I'm with Gary, only have about 200hrs on a 4220 but was subsoiling, light cultivation, raking and hauling bales and I fell in love too! Hopefully your fleet 1 is back soon and get the Cummins barking. Top job on virtual show as well 👍🍻🚜🐄🐂🚜🔧🍻
Thanks for the informative vid. I don't have a mid weight block on mine as it's wank NZ spec. I notice if i run a 950kg front weight for traction while pulling a trailed tillage train on rear links,the front suspension can't handle it when i lift out of work. It raises and lowers constantly until the machine is back in work. I reckon your findings that it only needs a front weight for transport is spot on. Cheers
This is why I really like front presses, specially those simple little ones that are 4 pivoting wheels that run on the centre of the tractor. When you're working, you lower it and the implement so the weight is relieved of both axles, on the headland (and on transport) you raise both and the weight stays levelled. To clarify I have never owned or driven a tractor in my freaking life.
I agree, used to be that you weighted the front and it just stayed on all year regardless, unless you needed extra for the likes of a heavy plough where you'd add a couple of extra leaf weights either side but I suppose with the higher speeds tractors achieve you need that weight to help stop the tractor wandering on the road, nothing more unsettling for a driver especially with such rough roads.
Its simple physics over the weight moving around. All the counter weight is doing is bringing the center weight from the rear axle to more of the center tractor. Why your seeing that 600kg difference. Longer wheelbase in the tractor with no front weight will put more weight on the front. Just the same when you run a 15t pin weight on a 3.1m 6x2 tag. She lifts up a bit but do it on a 2.9 tag & she nearly lifts the front wheels.
I'm with Gary, only have about 200hrs on a 4220 but was subsoiling, light cultivation, raking and hauling bales and I fell in love too! Hopefully your fleet 1 is back soon and get the Cummins barking. Top job on virtual show as well 👍🍻🚜🐄🐂🚜🔧🍻
Thanks for the informative vid.
I don't have a mid weight block on mine as it's wank NZ spec.
I notice if i run a 950kg front weight for traction while pulling a trailed tillage train on rear links,the front suspension can't handle it when i lift out of work.
It raises and lowers constantly until the machine is back in work.
I reckon your findings that it only needs a front weight for transport is spot on.
Cheers
This is why I really like front presses, specially those simple little ones that are 4 pivoting wheels that run on the centre of the tractor. When you're working, you lower it and the implement so the weight is relieved of both axles, on the headland (and on transport) you raise both and the weight stays levelled.
To clarify I have never owned or driven a tractor in my freaking life.
Really enjoying the Covid 19 series of videos... Great work Gareth and Gary.
Nice video! Myself I am a New Holland man but I think the fastrac is a brilliant tractor!
Definitely up there but new Holland I would think are better. But as usual pros and cons to all tractors
Great vid grassmen
Good video keep them coming👌🏴😄👍
Very Interesting lads keep up the good work.
Interesting about load and speed weights for transport vs. field good one
I agree, used to be that you weighted the front and it just stayed on all year regardless, unless you needed extra for the likes of a heavy plough where you'd add a couple of extra leaf weights either side but I suppose with the higher speeds tractors achieve you need that weight to help stop the tractor wandering on the road, nothing more unsettling for a driver especially with such rough roads.
Great video, made some great points thank u
Interesting test boys sold 6930 jd for 4220. JD Needed 1000 kg block to carry 4. 600kg bags fert kept weight block of jd but fastrac never needed it👍👍
Great video
Good video lads 👍
The days where gary was really happy😉
Love the JCB
Equipment tour
How does that work? It doesn't weigh what it should with the added front weight🤔😲
How about putting a normal tractor on the weigh bridge with the same set up? or you already know the answer there?
We could do that.
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I'd be interested to see the results.
A normal tractor with a mounted block vs a block on a front linkage would be interesting. The weight being that bit further out makes some difference.
Grassmen doing big sums. Early to bed tonight to recharge the synapses.
Its simple physics over the weight moving around. All the counter weight is doing is bringing the center weight from the rear axle to more of the center tractor. Why your seeing that 600kg difference. Longer wheelbase in the tractor with no front weight will put more weight on the front. Just the same when you run a 15t pin weight on a 3.1m 6x2 tag. She lifts up a bit but do it on a 2.9 tag & she nearly lifts the front wheels.
Nice zoom kid
Jd head weight on a jcb but holes
Think its bit more technical than that than adding and subtracting lads but good try.........................
But without getting to technical that is the best they could really do
I only like that green frontweight 💪🏻 Nothingrunslikeadeere
That green weight won't run very far without something with wheels attached!! 😆
Poor Gary had the fast sexy girl. Then he found out her price. All alone again. 😂
Everything good comes at a price!
When the video comes out 12 seconds ago
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