bluegreen Posted August 6, 2018 Author Share Posted August 6, 2018 Better shots of Glovers new CASE Optum 300 Albanwise with two brand new JD6215Rs and a hired in Kubota 150hp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegreen Posted August 6, 2018 Author Share Posted August 6, 2018 Maurice Masons have a special relationship with Claas, they've had the 770 since 2011 as a pre production model and now have got rid of their Xerions for a 870 and 920 tractors...……………..I will be watching out for any developments during cultivations as they now seem very light on power to me over 4000 acres. Maybe a tracked Axion might appear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegreen Posted August 8, 2018 Author Share Posted August 8, 2018 I finally caught up with the Valtra T stealth unlimited...…………….I think the black trailer was a bit too much though! The driver could have done with black trousers, shirt and jacket, plus mirrored specs to really look the part ha ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CX820Joe Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 That Axion is an absolute beauty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 15 hours ago, bluegreen said: I finally caught up with the Valtra T stealth unlimited...…………….I think the black trailer was a bit too much though! The driver could have done with black trousers, shirt and jacket, plus mirrored specs to really look the part ha ha! The front of the grille looks like something from the Alien films Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CX820Joe Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Much as I like those Kubotas...has it really got enough guts to haul 16 tons of grain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justy 46 Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 1 hour ago, CX820Joe said: Much as I like those Kubotas...has it really got enough guts to haul 16 tons of grain? Not a bother to her !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegreen Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 Kubota was going at a fair old pace Joe...………………………...Its my understanding that when the two big Lex combines go further a field the farm the Kubotas on hire to are going to put one of their two Fendt 1050s on a trailer as well...……………...one extreme to another Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justy 46 Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Kubotas are becoming popular over here in Ireland mind . My boss has 2 of them on his little hobby farm !!. Both are around the 70 ish HP mark & they both have 5 pot engines !! They are apperently a trouble free reliable tractor ! Jap engineering ... Can't beat it !! I know a few lads that done harvesting stents over in New Zealand & Australia ... they said Kabotas were very common over there & they swore by them ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 theres a farm this way i pass regularly that used to run all jd’s ,prob had 6/7 of them, biggish dairy outfit, who swapped to kubotas a year or so ago, ,now runs prob 10 tractors, several are loaders, various sizes, and appears to have stopped using contractors for anything bar the forager and a combine, i guess hes saving money in some way?? but its a hell of a swap ,dont even recal him having a demo one , just went over all of a sudden,dealers not far away from him,so i guess hes getting god backup to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPN Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 19 hours ago, CX820Joe said: Much as I like those Kubotas...has it really got enough guts to haul 16 tons of grain? 150hp on a little trailer like that? I used to draw silage with a Dooley 16 tonner behind a New Holland 6640. That Kubota has close to twice the horsepower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPN Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 1 minute ago, Tractorman810 said: theres a farm this way i pass regularly that used to run all jd’s ,prob had 6/7 of them, biggish dairy outfit, who swapped to kubotas a year or so ago, ,now runs prob 10 tractors, several are loaders, various sizes, and appears to have stopped using contractors for anything bar the forager and a combine, i guess hes saving money in some way?? but its a hell of a swap ,dont even recal him having a demo one , just went over all of a sudden,dealers not far away from him,so i guess hes getting god backup to God backup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 need god i recon its a big fleet for a dairy outfit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CX820Joe Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 2 hours ago, SPN said: 150hp on a little trailer like that? I used to draw silage with a Dooley 16 tonner behind a New Holland 6640. That Kubota has close to twice the horsepower. The farm up the road has 12t Western trailers and have an NH T7030 and 6080 on them usually (for this year I haven't seen the 7030 on a trailer) and I can remember seeing the 6080 (which I think has a little more HP - and 2 more cylinders than the Kubota) struggling up a hill with the 12 tonner. For some reason had it in my head you needed roughly 10hp per ton plus a bit more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPN Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 22 minutes ago, CX820Joe said: The farm up the road has 12t Western trailers and have an NH T7030 and 6080 on them usually (for this year I haven't seen the 7030 on a trailer) and I can remember seeing the 6080 (which I think has a little more HP - and 2 more cylinders than the Kubota) struggling up a hill with the 12 tonner. For some reason had it in my head you needed roughly 10hp per ton plus a bit more! Must have been a summer student on the 6080. Those two should be at their ease with 20 tonnes. Was the 6080 blowing much smoke? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CX820Joe Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 1 minute ago, SPN said: Must have been a summer student on the 6080. Those two should be at their ease with 20 tonnes. Was the 6080 blowing much smoke? It was one of the regulars!! Though he does seem to spend most of the time baling now, and some other guy gives them a hand with an MF 6480. I can't remember if it was blowing much smoke - I think it may have been! So does that Claas Arion 5xx wouldn't struggle with a 16t Kane? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 6 hours ago, bluegreen said: Kubota was going at a fair old pace Joe...………………………...Its my understanding that when the two big Lex combines go further a field the farm the Kubotas on hire to are going to put one of their two Fendt 1050s on a trailer as well...……………...one extreme to another That’s why Micheal and Tom swapped the Challengers for the 1050’s Phil, means they don’t need to hire in so many tractors for harvest. Challenger’s couldn’t do trailer work but the Fendts can. One of them has been on a spray bowser a lot this year so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegreen Posted September 7, 2018 Author Share Posted September 7, 2018 Last of the combining pics from me...………………….Its been a New Holland year for me, good to see a few back in my locality amongst the sea of green ones. A L Lee having a helping hand from DOEs NH 8.80 Demo combine on their final few fields of wheat...……………...They used to be all yellow until Claas undercut them on price and to be fair out performed them in the field. They still run 20+ T7s but I cant see them switching from Claas combines as the service is unbeatable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegreen Posted September 7, 2018 Author Share Posted September 7, 2018 ONIONs...…………………..A L Lee with their NH T7.210 fleet plus a host of new HawkHire CASE Pumas Not sure I approve of the 2018 Puma 165 tractors without the rear wheel bar axle on them, they kind of look bald without it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegreen Posted September 7, 2018 Author Share Posted September 7, 2018 A few from Gs of Wissington, Firstly Valtra T 174 on wheat haulage, looking good in green...………………...And then both "T" and "N" series on salad crops. And rather surprisingly given all their small fields they have chopped in the high houred 2 year old 775E for a rather large 845E with black nose cone, one of the last mustard coloured Challengers I suspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegreen Posted September 7, 2018 Author Share Posted September 7, 2018 Heres a mystery for Goody to solve...………………..I photoed the "17" Reg plate OPTUM 300 and "16" Reg plate Rowtrac 380 at Velcourts farm near Kings Lynn, and they definitely weren't there last year and they weren't supplied by DOEs?? And then on Weds on the way to work I passed two DOE transport lorries on the A10 heading towards K.Lynn with brand new Rowtrac and Optum 300 on board!! Which begs the question are dealers struggling to get new machinery to their customers on time and having to lend them demo tractors whilst they wait for the new ones to turn up?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegreen Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 Finally got some close up shots of Gs green Valtra "T"s on the Onion harvest...………………….I thought they were all T174s but I was wrong!! The machine on the harvester is a T194 and surprisingly the one on the trailer was a T234 and very nice it is too...…………………..I say surprised because it was one of a pair of new machines in June and they replaced two lower horsepower T183s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegreen Posted September 15, 2018 Author Share Posted September 15, 2018 Albanwises Fendt 1050 on a huge cultivator, very impressive machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CX820Joe Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 That green is really nice on the Valtras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegreen Posted September 15, 2018 Author Share Posted September 15, 2018 Yes I like it, its a pity Wiking haven't made one in that colour yet...………………..Valtras definitely look best in the darker colours, quite a few black ones round here as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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