New toy day

[manfromhill]

A 526 is it one of the last

 

[Fragonard]

Thought it was only fitting to stay the same colour after 24 years of service from the old 135

What size are the back tyres?

 

[Ducati899]

A 526 is it one of the last

got it September last year...not sure when they stopped making them

 

[Ducati899]

What size are the back tyres?

I’ll have to look tomorrow,cant remember off top of my head

 

[Al R]

Yes exactly same bit of towing and running round stock will get around 200mile from tank pulling all time and on road lessens it abit but got some pull not exactly pulling your average quad trailerView attachment 905615

Whats the canopy and how much?
dogs aren’t keen and so far only managed to chain 2 to the bike.

 

[Fendt516profi]

Tfm mesh canopy around £700ish all the benefits of a canopy with the visibility of one without. Dealer had never seen one before can't believe there not more popular

 

[manfromhill]

got it September last year...not sure when they stopped making them

Christmas went to trade mine during summer didn’t realised they stopped making them

 

[Lazy Sod]

Farm buggies just don't look right to me, the wheels are too small.

 

[Hard Graft]

Have a 2001 l200 for the farm and all its miles are hard off road
and a full tank does about 150 miles for 75 lt

 

[Fendt516profi]

Have a 2001 l200 for the farm and all its miles are hard off road
and a full tank does about 150 miles for 75 lt

Hope since it's all off road you can at least fill it with red

 

[kiwi pom]

The one on the right arrived earlier in the week.View attachment 905599

Genuine question because I've never driven one but it doesn't seem that much smaller than a pick up (assuming you have one) and I don't imagine they're cheap. Are they worth the money, could you not just use a pick up?

 

[Al R]

Genuine question because I've never driven one but it doesn't seem that much smaller than a pick up (assuming you have one) and I don't imagine they're cheap. Are they worth the money, could you not just use a pick up?

I have a pickup, this would be half the size. Price wise not far off the pickup. Their a lot lighter than the pickup and definitely more suited to outdoor work. The turning circle is actually better than the Honda quad I’ve still got. Compaction wise the pickup would sink a lot where as this is spread as light as a quad.

I’m still trying to convince myself I’ve done the right thing too

 

[Hooby Farmer]

I have a pickup, this would be half the size. Price wise not far off the pickup. Their a lot lighter than the pickup and definitely more suited to outdoor work. The turning circle is actually better than the Honda quad I’ve still got. Compaction wise the pickup would sink a lot where as this is spread as light as a quad.

I’m still trying to convince myself I’ve done the right thing too

I'm trying to buy one at the minute, and im trying to convinve myself as well

 

[Celt83]

I have a pickup, this would be half the size. Price wise not far off the pickup. Their a lot lighter than the pickup and definitely more suited to outdoor work. The turning circle is actually better than the Honda quad I’ve still got. Compaction wise the pickup would sink a lot where as this is spread as light as a quad.

I’m still trying to convince myself I’ve done the right thing too

Don't worry about it Al!

In my experience the only one I need to convince when a new purchase lands on the yard is the wife! (as she's usually clueless anythings coming)

 

[Al R]

Don't worry about it Al!

In my experience the only one I need to convince when a new purchase lands on the yard is the wife! (as she's usually clueless anythings coming)

Phew then, it’ll make life easier for her/us with the kids so she’s the one that wanted it

 

[ollie989898]

Hydro-static,got air con mind for those cold frosty mornings

To be fair, you can't beat air con in a scraper tractor because otherwise you can't use the thing for toffee on cold mornings as you just can't see out for the first 3 hours of the day until the sun has been on it.

Hydrostatic, ideal. No clutch to wear out.

 

[ollie989898]

don’t.....biggest regret selling that machine,replacement isn’t a patch on it

I told you what to do, my advice was neglected and look what happened! I'll buy you the machine our of my lottery money next.

 

[manfromhill]

To be fair, you can't beat air con in a scraper tractor because otherwise you can't use the thing for toffee on cold mornings as you just can't see out for the first 3 hours of the day until the sun has been on it.

Hydrostatic, ideal. No clutch to wear out.

Not I’ve you’ve no windows to mist up

 

[Bald Rick]

got it September last year...not sure when they stopped making them

Out of interest, is your machine making horrible turbo whistles?
Don’t know what’s occurring but every new(ish) telehandler or TM we get our hands on makes very strange turbo noises.

 

[mf7480]

Out of interest, is your machine making horrible turbo whistles?
Don’t know what’s occurring but every new(ish) telehandler or TM we get our hands on makes very strange turbo noises.

Our new 320S whistles when your floor it, the 2016 one didn’t. But I wouldn’t call it a horrible noise, neither would I call it a fault? Nobody here has ever commented on it anyway. It’s quite discrete- Doesn’t really matter does it?