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Has anyone replaced a Quadtrac with a 1050? If so are you pleased with your decision, does it get the power down well enough?
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Has anyone replaced a Quadtrac with a 1050? If so are you pleased with your decision, does it get the power down well enough?
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No money in farming pahThe Quadtracs also suited UK roads better than duals or even 900mm singles. There's little to touch them for grip and high draught applications. Useless for anything other than ground work. How did Bedfordia get on with their JD artics? I see there's a couple of 9 series wheeled artics for sale in FW this week. Around 2600 hours on both.
A local contract farmer has a 1050 but they do a lot of road haulage with it too. Is that what they are really for??? I don't think they looked at a crawler as an alternative. Flints destroy rubber around here - it is very unusual to see a Cat or Quad nearby.
If you’ve got a need for a big Fendt like that anyway it may as well be used rather than spending even more money on other tractors to use whilst it’s parked up.The best thing about a crawler is you are nearly forced to park it up once the drilling is over. Can you really justify a Fendt 1050 pulling a grain trailer when a 10 year old 150hp all-rounder would do it just as well?
We had 155hp running the log splitter the other week. Cheaper to stick diesel in that than buy a fergie 35If you’ve got a need for a big Fendt like that anyway it may as well be used rather than spending even more money on other tractors to use whilst it’s parked up.
If you’ve got a need for a big Fendt like that anyway it may as well be used rather than spending even more money on other tractors to use whilst it’s parked up.
It will be depreciating regardless so may as well use it imoI appreciate what you are saying but the thing will be depreciating per clock hour whether it is pulling a bloody great drill or a 14 tonne corn cart!
Those 2 artic deeres are for sale due a restructuring of a farming business. Dont think they had any complaints about them but they have been replaced by a quadtrac now.The Quadtracs also suited UK roads better than duals or even 900mm singles. There's little to touch them for grip and high draught applications. Useless for anything other than ground work. How did Bedfordia get on with their JD artics? I see there's a couple of 9 series wheeled artics for sale in FW this week. Around 2600 hours on both.
A local contract farmer has a 1050 but they do a lot of road haulage with it too. Is that what they are really for??? I don't think they looked at a crawler as an alternative. Flints destroy rubber around here - it is very unusual to see a Cat or Quad nearby.
This is a useful equation I was given which was developed by Silsoe and DLG:Has anyone replaced a Quadtrac with a 1050? If so are you pleased with your decision, does it get the power down well enough?
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This is a useful equation I was given which was developed by Silsoe and DLG:
650 x Engine PTO power (kW) = weight required on driving wheels (kg)
Speed of work (km/hour)
So in your 500hp example:
Engine Horsepower (hp) 500
PTO Power (kw) 336
Speed of Operation (km/hr) Required Weight (kg)
4 54551
5 43641
6 36368
7 31172
8 27276
9 24245
10 21821
11 19837
12 18184
13 16785
14 15586
Therefore I would suggest if the tractor is going to operate below 12kmhr stick with the quad, above 12kmhr then the fendt should be competitive provided you have the correct tyres etc. I changed from a crawler to wheels and miss it on heavy work and when it is rough but prefer the wheels the majority of the time.
My preference would be the quad, just put something really wide behind it