JD 6115D

[Alberta Haymaker]

Anyone own one of these or checked them over lately are they holding up well? The sound a like a good bang for your buck lower cost tractor.

 

[hoffmtim]

Only complaint I've heard anyone voice is the limited 9x3 transmission. Not a lot of ranges to work with. I've looked at them, may be my next tractor purchase. A value tractor for sure, but most who have them bought them as a value tractor and thus seem to be satisfied with them.

 

[jenkinsph]

It is a lot of tractor for the money imo. Good choice if you need a basic tractor that is new and can be written off on taxes. I have been looking at some of the more fully featured used tractors but my accountant said a new machine would be a better write off.

Whether you choose a D or go for a full featured R series is a matter of how much you need the extras and are willing to pay for them. For some jobs it can make a huge difference to have the extra gears and higher output hydraulics. So much depends on your individual needs.

 

[Alberta Haymaker]

I've looked into this model more and talked with a guy I know who has a 6130D that he bought a couple years ago. He also has a 7330 or 7230 the same age. He says its not the same tractor as the 7XXX series but bang for the buck he felt its was still decent and is glad he bought it instead of paying 30K more for the upgraded series. Hydraulics are slower, lift capacity less, noisery cab but the thing that he doesn't like for his uses for it is GEARS.. If they only would have made it a 12 speed as for haying it doesn't quite have enough gears sometimes. That's my concern too with the JD in this class. MY old cases are 12 speeds with 3 gears being road range only and not usefull in the field. So I'm left with 9 which is pretty good over all. My main tractor the valtras has 36 gears with the creeper range but really only 24 I use and out of those 4 or 5 are road gears as it has a 40KM trans. NO problem finding the right gear with that one but then its a way more $$$ machine.

So with the JD 6015D 9 speed once you take off its 3 road gears there is only 6 left:thumbdown:. Which for my farm running at rated PTO RPM square baling and running a disc mower its not ideal. In this Class (95hp pto, basic tractor) I've noticed that NH and Kubota offer a similar tractor but with a 12 speed which I think would be better for haying. NOt sure about the tractors though I have to check into them more.



JD 6115D TRANS mph Chart at rated rpm.


1.7

2.4

3.1

4.1

5.7

7.3

9.9 - Road

13.7 - Road

17.6- Road

 

[MattLynch]

NH and Kubota are both good tractors as long as you have a good dealer. I think JD really needs to rethink a 9 speed ag tractor.

 

[jenkinsph]

It all depends on your uses as I mentioned before, my old 4020 only had 8 speeds and my 1370 had 12 which seemed like a big difference at the time. So in a 6 series Deere you can choose between a 9 speed up to the IVT, just a need vs. cost struggle/debate. One thing I do recommend is that you make sure you get what you need rather than having to upgrade to soon as that is even more expensive.

Just a thought to consider, you may find that a higher hp D series would allow you to use a gear higher if that helps you. Might be a cheaper work around than moving to a higher cost tractor model.

 

[Alberta Haymaker]

I think it comes down to what you're used to. Going from my Valtra or even the old Cases to the 9 speed JD trans would be a down grade in gear choices.

Yeah I'll see what I find I don't mind settling for less options, or a cheaper tractor however I won't settle for less gears than I'm currently used to. The thing JD has going is if you buy a new one that doesn't pan out you don't take bath on resale value like some of the other less popular brands.