Tractor demo

[Agrostar]

Depends how many hrs were clocked over this three day period and the condition the tractor was returned in. (Dirty or clean)

 

[Brisel]

Depends how many hrs were clocked over this three day period and the condition the tractor was returned in. (Dirty or clean)

It was returned early because it broke down 40 miles away. The OP hadn't had time to clean it but did fill the field tank.

 

[Werzle]

I wouldnt go on an 80mile trip with a tractor even if the straw was for free and i was given a brand new demo tractor to do it with

 

[goodevans]

I’m shocked that a TV celebrity couldn’t procure a new one foc.

Half a clue is worse than no clue

 

[2wheels]

Our nextdoor neighbour had a 250hp tractor on demo for a week pulling a Topdown and drilling and i had two different makes of pick up, one for a week to do what I liked with it, and an other for a weekend only as it was fully booked for weeks ahead to treat as my own only asked for it to have a full tank of diesel on return. No point of a demo if you can't use it

i have had a motorbike for a good half day more than once.

 

[Brisel]

I had a car for a day when we were going out. Different brand to what we preferred, but the dealer was happy for us to put a hundred miles on it and hand it back. We bought one of theirs after that, though went above their heads through the Tyson Cooper buying group (via my BASC membership) because we saved £4k doing so.

 

[farmerdan7618]

Demo use should reflect intended use after purchase, had a demo handler for 4 days once and put 50 hours on it as it was intended to be an intensive use dairy farm.

 

[Robt]

It was 11 years old? And you had it for 4 days? (3.5) I’d pay half and use it as experience!

 

[Sid]

Demo use should reflect intended use after purchase, had a demo handler for 4 days once and put 50 hours on it as it was intended to be an intensive use dairy farm.

50 hours!

Did it take that long to realise you liked it or not?

I'd be embarrassed to send something back with that many hours on it.

 

[farmerdan7618]

50 hours!

Did it take that long to realise you liked it or not?

I'd be embarrassed to send something back with that many hours on it.

Wasn't a case of whether I liked it,was whether it could cope with the workload. Bought a new one after the demo. All seemed happy

 

[Matt77]

Years ago when I was on the dairy farm, we would have most tractors and loadalls on demo for a week, got on well with the dealers to be fair and did buy everything new but a week wasn’t thought much of, I’d do the mucking out if we had a loadall on demo, calves and followers too, would be at it all week.

 

[Bullring]

80 miles isn’t that far, if you was on silage pulling trailers then 150-200 miles a day isn’t out of the way, probably only 12-14 hours worth.

 

[dave6470]

I had the demo of a secondhad tractor last spring for 3 weeks as was short of tractor at potato planting as a neighbour that usually comes with his tractor woodent come because of covid
dealer was happy for me to have it for that time i did offer to hire it dealer said it did the tractor good to get worked as it had sat in there yard for 6 months ended up buying it

 

[Bury the Trash]

I wouldnt go on an 80mile trip with a tractor even if the straw was for free and i was given a brand new demo tractor to do it with

Exactly its a Job for a lorry.

 

[Katarina]

I’m shocked that a TV celebrity couldn’t procure a new one foc.

Ha ha I’m sure a TV celebrity can but this family farm couldn’t.

 

[Katarina]

I think I would speak to the dealer to try and sort something out, not put it on a public forum, it's a 12 yo tractor so anything can happen!, but would agree its slightly stretching any goodwill by travelling 40 miles for straw, you're maybe two of a kind Lol, blame on both sides perhaps.

I don’t get where your coming from . A demo isn’t just having a dandy round the yard and taking a few silage bales out. If I’m spending 35k I need to see how it works and put it through it’s paces . Seems we all have different viewpoints but this comment saying we are a two of kind takes the p&ss . Read the previous comments I’ve put on and I asked if I could fetch straw back with it . When I hired the New Holland I paid £120 a day hire. Fetched two loads home and then ended buying the tractor. Good will goes a long way.

 

[Katarina]

Exactly its a Job for a lorry.

If I can do it myself cheaper with a tractor then I’m happy to do so .

 

[Katarina]

I wouldnt go on an 80mile trip with a tractor even if the straw was for free and i was given a brand new demo tractor to do it with

Good for you . Clearly you have plenty of straw in your barns and wealth of wisdom to know what everyone should do in life.

 

[clodshopper]

If I can do it myself cheaper with a tractor then I’m happy to do so .

it could be even cheaper using someone else's tractor

 

[DrWazzock]

We are expected to shell out tens of thousands of pounds and maybe spend thousands of hours operating these tractors. I’d consider a weeks free demo to be quite in order.