Win a tractor and jeep for a year I don't get it

kerryjack

What a stupid prize on the farmers journal what use would these be for a year when you have to hand them back it would be like santa coming st Stephens day and takings back all the childs toys you would look like a right fool back on your ould massy again you would be the laughing stock of the village if I won the tractor I would give it to every farmer I know to drive the ****e our of it for a few days and hand it back absolutely boloxed

_Brian

Wonder could ya rent the tractor and jeep to someone for the year

annubis

they prob pay 1st year hp or lease on them and maybe give you option to continue on at end of year?

Fluffy Cat 88

kerryjack wrote: »

What a stupid prize on the farmers journal what use would these be for a year when you have to hand them back it would be like santa coming st Stephens day and takings back all the childs toys you would look like a right fool back on your ould massy again you would be the laughing stock of the village if I won the tractor I would give it to every farmer I know to drive the ****e our of it for a few days and hand it back absolutely boloxed

Probably comes with a list of "Terms and Conditions" as long as your arm!

kerryjack

annubis wrote: »

they prob pay 1st year hp or lease on them and maybe give you option to continue on at end of year?

Not for the small man so

_Brian

kerryjack wrote: »

Not for the small man so

what did ya expect from the journal... not exactly a "small man's" rag..

MJI

If they paid the Tax, Insurance and Fuel on the Tractor and Jeep for 12 months, It'd be a decent prize

Sam Kade

kerryjack wrote: »

What a stupid prize on the farmers journal what use would these be for a year when you have to hand them back it would be like santa coming st Stephens day and takings back all the childs toys you would look like a right fool back on your ould massy again you would be the laughing stock of the village if I won the tractor I would give it to every farmer I know to drive the ****e our of it for a few days and hand it back absolutely boloxed

If you win it you can contact me and I'll take it off your hands

foxy farmer

The farm machinery show in Punchestown had a new Holland and loader as a prize with the same catch.
There was a time that the IFJ would give a prize of a Zetor with loader or LR Discovery in the journal and it was yours, end of. Lately prizes are much smaller, a quad or some such.
Probably give you option to buy tractor through a favourable finance arrangement at the end of the year.

X6.430macman

crappy john deere

blue5000

kerryjack wrote: »

What a stupid prize on the farmers journal what use would these be for a year when you have to hand them back it would be like santa coming st Stephens day and takings back all the childs toys you would look like a right fool back on your ould massy again you would be the laughing stock of the village if I won the tractor I would give it to every farmer I know to drive the ****e our of it for a few days and hand it back absolutely boloxed

I wonder would the winner see it as a challenge to try put 12,000 hours on it in 12 months.

Timmaay

blue5000 wrote: »

I wonder would the winner see it as a challenge to try put 12,000 hours on it in 12 months.

33 hours a day every day! Would be impressive alright!

amacca

I don't like being made work for the prize either

Collect this token and that token - reminds me of being a child collecting up bits off cereal packets for a plastic bowl with tony the ****ing tiger on it

At least you got to keep the bowl. Run a decent competition or **** right off.

Supermarkets should be made get rid of loyalty cards too - collecting up measly points and enslaving an entire generation of shoppers just to give them the "bargains" they should already be given while they collect data on you so you can be more easily manipulated into buying more of their value added crap while they squeeze producers at the other end and make off with vast profits for the almighty board.

Funny old world.

blue5000

Timmaay wrote: »

33 hours a day every day! Would be impressive alright!

If I had it it would be open to the last, not sure these days whether an hour goes up every hour or is it hours at 1600 rpm?

Jimlh86

I'd take it and just drive around with my lovely brand new John Deere but with all the machinery we currently have suitable for our Massey 240! Let the neighbours think I'm stone mad! Topping with my 6ft semi offset at 40k

Siamsa Sessions

I mentioned this competition to herself the other morning, asking if she wanted the tractor, the jeep, or the groceries - I had a fair idea what she'd say but her simple logic threw me.

She said the 5 grand saved on the shopping could be put towards a decent second-hand jeep that I'd have for a lot longer than 12 months.

So, I'm going to be cutting out me little tokens every week now 😄

mf240

I literally wouldnt take a present of a john deere.

Reggie.

mf240 wrote: »

I literally wouldnt take a present of a john deere.

Good man

kerryjack

If I won I would give it young lad to go school in surly be a bit of a babe magnet for him he could start doing a few dounoths hopefully burn set of tyres of it at least

ganmo

This is a way for the dealers to get a nearly new machine to sell second hand so it only ends up costing them a few grand rather that 40/50 grand.
Cheeky but as long as you go in with your eyes open

liam7831

Wonder what would happen if you rolled it or totally f u cked it up if your a right rough olde lad like all the boyos up near me

amacca

Sink it good and deep into the nearest bog. say it was stolen.

Grueller

Buy a massive mulcher and run her on it 24/7, and thats just the jeep!!!

selectamatic

I'm nearly certain a couple of years ago a former Miss Ireland or Rose of Tralee won a jeep for a year in a similar competition and her partner drove the sh1te outta it, towed trailers, brought it off etc. road and put up a serious amount of miles on it think there was a bit of a court case when the time came to hand back the keys but as far as I remember they got off, and rightly so imo I know if I won a vehicle for a year I'd get plenty of use outta it before I'd hand it back too.

Suckler

kerryjack wrote: »

if I won the tractor I would give it to every farmer I know to drive the ****e our of it for a few days and hand it back absolutely boloxed

Perverse attitude.

tomieen jones

blue5000 wrote: »

If I had it it would be open to the last, not sure these days whether an hour goes up every hour or is it hours at 1600 rpm?

So 12000 hours is possible on a year?

blue5000

blue5000 wrote: »

I wonder would the winner see it as a challenge to try put 12,000 hours on it in 12 months.

Timmaay wrote: »

33 hours a day every day! Would be impressive alright!

blue5000 wrote: »

If I had it it would be open to the last, not sure these days whether an hour goes up every hour or is it hours at 1600 rpm?

tomieen jones wrote: »

So 12000 hours is possible on a year?

I know I know, my bad, the old head doesn't be as good at mental maths as it used to be. But I'm not going to edit it out.

Reggie.

blue5000 wrote: »

I know I know, my bad, the old head doesn't be as good at mental maths as it used to be. But I'm not going to edit it out.

First sign of ya slowing down

dohc turbo2

blue5000 wrote: »

I wonder would the winner see it as a challenge to try put 12,000 hours on it in 12 months.

500 hours max on tractor

rs8

dohc turbo2 wrote: »

500 hours max on tractor

is what your allowed?

foxy farmer

dohc turbo2 wrote: »

500 hours max on tractor

Just under 10hrs in a week. Ffs. If they have terms and conditions like that on it thats not a prize its entering some type of contract.

dohc turbo2

rs8 wrote: »

is what your allowed?

Ya it's in there terms and conditions , the other compitition with the mf for the year is 350 hours max on it

road_high

Said the exact same thing. Desperate "prize". Basically just a tease for the year. Either give the thing away properly or a more modest tractor or jeep, or just don't bother at all.

rs8

what id do is run the tractor up to hours as quick as i could (2 and a half/ 3 months), then go to a newspaper and get them to write a sob story of how you won a €60000 tractor (or what ever value it is) for a year and cant use! then come the water works with the stress that you cant use it haah maybe too far

Muckit

road_high wrote: »

Said the exact same thing. Desperate "prize". Basically just a tease for the year...

Yeah definitely not a prize with a 'happy ending. ':D

Reggie.

rs8 wrote: »

what id do is run the tractor up to hours as quick as i could (2 and a half/ 3 months), then go to a newspaper and get them to write a sob story of how you won a €60000 tractor (or what ever value it is) for a year and cant use! then come the water works with the stress that you cant use it haah maybe too far

Why not just clock it back

lakill Farm

Reggie. wrote: »

Why not just clock it back

or hand it back in about 6000 bits :eek:

ganmo

15 tonne of meal and 10 tonne of fert would come in handy though

9935452

Reggie. wrote: »

Why not just clock it back

hand it back to the boys with less hours on the clock than when they gave it to you, and exclaim , jaysus i dont know how it happened

micraX

ganmo wrote: »

15 tonne of meal and 10 tonne of fert would come in handy though

There's no option in exchange for the meal for a tillage farmer..

tomieen jones

ganmo wrote: »

15 tonne of meal and 10 tonne of fert would come in handy though

If one does not have a meal bin

Reggie.

tomieen jones wrote: »

If one does not have a meal bin

Get it in bags?

welton john

tomieen jones wrote: »

If one does not have a meal bin

Just enter the competition for the meal bin first

X6.430macman

just drive the shyte out of the JD and landcruiser

Dawggone

Ever hear the old cliché ' give a beggarman a horse and he'll ride him to death'?

Muckit

Imagine what he'd do with a woman (or a man).

MF290

Only allowed put 350 hours on the Massey in the Agriland competition I see.....

Kovu

9935452 wrote: »

hand it back to the boys with less hours on the clock than when they gave it to you, and exclaim , jaysus i dont know how it happened

Say you drove it in reverse the whole time and the clock must have gone backwards....:pac::D

Dawggone

MF290 wrote: »

Only allowed put 350 hours on the Massey in the Agriland competition I see.....

Ffs. Burn it down!!!
If you can't get value...

Edit.

Excuse spelling....vala!

MF290

Dawggone wrote: »

Ffs. Burn it down!!!
If you can't get value...

Haha I'd just be glad not to be 350 hrs in our current cabless tractor! Can't complain if you're getting something for free,
I wonder would there be much scope for striking a deal at the end of the year:rolleyes:

johndeere3350

What's the problem? your getting them for free are you not.
Jasus I'd be glad of either or for free for a year.