Tractorman810 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 so far i have not seen one where the tow bar is even level ,bar their own pre release pics. all the ones on ebay certainly face upwards, mines at such an angle its tip is nearly 1/2 to 3/4 of the way up the main chassis’s thickness . send him my pics, i would say somethings gone wrong between the sample and pre release pics and the actual production run, yes the tow bars did move forwards and backwards length wise, but not angle up or down height wise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justy 46 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 What planet are UH on ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 We have had several Weeks trailers over the years and still have two now. Never have I known the drawbar to be adjustable, in fact, as the picture of ours shows, there is no way it can be shortened, lengthened, turned upside down or anything else that UH are saying. In my opinion, they have got it wrong and Mr Coron needs to actually get out and look at some real trailers before he starts defending their cock up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPN Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Kieran, as Mr Coron for pictures of the trailer they measured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 i always thought they were adjustable length wise, although i was just looking at a brochure and noticed it was fraser ones that were, so i class my self as a pillock now either way the uh ones not right in its final run, even if the pre production pics they posted are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 You are right John, they weren't adjustable. I wonder if Monsieur C misunderstands Kieran's email and is referring to the tractor drawbar. The brochure photos he has sent are of bigger and newer trailers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillTEF20 Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Side track to the Weeks trailer topic, have just seen this on Facebook. No idea of release date or numbers but looks very interesting, hopefully more modern versions will appear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 looks nice, don’t know about more modern ones though ,i would rather see older, a 690 or something ,even the sf60 they did, but with a grass header Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegreen Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 I got the 880 with maize header. It looks like the 860 is a later build as it has the nicer dark grey wheel hubs, I never did like the claas green hubs that the early 800s and Lexion combines had, made the machines look tacky imo. Its a shame they couldnt include both grass and maize headers with both models released todate. I specifically wanted the maize header version but it would have been nice to have both heads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FendtFarmer Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 2 hours ago, bluegreen said: I got the 880 with maize header. It looks like the 860 is a later build as it has the nicer dark grey wheel hubs, I never did like the claas green hubs that the early 800s and Lexion combines had, made the machines look tacky imo. Its a shame they couldnt include both grass and maize headers with both models released todate. I specifically wanted the maize header version but it would have been nice to have both heads. Agree here, also green spout instead of white Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FendtFarmer Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 14 hours ago, WillTEF20 said: Side track to the Weeks trailer topic, have just seen this on Facebook. No idea of release date or numbers but looks very interesting, hopefully more modern versions will appear! Available on claas website tomo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirely Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 UH Weeks Trailer I found this Parts Manual for sale, I wonder if anyone has the full manual to see if there is any mention of a moveable toe bar. I have emailed Philippe Coron again and I await his reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkom3 Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Kirely said: UH Weeks Trailer I found this Parts Manual for sale, I wonder if anyone has the full manual to see if there is any mention of a moveable toe bar. I have emailed Philippe Coron again and I await his reply. Thank's for that heads up Kieran,fair few manuals on this site,Includeing Weeks,But that drawbar looks pretty permanent to me,It has two toeing eye's,But that's all, https://www.agrimanuals.com/trailer--feeder-wagon-manuals-241-c.asp Regards Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justy 46 Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 4 hours ago, Kirely said: UH Weeks Trailer I found this Parts Manual for sale, I wonder if anyone has the full manual to see if there is any mention of a moveable toe bar. I have emailed Philippe Coron again and I await his reply. You might send that to the so called experts ( or twats) at UH.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirely Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 35 minutes ago, justy 46 said: You might send that to the so called experts ( or twats) at UH.. Have done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justy 46 Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 25 minutes ago, Kirely said: Have done Excellent.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 I’ve a weeks trailer and Manuel’s can’t find any sign of adjustment... uh strike again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirely Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 I got a reply from the General Manager, Universal Hobbies, Thanks for your email and I have misunderstood what was a”toe Bar” as I thought it was the moving gear part on top of the support which is actually the manual brake. Sorry for my poor English. Correct the toe bar is facing upwards on our model as we needed to be able to attach that trailer with many different tractors and keeping the toe bar horizontal could not allow us to fit that trailer with all of our existing tractors. Regarding the model on display during Agritechnica it is exactly the same toe bar as on the production model as it was the signed sample for production. Maybe the angle of the photo makes you believe it was horizontal but it was exactly same as right now as it was made from the tooling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super6 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 There's a funny smell in the air, bullsh1t I think its called! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 I think that this is especially frustrating as this topic started because Sean bought one of these trailers and then found that it would not attach to the towing hitch of the tractor because it pointed in the wrong direction. Now UH seem to be saying that they made it that way so that it WOULD attach to the tractor when clearly, it won't. I think that Super6 might well be right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 9 hours ago, Kirely said: I got a reply from the General Manager, Universal Hobbies, Thanks for your email and I have misunderstood what was a”toe Bar” as I thought it was the moving gear part on top of the support which is actually the manual brake. Sorry for my poor English. Correct the toe bar is facing upwards on our model as we needed to be able to attach that trailer with many different tractors and keeping the toe bar horizontal could not allow us to fit that trailer with all of our existing tractors. Regarding the model on display during Agritechnica it is exactly the same toe bar as on the production model as it was the signed sample for production. Maybe the angle of the photo makes you believe it was horizontal but it was exactly same as right now as it was made from the tooling. perhaps we need to take a set of pics of the trailer on the older stuff,and prove them wrong ,you are more than welcome to send him my 2 on the mf 240 , same will happen on the mf 35,135 they have done the chassis are much the same size ..you shouldn't really need to break a model for it to be right.if i get a chance i will put it on some others ,like a 590 ford 5000, all non modified . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike whiting Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Is it worth any prominent members of the forum arranging a meeting with UH and suggesting that when new machinery models are produced that prototypes are provided as samples. Then they can be offered up against tractors for compatibility. For example I have a UH Amazone plough which is fantastic but I'll need to modify the linkage to get it to fit my tractors. Just a simple suggestion from a simple engineer on a Friday afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 it would, but i suspect you would have to go to france i know andy(ftf owner) did some work with them in the past, so he may have contacts already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Andy at Classic's version of the Weeks 3.5t Popular that i've just brought out of storage, photo's of drawbar for reference... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justy 46 Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 11 minutes ago, Valley Axe Man said: Andy at Classic's version of the Weeks 3.5t Popular that i've just brought out of storage, photo's of drawbar for reference... Take note UH...this is how to make a classic trailer.!! Home craftsmanship vs Chinese shortcuts.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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