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Jcb fastrac
- Thread starter Fendt516
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davedb
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- Location
- Staffordshire
That's that settled then
have found the older cheaper ones costly to run and not that reliable which is a shame as they are nice tractors just that they all get the sh!t ragged out of them at harvest timeThat's that settled then
thought you'd appreciate a one word answer rather than an essay
thought you'd appreciate a one word answer rather than an essay
Certainly saves a lot of time reading pages of baloni !!! Lol
fergie35
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- Location
- Oxfordshire
Good buses. Driven several with well over those hours. Last one had 18000 hours and counting 2 years ago. Still in use on same clutch, engine and gearbox.
Depends on price really. Over 20k and its getting pricey. Less than 15k I'd buy it myself. Big factor is smoothshift or not. I.e wet clutch or dry. Dry is fine if you know how to drive properly. Wet if you like to put cheap labour on your tractors as they can stand lots of abuse.
- Location
- Limavady, Northern Ireland
Hire it, give back when finished.
SW Machinery Hire or your local JCB Dealer should be able
SW Machinery Hire or your local JCB Dealer should be able
£700 a week for 8 week hire to include 40hrs a week. Then I think it was £5/hr over that. Will end up paying nearly £7000 for hire...... Not keen.
- Location
- Limavady, Northern Ireland
That seems crazy considering last year i did one for a customer at 500 per week unlimited hours
- Location
- Limavady, Northern Ireland
Sorry 535
Hilly
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders.
There good, auto shift smoothshift no matter there easy split as well.
Rs chunk
Member
Just give it a good look over make sure everything works especially the gearbox and clutch also make sure rear suspension is doing what it should. Fastrac would be fine with 1 driver who's good with the grease gun and spanners not idiots that treat it like a racing car and going like a raped ape and riving at the gear lever
s~~t shoveller
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- Location
- lincs
There's a 3185 on e bay ,smoothshift and looks good.got 3 here and been amongst the best of tractors I've owned ,all got big hours now and still on original transmissions etc ,no big repairs to engines ,clutches ,or tranny,just very careful service and normal use,but don't use ours for that heavy a work, a very good machine in my opinion.don't be too scared if all seems well as any higher houred tractor,look over it and try everything well.