S Trac Sprayer ?

[Oscar]

Any body on here own or operate a S Trac sprayer ? For those unsure, its a forward control based Unimog conversion done by South Cave Tractors, Yorkshire.
Reason - well I run a Bateman Rb35 and very happy with both it and Batemans [plus the factory is only an hour away] however I am now working upto 35 miles from home on a regular basis and although I have a build slot for a new Bateman in November, I m wondering if its the right tool for the job given all the road miles . I have owned Unimogs and MB Tracs over the years and think that maybe a S Trac would be better for me.
Any opinions ???

 

[Chae1]

We'd a contractor in with one of these doing a bit of work for us. Said it was good on road and no wheel motors to go wrong.


http://knight-ltd.co.uk/FastracFC.html

 

[Clive]

Any body on here own or operate a S Trac sprayer ? For those unsure, its a forward control based Unimog conversion done by South Cave Tractors, Yorkshire.
Reason - well I run a Bateman Rb35 and very happy with both it and Batemans [plus the factory is only an hour away] however I am now working upto 35 miles from home on a regular basis and although I have a build slot for a new Bateman in November, I m wondering if its the right tool for the job given all the road miles . I have owned Unimogs and MB Tracs over the years and think that maybe a S Trac would be better for me.
Any opinions ???

Have you looked at fastrac forward control ? If we had stayed self prop I think that would have been what we went with because if the road work we do now

 

[Oscar]

Sort of forgot about fastrac conversion but yes would be an option and British !!
Will look into this next week and although I had no intention of going to Cereals 18 , think that maybe it would be sensible to go .

 

[Tompkins]

Can't see the point of FC fastrac, why not just go for demount and front tank? At least you can use the tractor separately and would probably be worth more second also?

 

[Chae1]

Better ground clearance and the option to fit proper lgp tyres are 2 of main benefits over demount sprayer on fastrac.