New (ish) tractor

[Fraserb]

I had a thread on the other site with our new tractor and planned to update it as time went on, seeing as its gone I'll start a new one here.

Its arrival a long with the new mower

 

[Fraserb]

It then spent a while in the workshop getting the front power harrow fitted up

i finally got it into a field for the first time today

Admittedly the tanker wasn't a big test for it

 

[BAC]

why such narrow tyres for the size of the tractor??

 

[Fraserb]

why such narrow tyres for the size of the tractor??

Mainly for spraying and fertiliser, and any time it's on top work it's got duals on. Also it's cheaper wearing these tyres when on roadwork, 650's would be nice but would be expensive wearing them on roadwork

 

[Fraserb]

Well the tractor got a slightly bigger work out today.

 

[Beretta]

Is that drilling rig 4m?

 

[Fraserb]

Is that drilling rig 4m?

Yeah 4m

 

[Henery]

Cracking shed behind....cattle ?

 

[Fraserb]

Cracking shed behind....cattle ?

Yeah thats one of the cubicle sheds, it was just built last year, had a thread with photos of the build on BFF

 

[nick...]

does the tractor struggle with that lot and what sort of speed do you do
nick.............

 

[david]

Thanks for posting your pictures Fraserb - very good ! How do you rate the 6210 ? and how do you get on with the Solitair drill ?

 

[Fraserb]

does the tractor struggle with that lot and what sort of speed do you do
nick.............

Ive plenty of power, yesterday I was running about 7 km/h and it wasnt even boosting, in our lighter land I can get uptp 10-11 km/h

 

[Fraserb]

Thanks for posting your pictures Fraserb - very good ! How do you rate the 6210 ? and how do you get on with the Solitair drill ?

Cheers David, I usually post a fair few photos over the year. The 6210 has been really good so far, I havent done a huge amount with it yet but comparing it to my 7530 its definitely smoother on the road and using less diesel on the same jobs. The solitair drill is excellent, this is our second one the first covered approx 12000 acre and in that time it had, 1 set of disks, two marker mounts and a fan speed sensor. The new one came in 2011 and with the trapeze ring roller on the power harrow I can go in conditions I really shouldn't

 

[stuart]

If you dont mind me asking why do you run the power harrow on the front

 

[Recoil]

Any chance of you starting a thread with pics of the cubicles on? Was a very good read on the other forum.

 

[Fraserb]

If you dont mind me asking why do you run the power harrow on the front

The front power harrow is used on some of our ground, with this ground we've found that if we run the front power harrow pretty slow it seems to level off the ploughing and firm it up so I can then run the rear one shallower and faster and it really breaks the clods as they're kind of held in place. Not sure if that makes any sense but it works for us on certain fields anyway.

 

[Fraserb]

Any chance of you starting a thread with pics of the cubicles on? Was a very good read on the other forum.

Yeah Its no problem to start it again, will start at the beginning in case any one wasnt on the other forum.

 

[stuart]

yep makes sence thanks

 

[Fraserb]

Well had to get one of the run abouts out of semi retirement to rip up some headlands

Had to call in reinforcements where the water had washed out a channel

 

[Mdt]

Mainly for spraying and fertiliser, and any time it's on top work it's got duals on. Also it's cheaper wearing these tyres when on roadwork, 650's would be nice but would be expensive wearing them on roadwork

Wow I feel privileged to have 710's on our runabout 7530.