Gav836

Very nice, not far out on the height side of things at all. 1cm off the top of the body may be enough though, seems to vary slightly between manufacturers though 

'Fraid I can't remember exactly but it was reckoned to be of similar hp/size.

I just put a 5f Kverneland vari width on it and it pretended it wasn't there. 

It's a wonder you had a plough left when you got to the end of the field with that on the front of it  :D

Don't know about reliablility, but it went up against a (dare I say it) Fendt and outpulled/gripped it. 

My ex boss tried everything out around the 260hp mark and the Atles won everytime. His latest purchase is a 3m Quivogne Tinemaster (like a simba solo), the rep told him that the Atles wouldn't pull it when he asked for a demo of it. Lets just say that the rep left with his tail between his legs and had one very smug farmer with a new toy on his hands, the Atles even outpulls his challenger on it  :D

Wait until gavin see's these pictures he'll be begging you to swop that for his Ares  :D

No chance, you can keep it! my 836 is much better than an Atles as far as i'm concerned. The chap i used to work for ran Atles's, out of the first 2 he had they both had new engines and gearboxes before 3000hrs. Theres a long list of the trouble he had with them apart from that as well including shattered diff's, he's got rid of both of them now, Claas stopped paying for the problems to be sorted so they had to go, he did replace them with Atles's though as nothing else matches the pulling power of them, not even his challenger. Although my 836 has been a bit of a bugger lately its not been no where near as much trouble as that

Looks like a richard western to me sean

now there's a nice sight, is that a carrot/parsnip harvester on the back?

That front linkage would help to make the tractor pull 6 furrows better, just shifts the balance to the right place as they are a fairly compact tractor. Amazing the difference it can make to a tractor.

hubba hubba, come to papa! i want it!!  :D

Alright for some! i've got a mate who does a lot of their demonstrations for them, now thats a good job, fastrac one day 360 the next

None of them about here, more Bunnings spreaders as they are only made 5 miles from here and built to last. Some of the best spreaders and trailers on the market in my opinion. Never seem to get a lot of trouble with their machines like some people have had with Western and ECE spreaders.

i go past the 2 beside the A50 every couple of weeks as the girlfriend lives in Stoke on Trent, only reason i know about them.

JCB have three different sites up in Staffordshire now- the main manufacturing site near Uttoxeter, JCB power systems (could be transmissions, memory not good tonight)  and the world parts centre, the last two are right beside the A50

We've still got New Holland manufacturing tractors in Basildon too, can't remember which models are built down there now though. Not british through and through but still built here

Think you'll find that they are K Two spreaders there chaps, you can just about make it out on the side of the spreader

Thats a nice set up there, not used to seeing 4m models about here, most people who have Vaderstad's have gone for 6m or 8m ones

P&O run the "North Sea Ferries" to Rotterdam and Zeebrugge on a daily basis

The latest pair of ships are too big for the docks so they have a new berth in the Humber itself

(they're Ro-Ro's of course).

I've seen tractors heading for the M62 3 at a time on lorries, but don't know if the dealers arrange that or they're still under care of the manufacturer.

I think the Humber ports in total are about the biggest in the UK - must check somewhere - hundreds of BMW's stored just down the way. Are the tractors imported anywhere else into the UK?

Cold ? - actually not too bad FP, a glorious +5 degC today !!!

Someone told me that Claas use Felixstowe docks for shipping their machinery in and out of the country. It would make sense as it's fairly close by comparison to some of the others. Did see a few Volvo loading shovels there a few years back as well, so a few other manufacturers may well use it as well.

Well it's a no from me. its a shame really as he could learn a lot from the members of this site, but if he can't stick to the rules and stop being abusive and annoying, it's going to cause too much grief for all the other members on here. He was given every chance when he was on here last time, can someone change so soon?

Looks nice! Think you may need some front duals on now to stop the front end sinking  :D

one of the back

One of the middle gates

a shot of the shoot for you

Been to my local dealers this morning and found this if its any help to you

Thanks for that, i do like it as well but i was just wondering what sort of value it held 

Here's one of the box, you can clearly see that the cellophane has peeled off.

I was just wondering if anyone on here would be able to give me a little idea what this set is worth. The MB Trac, snow plough and rear transport box are all in mint condition. The box itself is in good condition, but the cellophane is peeling off the front and the plastic inner is split. Not sure whether to keep it or sell it yet.