What tractor do you think is the quietest ever?

[Dizno]

My wife is noise sensitive and our diesel 3 cylinder is too loud for her. My brother has an old Allis 170 gas that is a lot quieter. What tractor do you know of that made you amazed of how quiet it was? Just lookin and reflecting…

 

[jyoutz]

Might be cheaper to buy her a set of noise canceling earphones.

 

[ptsg]

Tractors with Common Rail injection may be a little bit quieter than the ones with mechanical injection.

Other than that, maybe electric?

 

[Dizno]

It would be for sure…guess she doesn’t like walking around with them on.

 

[Dizno]

I agree on the electric ones but I think we are a few years away from that. She really likes our Automower 450X. It’s awesome.

 

[Dizno]

Just seems to me some of the older gas tractors were quiet - many weren’t but some were quieter than diesel.

 

[Carl_NH]

Try some of this https://shop.cummins.com/CSSNAStore...P352l4rfXZLwwpN8Fum6IfbK1SUM1OGBoCtX8QAvD_BwE - it minimizes injector "knock" or simply add some ATF to the fuel will do similar.

I had a 87 Mercedes 300D and added a pint of ATF to the full tank and you wouldn't know it was a diesel it was so quiet.

 

[Dizno]

Thanks so much!!

 

[4570Man]

One with a cab.

 

[Dizno]

I’m operating it, she is in the house…I’m good with noise, she is not.

 

[tacticalturnip]

So, I don't know how much of an investment you're looking to make but there was a recent thread mentioning electric tractors.

 

[jyoutz]

It would be for sure…guess she doesn’t like walking around with them on.

Get the ones that play music. I use them when I spend hours mowing.

 

[grsthegreat]

Those electric tractor videos were very noisy….as noisy as my diesel.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Wow! I was surprised at how noisy they were too! I believe all the noise is from the mowers. I would rather hear the low rumble of a diesel....

 

[hornett22]

Those electric tractor videos were very noisy….as noisy as my diesel.

I agree. I think my Mahindra 1626 is pretty quiet.

 

[32 chev]

An old steam tractor

 

[ptsg]

Those electric tractor videos were very noisy….as noisy as my diesel.

The noise clearly comes from the implements.

Here is a more silent one.

 

[Bavarian]

Try some of this https://shop.cummins.com/CSSNAStore...P352l4rfXZLwwpN8Fum6IfbK1SUM1OGBoCtX8QAvD_BwE - it minimizes injector "knock" or simply add some ATF to the fuel will do similar.

I had a 87 Mercedes 300D and added a pint of ATF to the full tank and you wouldn't know it was a diesel it was so quiet.

You can do that on older diesels. I would not recommend this in a newer engine with DPF.

 

[rScotty]

I’m operating it, she is in the house…I’m good with noise, she is not.

Well, there's your answer - you don't need a different tractor; you need a different house.

rScotty

 

[Blue Mule]

My neighbor runs a John Deere 5075E and it's amazing how quiet that tractor is. Like, really really quiet.

Which is funny because the 4-series and below that don't use JD engines are the loudest tractors I've ever seen. Those things make deaf operators wear hearing protection. lol.