since changed to poly bogies and it hasn't been an issue since.
The Quadtrac is a great tractor but the undercarriage seals have failed us a couple times which has lead to one bearing/boggie failure. We installed CIH upgraded seal kits in all of the wheels this summer... we'll see how they hold up.
We use an infrared heat gun to check the temperature side to side, maybe once a year, and adjust the track alignment accordingly. |
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ND | I use to sell Deere before 2007 & the 00T, 10T & 20T on the con side ride rough on the road but in the fields are good, but the T's had more power to the ground than the MFWD at the time -when the ILS came it maybe changed it but the regular MFWD was not as good as a pulling tractor. A 8400T in tillage could pull a 44' field cult where as a non ILS MFWD could do a 38' or the 8400T could pull a 32' Krause heavy tandem in the ground at 5 mph. It was a Love -Hate type tractor which certain farmers always Loved them & others did not, a few traded them only to buy another one back. For lighter duties of planting, spraying seems to be the spot now but they will pull like even a 7 shank v-ripper quite well but in certain circles I guess not as good as the OL 4440. |
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John Deere Track tractor reliability
