jcb fastrac??

[Charlieh]

if your on hilly ground then dont be fooled about it being fast, we used to run jd6910s and a couple of the fastracs of a similar power with 65kph boxes, one the flat the fastracs would leave the jds standing but on the hills with a loaded trailer on the back the john deeres would easily pass the fastracs,

 

they are good when their going but can be a pig when they go wrong, some of the earlier ones had gearbox issues as mentioned, make sure you get a decent time to test drive one, make sure the gearbox works as it should and all the gears are present, check the pto all works ok, my uncle bought one about a year ago for hauling bales and they are now going back to either a fendt or massey, and this is after the fastrac engine has been fettled with, also find the engine specs, as the newer ones you can buy a lower hp engine and get them chipped easily, as the only difference on some of the mocels are the engine management, so you can get an extra 30hp for peanuts, the one my old man uses has had this done and he really rates it, think it cost about £450 to be done (i think it was the local JCB dealers actually did this)

[sierramog]

The JCB Fastrak is replacing the FLU419 (unimog u900). This site will be liquidating them over time. Here is the first few.

 

Government Liquidation

 

All have very few miles but are pretty old. I am planning on getting one some day to adapt as a lightweight skyline to thin biomass from overstocked Sierra forests. It is interesting that the auction is not restricted to US citizens. I have read that hundreds of these machines will be auctioned. Looks like dealers are going to have a lot of U900 parts.

[Andy Collins]

I used to sub to a guy with a Fastrac with a 12" pto Timberwolf on the back. Used to go all over East Anglia with it, one good bit of kit.

[Stephen Blair]

The JCB Fastrak is replacing the FLU419 (unimog u900). This site will be liquidating them over time. Here is the first few.

 

 

 

i would love one of those mogs, front loader and back hoe, wow, looks like there is a winch tucked in there aswell.

[PeteB]

Looks like the US Army are having a bit of a clearout, are they trying to raise some capital? Some serious tools up for grabs there.

[Carpenter James]

Hi, i mounted a hiab and log grab on a fastrac but sold it recently on ebay, it was like the starship enterprise in the cab, too many electrics to go wrong, keep it simple or you could loose some serious cash.

Yeah it was fast but a bit numb for anything but towing. Just get a simple 40k tractor.

[sierramog]

i would love one of those mogs, front loader and back hoe, wow, looks like there is a winch tucked in there aswell.

 

No winch, no pto. Lots of hydraulics.

[Joy Yeomans]

smaller jcbs are more manouvreable but weve got a big one and its been fine, for the jobs it will be used for - got smaller tractors to do other jobs too, its horses for courses really - doesnt use any more juice than the big deere 50k tractor we use

[sierramog]

Are tech manuals for JCB available online? I would like to see how the JCB compares to these old Unimog 406's.

 

Here is a link to SEE manuals.

 

Unimog Hiab Manuals and Brochures - Hiab 550

 

I am planning to get a SEE someday and adapt it as a lightweight skyline yarder/loader to thin unmarketable stuff on steep slopes. Fire hazard in dry forest ya know.

 

In the US we have something much bigger called a YOADER which a combination skyline yarder and loader. Would need to add smallish hydraulic winches and replace shovel with grapple.

[snowy]

There was a nice 1300 mb trac on ebay a little while ago looked pretty clean was up for 15k i think.