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Thats probably 3 hours work including travel time so from the time the fitter is given the job, he spends 15 minutes or so getting the switch from the parts dept, getting away from the workshop, how far from the dealer are you ? 45 minutes ? so that's the first hour gone, was the tractor...

We purchased a new Combine for this season and have just been told by our insurance company we must have a Category 5 tracker fitted within 30 days , I have never heard of this before has anyone else had this ?

This is something I will never understand ; Farmer buy's a used machine , then it breaks, which they all do, next thing is a thread on here , "What do I do ? " We are all in business, so surely at the point of any purchase you find out what the warranty is or not and get it in writing ...

That's good to hear, personally we have had some dreadful experiences with add blu' on Fendt's and understand the "re gen" filter is about 5k to replace with a new one ,

In my opinion the more expensive the tractors are new the more they cost when they go "bang" and they all go bang at some stage and with later model tractors in general they are far more sophisticated and cost more to maintain, a 936 replacement Vario would cost , what 20k ? , an engine, as 900...

What do you call 'High Hours'

Every machine ever made has to have a weakest point somewhere and having had Manitou's over a number of years I would think the Powershift gearbox is theirs, I am sure all other makes have something that lets them down , perhaps it's why Manitou seem to be pushing the Vario these days...

William Judge is the top MF man in the UK if you phone the AGCO Head office at Abbey Park, Stoneleigh and get through to him , I would imagine he would get MF service to look into it as he is very on it ,

It is becoming like that all over the uk, as these dealers get bigger the deal you get will get worse and probably the after sales service with it, the time will come when we all buy on line and have to wait for any service like most car garages are doing these days, How a tractor can cost...

I believe the best Compact is a JD, I am not such a fan of the bigger JD units but having had MF Compacts which I believe is made by Iseki, we have also had a Kioti, both of which we were stuck for weeks getting parts for, The JD has always been quite reliable, the parts are easy to get and it...

We have had Spearhead Toppers for years and they have always been very good, I do note the parts have become terribly expensive especially PTO shafts and guards, however I do think they are one of the best especially now you can get bigger tyres on them and a trailing axle which does help stop...

Yes I know it happens, Larger and larger dealers is certainly not good for the customer as you just try and get a quote for the same machine out of your area the response, if you even get one is quite interesting, "we can't get one" "your too far away for service" "we will get back to...

Personally speaking I don't believe loyalty in general exists anymore, It used too many years ago but not now as the dealers get larger and larger they are in fact getting a monopoly in any given area , so to get a competitive quote for any particular brand is difficult as the neighbouring...

We have had Valtra in the past and didn't get on very well with them, we appreciate they all break down and back up is very important, it just seems NH have a bad name however we quite like the look of them so will probably go that way,

We are looking at purchasing two new tractors and New Holland are very competitive, however we keep hearing they have reliability issues and downtime can be very expensive, does anyone have first hand experience if this is correct or is it just gossip, we are looking at a T315 & T270 and have...

I have always believed one should first, buy the product you think is best for the particular job in mind at the best possible price with the supplier within a reasonable distance from your farm in case after sale support is needed , sad to say, I don't think there is much loyalty around these...

Three of us bought a Mobile Drier some years ago, we agreed a week each in order, regardless of the weather, the first user kept it over 2 weeks as it was wet , the 2nd user went and collected it after a heated discussion with user 1 and then kept it until the end of harvest , we all fell out so...

We have 200 acres of Spring Linseed this year which in fairness looks really good, question is do we desiccate or not as there are many conflicting views on the subject , our agronomist suggests we do but having not grown it for 20 years I do wonder as its going off nicely at the moment ,