jcb fastrac

bk1991

am looking at buying used tractor and the moast of the work il be doing is haulage so was thinking fastrac something not to pricie something mid late 90's what are the best models and what are the good and bad points
to look out for what type of price aswell


bk1991

gogs2006

What do you mean by haulage?? Farm work or road haulage??

Jonty

If its used for haulage do you need to run her on white diesel? and have a haulage permit and have HGV license?

bk1991

gogs2006 wrote: »

What do you mean by haulage?? Farm work or road haulage??

agri haulage .farm use aswell .ie drawing silage .bale trailers slurry spreading etc would be better that spending double the time on road with normal tractor

bk1991

Jonty wrote: »

If its used for haulage do you need to run her on white diesel? and have a haulage permit and have HGV license?

i dono i dont think u need white deasil if its agrilcture ie bale haulage compared to construction haulage like lowloaders for diggers and dumptrailers i might be wrong correct me if i am wrong

cormywormy

You need white diesel if the work does not relate to agiculture. You can bring your own bales home but you cant draw bales 100 mile away for someone. I think its ruffly the same as england.It cant be for hire or reward. But most things that need doing on the farm can be done with a fastrac with green stuff.

I would stay away from the earlier fastracs they had terrible problems with the gearbox. As the saying goes for the fastrac change the oil, filter and gearbox.

maidhc

cormywormy wrote: »

You need white diesel if the work does not relate to agiculture. You can bring your own bales home but you cant draw bales 100 mile away for someone. I think its ruffly the same as england.It cant be for hire or reward. But most things that need doing on the farm can be done with a fastrac with green stuff.

No no. Once the tractor doesn't exceed 50km/h you are grand. The regime is far more complex in the UK and is like you describe.

cormywormy

But most fastracs will go over 50k, so i doubt customs will accept the excuse " i swear i wont go over 50, let me run on green"

oflynno

look for a merc 1500 instead,the ultimate weapon and green diesel all the way

bk1991

oflynno wrote: »

look for a merc 1500 instead,the ultimate weapon and green diesel all the way

give me the good and the bad points
what years were these made in what top speed ?
what price

oflynno

try here

http://www.agcotrader.com/en_GB/mercedes-benz_mb-trac_/mid_1740610.html

reilig

oflynno wrote: »

try here

http://www.agcotrader.com/en_GB/mercedes-benz_mb-trac_/mid_1740610.html

It does 40k, costs €22k and was made in 1982.
You'll buy loads of much newer 40k and 50k tractors for less than that.

bk1991

thats only a 40 k plus 22k for an 1982 ???????

cormywormy

a local contractor to me had a couple of mb tracs over the years and he swears by them.He says the 900 is underrated. It is like a massey 135 a great tractor.All the pumps and bits are driven by belts so very easy to change. If you get and oil leak on a pipe. Cut the fan belt going to the oil pump and no pressure equals no more leaks.

He has a 1500 model now, it does not do much as its on stanby, If the fastrac breaks down.An expensive machine because there a great machine

thethedev

Buy a fastrac and never look back.


(Because you'll be the fastest thing on the road:P)

DanFindy

The lads i used to work for have a 3155 fastrac and its after costing around 10k to fix, the gearbox naturally. Its a v v clean tractor and the guy who fixed it says he has never seen a 99 one in as good a shape but it had done a lot of ploughing in 2nd gear which was worn and a bearing shattered and made a mess of her total guts internally!!!But a v cool yoke nonetheless

J.C.BAMFORD

is speed a bid concern to you?? If not, look at a late 80's to mid 90's Case with hydroshift, makes them very easy to drive on the road..