Fendt 1050 / Quadtrac

[ollie989898]

My Quadtrac is doing 1100 hrs / yr. I must try harder.

You use yours on the hedgecutter as well? Efficient!

 

[mo!]

My Quadtrac is doing 1100 hrs / yr. I must try harder.

Get a sprayer for it.

 

[puntabrava]

The 92,000 acre farm I worked on in Northern NSW about 2 hours north of @Farmer Roy had 6 Quadtracs run 24 hours/day in shifts from November to June doing 2-5 passes on wheat stubbles with 12-18m cultivators & seeder rigs. Each Quad was doing circa 1200 hours/year.

Thats a grand job, think of all those snakes sliced up

 

[Farmer Roy]

Have you had any rain yet? 20mm at Plumthorpe last week, not that it's going to make a huge difference.

I was watching that rain on the radar - we only got about 3 mm from that one.
Was actually home then, planting chick peas into the only two fields that had a decent depth of moisture in them
We had 70 mm in march & another 50 about a month ago, but still a long way to go to fill the profile up.
Rule of thumb is we want around a metre of subsoil moisture before we plant a crop, so at this stage that looks like all I will plant this winter & the prospects for the summer crop arent looking good at this stage

 

[Magnum Man]

You use yours on the hedgecutter as well? Efficient!

I visited a farm a couple of years ago where they used one of their two Fendt 936s on the hedgecutter. I think they were the only two tractors on the farm.

 

[Banana Bar]

You use yours on the hedgecutter as well? Efficient!

No, just cultivation’s, mole draining and drilling. If it had 3 pt linkage I guess we could.

 

[Farmer Roy]

No, just cultivation’s, mole draining and drilling. If it had 3 pt linkage I guess we could.

Just out of professional curiosity, what style / type ( I don't particularly care what brand ) & width of planter ( drill ) are you using behind your Quadtrac ?
Thanks

 

[An Gof]

No, just cultivation’s, mole draining and drilling. If it had 3 pt linkage I guess we could.

...... and the trailer when harvesting beet

 

[mo!]

No, just cultivation’s, mole draining and drilling. If it had 3 pt linkage I guess we could.

You need to think out side the box. Demount unit.

 

[Gerbert]

Why settle for one hedgecutter?

 

[Banana Bar]

...... and the trailer when harvesting beet [emoji57]

I’ve obviously shown you that!

 

[Banana Bar]

Just out of professional curiosity, what style / type ( I don't particularly care what brand ) & width of planter ( drill ) are you using behind your Quadtrac ?
Thanks

We use a Vaderstad rapid and a Horsch Sprinter, both 8m wide. The drilling system is very much under review hence one of the reasons for posting the original question.

 

[bluegreen]

I remember speaking to Graham Goodwin sales manager at DOE Agritracs Framlingham branch last autumn and he said one of his customers had traded a 500 Quadtrac for a new Fendt 1050, ive no idea how the farmer has gotten on with it. Give him a call, im sure he could point you in the farmers direction for an appraisal of pros and cons, if any.

 

[Farmer Roy]

We use a Vaderstad rapid and a Horsch Sprinter, both 8m wide. The drilling system is very much under review hence one of the reasons for posting the original question.

Sorry - didn't realise you were the OP

Euro planting equipment doesn't have much of a presence here, although Horsch are making inroads.
Rough generalisation, but most zero till planters here up to about 12 m are pulled by the larger FWA tractors. Once you get bigger, or start going deep ( up to 8 inches ) to chase moisture, then the bigger artics / tracks come into play.
The Rapid doesn't appeal to my system at all ( too much soil disturbance for a start ), but I am interested in the Sprinter ( 12 m on 15 inch spacings ) it does appeal to me due to its simplicity.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=574581032948581

What's your opinion on the Sprinter ?

Thanks

 

[Banana Bar]

Sorry - didn't realise you were the OP

Euro planting equipment doesn't have much of a presence here, although Horsch are making inroads.
Rough generalisation, but most zero till planters here up to about 12 m are pulled by the larger FWA tractors. Once you get bigger, or start going deep ( up to 8 inches ) to chase moisture, then the bigger artics / tracks come into play.
The Rapid doesn't appeal to my system at all ( too much soil disturbance for a start ), but I am interested in the Sprinter ( 12 m on 15 inch spacings ) it does appeal to me due to its simplicity.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=574581032948581

What's your opinion on the Sprinter ?

Thanks

Sprinter is a good drill and has historically been the drill that will muddle a crop in if it gets wets. Plenty of sprinters on Dutch or Borgault coulters in the uk doing a very good job. Sprinter will be my first choice drill this season ahead of the Vaderstad largely due to hp, soil movement and running costs.

 

[Richard Smyth]

Sorry - didn't realise you were the OP

Euro planting equipment doesn't have much of a presence here, although Horsch are making inroads.
Rough generalisation, but most zero till planters here up to about 12 m are pulled by the larger FWA tractors. Once you get bigger, or start going deep ( up to 8 inches ) to chase moisture, then the bigger artics / tracks come into play.
The Rapid doesn't appeal to my system at all ( too much soil disturbance for a start ), but I am interested in the Sprinter ( 12 m on 15 inch spacings ) it does appeal to me due to its simplicity.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=574581032948581

What's your opinion on the Sprinter ?

Thanks

I really like the look of these. The air cart looks so clean and simple compared to the American machines. Pretty sure it’s what I will be going to when the time comes just need them to offer a 15 meter machine

 

[Farmer Roy]

I really like the look of these. The air cart looks so clean and simple compared to the American machines. Pretty sure it’s what I will be going to when the time comes just need them to offer a 15 meter machine

Sprinter NT - specifically designed for Australia
15 & 24 m widths available

https://oconnorscaseih.com.au/our-products/brands/horsch/horsch-sprinter-nt/

 

[Richard Smyth]

Sprinter NT - specifically designed for Australia
15 & 24 m widths available

https://oconnorscaseih.com.au/our-products/brands/horsch/horsch-sprinter-nt/

Possibly it is now. I was led to believe the 15 meter was a bit of an oddball with the air cart integrated with the bar and didn’t have the cutting disk option like the 12 and 18 meter machine. I’ll have to ask at next field day

 

[Farmer Roy]

Ok, maybe it is
I knew they made a 12 & 18, wasn't aware of the 15 until I read that article

It's the 12 m I'd be interested, fits in with our system

 

[Farmer Roy]

Sprinter is a good drill and has historically been the drill that will muddle a crop in if it gets wets. Plenty of sprinters on Dutch or Borgault coulters in the uk doing a very good job. Sprinter will be my first choice drill this season ahead of the Vaderstad largely due to hp, soil movement and running costs.

What's the wear / maintenance / service life of those rubber bushes that the tyne is mounted on like ?