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NE Ohio | After unsuccessfully searching the past few months for a low hour JD 7630 (MFWD/IVT) we looking to buy new. A demo by our dealer has us ready to pull the trigger on a 6210R. This tractor will primarily be used for fertilizer spreading, planting (12 row JD 1770NT), back-up tractor for tillage, side dressing, hay mowing, etc. I'm interested to see if anyone else here has bought a 6R or 7R tractor and what feedback they have. I have listed some of my own feedback below just based upon a couple of hours operating the 6210R on demo. (BTW: We're a green tractor only farm and not interested in the merits of other colors :).
Thanks!
Likes:
- IVT (AutoPwr) with auto setting: It probably remains to be seen how well the auto setting will match the desired rpm with load & speed, but having the auto setting removes the need to change settings when switching between jobs
- Triple-Link Suspension (TLS) & Hydraulic cab suspension: I was expecting this tractor to ride rough and potentially buck/wheel hop with a high draft load due to the short wheel base; However, I was pleasantly surprised when it rode better than our JD 8320 (without TLS) at 9 to 9.5 mph pulling an Salford RTS; Perhaps it may wheel hop with a high draft/slow pull load, but there were no signs of it in our demo; We probably would have never fully appreciated the value of these options without doing the demo
- 31 mph IVT: combined with the suspension options above the tractor really transported well and will be a time saver for operations like spreading dry fertilizer, etc.
- Power to weight/wheelbase/maneuverability ratio: We anticipate high summer job utilization given who how well it handles
- Quietness: Extremely quiet for this high of horsepower
Dislikes (admittedly mostly minor):
- Dash gauges: For me the top of the steering wheel perfectly blocked the top of the gauges when I had the steering wheel in the most comfortable position; I would much rather have the corner post digital read-outs
- No foot pedal to move steering wheel tilt from all the way up to memory position
- Hydraulic SCV’s are mounted too high on the rear tractor and are not in a nice vertically stacked arrangement (laid out side-by-side in two pairs)
- Yet more plastic: Clearly plastic on tractors is here to stay but it is disappointing when you see parts fade and not fit as well over time; Hopefully the durability is designed into these tractors as there is plastic virtually everywhere
Edited by ksmith 11/27/2011 12:02
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