Fastrack 8330. Robinson Farms

[Irish NZ]

Not a great advertisement when they share this to there nearly 70,000 followers.

 

[kiwi pom]

Is this the New Mexico Robinsons?
My guess would be they don't like heat and dust.
I think Kevin (or perhaps his son) have got a bit carried away in recent years with the amount of European stuff they are buying. Perhaps influenced by their foreign workforce?
Stick to what works, trucks for hauling and swathers or conventional tractors for mowing.

 

[Deerefarmer]

Is this the New Mexico Robinsons?
My guess would be they don't like heat and dust.
I think Kevin (or perhaps his son) have got a bit carried away in recent years with the amount of European stuff they are buying. Perhaps influenced by their foreign workforce?
Stick to what works, trucks for hauling and swathers or conventional tractors for mowing.

Err,not to sound like a smart mouth, but isn't heat and dust to be expected in most environments tractors are used in?
Tbf, any and all brands have problems/break down occasionally, the difference is dealer support, which in our experience is not up to par with jcb in the states
Won't be surprised to see fendt back in there fleet

 

[Dead Rabbits]

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Not a great advertisement when they share this to there nearly 70,000 followers.

Must be Due to all them Irish lads driving them eh?

 

[kiwi pom]

Err,not to sound like a smart mouth, but isn't heat and dust to be expected in most environments tractors are used in?
Tbf, any and all brands have problems/break down occasionally, the difference is dealer support, which in our experience is not up to par with jcb in the states
Won't be surprised to see fendt back in there fleet

Yes absolutely, some of the conditions in Texas, NM and Arizona (Robinsons main areas) are fairly extreme though. Overheating and dust were common problems when I was out there.
I don't think JCB has the best reliability record anyway, I've heard their US parts back up is a problem. Kevin would probably be working them harder than UK operators too.
A full, constant load on a machine like a mower or chopper on the outside tower of a half mile circle in 110 degree heat, soon finds problems.
But I agree, its no excuse for bad service.

 

[nick...]

Tractors should be suitable to work in any conditions and I beleive jcb advertise the fact that they test tractors all over the world.its a pretty poor advert fir the tractors and maybe the owner is getting nowhere and needs to vent his frustration.10 of these tractors is a lot of money and they need to be reliable.
Nick...

 

[livestock 1]

They seem to put some smoke out over there do they all do this? If it’s anything like their Telehandlers after 07 ish they will be far too complicated and plagued wit electrical issues plus a few design faults thrown in

 

[icanshootwell]

Yes absolutely, some of the conditions in Texas, NM and Arizona (Robinsons main areas) are fairly extreme though. Overheating and dust were common problems when I was out there.
I don't think JCB has the best reliability record anyway, I've heard their US parts back up is a problem. Kevin would probably be working them harder than UK operators too.
A full, constant load on a machine like a mower or chopper on the outside tower of a half mile circle in 110 degree heat, soon finds problems.
But I agree, its no excuse for bad service.

Surly the cooling systems on these machines are far better than tractors in the 80s and 90s, is that an excuse!! not cleaning filters is down to drivers etc.

 

[Goodbeef]

Two sides to every story.

 

[icanshootwell]

My thoughts are, you can kill a tractor on road work but in the field it,s hard to abuse a tractor with TMS, vario box etc, as an operator you really have to be a complete bell end to have so many breakdowns and they have 10!! sorry don,t buy that. Lack of servicing maybe but thats the farms problem, dealership backup, you would think they would be all over this place with 10 machines to go at.

 

[kiwi pom]

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Indeed. I have no idea what their current "operators" are like but many of the ones I knew years ago weren't flash.

 

[kiwi pom]

Surly the cooling systems on these machines are far better than tractors in the 80s and 90s, is that an excuse!! not cleaning filters is down to drivers etc.

Yes I agree, just pointing out 110 degrees Fahrenheit, dust and some decent altitude provides a good test, especially working hard on very long runs in heavy crops.
We always blew everything out once a day, keeping screens clean was a huge problem, air filters in choppers and swathers wouldn't last 250 hours.

 

[Irish NZ]

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The way I read the post was it was in comparison to the other tractors they run side by side and they weren't doing the goods plus bad back up lead to this post.

 

[FarmerFrank88]

They look like the tractors are working fairly hard http://instagr.am/p/B_5Er9uHQyw/

 

[daveydiesel1]

They look like the tractors are working fairly hard http://instagr.am/p/B_5Er9uHQyw/

Judgin by that video it would be the mowers thats workin extremly hard but the tractor should be fit to stick it. Thers plenty o tractors workin hard out ther and doin ok. Customer of ours is runnin triples on a jd 155r so if its fit for it a 300 odd hp fastrac should be well fit for it. Ther just right to publish thier problems as so many ppl are so brand loyal they would never admit ther tractors break down

 

[davedb]

Our kit would regularly work in much heavier crops than seen there apart from air temperatures I’d say they arnt under that much pressure

 

[fendtfiasco]

Machines can have problems but good product support is key, dealers have to be good but sometimes they get no back up from manufacturer service people. Extended warranty is not full manufacturers warranty usually an excess has to be paid plus the dealer doesn't get mileage to travel to fix the machine.

 

[Chae1]

The 8330s are pretty much a evolution of the 8250. A cynic might say they just changed the body work. I was lucky to be invited to launch of them at Jcb.

They very much pushed the use of them in hot countries, was a Australian farm on launch video.

 

[CPF]

When I run 7 fastracs , all broke down on the same day , it was on a Good Friday. I rang watling Jcb who looked after them ,the tractors were all around the country, watling Jcb were ringing other dealers up to help them to repair them. They were bending over backwards for us , could not repair everyone on the side of the road, so they rescued them, and sent tractors in their replacement. The dealers gave us a brilliant service that day. But I was not a happy bunny, they had all broken down over stupid little things. So that day in my frustration I wrote a letter to Lord Bamford telling him the story and the history of the countless product problems in the past. I hand-delivered it to his house in the Cotswolds. He was absolutely brilliant and took it upon himself to look into this and he kicked arse , sending us tractors off the production line so we could keep going all over the Easter weekend. Tuesday morning my phone lit up like a Christmas tree with management from Jcb eating humble pie, apologising for what had occurred. They must’ve been so embarrassed, ringing a customer up after the chairman shouting down their neck. The problem with dealerships is they never seem to pass the problem further back up the ladder because the higher management always say ‘oh we’ve never had this problem before’, and you yourself know it has been an ongoing issue for some time. My final outcome with JCB and Lord Bamford is private and confidential, but I was left a happy customer. Well done JCB. They will sort things out if you tell them, albeit if you have to go to the top.

 

[benferg]

They look like the tractors are working fairly hard http://instagr.am/p/B_5Er9uHQyw/

Not how I want to see a tractor run coming in/out of a row.
Do the jcb’s have a reversible fan??