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Post by RmarkV on Dec 2, 2006 16:16:30 GMT 1
I will back Mossey up on the grass growth in Ireland, but i would have to question the whole 40/50ft swath in Ireland for the same reason. I wont pretend i know much about the self propelled but from my contacts who have 900, none of them try to put that size swath through them, in fact some don't even like raking silage.
I can well understand why the Krone dealer doesn't want to take on the Big X, especially if he is selling Claas, we are a small market after all in Ireland and, service would also come in to that, we have a serious shortage of agri mechanics here.
adamL, it does rain allot here and especially in the last week. Is it pleasure or business that brings you to our green and wet shores?
As for the Claas 1000hp i doubt anything will be confirmed or denied until Nov 07
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Post by adamL on Dec 2, 2006 17:47:26 GMT 1
adamL, it does rain allot here and especially in the last week. Is it pleasure or business that brings you to our green and wet shores? rmarkv, I and 30 or 40 or my running club mates are walking the 108 miles around the Dingle peninsular (sp?) in 4 days, next May for charity/ the craic. Too early to say whether or not there will be any survivors.... |
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Post by RmarkV on Dec 3, 2006 0:06:24 GMT 1
Your a braver man then I, I normally only get as far as Kilarney and to Muckross house.
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Post by adamL on Dec 3, 2006 21:50:00 GMT 1
I'm not sure about braver, madder maybe. We did a 22 mile training walk a couple of sundays ago. No problem, could have run around and trotted across the finish line as fresh as when I started. However, the following 3 days were, well, I felt like death. Come May I've got to do it 4 days on the bounce! The scenery and Guiness had better be good  . |
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Post by RmarkV on Dec 4, 2006 9:55:39 GMT 1
Be prepared for hills and valleys, no way as flat as your country, and thankfully you dont have to watch out for trams and peddle bikes, had a few near misses when over in your neck of the woods
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Post by Krone 1000 on Dec 19, 2006 7:17:17 GMT 1
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Post by Krone 1000 on Dec 19, 2006 7:25:53 GMT 1
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Post by benji on May 26, 2007 17:49:22 GMT 1
YES, IT IS TRUE ABOUT A TWIN ENGINED CLAAS JAGUAR FORAGE HARVESTER, WERE I WORK WE HAVE THE PROTOTYPE. IT IS A SERIOUS BIT OF KIT, CLEARING ABOUT 30-40 ACRES AN HOUR DEPENDING ON CONDITIONS. LOOKS SMART ASWELLL, BUT THERE ARE QUITE A FEW PROBLEMS WITH IT THAT NEED SORTING FOR GENERAL SALE.
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Post by Guest 2 on May 26, 2007 22:11:05 GMT 1
Benji
where abouts are you ? i will call over and have a look ! Dont care about the acres an hour i could have more grass on my lawn. Whats the tons/hr roughly at the given % moisture.
Cheers
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Post by advcie on May 27, 2007 7:56:36 GMT 1
benji if you are smart and for the sake of your boss DONT SAY ANYTHING...........................If Claas knows where you are from then they know not to send their prototype if the future
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Post by RmarkV on May 27, 2007 9:21:47 GMT 1
This is sounding interesting, DONT SAY ANYTHING, sounds like a good warning, as i have seen claas in a new light since the Tractor Fiasco. But remember this Claas need the Farmer or contractor to test their machines, as the r and d guys don't always get it right.
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Post by joblo on May 28, 2007 4:57:22 GMT 1
No kidding it would be wise to not say anything about that machine. Even though I would really like to know some details ;D  , its not worth the trouble it will cause your company. The word around here is that the guy who took the pictures of the prototype at the factory which can be seen in the other thread on this site has gotten trown in jail. That is what the stories I have heard. The guy was working on the assembly line so I guess that set him up for all kinds of trouble. I feel sorry for him but I guess that was his choice. RmarkV I have similar feelings as well. |
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Post by RmarkV on May 28, 2007 9:26:59 GMT 1
Seeing what has been written here and said, and what I have heard from dealers etc, I am wondering has there been a shift for the worse in Claas. They make great reference to a "Claas family" ( I don't mean Helmut etc) but the workers, dealers customer as the family, but from my experience that is far from the truth being that the customer is kept as far away from the company when there is a problem, and have as little direct correspondence with Claas as possible.
Is it now a case of them and us?
How much control does the real Claas family have over the company now? or are they just a figure head, like the royal family in the UK?
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Post by adamL on May 31, 2007 18:50:21 GMT 1
RmarkV sir,
I hope your fields are bigger than the ones on Co Kerry to make use of the 1000 horses. The weapon of choice apears to be the (still) mighty MF135 in that part of the world( which is very nice and I'm now burnt to a crisp!).
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Post by RmarkV on May 31, 2007 19:54:51 GMT 1
adamL
thankfully am not in the silage game, yeah the fields in Kerry come in all shapes and sizes. Burnt to a crisp, Ireland is really the country for four seasons in one day ;D
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, its not worth the trouble it will cause your company. The word around here is that the guy who took the pictures of the prototype at the factory which can be seen in the other thread on this site has gotten trown in jail. That is what the stories I have heard. The guy was working on the assembly line so I guess that set him up for all kinds of trouble. I feel sorry for him but I guess that was his choice. RmarkV I have similar feelings as well.