Telehandler vs tractor for daily chores ?

[Andrew]

A front end loader maybe a little cheaper to run per hour. If you have one, and it wouldn't take much longer to do with a FEL, then get on with it.
But going out and buying one purely because it's slightly cheaper to run per hour seems a bit daft if you're keeping the telehandler. 2 machines will always cost more than 1.

 

[som farmer]

son has changed back to FEL, and pleased that he has, 50% of handlers use, was convenience, needed to up grade our main tractor, so put a loader on it. Not sure l approved, couldn't really imagine life without one, but always had an older FEL about, now we have 2, our yards are fairly straight forward, and to be fair, we haven't really missed it, and our new NH, reaches everything we need it to, and at 160hp, does the secondary work we need it to do, which is mainly silageing. Suits us exactly.

 

[steveR]

had a demo 2 yrs ago. Don’t. Just don’t.

Too crude...? I looked at one a couple of years ago as I was on the yard.

Built to a price.... which is a hell of a lot less than mainstream kit! I was interested to see some OK reviews for them from real users.

Probably not like living in muck and silage effluent... but what does

 

[Old apprentice]

I had a 4cx took back acter of when we had finished doing dining work talk about a machine for quick loader work nothing to compare but an extending boon has its benefits.

 

[cousinjack]

A front end loader maybe a little cheaper to run per hour. If you have one, and it wouldn't take much longer to do with a FEL, then get on with it.
But going out and buying one purely because it's slightly cheaper to run per hour seems a bit daft if you're keeping the telehandler. 2 machines will always cost more than 1.

This exactly ^^

the 390 is just sitting around not doing much….
Thought using it may help get a few more years out of the telehandler

I’m not going out and buying something because it will be cheaper to run than my telehandler ….

 

[cousinjack]

another suggestion: if you like your masseys, get rid of the 390 and the handler and buy a mf 5455 with a good loader (quicke/trima/mx) and the 100L/min hydraulic pumps. the 390 will be pretty awful as a loader tractor. im not a massey fan but the 5455 is an awesome setup with the right loader, and handy for a bit of fieldwork too.

I don’t like massey’s

I’m not ‘allowed’ to sell it though

 

[Spud]

The benefits of a low cabin/seat are often underated I believe.

You reckon? Our TM320s JCB is the highest of our 3 telehandlers, and is first choice for pretty much anything, partly due to visibility at height

 

[Spud]

My 21 year son had never used a tractor and loader this year the old JCB we have a home was playing up so he had to borrow a loader tractor to move bales it wasn’t an old tractor either. I got a phone call from him nearly in tears telling me if I ever bought a loader tractor he was never working for me again.

Did you tell the soft lad to get a grip?

 

[Drillman]

You reckon? Our TM320s JCB is the highest of our 3 telehandlers, and is first choice for pretty much anything, partly due to visibility at height

Our use bendy loader I do like for some jobs as visibility is better than the side boom loader

 

[Grass And Grain]

Got a JCB 536-60 for loading grain, FYM, bales from field etc.

However, for feeding up I use the 1978 Sambron J24S. Moves round bales of straw and fills ring feeders. Nice low and easy cab access (no door). Windscreen never steams up so good visibility (it doesn't have a windscreen). Doesn't use much fuel (3 cylinder Deutz). Starts on cold mornings. Controllable hydrostatic. Zero depreciation over past 20 years. Just a bit slow in 4WD/1st gear.

Worst thing about a tractor and FEL would be climbing up into cab.

 

[Spud]

Our use bendy loader I do like for some jobs as visibility is better than the side boom loader

Its about 20% faster for loading wagons that the sideboom, and way superior for bedding up or mucking out.

 

[Grass And Grain]

Our use bendy loader I do like for some jobs as visibility is better than the side boom loader

Which one do you jump on for morning feeding duties?

 

[Drillman]

Its about 20% faster for loading wagons that the sideboom, and way superior for bedding up or mucking out.

Ours is an old matbro it can’t match the newer side boom machine but is proving useful as a back up/ bale loader

far better than a tractor loader as well as there no good in our tighter sheds

 

[Spud]

Ours is an old matbro it can’t match the newer side boom machine but is proving useful as a back up/ bale loader

far better than a tractor loader as well as there no good in our tighter sheds

If the fronts in the back follows

 

[Drillman]

Which one do you jump on for morning feeding duties?

Both of them.

bale unroller lives on the bendy one the side boom does silage into feeders with a spike and fills hoppers with bucket

mainly cos side boom has hyd locking so easy to swap attachments, bendy has an adapter plate on it with manual locking. So tends to just do the one job.

theory is if they both get used most days they always start wen we need them.

 

[Drillman]

Got a JCB 536-60 for loading grain, FYM, bales from field etc.

However, for feeding up I use the 1978 Sambron J24S. Moves round bales of straw and fills ring feeders. Nice low and easy cab access (no door). Windscreen never steams up so good visibility (it doesn't have a windscreen). Doesn't use much fuel (3 cylinder Deutz). Starts on cold mornings. Controllable hydrostatic. Zero depreciation over past 20 years. Just a bit slow in 4WD/1st gear.

Worst thing about a tractor and FEL would be climbing up into cab.

No worst thing about tractor loaders is I find you gotta use that pedal on the left for fine control work.

Telehandler you just ease the brake or nudge the boom out a bit.

i know which my left knee prefers and is the reason why the loader tractor left 4 year ago and wasn’t replaced.

 

[cousinjack]

No worst thing about tractor loaders is I find you gotta use that pedal on the left for fine control work.

Telehandler you just ease the brake or nudge the boom out a bit.

i know which my left knee prefers and is the reason why the loader tractor left 4 year ago and wasn’t replaced.

Our cat has the brake on the left, and frankly the pedal is heavier than most clutch pedals

 

[Lowland1]

Did you tell the soft lad to get a grip?

Are you mental it's 2021 I had to send him for counselling as he felt I didn't love him. It's no good telling today's youth you had to drive a Nuffield and horndraulic loader that you could neither steer or tip you might as well tell them that you used to have to pick bales up by hand and that the novelty spiked hand tool in the corner was for picking up pig muck they just won't believe you.

 

[Boysground]

Got a JCB 536-60 for loading grain, FYM, bales from field etc.

However, for feeding up I use the 1978 Sambron J24S. Moves round bales of straw and fills ring feeders. Nice low and easy cab access (no door). Windscreen never steams up so good visibility (it doesn't have a windscreen). Doesn't use much fuel (3 cylinder Deutz). Starts on cold mornings. Controllable hydrostatic. Zero depreciation over past 20 years. Just a bit slow in 4WD/1st gear.

Worst thing about a tractor and FEL would be climbing up into cab.

J24s that’s a proper machine. Dad had 2 or 3, was the first farmer in the area to have anything like that. I clearly remember him telling me that his friends thought it a useless machine as all it did was lift things and they would never catch on.

2 manitous here now, won’t ever go back.

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[Yale]

Perfect solution. (however not cheap!)