Recent content by shag

machine breakages and no one owning up.

got an 8740 pocket rocket but are there better tractors to run?

What is the best 400 hp tractor to run

Fancy a change of scenery and working on the sunny Isle of Wight? Are you hard-working and have a cracking sense of humour? We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced spray operator to work with a busy team. The successful candidate will also be required to do other agricultural...

Thanks for that.......what sort of machine do you run Speedstar? If the new Kemper does a good clean job then it would be preferable because here's no messing with taking headers on and off and you would be cutting 7.5m or 9m instead of just over 6m with a wholecrop header.

I think I'll go for one of those and update my existing Orbis......I've got a surplus combine for 2016 so they can have that as a swap. Thanks for your help.

Pretty much.....a mower bed with an auger behind it....I have been looking at wholecrop headers like the Dominoni from Italy...they tend to have augers with a big diameter which gives a better flow and less blockages....I've been told the new Claas wholecrop header has a bigger diameter...

That's good to know.....will it handle a tall,thick crop of Rye? only a competitor of mine with a Krone forager and Krone wholecrop header came unstuck with a particularly thick and tall crop which he ended up mowing and baling!!

Thank you to mattargett4 and Vinnie 123.......I was beginning to think my question was too boring to answer...we do a bit of work for 2 AD plants and one in particular didn't want us to use triples because of head loss, would you agree with this? I have heard that the 300 series does a scruffy...

Will a Kemper 300 series do both wholecrop and maize successfully or do I need a specialist header for both?

Please allow me to introduce myself....I am the tractor driver involved in this accident. The reason this particular tractor was not insured was purely a clerical error, as in the registration number insured was not that of the tractor in question, so either my secretary at the time, who has a...