High Houred Pivot Steer Handler

[Chips]

Contemplating getting one of the above as now my son is getting older my loader tractor is clocking the hours up as it gets used more and more for field work . As we are small farmers loading alone would only come to a few hundred hours/year so thought a high hours handler might be an alternative to updating the loader tractor , make my life easier and still have a loader tractor should the handler break down which no doubt it will .
Which of the following with circa 7k hrs plus would be the safest bet , JD3800 , JCB TM300/310 , Schaffer 9330 ?
The JD looks to have the nicest cab and compact but obviously no longer in production ,so would parts become an issue .
JCB's seem to hold their value , probably for a reason but look a big old bus .
Schaffer seems to be lowest height but a hyrdostatic gearbox which was hopeless on my banks when I had a mini pivot steer in the past but maybe is not a problem on a full size one .
Or as I seem to keep hearing old handlers are just money pits thus maybe cash better spent updating loader tractor .

 

[cotswoldcs]

Tricky. What's your budget? Love our JD3800 but would be cautious of buying another now as they hold their value S/H and as you say parts may become an issue. TM310 would be a good choice. What do you need it for? Telehandlers are great but would another loader tractor be more useful?

 

[daveydiesel1]

Friend of a friend had jcb 310s and changed it to weidemann. Told me the fuel difference would nearly make the payments to change to weidemann

 

[Jdunn55]

We have a terex t250 telehandler which is just an updated John Deere, had for 6 years now with around 9k (I think) hours, love it and wouldn't consider not having one. I've driven standard handlers at work and they are not on the same level as the centre pivots. Don't worry about parts we haven't had many issues with ours but if we do parts don't seem to be a problem at all. From what I understand jcb however like to charge a fortune for their parts. If you buy a matbro/john deere/terex, as long as you don't over pay, you won't be disappointed.

 

[solo]

JD are still supplying parts but the prices seem to have gone up more compared to tractor parts.

 

[Mr Charisma]

Have had a couple of issues getting certain parts for our jd 3800, but was a lovely machine to operate

 

[vantage]

@Headless chicken had a JD pivot for sale recently.

 

[Headless chicken]

@Headless chicken had a JD pivot for sale recently.

currently still here but under offer I think.