Valtra top in users survey

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According to the Irish Farmers Journal, the German Magazine Top Agrar has just published the results of a comprehensive survey of 3444 tractor users in Germany.

Here is a brief summary.

97% of Valtra operators would buy that make again
JD-95%
Fendt-92%
NH-91%

repair costs per 1000 hours - Valtra €62 !!!!!!!!
NH - €126
JD - €141
MF - €224
Fendt - €190
Deutz €391

% of users with trouble free tractors - Valtra 32%
JD - 27%
NH - 25%
Fendt - 25%
Deutz - 17%

Valtra beats JD by a length.

NH, Fendt and Renault make up the top 5.

Deutz are bad, and SAME are the worst

The results seem to bear out the sentiments of the posters on Agmachinery, and the Rednecks now know that SAME are the machine to buy when CIH gets the NH treatment :-)

[Woodbeef]

Hhmmm...very interesting facts!! Sure hate to say I told you guys so,but.........!!!

How did Steyr do?

What about Zetor,and Belarus?

[JoeinTX]

   Well, interesting.......It's nice to see my boys over at Renault are finally getting a little credit ;D  It's bad to see that my other boys over at SAME/Deutz-Fahr haven't been doing their homework  What's this whole SAME/"redneck"/Case/New Holland thing about  I'm almost offended ....