Gav836

I can give you a little idea as to what the cost would be as a 6 furrow Kverneland plough with just the press built onto it was ?20000ish when we were quoted 2 years ago, hence we bought a lemken plough and farm force press!

i believe it was the 7820 which replaced the 7810, an 03 plate 7810 must be one of the last made, i'm sure one of you John Deere experts on here will correct me if i'm wrong!

We may well have had TM190's instead of the Renaults, but our local dealer never gave us a demonstrator in the 3 months we were trying them out, my boss wouldn't buy a tractor if we weren't sure that was right for the job. As for the John Deere, i loved the 6920s we had on demo, but it wouldn't fit on our power harrow due to the gearbox being to far forward so was out of the equation. The 7920 we tried was one of the most uncomfortable tractors i'd ever driven, a few baling contractors locally share that opinion as well, one farmer wishes he'd never bought the thing because of all the trouble he's had with it. I just wish the 7810 was still in production because that was a brilliant all purpose tractor, and sounded great too!

My tractor at work is a Renault 836 and i think its the dogs gonads! It manages to pull a 6 furrow Lemken out at 16" and a furrow press at between 7 and 10 kph. After having this tractor for two years and doing nearly 3000 hrs with it, i really wouldn't want anything else.I use it for everything, from ploughing to top dressing and from trailer work to hedgecutting. I find it one of the best tractors i've driven, and have very rarely had back ache since driving it unlike it's predecessor We also run an 816 and have the same opinion of that as it copes with a 4m power harrow drill at speeds between 5 and 9 kph. We've had a few electrical problems with it but nothing serious. The only real problem area was the ront suspension, where cararro who made it didn't fit enough grease nipples to it so they wore out! However Claas sorted out all tractors like this free of charge by fitting new axles. Neither of us have found the need to use the clutch pedal to change direction, but ithink it comes with getting used to the tractors, and after coming off a Case Magnum 7230 and a Fiat F140 we're more than happy with them!

It was built from styrene sheet and brass tubing, this was the first attempt, sure i can improve on it now though, 8 years have passed since then! Nothings ever right to begin with, off to restock with materials i think!!

I'd love to make some more, it's finding the time to do it thats the problem at present!! ho hum the joys of working for a contractor! Will try to find the time to though if people are interested in them and in no great hurry, after all the beet factories don't close till february!!! Would certainly consider adding more detail now, i've gained more experience now with age!!

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Here are the pictures!

If its of any interest to you i made a single row Armer Salmon beet harvester a few years ago , will have a look for it and take some pictures, Not too great on the detail front but the basics are there! Not too bad considering i was 17 at the time i don't think. Might be able to help with sales leaflets too if you're interested, have one on the single and two rows in my collection i think.