ford 8830 Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Just had two hours relief dring to do and gone and trashed the tracks :o :o Just turned on headland and lost all forward momentum. Nice call to make ??? was the owner pleased???? have not heard back yet ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Oooh nasty mate...... :'( There's just some days you wish you didn't get up eh...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 HOw'd that happen. And cant be your fault??? And welcome to the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford 8830 Posted February 21, 2008 Author Share Posted February 21, 2008 Hpoe not my fault have not got ?5000 in loose change to pay for the new one :o Was just turning on the headland and she stopped lose of traction. Must have got something wedged in there :o Subsioling the beetland headlands so was not to hard for it on the plough. Juat one of those things i guess ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 As the saying goes s**t happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Oh dear oh dear... thats bad luck... if it turns out to be your fault... you will tell us won't you.... I think that would win numpty of the YEAR award :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford 8830 Posted February 21, 2008 Author Share Posted February 21, 2008 Thanks marky could do with an award ;D any would do 8) Should have spent the day on my mower cutting grass :) Always happens when you help out a mate ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civilpek Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 tough luck s??t happens though especially with tractors no matter how experienced you are stuff goes wrong now and then, could well have been weakend for a while , i dont have much experience of tracks so am not really sure how well they cope with ware and tear and how expensive it is to up keep them, id imagine though ground conditions would have to be pretty good for them??? does the benefits of tracks really justify their cost compared to tyres? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 tough luck s??t happens though especially with tractors no matter how experienced you are stuff goes wrong now and then, could well have been weakend for a while , i dont have much experience of tracks so am not really sure how well they cope with ware and tear and how expensive it is to up keep them, id imagine though ground conditions would have to be pretty good for them??? does the benefits of tracks really justify their cost compared to tyres? Having switched to tracks on our two prime movers Combine and tractor) would say so, on the lexion we can go places others wouldnt dare as proved this summer but main reason is you can rarely see were the combine has been leaves little mark so great for us on a direct drilling/min-till seeding regime. But then on the challenger the grunt you can put down is unbelievable having got a 350hp challenger nothing else can put power down having tried it along side many big fendts, jds and magnums it will outpull every time unless wet loose surface. All down to the system your on and if you need the grunt and have the acreage to take up the extra initial cost of tracks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdc Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Ouch! You got the inside and the outside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi6920 Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 OUCH to me it looks like the steel belting has snapend, proberly been snaged at some stage and streched with out been noticed and you got a rock under the idler or roller and she went twang under the added strech, Its just one of the risks with rubber tracks, I personlay hate them becouse they are so easy to pop of or rip up, im a steel man personaly, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerstarâ„¢ Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 One of those day eh? We all have them, hope it turns out ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Richard I'm sure if there are any cross words said it will be because of the cost not blame. I know a Lexion TT is a ?30k job for a set of tracks so I expect this track alone will be near two thirds of that. As far as your concerned though mate, think of it this way; If you were diving a wheeled machine you would call it a puncture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james f Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Richard I'm sure if there are any cross words said it will be because of the cost not blame. I know a Lexion TT is a ?30k job for a set of tracks so I expect this track alone will be near two thirds of that. As far as your concerned though mate, think of it this way; If you were diving a wheeled machine you would call it a puncture. Isn't that for the whole system though Tris? Don't worry about it ford8830, sure it was rotten anyhow ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Maybe James, I asked a chap and he said that figure. Maybe he thought I mean't the entire unit, not a replacement pair. That's what I mean't when I asked him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford 8830 Posted February 22, 2008 Author Share Posted February 22, 2008 All is well Cat have agreed to pay 75% of the cost as they say there is a fault in the track :o The guy who came out said they had a few that just shredded recently? I really like the machine and will pull like a train. We have 6m solo and press hooked up in summer and she will cruise along at 8 k. :) The thing i do not like is all the rubber you leave on the road when you move. Need a ring fence farm The 580 tracks are good when its dry but this year had to do really shallow turns on headland to stop making tank trapps : Student kept falling in them ;D ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leakeyvale Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 All is well Cat have agreed to pay 75% of the cost as they say there is a fault in the track :o The guy who came out said they had a few that just shredded recently? I really like the machine and will pull like a train. We have 6m solo and press hooked up in summer and she will cruise along at 8 k. :) The thing i do not like is all the rubber you leave on the road when you move. Need a ring fence farm The 580 tracks are good when its dry but this year had to do really shallow turns on headland to stop making tank trapps : Student kept falling in them ;D ;D Whew what a relief that must be. It could not really be your fault but there is always that nagging doubt that niggles... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Fair play Mr Cat. That's good of them, kind of expected too I guess. Everyones happy then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civilpek Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 wow yere lucky. man how can a farmer/cpntractor justify spending ?30k on a set of tracks for a combine though, youd want to be doing some acres to make that up, even for a tractor as in the case above its crazy money and as id imagine they are much more susceptible to ware and damage, i know they have there merits obviously but i dont think i could ever run them if i was contractor id get no sleep with worry and stress ;D, incidently when getting my digger a while back we worked out a deal where we were getting bran new wide pads for slightly over €1000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford 8830 Posted February 22, 2008 Author Share Posted February 22, 2008 Yeah tris everyone good. Back to my mower for a while > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianih634 Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 wow yere lucky. man how can a farmer/cpntractor justify spending ?30k on a set of tracks for a combine though, youd want to be doing some acres to make that up, even for a tractor as in the case above its crazy money and as id imagine they are much more susceptible to ware and damage, i know they have there merits obviously but i dont think i could ever run them if i was contractor id get no sleep with worry and stress ;D, incidently when getting my digger a while back we worked out a deal where we were getting bran new wide pads for slightly over ?1000. We used to/still do wonder how it is justified, but they sure are popular with our combine customers. Some of the reasons we are given are less compaction, better traction, better stability ( long unloader spouts ,hilly ground and soft tyres can equal nervous driver), less stress on the drive train and a lot easier to travel on the road due to less width and improved ride comfort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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