jcb fastrac??

[cosworth]

any of you guy's using fastracs?at the moment i have a ford 8210 but its slow on the road and not very comfy iv got 14miles one way to the woodland I own just wondering if any one has any experiance with them any info would be great regards mathew,

[Doug Blease]

There was a great fastrac with a crane on ebay awhile back. I think it was a friend of someone on here.

 

Looked the business!

 

I would definately consider that or a Valmet.

 

If the Euro/£ issue ever reverts then buying that kind of stuff would become more viable!

[Mozza]

Ive used a fastrac in the past, It was great, The guy i worked for ran a 12" chipper behind it and it was fantastic, Im no tractor guru but i thought it was quality

 

I think Logbaron on here has one, If you look in the "show us your tractors" thread i think there are some pics in there, Might be in a different thread tho, Cant remember

[Robert_S]

im sure one particular model/year had real problems with the gearbox but i cant recall what one:001_rolleyes:,

they do look good with a crane and chipper on them though.

[Lyn Ed]

if its mainly road work you will be doing they are good, i used to drive one quite a lot hauling stone, im no expert but i didnt rate them off road much compared to other tractors

[Stephen Blair]

if you get a good one then you will be ok from what i have heard, but if you get a donkey then its big bucks, they are terrible on fuel aswell. It all comes down to budget, personally i have never even sat in one, but have heard many diferent reports on them, tbh mostly not very good.

 

What about a mog?

[cosworth]

the 8210 is bad enough on fuel as it is i think because its always flat out, it must use more diesel than a fastrac,does any 1 know the mpg of a fastarc???

[Stephen Blair]

i remember hearing about 8mpg

[skyhuck]

i remember hearing about 8mpg

 

I was told 6 mpg, apparently JCB put a huge tank on the new ones so they can say it will work all day on a tank of fuel.

[garth mc garth]

Poor turning circle, not very good off road, pretty Tall to use in the woods with lots of very very expensive glass to break. On long runs with wide roads they are ok but if your running around mainly on narrow lanes they won't be much quicker than a normal tractor due to the width as you will be burying wing mirrors in the hedge trying to pass stuff. We ran a 65kph 3185 fastrac alongside a t160 valtra with identical trailer and loads and only on flat sections did the jcb pull away but when it came to a hill the valtra had it's weights buried in the back of the trailer in front