IXXRA......The Home Of The Superblackbird

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....it does make the Panzer good looking.






Well, it's not brand new - 1998 in fact, so contemporary with the 'Bird.

It's a Fendt 395GT, the largest of the so called 'Tool Carriers', that were produced between 1989 and '98. The name is a description of it's ability to carry implements at the front, middle, and more traditional rear. Let's make this very clear - the name is no reflection of the owner/driver

These were more popular on the continent, where farmers traditionally use implements simultaneously at front and rear. For promo film see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk4OuBhdYbc

Some stats:
118 BHP
6.1L Deutz air cooled 6 cyl diesel mounted under the cab, but surprisingly quiet.
5060 kgs
21 forward gears, 40 kph.

I bought it to run a 3m grass mower/topper that my previous 75 hp Massey was struggling with. Specifically, I chose it for the front hydraulic linkage arms and pto, which are only now becoming common on newer larger machines. With the 30-70% front/rear weight distribution, the outfit will be perfectly balanced with the topper on the front.

So you see, all my tractor gazing in Austria was not in vain.

Some more pics taken today:







Chris

I got new wheels for 2015 too

Not this one but exactly the same, doesn't have a pto tho got one of those on my truck

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needs a coat of paint treepithed... tvatanium will make it go faster ...onest...

regards
aj

Akuji wrote:I got new wheels for 2015 too

Not this one but exactly the same, doesn't have a pto tho got one of those on my truck

Ajuki, I have been a bit lax keeping up to date with the forum, so I must have missed your post where you said you were now a hairdresser, had THE op, and are now calling yourself Tracy.


aj, if you look again, the chassis is light titanium ( grey to everyone else ) . It's only the go-faster fairings that are green.

Chris

XXtremist wrote:

Akuji wrote:I got new wheels for 2015 too

Not this one but exactly the same, doesn't have a pto tho got one of those on my truck

Ajuki, I have been a bit lax keeping up to date with the forum, so I must have missed your post where you said you were now a hairdresser, had THE op, and are now calling yourself Tracy.


aj, if you look again, the chassis is light titanium ( grey to everyone else ) . It's only the go-faster fairings that are green.

Chris

It's actually Susan as Tracey is so 80's

Right I'm off to seek help I started to get blood in it half way through that youtube tractor porn vid, does this mean I to have "Tractoritis"

jono49 wrote:Right I'm off to seek help I started to get blood in it half way through that youtube tractor porn vid, does this mean I to have "Tractoritis"

Only if you also insist on wearing your grandads jumpers

Oooooh you little cow Meaooow

Sorry Chris, I havent got a bike trailer big enough to get that one home

Can I have a go please

Oldbull wrote:

Can I have a go please

Perhaps I could rake your lawn for you




jono, I couldn't import just the pic, so here's a link to some more tractor and big machine porno http://www.amazon.co.uk/Whats-Machines-Ladybird-Pictures-Picture/dp/1409309398

Chris

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dunoww if you've noticed yet treepithed... but it hasn't got an engine thinge... you know... the bit that makes it work....

regards
aj

aj wrote:.


dunoww if you've noticed yet treepithed... but it hasn't got an engine thinge... you know... the bit that makes it work....

regards
aj

I'm still saving up for that.

Chris

XXtremist wrote:

aj wrote:.


dunoww if you've noticed yet treepithed... but it hasn't got an engine thinge... you know... the bit that makes it work....

regards
aj

I'm still saving up for that.

Chris

ahhh...ok.... let me know when you get it...i'll come down to give you a hand....
think i have a spare spanner somewhere....???


regards
aj

XXtremist wrote:

aj wrote:.


dunoww if you've noticed yet treepithed... but it hasn't got an engine thinge... you know... the bit that makes it work....

regards
aj

I'm still saving up for that.

Chris

And where's the MILF attachment? It looks as though you need some lubricant for the PTO

Looks as though Jono's already lubricated his PTO

jono49 wrote:Right I'm off to seek help I started to get blood in it half way through that youtube tractor porn vid, does this mean I to have "Tractoritis"

Now if i'd bought the new £150k Fendt, see what optional accessories you get with it.





...Or my favourite. Perhaps she's attracted to the air-cooled Deutz engine, coz she's awfully close to that front pto.




Chris

XXtremist wrote:
...Or my favourite. Perhaps she's attracted to the air-cooled Deutz engine, coz she's awfully close to that front pto.

flawless_photo_33479122.jpg

Chris

She's probably just cold, looking at what she's wearing
(which I wasn't)

fendt also make top of the range cnc machines you know

duncan wrote:fendt also make top of the range cnc machines you know

Thank you for sharing that nugget. My life is almost complete now.

duncan wrote:fendt also make top of the range cnc machines you know

......... and caravans. Thought the pikeys on here would have picked up on that.

Chris

Well since I told you about the Fendt, I may as well finish a long story....

After eight weeks preparing the tractor, it was delivered with a gearbox fault. The High range in the three speed splitter would not engage, so I only had 2/3rds of a gearbox. . Oh, and it would slip out of reverse sometimes.

Asked the dealer very politely to put things right. He refused.

Reminded him of his legal obligations under the various Sale of Goods Acts, so he suggested we swap tractors back, and I got full refund.

So have been tractor searching over the weeks, and finally bought this one today (subject to contract) :-



More pics here https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B1rpZPqwUop6fmEzc2IxYlZDVXRIck1fd1NXQzZzOHFxTUstOURKUEJScV9TT3A4QXNLaDA&usp=sharing

Same money as the Fendt, but 10 years younger, 1300 fewer hours, and in true Ninja style 32 mph . I do have to have a front pto fitted though.

Compared with the one I saw with Andy, it has 30 fewer horses at 150 HP, but is 3 years younger and has new boots. Generally, a better cared for tractor.

Regards,

Chris

XXtremist wrote: Generally, a better cared for tractor.

So the old one was like a GS that's been run into the ground and the new one one is like a GS that has had a caring and sympathetic owner............sounds familiar

thought while i was away i'd keep my eyes open for you Chris found this in the high st in St Kitts while resting in a bar





think you may some new tyres though

Hi Simmo,

Wish I was in St Kitts right now, drinking rum and escaping this weather.

You probably want me to fall into the trap of saying that's a Massey 135 or 168, but it is actually the IMT Eastern Bloc copy.

Don't think much of that hap-hazard painting of the zebra crossing. Think the highways guy had one to many rums.

Regards,

Chris

Bye fook we've got some reet anoraks on here