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Anyone know a ball park figure for a new one? Thanks.
4m ex demo Spirit was 80k this autumn.Bought 1 a year ago, it was ordered as vaderstads demo machine but they sold it.
Full spec - central tyre press, system disc aggressive, grain and fert, ipad control.
Was over £60k! Should cost nothing to run for 3000ac.
Need 2% extra yield over 5yrs to pay for it. Will also use less P fertiliser.
Agreed, they are an excellent drill, have one myself, paid 14k for it years ago and then went through it last year, which cost a further £4.5k. I would have bought my friends one if I hadn't have done mine up.Agreed they are expensive but my P fertiliser bill is around 30k and it will sow 500k worth of crops.
The stakes are much higher than 2 years ago.
I dropped from a 4m and cut 60hp off the drilling tractor. New drill and 1300hr second hand 175hp tractor cost same as new (ex stock) 215 JD.
Agreed they are expensive but my P fertiliser bill is around 30k and it will sow 500k worth of crops.
The stakes are much higher than 2 years ago.
I dropped from a 4m and cut 60hp off the drilling tractor. New drill and 1300hr second hand 175hp tractor cost same as new (ex stock) 215 JD.
Agreed they are expensive but my P fertiliser bill is around 30k and it will sow 500k worth of crops.
The stakes are much higher than 2 years ago.
I dropped from a 4m and cut 60hp off the drilling tractor. New drill and 1300hr second hand 175hp tractor cost same as new (ex stock) 215 JD.
I dont understand why more farmers don't put them through a workshop and chuck £5-10k at them rather than replace. All the parts are easily available. Very simple drills, we do something to ours most years.
Output has dropped no doubt but there is not many 4m g&f vaderstads - only box drills which have poor residuals in UK.I'm surprised you were happy to drop down for a 3m from a 4m though - I know hp requirement is less but the turning bores the hell out of me. 4m would be about 40% faster at least surely?
By placing P I am happy to drop 30% of applied.Why is it dropping your P use?
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I'm surprised you were happy to drop down for a 3m from a 4m though - I know hp requirement is less but the turning bores the hell out of me. 4m would be about 40% faster at least surely?
I started with a 3m, done the last 10 years with a 4m and have just bought a tidy 6m. Mostly because of its condition, if I could have found a 4m as good I may have bought that. I am looking forward to driving a little slower though
My record with the 3m was 70ac of wheat in a day but that was really pushing it.
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What hp will it need to pull the 6m drill up your steep slopes along the Chitterne road, @Boysground?I started with a 3m, done the last 10 years with a 4m and have just bought a tidy 6m. Mostly because of its condition, if I could have found a 4m as good I may have bought that. I am looking forward to driving a little slower though
Bought 1 a year ago, it was ordered as vaderstads demo machine but they sold it.
Full spec - central tyre press, system disc aggressive, grain and fert, ipad control.
Was over £60k! Should cost nothing to run for 3000ac.
Need 2% extra yield over 5yrs to pay for it. Will also use less P fertiliser.
Thought the Triton guy had gone quiet!Jesus Christ . 3m Triton with front or rear mounted hopper is half the price if not a bit more. You could run 1.5t of seed in the rear and 1.5t if fert in the front if you really wanted.
Thought the Triton guy had gone quiet!
Are you taking over?