Fendt Xylon

[Brett]

Fendt Xylon 524, anyone have any experience with these machines?

[PeteB]

By the looks of, no....is there an agri forum to ask on?

[pro bros]

yes i have one first class machine 140 hp 50kph front rear arms and pto arms are double acting 7 ton? rear lift ,twin air suspended seats 540 750 1000 pto air conditioned altogether not bad as for working it the bad points are not good ground clearance and they are quite tall for hittng branches as for perfomance check them out on tube they just keep pulling and are massively built but here is the big downside repairs are very very expensive as i have found out a small bearing in gearbox that drives hydraulics failed so no drive to repair is a hefty 7000 pounds as the tractor is on rails and needs dismantled 100 hours work at specialists hope that gives you some info

[tommytopsoil]

Great tractor, fantastic tool carrier but yes, on the rare occasion a Fendt transmission fails it does tend to turn into serious bucks. Generally speaking a very reliable machine though.

[Brett]

yes i have one first class machine 140 hp 50kph front rear arms and pto arms are double acting 7 ton? rear lift ,twin air suspended seats 540 750 1000 pto air conditioned altogether not bad as for working it the bad points are not good ground clearance and they are quite tall for hittng branches as for perfomance check them out on tube they just keep pulling and are massively built but here is the big downside repairs are very very expensive as i have found out a small bearing in gearbox that drives hydraulics failed so no drive to repair is a hefty 7000 pounds as the tractor is on rails and needs dismantled 100 hours work at specialists hope that gives you some info

 

Would you have another one? or look at other options?

[pro bros]

i do have another one a tool carrier which is air cooled with no electric gizmos all levers etc and is brilliant runs our processor on a sniff of diesel also on forwarder as it has massive ground clearance due to portal axles and no bonnet out front to obstruct view or get damaged better for the woods than the xylon oh and the hour meter stopped working at 14500 hrs a few years ago !!!!!!as said with the xylon 3 main faults are turbo clutch(this makes it semi auto) wiring loom which i am told was made by lada and the bearing supporting the gear in the box the bearing is an annoying 8pound to buy . as we were advised repair all 3 at once as wiring needs to come off to gain access to gear box and clutch is only minutes work from bearing . and to answer your question yes if i didnt have this one i would get another