Wasn’t that long go we still were. Last farm in the area to be running MF30 I think. Only difference was we had a 7610 on the front.Well, if we're seriously worried by costs, we'd be drilling with a Ford 7600 and Massey 30 drill, wouldn't we ?
Fendt 1050 / Quadtrac
- Thread starter Banana Bar
- Start date
- Location
- Huntingdon, UK
I know, but could possibly be treated as such as tyre widths will have an effect.
We still have this outfit, kept in case of a wet year. However the last wet year we didn’t use it as no one would drive it!
- Location
- East Essexshire
ollie989898
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Proper tractor, 1056. 1455 was another good un, too. I bet when they first arrived on farms they were a revelation compared to the crunch box leaky (and usually blue ) things that went before.
1455 was another good un, too. I bet when they first arrived on farms they were a revelation compared to the crunch box leaky (and usually blue ) things that went before.
- Location
- south norfolk
[QUOTE="ollie989898, post: 6331178, member:I bet when they first arrived on farms they were a revelation compared to the crunch box leaky (and usually blue ) things that went before.[/QUOTE]
How rude!
Nick...
) things that went before.[/QUOTE]How rude!
Nick...
Never mind, suppose we weren’t all lucky enough to have Ford 7810s to drive
- Location
- Ardrossan Ayrshire
Probably could if you were in a dead level 100ha field, but those are rather rare round here......Can you do that at 1.8 litres per hectare ?
We are about to start doing this, we also have a quad track and cultivators but I think we will sell them and just run 250hp tractors with direct drills and perhaps a 6m shallow cultivator if we need it. The same tractors can cart corn and spray. These big tractors are dinosaurs and we must focus on our fixed costs (which are already low) and be cleverer about how we farm.
- Location
- Bedfordshire
My tracklayers and oversize combine cost me less to run than the 175HP tractor and the ffing forklift.
Its cost per ha that matters not size of machine.
But I don't spend £100,000s buying said machinery.
Its cost per ha that matters not size of machine.
But I don't spend £100,000s buying said machinery.
- Location
- Bedfordshire
Suppose I could spend £100k on a direct drill.
That’s the point, either use smaller or older stuff. Brand new 1050 fendts etc are just a ludicrous cost
You keep doing what you’re doing
- Location
- Bedfordshire
Not sure I will though. Its more fashionable to have 2 x 250 HP and a direct drill, and a trailed sprayer to go round my 43 field obstacles. And one man per 2500acres.
I don’t think it’s fashionable, it’s utilising modern machinery in the most cost effective way possible isn’t it?
What would you say the other differences are in terms of grip and ground pressure?
I don't miss signing off massive bills for new tracks, rollers, bearings and transmissions on the Quadtrac I used to manage!
- Location
- Bedfordshire
On the basis that 20 years ago a 250 HP tractor was a 'monster' and now it seems the norm to pull a sprayer, and spin on a bit of fert.
I could probably farm my bit with 1 tractor, a dd drill, trailed sprayer and 20ft combine, but to buy it all new or really good S/H would cost more than the value of what I do have.
The cost of machinery ownership and repairs has certainly got to the point where a serious rethink is probably needed. What I own won't loose much value in the next 5 - 10 years. By then I'll contract out the arable and pee about with the environmental stuff to keep myself occupied.
I could probably farm my bit with 1 tractor, a dd drill, trailed sprayer and 20ft combine, but to buy it all new or really good S/H would cost more than the value of what I do have.
The cost of machinery ownership and repairs has certainly got to the point where a serious rethink is probably needed. What I own won't loose much value in the next 5 - 10 years. By then I'll contract out the arable and pee about with the environmental stuff to keep myself occupied.
- Location
- Bedfordshire
I don't miss signing off massive bills for new tracks, rollers, bearings and transmissions on the Quadtrac I used to manage![/QUOTE]
I have massive bills for much smaller tractors and 10 yr old forklifts. Fendts obviously don't go wrong.
I have massive bills for much smaller tractors and 10 yr old forklifts. Fendts obviously don't go wrong.
- Location
- West Wales
That’s good going!Can you do that at 1.8 litres per hectare ?
Using a 75hp 2wd John Deere on 6m tined weeder on small fields I average 2.5l/ha, exactly the same when rolling with 6m rolls too.