Experience with Fecon carriers?

APSmulching · Oct 2, 2012

ALittleDirtWontHurt said:
How would a Fecon 130/140 compare with a Supertrak 140?

I have never run a Supertrak 140 but I would guess that they are comparable in power to the head. The Fecon has the high flow and psi numbers but it all comes down to horsepower and torque.

RINGPOWERTALLY · Oct 3, 2012

problem with supertrak is that there is one dealer world wide.......only one source for parts.... and only one place that can make a legitimate warranty claim. other than that they are pretty nice machines.

cat 297c · Oct 3, 2012

Ran one last year my cat dealer brought out for me to demo for a day. Cut great but for the price they wanted for it they can keep it. Could have got a brand new fecon 148 an had little left over.

ALittleDirtWontHurt · Oct 3, 2012

I run a CIMAF head on the PT and love that. Anyone with any experience with the Gyrotrac units, like a 13 or 25?

fishfactor · Oct 3, 2012

If you like the cimaf head on your PT you already know all of the drawbacks of a knife head. We have a Gyro Trac 25. It loves big material. 24" hardwoods in about 5 minutes. The size and undercarriage limit tight places, put you have your other machine for that. The 25 does good with a skid steer as support/chase machine.

QwikDraw · Oct 4, 2012

I got a Supertrac 140 ctl-c I'd sell. Just over 1100 hours. 90K. I'm in need of more HP and steel tracks.

tonyoz · Oct 11, 2012

Unless you can afford to repower the 130 plus any other repairs don't touch it. End of story

ALittleDirtWontHurt · Oct 12, 2012

Looked at a FTX130 this week. I'm on the fence on whether or not to even consider it. Fires right up and runs smooth from what I can tell, but everybody says these things have problems. The final drives have been re-done and the lifter arms are slotted. Under 1000 hours. If the budget were higher I would be looking for a Supertrak, Gyrotrac 13 or 18, or Fecon FTX 148, or something similar.

cat 297c · Oct 12, 2012

ALittleDirtWontHurt said:
Looked at a FTX130 this week. I'm on the fence on whether or not to even consider it. Fires right up and runs smooth from what I can tell, but everybody says these things have problems. The final drives have been re-done and the lifter arms are slotted. Under 1000 hours. If the budget were higher I would be looking for a Supertrak, Gyrotrac 13 or 18, or Fecon FTX 148, or something similar.

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