In the mid-nineties, Massey Ferguson was taken over by the AGCO company from the US. The other renowned names operating under the wings of agri-mama AGCO are Fendt, Valtra and Challenger. Logically, some major powertrain components are shared among multiple divisions.
This Massey Ferguson is a fine and still shiny specimen of a modern, AWD farm tractor in the 200 hp class. The 7720 is the most powerful version of the 7700-series powered by the 6.6 liter AGCO Power inline-six. The 7722, 7724 and 7726 have the bigger 7.4 liter engine under the hood.
Dyna-VT refers to the CVT transmission, sourced from family member Fendt. In the German tractors it is known as the Fendt Vario transmission. The tractor’s on-road top speed is 50 km/h (31 mph).
It speaks for itself that this tractor is equipped with the three-point linkage Ferguson System.
The MF’s power unit, an AGCO Power HD 66 engine. Common rail injection, turbocharged, intercooled and meeting the latest emission standards. Engine manufacturer AGCO Power, formerly known as Sisu Diesel, is based in Finland.
These days, the dominant players in the Euro-field of farm tractor diesels are John Deere, FPT (Fiat Powertrain Technologies), AGCO Power and Deutz.
FPT engines are standard equipment in New Holland, Case IH and Steyr tractors, but they are also used by other tractor makers like Claas and Landini.
Diesel fuel on the left, diesel exhaust fluid on the right.
Both cab and front axle suspension come with the package.
All 75 to 400 hp Massey Ferguson tractors for the European market are developed and built in Beauvais, France.
Now then, Allez les Rouges!
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Wow, just a sweet machine!
That’s an impressive machine (as are most of the ones you feature here, I must say). How much does something like this cost and how long might a typical operator who buys it new keep it?
I’d say this one, new, € 125,000 to € 150,000. It also depends on the extras and options.
First (economic) owner usually financial lease, a 60 months term is the most common. AGCO Finance for an MF.
They have come a long way from the 1947 TEA 18 my friend has, one of the first to use the Standard wet sleeve 1800cc engine but the Fergusson system linkage is still familiar,quite a tractor that one limited to 40kmh on road here like all agricultural machinery.
Great post. Thanks for giving us this perspective.
Holy rubber band, CVT in a tractor, well I never! I had no idea it was a thing. Will now have to disappear briefly down a Fendt rabbit-hole (and read your other post). Thanks, Johannes.
Btw, why is the def tank so huge?
I looked up the specs, the capacity of the AdBleu tank is 40 liters.
Technically, the Fendt Vario transmission (mentioned in the article) is an IVT. Have a look here, scroll down to “Vario Transmission”:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fendt
Note there is a bigger diesel tank on the other side of the tractor.
It is interesting to consider a CVT variant in a tractor – both against the earlier Fendts I saw at Mount Hotham here in Victoria in the 1980s that I think had a hydrostatic transmission – sounds like they still have the hydrostatic included for the very low speed operation.
Also to compare it to a Massey Ferguson my uncle bought in the late 80s or perhaps early 90s – it had 36 (possible) gears, both forward and reverse, and that was without getting another available splitter that would have given 72 gears! At some point a CVT makes more sense. NB, you would have to try very hard to use all of those gears, I think it is more like a 6-speed main gearbox plus splitters/overdrive/low range – however you want to describe them.