can you get the sprayer to steer in the 4ws tractor wheeling on turns leaving just one track or is that not possible ?
Fendt or Fastrac
- Thread starter Banana Bar
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can you get the sprayer to steer in the 4ws tractor wheeling on turns leaving just one track or is that not possible ?
Feldspar
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- Location
- Essex, Cambs and Suffolk
Yes, you can.
Feldspar
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- Location
- Essex, Cambs and Suffolk
Have 600 Bridgestone VFs. Sold the BKTs that came with it to swap. Will check prices for you if you like?
It's a genuine query as tyres are a major cost of running something now so anyone looking to take a tractor to higher hours is gonna need to replace them at some point so does a fastrac wear them quicker than conventional tractors are they more expensive for speed rating etc etc?
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
@Banana Bar I'll give you €5 if your next thread is "What Pick-Up to deliver chemicals?"Hope you are all well
Or best work boots! All well here, how’s life in Monaco?
Speedstar
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- Location
- Scottish Borders
Fastrac tyres wear a lot faster than bigger tyres like 38" or 42" rim size
- Location
- Shropshire
My answer would be that you should buy the Fendt if you wear Oakley sunglasses, and the Fastrac if you wear Raybans.
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
Thank you, after this long running thread with many conflicting views I very much welcome the response I was looking for. Will be calling Pecks first thing on Tuesday.
puntabrava
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- Location
- Wiltshire
They realised they put the wrong tyre diameter and have upped them on the latest incarnation, just need another 80hp now.
michael N123
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- Huntingdon, UK
Why anyone bothers to share that post is beyond me. If you read the comments below from ex staff members they’re chipped to over 420hp. There is a video of them mowing and turning at the ends they’re just about on 3 wheels, they went to JCB as the JDs kept snapping link arms under this treatment. Obviously that is all if you believe any / all of it.
However the backup from Pecks and JCB has always been outstandingly good to us.
if someone from Peck's is reading this the price has just gone up ??
puntabrava
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- Location
- Wiltshire
Wouldn’t be the most stupid thing in the world for jcb to latch onto yourself as a marketing/ development partner considering your location.
- Location
- Suffolk
The JCB is a no brainer given the road miles it will do... The post above by michael N123 is a real concern though!
Only if you intend to chip a tractor way beyond its design parameters and drive it like you stole it!
(By the way, the glasses are RayBans!)
- Location
- Suffolk
Yes just reading that... if they were unreliable it would solve itself through poor sales.Only if you intend to chip a tractor way beyond its design parameters and drive it like you stole it!
The fendt is an excellent tractor for this job but I think the JCB would suit @Banana Bar situation better. The last Fastrac we had was so good I still keep looking for a good second hand one!
Speedstar
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- Location
- Scottish Borders
On the buying price there will not be much in it or there was not when we priced them
In 5 years time the fendt will have a very good resale price and the FasTrack will be worth a lot less
We have ran both fendt and JCB and so far the fendt has cost a lot less to run , never lost a day of work because of any problems it has had , never had any thing to do with the 4220 Fastrac apart from bring on demo, but I Know a few people with them and they have all said they need to go as soon as there is no warranty on them
- Location
- N.Yorkshire
Running 600/70 r30 axiobibs on the 4220 and wearing really well and doing lot of long road journeys. They are wearing a lot better than the xeobibs on the nh.
warksfarmer
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Over the years we’ve hired a 930 (square bonnet), 820 and 818 round bonnet old style and all were great machines. I don’t recall any issues with any of them.
More recently we’ve had a 724 on the Fendt buyback deal. It did it’s 4 year contract and left and I have to say I don’t miss it to be honest. I found it underpowered but the dyno said it was correct. Good on fuel as expected and averaged under 14l/hr over the 4 years hire across a range of jobs. Replaced it with a Puma CVX and it’s on par with the Fendt. Exactly the same on fuel but definitely uses less adblue. Depreciation is exactly the same as a Fendt as well but your spending less in the first place so less outgoings. The Puma has the better cab but the Fendt was quieter. Fendt 5km/hr faster on the road but you’d be bonkers to tow a trailed sprayer over 40km/hr anyway when loaded. Reality is more like 30km/hr on country lanes.