New toy day

[Bossfarmer]

I was told/offered £99k, albeit power command with manual spools.

The list of incentives appears to be growing, too.

The ex-hire ones Lloyds punted at euro auctions must feature in every conversation.

i like to pay around 70k 2nd hand

 

[Luke20]

150k, higher or lower?

much much lower

 

[vantage]

the new defenders look good, but would a used one be as reliable as say a bmw or audi? which have equal kerb appeal

That isn’t a very high bar judging by reliability surveys!

 

[Bobthebuilder]

Treated myself for my 50th, got 2 Landies!View attachment 1171445

Bet the one in the box lasts longer

 

[puntabrava]

For all the sfi planting.
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What’s the story with the 8000 series in the background

 

[alomy75]

This turned up today; didn’t fancy cutting a load of sfi with a verge mower. She (seems to be) an animal!

 

[L P]

What’s the story with the 8000 series in the background

She's my cultivations tractor, 8400. Pretty certain it was delivered here brand new when we used to store Michael Lawrence's new arrivals for him, it was sold new to Compton Beauchamp Estates and ended up with Michael Potter outside Wantage where it was used on the clamp and a 6m powerharrow. Never been 20 miles from the farm here. Bloody lovely tractor.

 

[puntabrava]

She's my cultivations tractor, 8400. Pretty certain it was delivered here brand new when we used to store Michael Lawrence's new arrivals for him, it was sold new to Compton Beauchamp Estates and ended up with Michael Potter outside Wantage where it was used on the clamp and a 6m powerharrow. Never been 20 miles from the farm here. Bloody lovely tractor.View attachment 1171870

Thank you for the reply, yes is a thing of beauty, those 8000’s are almost as good as it will ever be for tractor design and longevity.
That new exhaust stack would not of been cheap.

 

[L P]

Thank you for the reply, yes is a thing of beauty, those 8000’s are almost as good as it will ever be for tractor design and longevity.

Except the front diff... which exploded last autumn at great expense... this one of course was a rare one that I couldn't source second hand in Europe or America...

 

[Cotlandfarmer]

She's my cultivations tractor, 8400. Pretty certain it was delivered here brand new when we used to store Michael Lawrence's new arrivals for him, it was sold new to Compton Beauchamp Estates and ended up with Michael Potter outside Wantage where it was used on the clamp and a 6m powerharrow. Never been 20 miles from the farm here. Bloody lovely tractor.View attachment 1171870

I thought Michael Potter bought his 8400 from Lonsdale estate when he got the contract farming agreement?

 

[L P]

I thought Michael Potter bought his 8400 from Lonsdale estate when he got the contract farming agreement?

How dare you pick me up on being wrong!! You're absolutely right, I went through this with Jamie at Hunts who used to be workshop manager at Lawrence's before the franchise was pulled, initially he thought it went to Compton Beauchamp but later established it was Lonsdale that bought it. Should have bought Michael's 8320? too really.

 

[JP1]

Richard keeps his kit at my place and uses the workshop. I use his two prong pick for flicking big bale straw bedding about and he made me my own longer handle version out of a re-worked old 4 prong fork

Very happy

 

[vantage]

Richard keeps his kit at my place and uses the workshop. I use his two prong pick for flicking big bale straw bedding about and he made me my own longer handle version out of a re-worked old 4 prong fork

Very happy

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That has to be the lowest cost thing on this thread!

 

[JP1]

That has to be the lowest cost thing on this thread!

Even the wood insert that attaches the prong bulkhead to the pipe is re-used dowel ............

 

[kiwi pom]

With the new China defender, knock off
Coming to the marketplace shortly will give them a run for their money.

GWM Tank?

 

[CPF]

GWM Tank?

There one of them on the campsite, looks more like a jeep.
Spoken to the gentleman, he really likes it, he swapped in a 2016 Nissan patrol for it
He said it was more comfortable and very capable 4x4. But could only tow 2000 kg.

 

[CPF]

GWM Tank?

Landrover along with TATA as 50 % share in the company of chery the state own car manufacture . And they make landrover parts along with vehicles .

 

[Wesley]

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Thats not a serious name?! I can imagine it now, a nun knocks on a persons door in the pouring rain & asks if she can have a lift as her car has just broken down…*man goes to get his keys* “of course I’ll give you a lift, just step inside out of the rain a minute while I get my wang out”

 

[CPF]

Thats not a serious name?! I can imagine it now, a nun knocks on a persons door in the pouring rain & asks if she can have a lift as her car has just broken down…*man goes to get his keys* “of course I’ll give you a lift, just step inside out of the rain a minute while I get my wang out”

Yangwang in english means “looking up” , ‘admire’
So she might like it

 

[kiwi pom]

There one of them on the campsite, looks more like a jeep.
Spoken to the gentleman, he really likes it, he swapped in a 2016 Nissan patrol for it
He said it was more comfortable and very capable 4x4. But could only tow 2000 kg.

There's one at the local dealers must go and have a decent look at it.
As far as I can tell less than half the price of a LandRover with a 7 year warranty, towing doesn't matter to me.

Of course it's Chinese so it's very wrong to buy one and the Chinese government will use it to spy on you and take control of it while your driving to bring the country to its knees.
Might risk it though