New 8 Series

gamble77 · Apr 30, 2007

Farmtrac has their new 8 series up on the their website. Bascially cab versions of the 665 & 675.

KrumpsBrother · Apr 30, 2007

gamble77 said:
Farmtrac has their new 8 series up on the their website. Bascially cab versions of the 665 & 675.

Any idea on pricing?

KB

dgl24087 · Apr 30, 2007

gamble77 said:
Farmtrac has their new 8 series up on the their website. Bascially cab versions of the 665 & 675.

Wrong. The 8 series are built by SAME. The 8060 open station MFWD is around $28000, I've seen these on the local Farmtrac dealer lot, all built in Italy.

gamble77 · May 1, 2007

No, I am right...go look at the website and look again. The "7" series is built by SAME, your confused.

dgl24087 · May 1, 2007

8 series are SAME Explorer Classic.

gamble77 · May 2, 2007

AGAIN, you have your series mixed up, take a few seconds and go to their website and see for yourself. The new "8" series (8060 & 8075) are built by Escorts LTD. in India. They mechnically are identical to the 665 & 675 (just look at their specs!!), but have new sheetmetal and cabs. You are thinkg about the 7 series (775, 785, 795, 7115), they are the ones built by SAME.

Charolais · May 2, 2007

gamble77 said:
AGAIN, you have your series mixed up, take a few seconds and go to their website and see for yourself. The new "8" series (8060 & 8075) are built by Escorts LTD. in India. They mechnically are identical to the 665 & 675 (just look at their specs!!), but have new sheetmetal and cabs. You are thinkg about the 7 series (775, 785, 795, 7115), they are the ones built by SAME.

The 675 has a Perkins engine. I looked at the 775 (I think) with cab and I'm pretty sure it had a Perkins also. 675 is 12 speed and I think the 775 is 15 speed. 675 is 72 hp and 775 is 75 hp. and looked a little beefier.

KrumpsBrother · May 2, 2007

The 8 series look like Escorts by looking on the Farmtrac website.
Anyone from Farmtrac here???
KB

bluechip · May 3, 2007

I'm a Farmtrac dealer and was told the 8 series is made (assembled?) by a Farmtrac subsidary in Poland. UK Perkins engines. The tractors are available now, but loaders are still pending. 72hp 8075 2wd base priced to sell (after a little negotiation) under 30K before adding the loader. The sloped hood looks nice, might be time to do that to the 4, 5 and 6 series too... the old ford look has served us well, but a bit of modernizaion may be in order....

redlevel · May 3, 2007

bluechip said:
the old ford look has served us well, but a bit of modernizaion may be in order....

Leave it alone, please. You could say the same thing about me, but I don't want to be discontinued or modernized.

Anyhow, I 'spect "the old ford look" is the reason a lot of us bought the five series tractors.