Show your tractors

[monkeybusiness]

8 minutes ago, swinny said:

Thanks for your service old girl. 

Nooooooooo!!!

What was delivered on that trailer then?!

[Gray git]

New tractor added to replace the T162 after it unfortunately turned into a lemon and started costing way to much in breakdown repairs and lost time
Should be interesting putting this to work and hopefully finding a way to utilize the reverse drive.

[monkeybusiness]

49 minutes ago, Gray git said:

New tractor added to replace the T162 after it unfortunately turned into a lemon and started costing way to much in breakdown repairs and lost time
Should be interesting putting this to work and hopefully finding a way to utilize the reverse drive.

That’s a mega looking tractor - I know nothing about Valtras though. What is it? 

[woody paul]

On 27/01/2021 at 21:47, swinny said:

Thanks for your service old girl. 

Come on Swinny any pictures of new beast.

[Gray git]

That’s a mega looking tractor - I know nothing about Valtras though. What is it? 

It's a T214 direct so 230hp with the smothest auto gearbox I've ever used.
Has reverse drive which is really strange to start with but haven't had much time to play with that yet.
Long term we might go for a jake plate mounted crane but who knows, for now it's going to be hauling the Merlo and chipper trailer.

[Brushcutter]

3 minutes ago, Gray git said:

It's a T214 direct so 230hp with the smothest auto gearbox I've ever used.
Has reverse drive which is really strange to start with but haven't had much time to play with that yet.
Long term we might go for a jake plate mounted crane but who knows, for now it's going to be hauling the Merlo and chipper trailer.

Valtra cvt is amazing. Reverse drive opens up a new world of working options. Jake crane would work really well on it. 

[Gray git]

Valtra cvt is amazing. Reverse drive opens up a new world of working options. Jake crane would work really well on it. 

Definitely a big learning curve on how to get the best out of all the options, got a whole heap of functions that we will probably never need but a load that definitely will make life easier.

[Brushcutter]

1 hour ago, Gray git said:

2 hours ago, Brushcutter said:

Valtra cvt is amazing. Reverse drive opens up a new world of working options. Jake crane would work really well on it. 

Definitely a big learning curve on how to get the best out of all the options, got a whole heap of functions that we will probably never need but a load that definitely will make life easier.

My advice is to set up some cvt profiles for doing different things. Have say green as road blue as forwarding etc so you can keep all your setting for different things

 

Oh and have one of the spool flows slow so you don't nearly put the ram of your ancient trailer through the floor when you send 200l/m to the valve to tip it. 

[Gray git]

My advice is to set up some cvt profiles for doing different things. Have say green as road blue as forwarding etc so you can keep all your setting for different things
 
Oh and have one of the spool flows slow so you don't nearly put the ram of your ancient trailer through the floor when you send 200l/m to the valve to tip it. 

Not had the tipping trailer on it yet but luckily that's less than 3 year old and has massive twin ram's but will still be interesting to see how much quicker it tips it.
Good tip settings up the different driver profiles as different tasks, going to have the head guy from the dealer's give me a bit of tuition on getting the best from the options when I go pick the 131 up next week after a bit of fettling and sevice.

[gdh]

The Valtras are good gear boxes and handle well on the road. Just have to be careful on hills if you leave it in auto C D mode because if you run out of revs with very heavy loads and don't change down yourself it can start to roll back during the change down.

 

Also turn the engine braking down if you're in slick mud/ice or it gets interesting. 😉