JCB TM220 Vs Kramer 5085T

slivebloom

The brother has a JohnDeere 6320 with JD loader, with 1600+ hours on clock so want to upgrade.

He only one machine on the farm and it's used for feeding etc. I'm recommending getting a 5tf shear grade and sell the 4ft shear grade.

Keep the JD and buy the likes of a JCB TM220 Vs Kramer 5085T. He have to feed in different out farms so the loader like have to drive about 12km round trip between out sheds

He being told that driving loader shovels on the road will shorten the life span of the machine, Is this true? Both of the below loaders come with 30k or 40k gear boxes.

Below are just examples.

He is also looking at JD6110M but it's taller than the JD6320 so will not fit into some of the sheds.

https://www.hrntractorsstock.com/inventory/?/listing/for-sale/213765413/2017-kramer-5085t-wheel-loaders?dlr=1&accountcrmid=15033153&settingscrmid=15033154&fdc=EUR

https://www.agrisalesltd.co.uk/jcb-tm220-agri-turbo-4wd-telehandler-year-2018--cw-bucket-video.html

Morris Moss

With the 12k trip he'd be better of with the tractor, those loaders aren't made for any road work, having said that the Kramer is what I'd go for personally but nothing wrong with that JCB either.

funkey_monkey

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058261194/jcb-tm220-vs-kramer-5085t

Be very careful with Agri Sales Ltd - or if you do deal with them view it and take it home on the same day with all paperwork.

QF Tractors banned from selling to public and fined £22,000 - Farmers Weekly (fwi.co.uk)

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Bazzer007

Agri sales buy direct from auctions a lot of the time and have a checkered reputation. They move equipment quickly because there's always a market for good value machines so you just need to be extra careful.

I would go for the Kramer. Lovely machines & very reliable. I think Dermot Clancy has a similar model for sale. Weidemann and Schaffer are two other options.

In saying that if driving that distance you probably better off buying a tractor.

funkey_monkey

They used to have a lot more farm sized tractors than what they do now - looks like a conscious decision to move out of that market.

You get no benefit in buying from them so you may as well go direct to auction yourself and take the risk from there:

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