fastrac as a all round tractor?

[hillbill]

We're currently running 'conventional' 50k tractors, however one of them is on carting work for 5 months of the year and one is up for renewal this coming spring. Ive toyed with the idea of a fastrac before, but that tractor has to round bale and do landwork as well. The only reason iam thinking about one is the current road rules and regs frighten me to death so a fastrac would fit all current criteria. All the trailers we use are high speed spec. Would this be a sensible choice?

 

[FarmyStu]

We're currently running 'conventional' 50k tractors, however one of them is on carting work for 5 months of the year and one is up for renewal this coming spring. Ive toyed with the idea of a fastrac before, but that tractor has to round bale and do landwork as well. The only reason iam thinking about one is the current road rules and regs frighten me to death so a fastrac would fit all current criteria. All the trailers we use are high speed spec. Would this be a sensible choice?

Yes. Get one bought soonest. Then bask in the self satisfaction of knowing that not only do you have a better tractor than everyone else, but also that you bought British

 

[nick channer]

Just bought a 7230 chipped to 300hp

 

[Mad For Muck]

Slightly off topic but what do these new proposed rules & regs for an increased weight limit everyone talks say about what type of tractor should pull them? For example would any normal 50k tractor be able to or will they need all round brakes & abs etc

 

[FarmyStu]

Slightly off topic but what do these new proposed rules & regs for an increased weight limit everyone talks say about what type of tractor should pull them? For example would any normal 50k tractor be able to or will they need all round brakes & abs etc

Top speed for any current production tractor is 40km/h. That has only just been introduced so don't expect anything faster anytime soon. The only exceptions being the Fastrac and Unimog.

 

[Mad For Muck]

Top speed for any current production tractor is 40km/h. That has only just been introduced so don't expect anything faster anytime soon. The only exceptions being the Fastrac and Unimog.

I'm not really interested in going faster I'm more interested in having more weight in a trailer

 

[FarmyStu]

I'm not really interested in going faster I'm more interested in having more weight in a trailer

No new regs as far as I know with regards to brakes and abs.

 

[Mad For Muck]

No new regs as far as I know with regards to brakes and abs.

I did wonder as the person who keeps banging on about it is fluent in chatting thought this would be the best place to find out rather than trawling through google searches

 

[Jim B]

Just bought a 7230 chipped to 300hp

70 hp increase?

 

[bobk]

Just bought a 7230 chipped to 300hp

New ?

 

[nick channer]

New ?

No couldn't bring myself to spend 100k+
2009 5000 hrs
Local groundworker/farmer local to us had it from new

 

[nick channer]

70 hp increase?

Yep from new

 

[hillbill]

I went to a nfu meeting a month back and there's going to be a weight increase to I think it was 35 ton for a turn out with 2 axles and 39 ton for 3 axle trailers. However anything over the current weight limit (29?) Will have to be tested, both tractor and trailer.

 

[hillbill]

Anyone on here using a smaller fastrac for primary cultivation?

 

[charlie850]

Anyone on here using a smaller fastrac for primary cultivation?

Smaller fastracs will be fine on primary cultivation as long tyre pressures are right for the job,hard on the road and soft in the field!

 

[Scholsey]

Used a 3220 plus on a harvest job, was great on the road but either 7250 magnum or 6910 was 100x better for field work. Crap lock and heavy steering on the fastrac

 

[s~~t shoveller]

Round baling will be good if not better than a conventional tractor but heavy cultivations perhaps not quite as good as a conventional tractor,depends on what your expecting to pull with it!run rings round a normal tractor on anything but heavy heavy tillage.

 

[eagleye]

use 2170 on claydon 3m hybrid and horsch joker withTG bar, 750 tyres all round.
currently breaking ends on stay bars to back axle....

 

[scottishcowboy]

I use my Fastrac for ploughing, power harrowing, spraying, seeding, slurry, dung, fert basically everything but the mixer wagon, steering lock not the best on 3000 series but you get used to it. Far easier on the back spending a day in Fastrac than a conventional tractor. + all the benefits of road haulage.

 

[boyo]

Really miss my old 3185 smoothshift.