Dietrich, Idaho and Mountain Home, Idaho | I am looking at buying either a Ford 8730 powershift with 5200 hours($28,000) or a JD 7800 powershift with 6900 hours($42,000) and am wondering which tractor is better(I only have JD's up to the 40 series)? What are the high points and low points of both? How do the engines, transmissions, axles, and pto's hold up on these two tractors? How reliable are the electronic controls on these two tractors? I will be using the tractor with a NH BB960 big square baler, JD 15' offset disk, and Hesston 14 shank chisel plow. Also, how necessary is MFWD(I have never owned or operated a tractor with MFWD)? |
Ford 8730 or JD 7800?
