- Location
- Co antrim
The 2 track jds seem to be popular in the states. Presumably thats why fendt still offer them as theyl be sellin them there
Why are second hand rubber tracked crawlers so cheap?
- Thread starter DrWazzock
- Start date
rob h
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- Location
- east yorkshire
i like the idea of ploughing on top rather than running in the furrow. my Nephew runs a class 45 with a 6 furrow dowdeswell it makes a really good job but dose chew up the headlands turning.
- Location
- Co antrim
Is it not harder to keep the tractor in the exact right place all the time when ur not in the furrow?
rob h
Member
- Location
- east yorkshire
It’s easier than you think once you get you’re eye in. I’ve ploughed with track Marshall’s for years but we now don’t use them often
diesel1
Member
- Location
- North Yorkshire
I run a challenger 765, I only have about 140 acres of corn each year, may sound excessive but the best thing I've done on the farm. Use big old machinery with it, very little time in the field making a seed bed.
It does about 100 hrs a year, not cost anything to run in repairs, will last until I retire in about 5 years time, to me, this is the way to go, lots of time on my hands to enjoy other interests
It does about 100 hrs a year, not cost anything to run in repairs, will last until I retire in about 5 years time, to me, this is the way to go, lots of time on my hands to enjoy other interests
- Location
- South Oxfordshire
Bought a Cat MT855, 500+HP from George Sly, demo hours in 2005 for £91,750.
Lovely engine and no EGR or ad-blue rubbish.
No 3pt linkage, as better to pull only and keep a flat track.
Now done just 6000 hours, serviced by ourselves. One rear driveshaft bearing, top section of exhaust and fuel lift pump in 15 years.
I only plan to put 300 hrs a year on her now, so will see me out, dread to think what one would cost now?!
Less than £10/hr ownership. Recent John Deere 6155R figures show a cost of £23/hr over 5 years.
PS
Good driver, my Father at 85
Lovely engine and no EGR or ad-blue rubbish.
No 3pt linkage, as better to pull only and keep a flat track.
Now done just 6000 hours, serviced by ourselves. One rear driveshaft bearing, top section of exhaust and fuel lift pump in 15 years.
I only plan to put 300 hrs a year on her now, so will see me out, dread to think what one would cost now?!
Less than £10/hr ownership. Recent John Deere 6155R figures show a cost of £23/hr over 5 years.
PS
Good driver, my Father at 85
Hilly
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders.
That’s the way !
- Location
- Lincolnshire
I think including the vat and being put in it was £8k. So maybe £2.75/hr. The key is not putting at numpty on the seat of expensive gear you want to last a long time.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
I was always told that 3 point linkage on a crawler was sacrilege and that a flat pull is best. We had a Track Marshall TM110 for a free years flat lifting. It certainly needed grousers if it was wet on top. Weighed about 10 tons and had 10 tons of draft. Could shear a leg bolt on the flat lifter without even noticing. Not the most comfortable ride. Pulling up the side of a clay hill one day I noticed a large spanner on the cab floor appeared to levitate due to the excessive vibration and juddering. I once had a round in a contractors Cat rubber tracked machine and it was a vast improvement in driver comfort. He’d even had it carpeted out with a bit of Wilton IIRC. He was righty proud of it. Auto steer as well. Felt like the bees knees.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Depends on your soil, in the past our contractor had a 135 track-marshall with 5 furrows, even that would stop and scrat until he lifted out to clean the tracks and drop it in again.
rob h
Member
- Location
- east yorkshire
We have heavy clay when it's wet we bring out the track Marshall s to plough. When it's really wet we bolt 4 inch angle on the plates for more grip. This year's so wet we haven't even tryed and still have nothing drilled
rob h
Member
- Location
- east yorkshire
Track Marshall linkage is only to pick up the implement on the headland.it has no draught you just put the lever into float setting when working.the whole sub frame for the linkage pivots from a point in the middle of the machine so it pulls without putting side ways force when steering.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
I've never used the three point link or the PTO on the quadtrac. Little cat sometimes uses the three point link to subsoil. I'd like s trailed subsoiler but they are hellish dear for my area.
our challenger didn’t even have a 3pt linkage
it did come with service bills that could have bought a good second hand car or pickup however !
Deutzdx3
Member
There is a fendt 940mt 2018 for 181k advertised in south east farmer. [emoji15]
- Location
- LINCOLNSHIRE/KENYA
When I was in Sudan the people we ran farms for had run a large contracting business cleaning ditches and canals as well as land preparation. They ran about 25 Challenger 65's which they ran until they died usually at around 30-35,000 hours they were very clever when it came to keeping them running using truck tyres as the drive wheels and removing all the glass when the air con stopped etc.
Still nothing goes on forever.
- Location
- Bedfordshire
Hard to like those 2 pictures, my Dad and Uncle would be weaping.
- Location
- Bedfordshire
Our 95E still going strong at 7000 hrs. 2/300 hrs a year. Needed 2 new tracks last year, (probably £3 hr cost) otherwise a lot less money to maintain than our JD7530.
Just think how much work they have done though ,
And wonder how many ton of diesel they have burnt