Tractorman810 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 she does look a lot more balanced looks wise with the weight on phill, I assume you had no need for a front hitch ? as this way on a big tractor like that its rare to see one without . I agree with the hay bob comments to, I saw a mf 6499 go past the other day with one on .seemed weird . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hicksy Posted August 22, 2014 Author Share Posted August 22, 2014 she does look a lot more balanced looks wise with the weight on phill, I assume you had no need for a front hitch ? as this way on a big tractor like that its rare to see one without . I agree with the hay bob comments to, I saw a mf 6499 go past the other day with one on .seemed weird . We did think about having a front hitch fitted, but the six furrow plough we use to borrow has gone now and that would have been the heaviest thing the tractor would have lifted, so it would have been good to hang the weight out further , in the future we may put a fert tank on the front so we can apply fert whilst drilling but I think that's a way off , we did have an extra spool put on the tractor ready for front linkage though , so if the time comes we can just get a bolt on linkage , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Is most straw baled Philip? With the switch to strip till and quit ploughing i'd would have thought straw would get chopped? Does the 7270R have AdBlue as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hicksy Posted August 23, 2014 Author Share Posted August 23, 2014 Is most straw baled Philip? With the switch to strip till and quit ploughing i'd would have thought straw would get chopped? Does the 7270R have AdBlue as well? We haven't totally switched, we are strip drilling osr, spring beans and first wheats into bean stubbles, the rest it topdowned and I still have a plough , even though I didn't use it last year and it's not in the planning for this year too, , yes most straw is baled one contract has it for his poultry, we have a bit , some local farmers have some and so far about 40 trucks have gone to France and Belgium The only 7r to have add blue in this country is the biggest one , 300hp, the others will follow Maybe one or two years time, in the states they are all add blue plus the 8r tractors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 out of interest Phil what size is your plough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hicksy Posted August 25, 2014 Author Share Posted August 25, 2014 out of interest Phil what size is your plough? 9 furrows Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMB Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I saw adblue tanks on the New Holland T6's recently, still not entirely sure what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 thanks Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMB Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Lots of un-baled straw where I was working, it's just been too wet for the baler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 We haven't totally switched, we are strip drilling osr, spring beans and first wheats into bean stubbles, the rest it topdowned and I still have a plough , even though I didn't use it last year and it's not in the planning for this year too, , yes most straw is baled one contract has it for his poultry, we have a bit , some local farmers have some and so far about 40 trucks have gone to France and Belgium The only 7r to have add blue in this country is the biggest one , 300hp, the others will follow Maybe one or two years time, in the states they are all add blue plus the 8r tractors Thank you for the reply Philip. What happens after Topdowning? Use the Rexius Twin and the combi drill or do you have a Rapid drill as well? Interesting your straw goes to France and Belgium. Holland imports a lot of straw from France! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hicksy Posted August 25, 2014 Author Share Posted August 25, 2014 Thank you for the reply Philip. What happens after Topdowning? Use the Rexius Twin and the combi drill or do you have a Rapid drill as well? Interesting your straw goes to France and Belgium. Holland imports a lot of straw from France! Hi Niels, yea top down, rexius, rapid drill, bin told there desperate for straw as it's been very wet out there, by all accounts the trucks turn up and the farmers are there waiting for the bales , can't get them quick enough, the French government are paying for the transport, very little cash in it for us but it's getting rid of the straw as there's so much , it's not something we do every year ,this is the first time and probably a one off, straw price here is rock bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Good update as usual Phil, has the baler made many ruts, we've made a few this year with ours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Hi Niels, yea top down, rexius, rapid drill, bin told there desperate for straw as it's been very wet out there, by all accounts the trucks turn up and the farmers are there waiting for the bales , can't get them quick enough, the French government are paying for the transport, very little cash in it for us but it's getting rid of the straw as there's so much , it's not something we do every year ,this is the first time and probably a one off, straw price here is rock bottom. Nothing different than here I read! Especially the French had a very bad harvest. I don't know if everything has been cut yet. There's still about 5% standing here which has been since early August.. That was about the last time it was fit. Big straw yields here as well but due to prices people all chop it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hicksy Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 Good update as usual Phil, has the baler made many ruts, we've made a few this year with ours Cheers, no ruts at all not even the combine has not left a mark, up to Sunday night we have missed a lot of the major rain falls , I was topdownimg Sunday right through to 1.30 am Monday morning that's when the rain came and we had an inch on Monday and another 8'mm today. We were able to combine all last week when all our neighbours kept getting rain off so the ground is still firm this way, we finnished cutting all the cereals on Saturday just got 300 acres of spring beans to do , we're as there is still some wheat about round us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegreen Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 I thought you weren't going to have the extended rear mudguards Phil? I told you they make the tractor look a lot better from the rear, all it needs now is a decent exhaust system like the 8R then the 7R will finally look the part .......................mind you I would still go for a Claas Axion 850 new shape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hicksy Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 I thought you weren't going to have the extended rear mudguards Phil? I told you they make the tractor look a lot better from the rear, all it needs now is a decent exhaust system like the 8R then the 7R will finally look the part .......................mind you I would still go for a Claas Axion 850 new shape I think I like them now, the jd sales guy talked our manager into adding them , I actually think they look better when they are even wider if you have 800 or 900 tyres , the extra width sort of works with the length if you get what I mean, I know what you mean about the exhaust it does look a bit wimpy, but have a look at the 7310r it has the same shape stack as the 8r because it's add blue , the rest of the line up will follow once the older engines have run out of stock, I was at our dealers yesterday they had a event there and they had a 7310r there the stack looks good but will make it harder to climb round to the front step to clean the windscreen and bonnet which is hard enough now, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hicksy Posted September 7, 2014 Author Share Posted September 7, 2014 It's been a mad week planting rape and topdowning I've been going from one to the other , one Man and his two tractors, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hicksy Posted September 7, 2014 Author Share Posted September 7, 2014 The new jd7270r is going well, the my14 tractors seem to be far better than the last 7r tractors The new screen is great here's a couple of pages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Neat pictures, The deere gps looks easy to get ya head round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Looks Deere have done a top job with the new terminal. Very neat. Operator friendly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 nice updates Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 That terminal looks very good, looks more user friendly than the MF I'm currently locked in a battle of wits with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hicksy Posted September 8, 2014 Author Share Posted September 8, 2014 Yes the screen is spot on , the top photo is showing the default screen that it came with you can and I have added more pages to it , if you look you can switch pages by either the top right arrows , the arrow button below the screen or just swipe it like an iPad , if you get to a page and your not sure what to do or how to set anything every function has a help page and a operators manual, but it it so easy to navigate round and do what you want , there is a couple of things though you can't document anything yet but I know that is coming that's why we had the larger screen , also can't store different implements but I guess that will happen too , but everything else works great like controlling the radio through it, the climate control , lights you name it's all in there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 What ever happens to a rev/hours counter the faithfull light knob and a few bulbs on a dashboard eh maybe a bit of flash wood finish . Somehow doubt I would be able to use a modern tractor now with that space shuttle control panel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 i bet you could Sean,the terminals look more daunting than they really are,mind you some are better than others,and i can use a fendt one very easily,its what you are used to Sean,but i bet you would pick it up in a few days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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