Tractor Chat #01 - with Direct Driller Magazine Farmer Focus writer Phil Rowbottom
Discussing direct drilling wheat, Oil seed rape growing in the UK, Fendt 724 tractor and his Sky Easy Drill.
Right, @KB6930 warned me about this!🤦🤣
Having trouble keeping the front wheels on the ground when I lift plough. Got a stone fork on front with 3 sets weights hanging off it and on steep bits at ends the front wheels are still wanting to lift. It's fine in flat fields.
Fendt mechanic today...
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we havnt had a good ploughing vrs DD dust up for awhile :sneaky:it all seems dominated by the politics of rt nfu et al :rolleyes:
I've got a Fendt 724 with an agrispread lime spreader, all working fine, but I want to plug in a data logger to the 9 pin ISOBUS in-cab connector. However, even just plugging in the 9pin cable alone disconnects the spreader from ISOBUS and it refuses to reconnect, until I unplug the cable. Even...
On new/secondhand fendt gen 6 models most seem to be power plus
Have they been updated to be more like the older s4 profi plus tractors and less need to pay extra for the profi plus spec
Any comments helpful
So, my time on the seat will be going up this coming season, been enjoying our classic fleet the past few years, but coming to accept they are tiring to run on long days and should possibly look to go back a bit more modern. Thinking to go two to one with 7800 and 6400 against a medium frame...
Some LR models are on the price plunge it seems. A friend works for the local LR dealership and he was telling me at the weekend that Velars are finished. He’s just given £35k for a 18k mile top spec version that’s on a 21 plate. Brand new it was £65k as he sold it to the guy. Brand new RR’s are...
Inspired in some way by the gatecrash of the Fendt gearbox thread, just thought I'd see what folks did.
20 years ago we managed with two 6290's and a 3075, and up to three hire tractors at peak times and contractor help for beet drilling and harvesting, hedge cutting, square baling, destoning...
To introduce myself: my name is Peter Martens, we operate 1900ac/760Ha of Organic land roughly 400km north west of New York City. Most of our ground is loamy though we have areas of heavy clay made up of weather shale. We have plenty of round rocks but not too many flat rocks.
We currently...
Seen on tiktok the new 600 series, tractor in question was a 620. So is the 716,718 and 720 being replaced? Any1 know if its a sisu up front? Bound to be a backward step in fuel consumption compared to the deutz
Written by Rachael Harper from CPM Magazine
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Increasing awareness surrounding soil health has meant many farmers and contractors have taken the decision to change their drill. CPM hears how tine drills have made soils more workable in the South West.
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