Farming Youtubers

Was wondering about that too. Was he saying the 6499 uses almost 30L/hr? The Kubota was using 15.5L/hr which he said was saving him 14L/hr.

100 hrs @ €1.42

100 * 14 = 1,400 litres

1,400 * 1.42 = €1,988 saving.

Phil used €1.40 - which gives €1,960 he quoted.

How accurate would those usage figures be? I'd assume they'd be close enough to see there is an advantage with the Kubota. Would part of the problem not be closer to the 6499 being an older generation tractor as well as it being a 6 cyl?

Tbh it doesn't sound correct that the 200hp 6499 is consuming twice the amount of diesel than the 4cyl 170hp Kubota.

€20 fuel savings per hour doing the same work?

Over 2000 hours (which would be a decent year for a contractor's tractor) that's a fuel saving of €40,000 doing similar task's.

The only way to compare would be record a tank full to what ever hours it does

I couldn’t see the computer being 100% on the fuel usage

6cyl have always says to br more economical than 4cyl on fuel usuage

Fusion was probably the one Job where the kubota would be easier on Juice and the likes of spraying/fert spreading put her on double mowers, ploughing, heavy haulage work etc the massey would beat it hands down on fuel usage

That makes sense so Phil it was eco vs standard 540 from a fuel use point of view.

I'd be sceptical of the Kubota eco PTO being capable of handling the fusion long term regardless of Kubota's claims

By their very design, ECO PTO gears are not capable of withstanding high torque applications.

@farmerphil135 - are you now thinking about getting a high HP 4 cyl - or was it just really demo because it was offered?

Would that be a 6700 series machine?

No. It was my shity attempt at a hint that there might be a more modern 6 pot coming soon

Fair play Phil. Of course you’ll make the exclusive reveal on here first!

My money is on a 7618 if it’s a 6 pot or a 6718 if it’s a 4 pot.

Am I close?!!

Im the same as you Red devil. I always watched farming YouTubers after moving to Dublin for college and leaving the farm life behind I suppose. It helped me feel connected to it.

I’ve gone through following a lot of people over the years but now I’ve really just lost all interest in Tom P at this stage.

I think at some point some YouTubers (farming and other genres) just get too big and they stop being relatable for us watching which is always sad to see but someone else will eventually come along and take their place

Same here lost interest in most of them, feckin poor mouths on lot of them and the massive set up and big gear,

Re the mowers they seem to be a pure balls of rig unless you have a 300 plus hp tractor sitting around to drive them, seeing the fastrac on its knees doing 5.5kmh you'd be scratching your head, double pottingers here on a mapped puma 160 in the heaviest of meadows you'll travel at 13kmh a hour with zero issues, lighter multi-cuts 18-20kmh....

Would you rather if given a choice the samsaz butterflies our the double pottingers you demod last year?

I think a lot of it is a fad that took off with covid . People had nothing to do with their time and started watching youtube.

Fairplay to the lads ifarm phil tom etc who were at it then, right time and place and are making money fro. It but i fear it wont last.

One interesting thing i find is gerry6420 was uploading videos 13 years ago before most people

Doubles here are averaging 12 acres a hour average field size of 4 acres, biggest field here is 33 acres and you'd have it knocked in under the two hours, the groupers are the only advantage as far as i can see workrate wise

Are groupers much of an advantage now? I thought there was a move away from grouping the grass as it was cut to laying it out to promote wilt and then raking up for either baler or forager/SP.