Fastrac road use.

[Patman]

Hi all, I've be thinking of buying a used fastrac sub £20k. Will be used manly on road towing around 10 to 12ton. Doing about 40 miles once a week. Are fastrac suitable for so much road use? Any models to look out for our to avoid? Or any other advice?
Cheers

 

[daveydiesel1]

Fastrac was built with road use in mind. If ur wantin 1 at that budget ul probably be lookin at a 1135/2135 or mabe stretch to a 2155 but that would be about it

 

[JCB_JCR]

Been doing 100mile a day between these 2 the last few days. 1135 and 2140. 1135 is a bit heavy on the clutch and steering compared to the 2140.

 

[Abacus]

3185 with oil immerse clutch think it is year 2000 on I have 1135 and 2135 they are a bit light for haling if that is the main job my ideal FastTrack is 2170 best of both but 20k is not enough

 

[Lincs Lass]

The AD tanker crews use nothing but fastracs here ,they must be doing 100 miles a day with the amount they shift

 

[TripleSix]

Try and get a 3185, Cummins power is hard to beat.

The Perkins engines lack torque IMO.

Smoothshift is a must.

 

[agri knives]

Hi all, I've be thinking of buying a used fastrac sub £20k. Will be used manly on road towing around 10 to 12ton. Doing about 40 miles once a week. Are fastrac suitable for so much road use? Any models to look out for our to avoid? Or any other advice?
Cheers

Fastracks are made for road work, we ofton put over 2000 km per week on a 3230.

 

[Matthew Britton]

Fastrac was built with road use in mind. If ur wantin 1 at that budget ul probably be lookin at a 1135/2135 or mabe stretch to a 2155 but that would be about it

My 2155 was twice that, and they are like rocking horse dung.

 

[michael N123]

That’s at dumfries 80k box aswell

 

[Two Tone]

Fastracks are made for road work, we ofton put over 2000 km per week on a 3230.

Yes, excellent on the road. But there is nothing that any other tractor can do that a Fastrac cannot do.
And sometimes one hell of a lot better too!

 

[Jsmith2211]

Yes, excellent on the road. But there is nothing that any other tractor can do that a Fastrac cannot do.
And sometimes one hell of a lot better too!
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What hp is that one you've got on the plough?

 

[bobk]

Fastracks are made for road work, we ofton put over 2000 km per week on a 3230.

How long do tyres last ?

 

[Deerefarmer]

But there is nothing that a fendt can't do that a Fastrac can do

Fixed your mistakes

 

[bobk]

Fastracs are great if you have big fields

 

[agri knives]

How long do tyres last ?

I’m using ling long tyres and they are lasting far longer than Michelin’s , getting 3 years out of a set, it only is very busy in the winter.

 

[Lofty1984]

I’m using ling long tyres and they are lasting far longer than Michelin’s , getting 3 years out of a set, it only is very busy in the winter.

How come it’s clocking up that distance what are you pulling around ?

 

[agri knives]

How come it’s clocking up that distance what are you pulling around ?

delivering dry peat for livestock bedding .

 

[Lofty1984]

delivering dry peat for livestock bedding .
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Watched a good video on farm flix of them harvesting that using a specially designed forage wagon was very interesting

 

[agri knives]

Watched a good video on farm flix of them harvesting that using a specially designed forage wagon was very interesting

We starting to harvest this week with the good weather.

 

[Agrijas]

delivering dry peat for livestock bedding .
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Is that going to be allowed going forward? I would have thought digging up peat for bedding would be a no no in these times of environmentalist running the world!