ACEngineering
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Cost of telehandler ownership vs tractor loader
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Wishful Thinker
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Awesome on concrete, a disaster off it. Load bales with mine occasionally but you need dry ground and no hills
michael N123
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Arnt NC engineerings basically matbro copys ?
ACEngineering
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No, apart from size, but mechanically no nothing like a matbro.
michael N123
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Ohh i just thought they look quite similar
Amund
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1. Tractor will last much longer. This is the expensive machine. Less in and out will reduce wear and less cleaning. It is Also possibel to buy a bigger machine for fieldwork, but This will not save money. 2. job done in half time or less with right tool. More time online will cost a lot If you like buying online. 3. Better use of buildings and the whole farm. This is saving a lot if you can keep up activity without new buildings.
early riser
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Not really looking to go down the skid steer route as I want something I can use to mix/distribute a ration for the milkers using a large rehandling bucket to avoid the need for a mixer wagon. Also want to unload concrete sleepers 8 at a time.
Out of interest do you know how much the skiddy went for at sale today @Nearly?
Out of interest do you know how much the skiddy went for at sale today @Nearly?
Nearly
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£14k according to underbidder. 
New one £24
New one £24
ACEngineering
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If your talking about one of them silage feed mixing buckets to use instead of say a Keenan you will need a decent machine to run it. One with a piston pump and hyd oil cooler will be ideal. If its just a few buckets a day fine but if your talking a lot then forget it the extra wear and tare on the handler and hours will cost you more then running a keenan type machine.
early riser
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I'm not talking about an auger bucket - I'm talking about using a large grain bucket to mix silage/wholecrop/grains against the pit wall then dish it into a passage or bunkers.
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- Le Veurde, Allier, France 03320
I have always had a loader tractor and bought an ageing Matbro TR250-110pivot steer three years ago. While it is useful and does around 400 hours a year if I had to choose between loader tractor and Matbro, the tractor would win hands down every single time.
Has the Matbro been welded solid in the middle? Never heard of anyone who preferred using a tractor and loader after having had the use of a dedicated handler
ACEngineering
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Has the Matbro been welded solid in the middle? Never heard of anyone who preferred using a tractor and loader after having had the use of a dedicated handler
Its probably not working right or he just dont like pivot and would get on better with a 4ws.
davedb
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Me neither I don’t know how we managed without the matbro I brought so much handier than a tractorHas the Matbro been welded solid in the middle? Never heard of anyone who preferred using a tractor and loader after having had the use of a dedicated handler
Monty
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I guess it depends what tractor and what telehandler you're comparing. I love our loader tractor. It's very quick and nippy and runs rings round our neighbours knackered old sanderson. And it's far quicker at loading than our skidsteer but again that's old and a bit unstable so need to go steady with it. I think we're going to be keeping it till it dies really because it's been so reliable and cheap to run. Not sure what we will be replacing it when time comes. I don't like the thought of spending £35-50k on a new similar sized loader tractor and can't stand the cramped little cabs and poor visibility from a rigid handler so may well be a second hand bendy loader of sorts so you get the same big cab and panoramic vision sitting high up.
nearly there
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nearly there
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How about a valtra xm the new model great cab and only a slight increase in weight.
glasshouse
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I dont see how.
If your tractor does 1000 hrs yr, a telehandler will half that.
You will still need the tractor, but it will last twice as long.
glasshouse
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Get a good one off an arable farm at 3000 hrs and ten yr oldThat's roughly the thought process occurring in my head at the moment.
Problem is a £20k loader tractor and £20k handler are both potential money pits
Hence my original question about likely running costs of a handler.
I don't like nasty surprises. I can budget confidently on a loader tractor costing me £6-7/hr to run, what will a £20k handler cost if it goes bang? £5k? More?
With telehandlers, there seems to be two extremes..... either pay silly silly money for new, or buy used and get something half sh#gged out, there really doesn't seem to be anything in between
Cracking one at a farm sale last wk 07 manitou £20k
Manitou 627 bough new March 2007 and sold November 2016
Actual Depreciation £10,500
Total Running costs £3,022.25 (Repairs/spares/service etc.)
Total Cost of Ownership £13,522.25
Total Hours 3326.0
Cost per hour £ 4.06
Average Fuel Consumption 4.32 L/hr
Didn't think that was too bad.
Actual Depreciation £10,500
Total Running costs £3,022.25 (Repairs/spares/service etc.)
Total Cost of Ownership £13,522.25
Total Hours 3326.0
Cost per hour £ 4.06
Average Fuel Consumption 4.32 L/hr
Didn't think that was too bad.