Maxxum vs MF 3120 vs NH 40 series
- Thread starter Joe S
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- Larne, Northern Ireland
Think it's over thonder about 2 mile from timbucktoo, duhhhhhh
Thought thatThink it's over thonder about 2 mile from timbucktoo, duhhhhhh
just up the road from yonder dookit GCSE in geography no doubt
John 1594
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If it wasnt the other end of the country id have it myself..even though i dont really have use for it!!!
If he is used to something basic with a single speed splitter or less, a hydrashift is going to be a bit different
although, they will take 13.6/38 and 12.4/24 tyres for match ploughing, and loader brackets are not intrusive to the view of the furrow
John 1594
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Thought that
GCSE in geography no doubt
Its closer than buying something from cheffins!!!!
Now now stop forcing the poor lad to buy one
You will be holding a gun to his head next
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- Larne, Northern Ireland
Makes ye wonder likeThought that
GCSE in geography no doubt
John 1594
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- Cambridgeshire
Now now stop forcing the poor lad to buy one
Precisely why im not offering advice.....my opinion is he should go for the maxxum...
But its more likely his dad will end up choosing a belarus
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- Welshpool Powys
Go to the pub joe
Don't think the poor lads old enough to get served
Besides have you no idea how many weeks pocket money it takes to get hammered nowadays
John 1594
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Makes ye wonder like
Its closer to him than it is me....i tend to view things as the crow flies
14 came down from manchester when i bought it...never been so far for a tractor, glad i did though, never would have got another like it
everything else ive bought has been less than 5 miles away
John 1594
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Don't think the poor lads old enough to get served
Besides have you no idea how many weeks pocket money it takes to get hammered nowadays
First taste of alcohol always comes at the YF dinner dance when your mate smuggles in a crate of cheap lager
Furthest away we've bought from is the plough. That came from Ellis machinery bought over the phone on the strength of a few pics.
Did sell a 6 inch auger to the Orkneys via ebay a few years back. Bloke seemed keen for it even though it was on a 480volt split phase motor. That took some juggling to get it tied up to the roof of the furniture van that turned up for it. He had everything on board from double glazing units to a 2 furrow fergie plow.
John 1594
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Put a 3f lemken on ebay a few years ago. Winning bid was 500 quid, buyer rang, sounded very eastern european i thought. 2 days later, 3 big lithuanians turn up in a mercedes sprinter van, armed with a scaffold pole and a set of 3/4 sockets, paid me 500 quid, then dismantle the plough down to carry-able parts, load the entire plough bit by bit into the now very tail heavy Sprinter, call into KFC before heading to the dover ferry!!!!
Had a similar experience a few years ago ,sold a four furrow lemkin reversible on ebay,buyer from eastern europe turned up in a sprinter van,we had to remove the fourth furrow and stuff the plough in the van with the telehandler ,tight!
John 1594
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Could have been the same person!!
I had dragged this old 3f out of a hedge during a farm clearance job...i stood there in amazement as they managed to unbolt all 6 legs, then take the 3rd furrow extension off before removing the big bolt in the middle and the 3 of them dragged the entire headstock off and bundled it into the van
I think some of the eastern European people that come across here have to be admired for how far they are prepared to go to buy machinery ,I was at my cousins place a few years ago and he had a Renault ares 710 for sale and a couple of farmers from Latvia were there buying it and they had driven in their Latvian registered car!
John 1594
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We put an old Demblon 3f reversible on ebay...bloke turned up and bought it as it was a classifield ad...we delivered it to a storage compound in beford, where it was loaded into a container and sent to Africa...apparently they like the simplicity of those old demblons, and the very short and deep digger mouldboards are perfect for ripping up hard baked soil
told me if i ever come across any more of them to ring him and he would have it no questions asked!!!
No they sent a curtainsider for it and we had to let the tyres down to get it to fit in.Don't tell us that they dismantled said reno and stuffed it in the boot and drove home
I think that they deserved a medal just for driving across as their car was a bit of a dinosaur as well as the fact that they came and bought the tractor when they hardly spoke any of our language,they did try to get a bit more knocked off by giving my cousin a hamper with traditional sausage, cakes and a bottle of some seriously strong spirit in it but they handled the deal and payment fantastically