Kramer or new model JCB telehandler.

[Hilly]

Torque converter versus hydrostatic.

Not sure of a hydrostatic for silage clamp work.

Merlo is good on pit .

 

[farmerman]

No idea on modern loadalls, but ones Bristish and the other ones built offshore . If there’s nothing between them , Support home built machines! .

 

[RJ1]

Quite funny this business of supporting JCB because they're British.

The company played quite a role in promoting Brexit and shafting the agricultural industry in the process. It then - like quite a few prominent Brexiters - invested heavily in premises somewhere other than the UK (Germany in JCB's case) to shield itself from the carnage it coveted.

Get both on demo and pick the best package for you.

 

[whindy]

We have a new model class 637 pre production model probably 1st one in the uk
Fairly happy with it
The transmission could be smoother and the hydraulics could be better
We had a Kramer version before that
We were offered on a good deal
Has had regular updates along the way and a few gremlins which was to be expected
The best thing about it is the service from claas eastern .nothing to much trouble .
Had jcb in the past poor service and a very arrogant manufacture.

 

[Lakesdigger]

Quite funny this business of supporting JCB because they're British.

The company played quite a role in promoting Brexit and shafting the agricultural industry in the process. It then - like quite a few prominent Brexiters - invested heavily in premises somewhere other than the UK (Germany in JCB's case) to shield itself from the carnage it coveted.

Get both on demo and pick the best package for you.

Lot of jcb parts are made in China and shipped to UK for assembly.

 

[ACEngineering]

Lot of jcb parts are made in China and shipped to UK for assembly.

thats probably why they were the very first business to start having supply issues earlier in the year when china shut down was on TV i think how they had to go on reduced hours etc etc due to lack of parts supply a good month or more before we locked down around March.

 

[farmerman]

There still assembled in the U.K. more British than a Kramer, buy the best to fit you farm .

ag been shafted for many years, well before brexit became a thing.

 

[ollie989898]

We have a new model class 637 pre production model probably 1st one in the uk
Fairly happy with it
The transmission could be smoother and the hydraulics could be better
We had a Kramer version before that
We were offered on a good deal
Has had regular updates along the way and a few gremlins which was to be expected
The best thing about it is the service from claas eastern .nothing to much trouble .
Had jcb in the past poor service and a very arrogant manufacture.

The Claas model numbers confuse the hell out of me. Is that the newest generation of machine?

 

[ollandroverman]

Quite funny this business of supporting JCB because they're British.

The company played quite a role in promoting Brexit and shafting the agricultural industry in the process. It then - like quite a few prominent Brexiters - invested heavily in premises somewhere other than the UK (Germany in JCB's case) to shield itself from the carnage it coveted.

Get both on demo and pick the best package for you.

JCB has 22 plants, 11 in 11 different countries. This isn't a new thing investing in another country.
It supports a huge number of jobs in the UK.

 

[Hilly]

Quite funny this business of supporting JCB because they're British.

The company played quite a role in promoting Brexit and shafting the agricultural industry in the process. It then - like quite a few prominent Brexiters - invested heavily in premises somewhere other than the UK (Germany in JCB's case) to shield itself from the carnage it coveted.

Get both on demo and pick the best package for you.

Shafting agg ? I don’t think so .

 

[Hilly]

thats probably why they were the very first business to start having supply issues earlier in the year when china shut down was on TV i think how they had to go on reduced hours etc etc due to lack of parts supply a good month or more before we locked down around March.

And do some machines not have anything made on China in them ? I doubt it .

 

[whindy]

The Claas model numbers confuse the hell out of me. Is that the newest generation of machine?

Yes just coming up 3yo

 

[whindy]

Jcb only runing at 50% production due to part supply. According to sales man yesterday.
Would imagine it will be a long wait for a new one

 

[RJ1]

JCB has 22 plants, 11 in 11 different countries. This isn't a new thing investing in another country.
It supports a huge number of jobs in the UK.

Conincidental timing that they choose to invet in Germany when they've cut the UK off then I guess.

We should probably just tally up the jobs that Brexit will cost and compare it against how many JCB support and see whether they're still good for it.

Anyway, not the place for this.

 

[ACEngineering]

And do some machines not have anything made on China in them ? I doubt it .

Of cause they all do. Just made me laugh cause it was JCB that was the first to start moaning about there parts supply.

I dont understand the mentality of spending 60k to 80k on a machine just because and for no other reason than its British!
If another machine is better suited to your business why rule it out cause its built in another country, that's just silly.

 

[Hilly]

Of cause they all do. Just made me laugh cause it was JCB that was the first to start moaning about there parts supply.

I dont understand the mentality of spending 60k to 80k on a machine just because and for no other reason than its British!
If another machine is better suited to your business why rule it out cause its built in another country, that's just silly.

It’s not silly at all it’s all about looking after number one first, If your local town has full employment it’s a nice place to be , if that employment is exported abroad and your local town has high unemployment it’s turns a sh!t hole .

 

[Hilly]

Of cause they all do. Just made me laugh cause it was JCB that was the first to start moaning about there parts supply.

I dont understand the mentality of spending 60k to 80k on a machine just because and for no other reason than its British!
If another machine is better suited to your business why rule it out cause its built in another country, that's just silly.

And another thing you work for farmers if everyone took your attitude buys forigen food you won’t have any handlers to fix here in the U.K.

 

[manfromhill]

Jcb only runing at 50% production due to part supply. According to sales man yesterday.
Would imagine it will be a long wait for a new one

When I priced up one in sept think it was dec delivery but I don’t know if there just working on specific models

 

[lloyd]

And another thing you work for farmers if everyone took your attitude buys forigen food you won’t have any handlers to fix here in the U.K.

Industrial telehandlers?

 

[lloyd]

It’s not silly at all it’s all about looking after number one first, If your local town has full employment it’s a nice place to be , if that employment is exported abroad and your local town has high unemployment it’s turns a sh!t hole .

I went around the JCB factory in the early 90s during the recession ,
I often think they are pretty fast at lightning their job requirements .
Perhaps that is how to run a successful business.