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Forage wagon - I don't believe the hype
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<blockquote data-quote="DGC1" data-source="post: 459754" data-attributes="member: 680"><p>No offence taken... </p><p>I agree that 939 is an expensive pit machine at face value but being honest it is hired and it has a fixed price per hour. it uses less fuel per hour than any shovel, is fast on the road, lower cab height and gets used on the triples, seeder etc etc so is not a one trick pony. its weight and ability is only needed when the pressure is on when we have to pair the wagons in wet weather. </p><p>90% of our pits last year (when it was dry!) were done with one wagon and grass handled with teleporter or smaller tractor/buckrake mostly supplied by farmers. Pit compaction was fine and wastage very low but this year we have only had 939 on all pits so far due to the weather windows... other than on one farm where it was needed on the wagon due to steepness and wetness of the fields (We swapped manitou 840 & puma onto the pit for one day)</p><p>We cleared over 450acres on 4 farms in 3 days with alot of travel between farms, small tight pits and very heavy crops and only a big shovel or 939 type machine would have managed on the pit on its own whilst leaving a good job. </p><p>Fixed cost hire, low fuel use and o feel that its being run cheaper than alot of shovels and they are becoming the norm now in many sp teams.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DGC1, post: 459754, member: 680"] No offence taken... I agree that 939 is an expensive pit machine at face value but being honest it is hired and it has a fixed price per hour. it uses less fuel per hour than any shovel, is fast on the road, lower cab height and gets used on the triples, seeder etc etc so is not a one trick pony. its weight and ability is only needed when the pressure is on when we have to pair the wagons in wet weather. 90% of our pits last year (when it was dry!) were done with one wagon and grass handled with teleporter or smaller tractor/buckrake mostly supplied by farmers. Pit compaction was fine and wastage very low but this year we have only had 939 on all pits so far due to the weather windows... other than on one farm where it was needed on the wagon due to steepness and wetness of the fields (We swapped manitou 840 & puma onto the pit for one day) We cleared over 450acres on 4 farms in 3 days with alot of travel between farms, small tight pits and very heavy crops and only a big shovel or 939 type machine would have managed on the pit on its own whilst leaving a good job. Fixed cost hire, low fuel use and o feel that its being run cheaper than alot of shovels and they are becoming the norm now in many sp teams. [/QUOTE]
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