the 'todays job' thread

[swinny]

Do you not think nostalgia plays a part with these older tractors though.... Surely there's some good better (newer) tractors out there that will.make life easier on site etc.

 

Should we be afraid of all these electrics and fancy transmissions? (I say yes but I await to hear what you.lot say lol )

Edited May 4, 2020 by swinny

[Khriss]

@Swinny  i would say grinding thru the woods on an old Zetor has its charm .... But it soon wears off  ( usually yr back first)  the modern tractor is fab and more power where you need it, but Valtras i have used are expensive to fix ( circuit boards 400 squid an that lovely curved rear glass window that PTOs love to take out  ? )  so swings n roundabouts   ?  K

[youngsbury]

It is nice but are the front tires going in reverse? 

[Gray git]

It is nice but are the front tires going in reverse? 

Yes , helps with traction when the machine spends a lot of time pushing backwards with a mulcher on.
Apparently also limits where on the road, found this out too late to avoid buggering my from tyre's.

[david wood]

we use a valtra A93 hitech in woods for some work with trailer and crane. would be super manouverable if i bothered to take front loader off but always keep either pallet forks or bucket on, can get out of a wet spot or deal with odd boulder in way then.

 

does slow a bit on hills loaded but if no hurry it definetly has serious grunt for size.   ground clearance is good and we dont have it armoured at all so makes us think of route rather than bash in.

 

got pics somewhere of it towing 14 ton dump trailer....digger driver was keen as off road only so he loaded to neck, boy that cleared cob webs out but it didnt fail.

 

 

[Twentyeight Trees]

not exactly today, but last week! First time using a drone for some shots!

Tree Services Wilts

[bigtreedon]

Some footage and pics from last two days

[bigtreedon]

[Mark Bolam]

You don’t half get through some graft Big Lad.

Better looking since I last saw you as well.

[Joe Newton]

Wobbly pop rig this morning