- Location
- Acton Scott, South Shropshire
still being built I think? They used to be road testing it around the streets of Ludlow when I was at school
still being built I think? They used to be road testing it around the streets of Ludlow when I was at school
I have book at home with chapter on big roy was very interesting tractor, real shame it never made production,@holywell farmer versitle big Roy might be of interest
It's a real beast of a thing ! And can't see sod all out of the back of the cab, quite impressive view out the frontI have book at home with chapter on big roy was very interesting tractor, real shame it never made production,
Bits off few makes apparently?Otherwise known as the JCB Fastrac.
It's said that the inventors of the Trantor went round various manufacturers trying to interest them in the concept, all turned them down, but lo and behold just a year or three later JCB came out with the Fastrac.
You may be right but more than a year or three - Trantor was being built around 1976-77 and Fastrac was launched mid-nineties?Otherwise known as the JCB Fastrac.
It's said that the inventors of the Trantor went round various manufacturers trying to interest them in the concept, all turned them down, but lo and behold just a year or three later JCB came out with the Fastrac.
You may be right but more than a year or three - Trantor was being built around 1976-77 and Fastrac was launched mid-nineties?
I believe that Ford actually made versions of the model T for farmers, based upon the tractor concept. Landrover also unmade versions with PUH hitch PTO etc. So The Trantor pair were not doing anything that revolutionary.
Many other manufacturers had toyed with the idea too. Chamberlain had a tractor doing I believe 80MPH!
If big roy had made production, would it been sold in the uk market?It's a real beast of a thing ! And can't see sod all out of the back of the cab, quite impressive view out the front
Cheers very interestingHere you go Holywell
There was nothing really for the operators to misunderstand about it. The problem was that computer control had not been invented and it was launched in a rush before it was fully developed. There was no modulation of changes, hence the 'jerk' part of 'jerkomatic'. The brake bands did tend to go out of adjustment around the annulus gears, thus gears simply disappeared and were unavailable to the operator. Many mechanics didn't understand it, which is rather different from the operators not understanding it while driving, because it was dead simple to drive apart from the irritatingly small 'inching pedal' that was as jerky as the rest of the shifts.I’m pretty sure the man who designed the selectospeed went on n to design John deeres powershift transmission.i know some knock it but others love it.it was before it’s time and probably misunderstood by operators at the time and I’ve never driven one
Nick...
It depends on how far down the dead end rabbit hole they go before throwing the towel in. Everyone that intends to be in the game in future spends on research and development. The category may also include marketing costs [development] and is usually expressed as a percentage of net sales and possibly net sales volume. It not only covers raw research but developments and improvements to existing products.I always wonder how much the R&D that goes nowhere contributes to the cost of the production models.
SeroiSeri doubt it, American market only I'd sayIf big roy had made production, would it been sold in the uk market?
I always wonder how much the R&D that goes nowhere contributes to the cost of the production models.
Yea I get that, but as a rule of thumb it must be a certain percentage. Not that I expect a manufacturer accountant to be on here to tell me!It depends on how far down the dead end rabbit hole they go before throwing the towel in. Everyone that intends to be in the game in future spends on research and development. The category may also include marketing costs [development] and is usually expressed as a percentage of net sales and possibly net sales volume.