Welsh sheep man
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Looking at buying a 60 k tractor ,
JCb fastrac or valtra for a 60 k tractor
- Thread starter Welsh sheep man
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Pistonbroke
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Valtra will do about 60 but not legally. JCB legal at that and more. Depends on how nasty your local plod are and what you do with it at other times. Ours does 53k and police don't care ,spud farm not far away were getting pulled over all the time and had to change for fastracks.
kiwi pom
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- Location
- canterbury NZ
To do what?
- Location
- Bedfordshire
Fastrac every time
michael N123
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T7 with a laptop at it do the same job 
Either would be good for that money
Bossfarmer
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- Location
- between Perth and Inverness
Ive heard fastracks are very expensive to run, terrible for breakdowns but nice to drive seemingly
limits your choice then, fastrack, unimog or break the law
"Rules are made for the obedience of fools, and the guidance of wise men" (Douglas Bader)
My pickup does 115mph, doesn't mean it's safe to go that fast
Mind you, about the only place in the whole of Wales quiet and safe enough to go faster than a pensioners bicycle is probably Anglesey racetrack?
davidroberts30
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
pendine sands"Rules are made for the obedience of fools, and the guidance of wise men" (Douglas Bader)
My pickup does 115mph, doesn't mean it's safe to go that fast
Mind you, about the only place in the whole of Wales quiet and safe enough to go faster than a pensioners bicycle is probably Anglesey racetrack?
- Location
- Wiltshire
I have to drive 20 miles between 2 farms. Mostly A road a little dual carriageway, narrow road and 5 or 6 miles of 30mph limit. Generally I work on about 45mins to do the journey. We had a 60kph Fendt 828 on demo and it made the journey only a little bit faster. The reality was the tractor was always being held up by other traffic. It’s a busy road and somebody is always going slow or there’s so much traffic everyone is stopped.
We decided 60kph wasn’t a necessary thing for us.
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We decided 60kph wasn’t a necessary thing for us.
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Pistonbroke
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You notice a big difference from a 30 k to a 40 or 50 but the increase in the higher speeds doesn't make a massive difference to your day
800 series Fendt would be a better option unless you are spending lots of time on dual carriageways. I had a new Valtra and like a lot of people round here who have had them soon realised they are trading on their previous faultless reputation for being well built when in reality the new ones are disappointing to say the least.
michael N123
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I’d be pretty sick sat at 30k all day
Pistonbroke
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Depends what you're doing and how often. I used to take our wool in with a 30 k tractor,40 mike's round trip once a year. 50k tractor saves a quarter of an hour each way. Hardly life changing is it?I’d be pretty sick sat at 30k all day
- Location
- Wiltshire
I used to do my trip in 40kph tractors all the time. It’s certainly not the end of the world. Just a little more planning as I would avoid just running there and back for one job like I can do now. Perhaps that just means I was more efficient with a slower tractor.
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I assumed the OP is wanting to keep pace with teh traffic on the A55...."Rules are made for the obedience of fools, and the guidance of wise men" (Douglas Bader)
My pickup does 115mph, doesn't mean it's safe to go that fast
Mind you, about the only place in the whole of Wales quiet and safe enough to go faster than a pensioners bicycle is probably Anglesey racetrack?
- Location
- Co antrim
What do u run now in place of the valtra
- Location
- N.Yorkshire
my t235 does 57 k our fastrac does 69k. They are a different league on the road but valtra isnt bad. jcb loses speed on the hills.