Machinery Photo/Discussion Thread II

Slurry pump was cheap

There was a case JXU105 2011 with a quickie Q41 loader 5.5k hours for 17.5 sterling +vat and fees.

Decent stockman's tractor for 25k euro that was value from a farm dispersed sale. Well worth a punt even if you had to put another 4-5 k into it you would be well ahead

Had a look at a digger loader and impression it was neither here nor there for the jobs on the farm.

Only info I see.

I think there is a separate wire at the alternator for the rev counter for those machines

Edit: Sorry. Just saw you have it fixed!

Anyone an idea what this headstock would be? It's on a Rossmore fl60 Loader. I assumed it was the old style Rossmore one. But brother apparently tried a neighbors oldstyle Rossmore spike on it and the headstock was too wide. If not Rossmore I'm thinking maybe tanco.

It's working width is 39inches or 900mm. And the distance from the top bar to bottom pin is about 250mm. The diameter of the pins and top bar is about an inch or 25mm.

That mightn't be a fully accurate measurement tbh prob be a bit more than 250 not much though.

Yeah it's definitely a Rossmore Headstock. I think the fl45 was a narrower loader and the 60, 80 and 100 were wider. There was definitely a wide and a narrow model.

Right that'd explain the neighbors stuff not fitting so if his was the narrow model.

Thanks for the info lads.

TS115 is a far more capable machine than the 5455.

But neither will handle 2 tonne.

You would need a 5.5 or 6 tonne gross weight tractor to maneuver a 2 tonne pallet, the TS will just about, but not quite handle it.

A TS115 certainly wouldn’t be comfortable on a 2 ton pallet. It’ll need a big strong loader on it to be capable of lifting it and if you succeed at lifting it then you’ll only drive in straight lines as it’ll be too much weight on the front axle so you won’t be able to turn the steering.

Gearbox would be one item on a TS115 that you’ll never have to worry about. they’re a great tractor but are expensive to pick up now.

Warped loader, big no no. First off you have to ask what was the user doing to warp it. This leads towards a rough operated.

Anything that is warped will have stains put on welds which could be starting to crack, if it was me I would walk from it

Stay away. Your only buying in problems. May be cheap day 1 but won't end that way.

How it happened will tell a lot about the previous owner of it, could be a dog on machines. If it was slight someone could have already push back against the twist to straighten it. Cracking could be happening in the inside of the loader beam,metal at the twist points will be more ductile and prone to failure

The question you have to ask would you feel safe tracking with a wet bale on the front. If it's only ever going to move a few bales of hay or straw no problem. If it has to move a lock of fusion bales thread carefully

For me anything more that half an inch on a loader I would walk away from. But I have to handle a pit and over 200 bales

TS115a is 6 cylinder 115 Hp machine, MF 5455 is 4 cylinder 95 hp pre 2008 and 105 post 2008, so not really comparing like with like.

As other have mentioned, neither will lift 2 T on the front loader, both would handle a double bale handler on the back and a single bale on the front.

The MF has an excellent reputation as a loader tractor, esp if you can get a sloped bonnet version and Hi viz roof. Either gearbox is good.My choice would be the MF as a neater loader tractor.