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Al R

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Livestock Farmer
Location
West Wales
Can you hear the radio ?
Our Corvus is noisy, strangely it’s remarkably quiet outside , think I’ll get some soundproofing in it
I agree it’s great having a heater and being able to check stock in a dry cab, I really don’t miss the quad at all in winter
A friend had a string of 855D’s then a 865 and now Polaris, they love it in comparison! We can have the radio on and talk to each other at 40mph
 
Loved the late 855 we had. So light and fast. Got nicked. Desperate to try a Polaris but only dealers around seem to do garden stuff and I maybe wrong but surely couldn't offer the backup JD offer. Expensive but opted for 2 now to speed things up and an insurance policy if 1 is down. About 4yrs ago we had 4 broken down at once, some very old Inc 6 wheeler. Even the hire 1 had issues. Think it was fuel but didn't know weather to laugh or cry with a line up of broken ones in a wet outdoor lambing season.
 

Al R

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Livestock Farmer
Location
West Wales
I lost 20 hours on a weekend when the first sidewall went and 24 hours on the second, both happened on Fridays 🤦🏻‍♂️ only downtime we’ve had with the Polaris since September 2020 but I’m not doing the mileage on it you are @paul&mandy as quad still preferred vehicle at home with the small fields and multiple gates to contend with
 
I lost 20 hours on a weekend when the first sidewall went and 24 hours on the second, both happened on Fridays 🤦🏻‍♂️ only downtime we’ve had with the Polaris since September 2020 but I’m not doing the mileage on it you are @paul&mandy as quad still preferred vehicle at home with the small fields and multiple gates to contend with
We have a front and rear alloy wheel and tyre ready to go for spares. Need a machine to ideally swap tyres on rim. Been a life saver a few times when a flint on a track done a tyre in.
 

Fendt516profi

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Yorkshire
We have a front and rear alloy wheel and tyre ready to go for spares. Need a machine to ideally swap tyres on rim. Been a life saver a few times when a flint on a track done a tyre in.
Not as dear as I thought they would be
 

Cmoran

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Galway Ireland
Have Polaris diesel here for 12 months now been faultless in the 1200 hrs we’ve used it still on original tyres and we do mostly road work unlike the Kubota it replaced it wore tyres for fun and was broken down a lot in the 30 months we kept it !! Last bill was €2200 for engine work
 

Fendt516profi

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Yorkshire
Have Polaris diesel here for 12 months now been faultless in the 1200 hrs we’ve used it still on original tyres and we do mostly road work unlike the Kubota it replaced it wore tyres for fun and was broken down a lot in the 30 months we kept it !! Last bill was €2200 for engine work
Weren't you Polaris before the Kubota?
 

Cmoran

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Galway Ireland
Weren't you Polaris before the Kubota?
Yes had a 2016 ranger that we bought in 2018 and got load of bother from brakes and wheel bearings and small sh1ty stuff but wouldn’t have another Kubota after that one it was constantly in dealership who were great to be honest and if they sold any other make I’d still be with them!! Priced Polaris, Corvus and John Deere. Jd were €10k more than other two and Polaris was way better spec plus thought load bay on Corvus was to big and awkward for putting on trailer for my 79 year old father
 

Fendt516profi

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Yorkshire
Yes had a 2016 ranger that we bought in 2018 and got load of bother from brakes and wheel bearings and small sh1ty stuff but wouldn’t have another Kubota after that one it was constantly in dealership who were great to be honest and if they sold any other make I’d still be with them!! Priced Polaris, Corvus and John Deere. Jd were €10k more than other two and Polaris was way better spec plus thought load bay on Corvus was to big and awkward for putting on trailer for my 79 year old father
I think at the time of buying your Kubota I told you Polaris was worth a look as they had improved everything that gave problems on the old model.
 
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Cmoran

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Galway Ireland
I think at the time of buying your Kubota I told you Polaris was worth a look as they had improved everything that gave problems problems on the old model.
I think you did actually but I was buying the dealer at the time because they have great service and in fairness they nevet let us down where as our Polaris dealer hasn’t a great name for back up but thankfully we have no issues so far
 

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Expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive offer from July will give the sector a clear path forward and boost farm business resilience.

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