FarmTrac Troubles

[deutzman]

Does anyone know anything about vijay raina? Is he the cause of Farmtracs demise? Is deutz hurting because of him? how did he get his way to the top?

[taxpayer]

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Originally Posted by deutzman
{Do you know anything about Vijay Raina? Was he the problem behind farmtrac? how did he get to his postion? }

Vijay was not behind the fraud, in fact I believe his oposition to it was the reason for his leaving farmtrac.I do however believe Vijay had knowledge of what was going on and did nothing to alert dealers.

As far as Vijay's present position, he was instrumental in a deal being signed with SAME-Duetz FARR and FARMTRAC . this happened when he was CEO of Farmtrac. I'm sure that at that time, being a good businessman , Vijay cultivated some good contacts with SAME-Duetz and then when Farmtrac and he decided to part ways,he was able to move to SAME_DUETZ FARR.I hope this answers your question.

I surmise, from your Handle that you are possibly a DUETZ dealer.Am I correct?

Taxpayer

[berkbig2000]

I understand that there are a lot of troubles with the company but please tell me what the quality of the Farmtrac 675 DTC is.I am thinking about buying one and i know the warranty is not good but i am willing to gamble if the overall quality is good.They look alot like the Fords and i understand that some of the parts are the same but i have read some posts about many problems.

[Tim D]

I also have the 675 dtc. As far as I know, the only thing Ford on it is the hood. The engine is Perkins and complete drivetrain is Carraro. This tractor is not a Kubota but it works and it works good. Many of the controls such as the shuttle linkage are not real smooth, remote lever down a little far, and 3 point control sits low to. Otherwise I like it. Engine is fairly quiet, starts up in cold weather good, and is not hard on fuel. Front axle engages easily. 4 speed main transmission shifts as good as any manual transmission truck. The 3 speed range shifter is a little particular about staying in when shifted when you first change range speeds. 3 speed is worse if shifted at a standstill, better to be rolling just a little. Tractor is a feather for weight in rearend. I am going to add WW fluid this winter. Hydraulics are very suitable as far as lift capacity and speed. Only problem I have had was with a paint run under hydraulic filter that was introducing air to system. I have pulled a 7' chisel at10" deep, 12' disk, 9' hay mower conditioner, 4x5 baler, square baler with 8 bale accumulator and I like tractor on all of them. I have used loader to move quarry run, 20" and smaller, rock with no damage to loader. If rating the tractor from 1 to 10, I would have to give it an 8 to this point. I have less than 200 hrs. Time will tell.

[jubileejerry]

Sir:
The 675 has been in production for many years and as far as I know, it's still being produced in Europe. It was called a Farmtrac 80 at one time. It has a Perkins 1104C-44 engine, which is used in many applications here in the USA, so parts are available. For more information, check the Perkins website. The drivetrain is made by Carraro, based in Italy. They make drivetrains for many companies including John Deere. Efforts are under way right now to identify the components and establish alternate parts sources. Although I don't think anyone is stocking a large supply of parts for them here yet, they are available. Carraro has a large distributor here already. If you get a good deal on the tractor and have a dealer you can count on, buy it. If you're the kind of operator who doesn't take care of things and treats equipment roughly, leave it alone. Most of the problems we've seen on these have been operator related. If you don't fix leaks when they show up or don't tighten bolts that come loose, you can't complain when something breaks that shouldn't have and isn't quickly available. Overall, they're pretty nice tractors for the money, at least in my opinion. JS

[brilymu]

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