Foxcover
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That looks fab
Project Xerion.
- Thread starter Cab-over Pete
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That looks fab
- Location
- Huntingdon, UK
Knowing the boys at cave that build those , it will be a good machine and capable of pulling a loader on a trailer
And will be more margin £ wise , than running helmunts infant , and have change to put some soucy tracks on big a
Foxcover
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Get home quick on a night too!
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
I’ve studied one man lime spreading for years it ain’t easy on the which machine front , best I could ever think of is wagon derived spreader like kiwis have and a tracked skid steer either towed or loaded inside spreader somehow .
Foxcover
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So why does hardly anyone do it that way in this country?
I think in the thread which led to the Xerion Pete said that he wasn’t keen on the truck idea due to plating issues, being a HGV, and not being able to get big enough rubber under them.
Cab-over Pete
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- Location
- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
I like the look of that S Trac Mog.
By coincidence I was talking to South Cave Tractors last week. Great idea and I’m not for one moment criticising the build, but I think it would be barely enough carrying capacity for my job.
However, when I’m old and want a few less steps to climb.....
By coincidence I was talking to South Cave Tractors last week. Great idea and I’m not for one moment criticising the build, but I think it would be barely enough carrying capacity for my job.
However, when I’m old and want a few less steps to climb.....
The truck idea is not new they were using old Bedford 4X4's years ago, couldn't keep them out the ground was the problem
Mate use to drive a U900 unimog with a spreader on the back in the early 80's, had an elevator to load it, It was opened up pretty well, cops reckoned he was doing 56 MPH when they pulled him in, they couldn't think of what to do about it though so sent him on his way
Mate use to drive a U900 unimog with a spreader on the back in the early 80's, had an elevator to load it, It was opened up pretty well, cops reckoned he was doing 56 MPH when they pulled him in, they couldn't think of what to do about it though so sent him on his way
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Ontop if wagon no good then ?
Pete what about a. “Xe” Yes expensive but will do 24 m. A good loader tractor with one of those quick couplers so you don’t have to get out. Hydraulic bucket release , you have a usable tractor for rest of year
Foxcover
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No suspension.
For what it’s worth, the local one man band round here used to run a normal Mog towing a loadall, he now runs a MAN on big rubber towing a loadall. The big multi service contractor here has run Multidrives and Terragators towing loadalls but these last few years have been running 200hp tractors with Bredals with cranes and a front blade for scraping up.
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When we stayed up in highlands few years ago round bridge of cally , stopped to watch two ontop spreading lime on some very steep in bye land , looked like a Squeaky bum territory. Will look for the pictures tonight
There's a guy up here with a tractor and loader and a big land drive spreader it looks a bit of a dick around dropping the spreader every load but he had at least 1 big multi dock for pipes and cables and his PTO.
No idea of the potential output he was spreading on a farm I was doing fert for last week and was hauling it a long way as the wagons couldn't tip anywhere close .
Would a land drive be better in a field he was on some pretty steep stuff grass in the wet and I thought he was bloody keen there's bits of it isn't good with a mounted fert spreader.
Would a trailed with land drive be better on ploughed fields?
No idea of the potential output he was spreading on a farm I was doing fert for last week and was hauling it a long way as the wagons couldn't tip anywhere close .
Would a land drive be better in a field he was on some pretty steep stuff grass in the wet and I thought he was bloody keen there's bits of it isn't good with a mounted fert spreader.
Would a trailed with land drive be better on ploughed fields?
Cab-over Pete
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- Location
- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
Dad ran trailed Land Drives for years, good spreaders, but most of my customers don’t want a trailed spreader now.
Cab-over Pete
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- Location
- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
No, you’re right, they are good on soft ground absolutely no doubt, but if I recall correctly it wasn’t a good idea to run them in 6 wheel drive all the time.
Things may have changed a bit, it’s 24 years since Dad ran one.
Things may have changed a bit, it’s 24 years since Dad ran one.
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Much better ! He used to have an ontop years ago .
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Landrive is great much before it’s time why it’s been abandoned I’ve no idea.
ollie989898
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If the lime business is quite susceptible to being curtailed due to the weather, could Pete look to do other work with his kit or find something to go behind it? Apologies if this has been discussed already or if Pete already does this, he may have mentioned what other services he is involved in or what other kit he has.
Foxcover
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One of the reasons is that to run a land drive spreader you need a ground speed PTO which isn’t an option on a lot of modern CVT tractors now.