voodoo
Silver Member
Mith,
The prices were the overall price. However, living in N. Ireland I had to arrange my own delivery. I bought it unwittingly just at the start of the foot and mouth problems. What a dilemma that turned out to be. Steve had agreed to leave the tractor to the liverpool boat for me to be picked up the other side. Then we found out that the government vets were not allowing the transport of any agricultural machinery without a certificate of cleaning, even if it had never been on a farm.
We had to source a certified government vet to issue a certificate for the tractor after they had observed it get chemically cleaned, with a specialist "fungicide" This cost about £60 and another £125 for the boat. In all it delayed delivery about 3 weeks. Throughout it all Steve was friendly and patient. I cannot say enough for the man. He did sterling work for me without knowing me at all.
The photographs were the only time the tractor was ever really clean. I had washed and polished it and advertised it on e-bay with those photos.
SCH trailers are pricey, but there is not much choice available at that size, unless you can make your own. The local machinery dealer was able to get some wholesale discount which he passed on to me. The web-site prices could be considered a guide /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
I have only one bad point about the tractor, it has a very slow glow plug response. It never once failed to start, but on a few frosty mornings, I had to hold the glows on for about 3 minutes. Even on a warm day, the machine would not restart without the glows if left switched off for more than 10 minutes. Perhaps I had faulty glow plugs, I never got them tested.
Surprisingly for circa a 20 yr old tractor, parts were still available. My regional Kubota dealer, (who charges Kubota prices /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif ) was able to get me a fuel pump when the one on the machine went. My fault for running it dry and then shorting the old pump when trying to bleed it /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Apparently some of the front mounted mowers still use the same 2 cylinder engine. He also had a 1970's B6000 in his showroom with less than 5hrs use. Bought it and just kept for display.
Nigel
The prices were the overall price. However, living in N. Ireland I had to arrange my own delivery. I bought it unwittingly just at the start of the foot and mouth problems. What a dilemma that turned out to be. Steve had agreed to leave the tractor to the liverpool boat for me to be picked up the other side. Then we found out that the government vets were not allowing the transport of any agricultural machinery without a certificate of cleaning, even if it had never been on a farm.
We had to source a certified government vet to issue a certificate for the tractor after they had observed it get chemically cleaned, with a specialist "fungicide" This cost about £60 and another £125 for the boat. In all it delayed delivery about 3 weeks. Throughout it all Steve was friendly and patient. I cannot say enough for the man. He did sterling work for me without knowing me at all.
The photographs were the only time the tractor was ever really clean. I had washed and polished it and advertised it on e-bay with those photos.
SCH trailers are pricey, but there is not much choice available at that size, unless you can make your own. The local machinery dealer was able to get some wholesale discount which he passed on to me. The web-site prices could be considered a guide /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
I have only one bad point about the tractor, it has a very slow glow plug response. It never once failed to start, but on a few frosty mornings, I had to hold the glows on for about 3 minutes. Even on a warm day, the machine would not restart without the glows if left switched off for more than 10 minutes. Perhaps I had faulty glow plugs, I never got them tested.
Surprisingly for circa a 20 yr old tractor, parts were still available. My regional Kubota dealer, (who charges Kubota prices /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif ) was able to get me a fuel pump when the one on the machine went. My fault for running it dry and then shorting the old pump when trying to bleed it /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Apparently some of the front mounted mowers still use the same 2 cylinder engine. He also had a 1970's B6000 in his showroom with less than 5hrs use. Bought it and just kept for display.
Nigel
