MODELFARMER Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 Heres the answer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MODELFARMER Posted January 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 The last one show the weakness of the tractors hitch when hedgecutter folded but its fine when out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MODELFARMER Posted January 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 Fit this baby perfect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 looks good :)....can you put it on the other way \ : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MODELFARMER Posted January 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 Ifyou mean to the left hand side, not really, its alot of work, more has to be done than u'd think, it'd involve a full strip down and the main arm would be split and rejoined, but one is going to be done to see how it turns out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 is it removable on the mc ricky or perm fixed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 Why would you have a hedge cuttter on a Fastrac ??? :D :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MODELFARMER Posted January 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 to cut hedges very fast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH885XLMAN Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 ;D ;D ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Udimore Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 Why would you have a hedge cuttter on a Fastrac ??? :D :D Good question ? seemed a strange idea really but lets face it in the conversion world anything goes. good answer Ricky too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 to cut hedges very fast I knew you'd say that :D :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james f Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 Piece from the Irish Farmers Journal 7 Jan 2006: McConnel flail cutter for Fastrac Contractors wanting to get between hedge and grass verge cutting jobs as quickly as possible have been given the means to do it by McConnel, the UK-based vegetation control machinery manufacturer. It has engineered a mounting kit that enables the company's telescopic Power Arm 7700T flail mower to fit behind the cab of the JCB Fastrac. The resulting outfit can cover the ground quickly and safely between jobs thanks to its 65kph top speed, twin axle suspension and all-round disc brakes before deploying the long-reach mower. The 7.7m reach Power Arm 7700T is normally carried on the axles and three-point linkage of a conventional tractor, the telescopic section of its outer arm enabling it to reach 7.7m from the side of the host vehicle. So they do exist!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow legs Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 i work for a flail mowing/hedgecutting contractor and he looked into fitting a flail on a fastrac but it was found to be of no benifit with a conventional one as the arm/head would be too far back to see due to the rear work platform (view blocked by rear wheel/ cab pillar) and would be shaken about too much travelling at 65km on the road, the only way around it is to fit a specialised one on to the rear load platform (like the one above i presume) there was one like this at LAMMA show last week which is used on riverboard work ect. WE ended up with a massey 6270 instead which i drive so was gutted i didnt get my hands on a fastrac! Hope these comments are of interest to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MODELFARMER Posted January 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 Het me a decent picture and i'll put one on a fastrac, Though i'm dying to know how they get the pto up to the work platform??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow legs Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 ricky, the pto comes out the back of the tractor with a cog (gear) which is in a gearbox which goes upwards so its level with the load platform which then goes to the hedge cutter gear box (hope you get what i mean). others i have seen have the gear box/pump bolted direct onto the tractor backend coupled to the pto then the oil supplie is pumped to the oil tank on the rear load platform. hope this is of use, only have one photo of it and one of a mid mounted rig on a jd 6420. sorry if i sound a bit of a hedge cutter freak but its my job so you look at differnt rigs people opperate. will post pic in next day or so as i need to rig pic onto computer. by the way the uh convertions your doing are spot on. sparrow legs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1972farming Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 More excellent work Ricky .They look the bizz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerstarâ„¢ Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 One of those trimmers would look the part behind a Britains Valtra 8950, which would be painted the same orange as the trimmer. That would be a classic council outfit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MODELFARMER Posted January 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 If anyone wants something like that done i can do it, the tractor would need sent to me and i'd spray the whole lot at once to match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james f Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 But 8950s are the rare ones arent they? And whats so classic about that setup anyway? Sounds like overkill to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 All I can see is little red x's apart from one of the McCormick from the rear. I'm imagining what it looks like and this type of thin is popular in Germany but mounted on the front, with a hoover on the back platform. Have ago at one of them Ricky!!! That would be a corking model. Wiltshire County Council have a Unimog in the same guise. Hoover on the back, flail on the front. Or they ca detach the flail head and replace it with a rotating brush attachment for washing the road signs. Seen it many a time but without me camera. It's a fancey old but of kit!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 One of those trimmers would look the part behind a Britains Valtra 8950, which would be painted the same orange as the trimmer. That would be a classic council outfit. especialy if you could get K.J.THOURLBORN decals for it :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 Complete with Spearhead front mounted flail topper? Ooooh now your all talking.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 especialy if you could get K.J.THOURLBORN decals for it? :) i could see one of those easily mj,declas are prob esay to,mmmmmmm ideas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerstarâ„¢ Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 For some of us that would be special James F. An overkill I think not \ Ideas indeed lads, would look good wouldn't it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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