4000 series Fastrac user experience ?

Andrew · Apr 17, 2018

This is a view down the wheeling of our spring barley.
Ploughed and power harrowed in the autumn.
Drilled into soft wet clay that dry weekend 3? weeks back with a dale drill and 4220 on 540 tyres.

Not ideal but not that bad either considering.

Andrew · Apr 17, 2018

Drilled 24th March. No idea why but can’t edit the post?

Clive · Apr 17, 2018

Andrew said:
Drilled 24th March. No idea why but can’t edit the post?

We have had to reduce the post edit time to 2 mins as we are having a lot of issues with spammers at the moment, when filters have adjusted to sort we will but the time window back up - sorry for the incinvience and in the short term if you need to change anything just ask a moderator

Good pic btw - why didn’t you go for 710 /30’s though out of interest on it as a drilling tractor ?

Andrew · Apr 17, 2018

Clive said:
We have had to reduce the post edit time to 2 mins as we are having a lot of issues with spammers at the moment, when filters have adjusted to sort we will but the time window back up - sorry for the incinvience and in the short term if you need to change anything just ask a moderator

Good pic btw - why didn’t you go for 710 /30’s though out of interest on it as a drilling tractor ?

Ah fair enough - not important, just realised the button had gone!

We do way too much roadwork and not enough fieldwork for 710s to be cost effective, and 600s were a lot extra for not much gain.
Tractor was never brought for the drill but it got tried and liked so it’s now the go to tractor.
We have very little roadwork involved when drilling so looking at duals or a set of 710s, but both are pricey options for the amount of field work we do.

Dead Rabbits · Apr 17, 2018

General-Lee said:
@Andrew

I'm in a snapchat group of people largely from TFF but not sure if he is on here, but has a few.

How would I go about joining said Snapchat group?

Hilly · Apr 17, 2018

Is it just me or are these new fastracs becoming massively popular.??

Foxcover · Apr 17, 2018

Hilly said:
Is it just me or are these new fastracs becoming massively popular.??

They’re seriously good! Just the price

Hilly · Apr 17, 2018

Foxcover said:
They’re seriously good! Just the price

Seems they selling a hell of a lot o them !

Chae1 · Apr 17, 2018

Our JD dealer said new fastracs are there main competitors now. Very popular with tattie and veg growers working in beds for some reason.

tepapa · Apr 17, 2018

Hilly said:
Seems they selling a hell of a lot o them !

Chae1 said:
Our JD dealer said new fastracs are there main competitors now. Very popular with tattie and veg growers working in beds for some reason.

That can only be a good thing. Should be a few coming available second hand for those of us that can't afford a shiny new one.

Hilly · Apr 17, 2018

Chae1 said:
Our JD dealer said new fastracs are there main competitors now. Very popular with tattie and veg growers working in beds for some reason.

Good, soon be a heap o secondhand ones too pick from.

Hilly · Apr 17, 2018

tepapa said:
That can only be a good thing. Should be a few coming available second hand for those of us that can't afford a shiny new one.

seems i was a bit slow there, hopefully quicker on a secondhand 4000 series lol

tepapa · Apr 17, 2018

Hilly said:
seems i was a bit slow there, hopefully quicker on a secondhand 4000 series lol

I've still got quite a bit of saving up to do. Another 10years should see me right.

Chae1 · Apr 17, 2018

Hilly said:
Good, soon be a heap o secondhand ones too pick from.

Seem to be holding there value well at moment. I'm going to have to settle for a used one too. Replaced main tractor with another NH. Instead of fastrac.

Hilly · Apr 17, 2018

tepapa said:
I've still got quite a bit of saving up to do. Another 10years should see me right.

Dont worry im similar , get one in a collective with the wirse hanging out of it ha ha ha more fun than new anyway !

nick... · Apr 18, 2018

I really like these tractors and would love one,despite hating much of what jcb make.i could afford one but would only do 150/200 hours a year which is a bit extravagant.only here once though
Nick...

Hilly · Apr 18, 2018

nick... said:
I really like these tractors and would love one,despite hating much of what jcb make.i could afford one but would only do 150/200 hours a year which is a bit extravagant.only here once though
Nick...

I do 700hrs and thought no way can i justify over 100k for that ! my tractor budget is 15k and even then i want another 10 years out of them lol

Superted820 · Apr 18, 2018

nick... said:
I really like these tractors and would love one,despite hating much of what jcb make.i could afford one but would only do 150/200 hours a year which is a bit extravagant.only here once though
Nick...

I have a solution to your problem Nick.
I can’t afford one, so maybe if you buy one and use it for your 200 hours a year, for absolutely no charge whatsoever because I’m just a nice kinda guy and all that, I’ll look after it for you for the rest of the time. I’ll put approx 15-1800 hours on it, but we could class this as a sort of road testing, reliability evaluation sorta thing. I can assure you I’m not some dodgy fella from Nigeria trying to swindle you, just a bald fella in cornwall that wants a new fastrac. Well any Fastrac would be nice!!
No bank details need change hands.....! Let me know your thoughts. PM if you like as I’m sure you’ll be inundated with other dodgy Nigerians. No offence meant to any Nigerians on here. Dodgy or otherwise.

jamesfalky · Apr 18, 2018

Clive said:
We have had to reduce the post edit time to 2 mins as we are having a lot of issues with spammers at the moment, when filters have adjusted to sort we will but the time window back up - sorry for the incinvience and in the short term if you need to change anything just ask a moderator

Good pic btw - why didn’t you go for 710 /30’s though out of interest on it as a drilling tractor ?

I know my opinion is a little bit biased towards the Fastrac given it's my job to demo them, but with regards to tyres, I would always go for the IF600/70R30 in either BKT or Michelin over the 710 tyre option because it keeps the tractor much more agile by keeping the width down and being IF tyres they can be run at low pressures and take the load.

D14 · Apr 18, 2018

Spoke to a dealer today about a 2nd hand one in Scotland and he said brand new to a high spec would be £125,000 to £135,000 on farm. His used one was 3 yrs old with 3250 hrs on it and he was asking £85,000 so about £14/hr depreciation.

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