rich8100
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Ok so this year I was asked to demo the new fastrac and compare it with the fendt 724 that the farm currently use. They do have the older better manual gearbox fastrac and last year had the horrible semi auto one but got rid of it.
So i thought I would share my findings and see if anyone else has used one.
I'm not a fastrac fan and I like my tractor to be a tractor. But I was surprised.
On the road hauling grain the fastrac shone. It was fast (obviously) although on country lanes not much difference in speed to store but hit an open road and she flew along. Also no loss of power on the hill as no cltuch or gear change was needed. Just kept pulling. 15t Stewart trailer. Total wheight at bridge 30.600t average.
So.on the road the bonus was the speed but also the suspension, having done away with springs and shocks they have used a hydraulic ram set-up and boy was it comfortable. Stuck to the road over bumps and didn't jump about. But was easy to forget the trailer had leaf spring.
So on the road I was very impressed. So it was then crunch time with field work.
Being a demo machine it had all the bells and whistles. Four wheel steer front pto and linkage. Etc etc.
So pulling the same machine as the fendt. First a 9m Kelly harrows. No difference in power or wheel slip than the fendt. Also same speed and same fuel usage.
Then it was a verdastad 6m double press with tunes. Time to really test it. In deep and still pulled. The only difference was the four wheel steer meant I could turn a lot tighter in the headland. It almost feels like its articulated.
So after some good tests I was asked what I would use given the choice. And surprisingly I would get in the fastrac. They have really gone all out and produced a machine worthy of both field and road use.
So anyone used the new one and what did they think.
Thanks for reading.
So i thought I would share my findings and see if anyone else has used one.
I'm not a fastrac fan and I like my tractor to be a tractor. But I was surprised.
On the road hauling grain the fastrac shone. It was fast (obviously) although on country lanes not much difference in speed to store but hit an open road and she flew along. Also no loss of power on the hill as no cltuch or gear change was needed. Just kept pulling. 15t Stewart trailer. Total wheight at bridge 30.600t average.
So.on the road the bonus was the speed but also the suspension, having done away with springs and shocks they have used a hydraulic ram set-up and boy was it comfortable. Stuck to the road over bumps and didn't jump about. But was easy to forget the trailer had leaf spring.
So on the road I was very impressed. So it was then crunch time with field work.
Being a demo machine it had all the bells and whistles. Four wheel steer front pto and linkage. Etc etc.
So pulling the same machine as the fendt. First a 9m Kelly harrows. No difference in power or wheel slip than the fendt. Also same speed and same fuel usage.
Then it was a verdastad 6m double press with tunes. Time to really test it. In deep and still pulled. The only difference was the four wheel steer meant I could turn a lot tighter in the headland. It almost feels like its articulated.
So after some good tests I was asked what I would use given the choice. And surprisingly I would get in the fastrac. They have really gone all out and produced a machine worthy of both field and road use.
So anyone used the new one and what did they think.
Thanks for reading.