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Phil P

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Arable Farmer
Location
North West
why aren't the doors full width of the bays?
New someone would ask that 😂.
We couldn’t afford to loss any hight which means the motors and end workings have to fit better the beams hence narrowing them down slightly.
We could have gone for chain drives and gained a couple more inches but the gain really wasn’t worth the extra cost.
 

J 1177

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Durham, UK
New bale trailer arrived today, from one extreme (home made single axle bodge up thats been over more than twice) to this set up. It will have to last but im very pleased with it.
 

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JLTate

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I think it’s an ex Japan lorry a mini 8 wheeler to get the tractor off they lifted the front end a couple of feet in the air to tip the back end.View attachment 980739


More than likely been asked before but what's it like with repairs / problem solving on the more modern / larger complex tractors over with you as I can imagine the dealer network won't be as good and for independent mechanics surely that size of tractor won't be common place?
 

Lowland1

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Mixed Farmer
More than likely been asked before but what's it like with repairs / problem solving on the more modern / larger complex tractors over with you as I can imagine the dealer network won't be as good and for independent mechanics surely that size of tractor won't be common place?
For years I put off upgrading to more modern machinery after bad experiences with MF 3000 tractors but over the last 6 or 7 years have bought newer tractors generally the dealers can tell you what’s wrong but won’t be carrying stock or be slow on getting spares so we try and import what’s needed and either fit it ourselves or get the dealers to do it. Independent mechanics aren’t very good but are cheap whilst the dealers are looking at the equivalent of £50 an hour for labour which in a country where the daily wage is less than a fiver is a bit wrong but my Son tells me a Claas mechanic in UK can take home £800 for a Sunday in harvest which probably equates to a labour bill of several thousand so it’s probably a bit similar.
 

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