Lakesdigger
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Don't worry about the jcb black paint its totally normal they may as well use shoe polish it would probably stay on as longSwapped a Schaffer 8090t for one just under year ago. Still have a 9530t which moved to mine to feed, scrape and bed cows, JCB is at my brothers yard and does mainly grain and straw handling but also buckraking and cleaning sheds. Dualtech very good, does marry hydrostatic and powershift very well. Powershift kicks in over 20kph, below that it's all hydro, no holding on the brakes when loading grain or palletwork. Much nicer cab than Schaffer for long day, visibility isn't as bad as I feared with low boom height and good mirrors and we fitted reversing camera. Towing capability is a big bonus compared with Schaffer, although it seems to be sorer on diesel but I'd guess it doing more work so maybe not that accurate. My brother is main driver, my main gripe is the joystick but think that's more familiarity with Schaffer one than anything else. Black paintwork is already peeling in a couple of places is another peeve!