Horsch Sprinter 12SW

Will a Challenger 775E be ok on this drill, using 3” Bourgault points? Undulations rather than hills.

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Seen a 7250 Magnum dualled up (850’s) pulling an 8m version with huge seed/fert cart on clay soils but mostly flat, if that’s any help. He was doing a decent forward speed as well.
 

ajd132

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Adam driver ajd on here from what I can see from his Facebook is pulling his now with an 8rx so he’ll be a good guide
Banana bar is 5 mins down the road from me, 8rx is fine on it but it does make it work. I don’t know if twin tracks rather than 4 would make a difference for traction?
He did come for a look a few weeks ago but I had just driven it into a wet hole I should have known better about
 

Banana Bar

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I don’t think a 775e is up to the job really. Pulling it straight in good going would be a breeze but lugging it around corners on headlands or when conditions got wetter I don’t think it would stand a chance. I’m not keen on the depreciation on a new big tractor but large frame challengers are looking reasonable value now.

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Shutesy

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I don’t think a 775e is up to the job really. Pulling it straight in good going would be a breeze but lugging it around corners on headlands or when conditions got wetter I don’t think it would stand a chance. I’m not keen on the depreciation on a new big tractor but large frame challengers are looking reasonable value now.

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I know AWT pull theres with a 865/875 series challenger quite happily with a decent forward speed. I would think a 700 series wont quite have the grunt required when needed as you have said.
 

ajd132

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I don’t think a 775e is up to the job really. Pulling it straight in good going would be a breeze but lugging it around corners on headlands or when conditions got wetter I don’t think it would stand a chance. I’m not keen on the depreciation on a new big tractor but large frame challengers are looking reasonable value now.

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I think 7 series twin track wouldn’t be good enough when doing headlands and corners, I think one side would spin up to be perfectly honest with you. You will have to get an 8rx, your dad liked it!
 

ajd132

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I know AWT pull theres with a 865/875 series challenger quite happily with a decent forward speed. I would think a 700 series wont quite have the grunt required when needed as you have said.
Yeh they do but that would be easy with a 600hp+ machine, our quad track was well overpowered on the drill.
 

Alistair Nelson

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E Yorks
Interestingly thinking about it the first 12m CO was sold in north lincs to John Rainthorpe and he was going to pull it with a 9380 wheeled case 360hp but could pull it so swooped onto a 440 quad but obviously that was with duetts rather than Dutch / Bourgault coulters.
 
Interestingly thinking about it the first 12m CO was sold in north lincs to John Rainthorpe and he was going to pull it with a 9380 wheeled case 360hp but could pull it so swooped onto a 440 quad but obviously that was with duetts rather than Dutch / Bourgault coulters.
they set off to pull it wit a cat 55 , asked me if it would pull it , I said no with a laugh , struggled wit our 6m with 200hp massy , the said drill set off straight and slowly got more banana shaped as they put bigger tractors on , when they got rid of it , it stood for years at brocks:)
 

ajd132

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Interestingly thinking about it the first 12m CO was sold in north lincs to John Rainthorpe and he was going to pull it with a 9380 wheeled case 360hp but could pull it so swooped onto a 440 quad but obviously that was with duetts rather than Dutch / Bourgault coulters.
Our old 8m on duets actually took more pulling the the 12m on dutches
 

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