Southern Pa. | N.of nowhere - 2/18/2019 09:10
JMO buy the 6430, you will never regret the Ivt on the planter, I pulled a 6row with a 6400 for 10 years, with dry fertilizer and hopper ext. it handled it fine, then for 2 years with a 6420 Ivt, just a lot nicer, able to set speed exactly to what you want, let engine idle back to predetermined set points, also the 6430 you can set hyd flow from cab, put lift lower on timers, I’d sooner have the high hrs and Ivt then the low hrs and the 6420.
Just to be clear to the OP, some of the nicer features talked about in this post may not be found on the 6430 you were looking at. Some of these features are options, just like IVT is an option.
But I do prefer a 30 series premium over a 20 series. IVT is nice for a planting and loader tractor, but it's not a MUST HAVE.
We bought a new 6430 in '12. I was very familiar with IVT transmissions. Spent many hours in a 7330 and a couple 7530 tractors equipped with IVT. Planting tractors, one also had a 741 loader on it. Very nice tractors, loved to run them.
But the extra cost up front, plus my fears of a potentially nasty IVT repair bill in the future made me opt for a 24 speed Powerquad. We pull a 15 ft. Deere no till drill with it sometimes, but it spends most of it's time on a small square baler.
In a 20 series IVT, the transmission was not dealer repairable. Replacement/exchange was pretty much it. A 30 series is dealer repairable, at least that's my understanding.
IVTs are sweet, depends how much you really need it. Powerquads are pretty bulletproof, unless you're a real cowboy!
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