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Post by thebaz on Sept 26, 2015 21:30:30 GMT -5
Hey everyone has anyone seen the increase in European Tractors and other equipment. In my area Fendts are the craze because of their options, and I had the chance to try out a Duetz 7720 TTV and it was great. Also McCormick's are now made in Italy. A lot of haying equipment such as Krone is making a huge impact. Just wondering if anyone is seeing the same shift.
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Post by ramman00 on Sept 26, 2015 21:46:13 GMT -5
I aint a huge fan of foreign stuff at all. Claas, fendt, and duetz are starting to invade iowa. Why cant donald trump build a wall for them;)
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Post by ramman00 on Sept 26, 2015 21:47:01 GMT -5
I will say claas does have some nice features though.
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Post by natepost on Sept 27, 2015 18:59:22 GMT -5
We run a fendt 720 and an 824 and I was never a fan before but as a custom manure spreader we drive all over Ontario Canada and the fuel savings are making about 85% of the payments..... Those tractors replaced replaced and had 7730 and a jcb can not remember the model
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Post by Aaron Jensen on Sept 28, 2015 17:39:49 GMT -5
They haven't invaded my area yet. There's not really any dealer support for anything European. There's a small Hardi Sprayer dealer but they don't keep much stock. There's a farmer who has a JCB fasttrack and then there is another farmer with a Valtra but that's about all there is for foreign equipment. I'm starting to notice equipment manufacturers like Amazone and Lemken are showing up at a lot of farm shows though.
Fendt's and JCBs I am kind of impressed with. I have never seen them used in the field though but they do have some interesting features. Fendt's seem to me to be a luxury tractor, lots of bells and whistles in the cab. The JCB's have disc brakes and independent suspension both front and rear axles which is a very interesting design.
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Post by thebaz on Sept 29, 2015 13:41:29 GMT -5
Yes Amazone and Lemken are making a move, A lot of companies are owned co-operatively internationaly. For Example Lely and Vermeer went together to purchase the Welger baler line. Vaderstad is owned with Seed Hawk. A lot of their machinery fills niche rolls that all of our machinery is designed to cover huge acres.
As for the Fendts they were the first to develop IVT systems. I do have to say they seem to be more appropriate for people who are needing to do accurate applications. For an everyday workhorse they are way to overpriced
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