JCB 542-70 AGRIPRO LOADALL 1300 HOUR REVIEW

[@7810ftw]

i had one on demo the other day , it blew my bloody socks off what a weapon of a machine

[@danielsnell3288]

That jcb is a far cry from the old matbro's and sanderson's. Cracking video 🤟

[@JonDingle]

Going back about 13years l posted a video of me loading trailer with a JCB Loadall 530-70. The trailer was on a JCB Fastrac with paper waste destined for fields on a farm near Wigan if l recall correctly. On the same site was JCB 520-50. Both were brilliant machines. I have aldo driven a JCB 416-S loading shovel which was a grand bit of kit too. Also on my loader list is Manitou which l liked and more recently and every day at the moment l drive a Merlo P40. I prefer the JCB machines to be honest. Good video young man.

[@patlydon519]

very informative, never knew these were so advanced

[@billupstateny9151]

Would a bale wrapper (plastic film) work for the farm, so the bales maintain shape and are also weather proof ❓

[@benjaminbauer4883]

I drove an older JCB one of the first with the electro joysticks and found when you needed to shake the buckets it would be slow and hard to operate. We just bought a new one only the 3 tone machine which has a shake button but it really is not needed as the joystick is responsive enough to shake the bucket out. Thanks for the video

[@andyplimbley630]

Nice demo George love the jcb range keep it up n do well

[@kevinwillis9126]

Thanks George great vid sir.. Take care...

[@paddygoesracing]

Great video George

[@jackhume4532]

Good morning George, I have just watched this video of yourself operating this JCB agripro telehandler and found it quite interesting, as I can remember driving the very first series of these machines back in 1989 and I thought at the time that this is the way forward for larger farms to load/unload stack/unstack and of course do all the other jobs on and around the farm that is required and now we have moved forward 30+ years and these machines are still basically the same but the controls are different as you only have a single joystick 🕹 to do the main operations of the boom but I guess it’s logical progression in the way things are done now to make are working lives a lot less stressful. I am also looking forward to seeing you and his Lordship back together doing a more in depth conversation about new or old machinery that has come or has gone the way of the DoDo and until next time TaRa for a bit.

[@bmacd2112]

A very nice machine. Thanks for the review.

[@tmdavid1332]

Up to 20kph not 16. The track as you call it is now been fitted inside the booms on all machines to save being caught or damaged

[@uppsalahazzemarkstedt2759]

How are driving lights doing and the work lights on the 542 in all directions, George?

[@patkelly7999]

Fantastico, great review George:):)

[@billupstateny9151]

This channel is incomplete minus the Mucker, hoping for near future collaboration, sooner not later, & that isn't a negative reflection on you George. Two heads better than one, as the old adage goes. ADD a be well to ta ta .

[@LordMuck]

We've already got some stuff planned Bill 😉

[@matthewshaw3718]

Will Ben be back?

[@torquingpoint5057]

Ben has a family which must come first in the current situation. When he has time he'll pop up here and there no doubt but we will also have some special guests joking us along the way not to mention the chance for some of you to join us while filming various episodes.

[@coreyfell8791]

We had are power cable on the boom ran in side it through a oil pipe because we us to have the problem of the track moping the wires and touch wood it’s never done it since

[@AliMackMechanical]

Good report looks a good Machine. My brother could use one of these on his place.👍

[@DJC995]

Hi George Nice Video Thanks

[@charleshart6992]

Great review, excellent machine - don't understand why JCB have a problem with black paint!

[@weegrant1980]

The sawmill near me had a jcb, think it had about 15000 hours on it, they replaced it with a merlo, the lad that's on it said in 6 months work it's only managed 2 weeks of work without breaking down. He hates it

[@gregshearer423]

That’s unlucky had merlo where a use to work and they were pretty much bullet proof

[@Andy-From-England]

Great video and great review

[@bobpaterson1845]

Good review George 👍 cudnt believe it's done over 1300 hrs already 🤔👍👍

[@ajb542]

There’s a Fastrac with your name on it on Farmer Phils channel George 👍🏼

[@jay-kq8of]

Great vid George can't fault jcb machines

[@dianerose3566]

Great video

[@davros517]

I'm 64 and was raised on a farm, brakes and lights - is this a new idea ?

[@rodneydelday625]

Good review enjoyed TA TA

[@jpw1490]

Our 2010 jcb can be gutsy on diesal especialy in the winter when it was start and stop alot of the time

[@sionmurtha917]

George, might sound like a daft question, with the dual vt box, how does it behave when loaded, and you hit a hill that drags you down below 18k or whatever? Do you lose the power shift, IE does it revert to hydrostatic, and then crawl awfully? I’ve some awful steep hills round here, would agri pro spec hack it, or would a lower spec, but full power shift machine be better suited?

[@torquingpoint5057]

Hey Sion, it'll pull a heavily loaded trailer well in the hydrostatic part of the box. Although we haven't got much in the way of hills round here. It would be very similar to when a powershift gets down in the lower gears and it drops out of torque lock up they lose all of there go. Hope that helps.

[@sionmurtha917]

@@torquingpoint5057 thanks George

[@steveeveratt9816]

George how do you find the boom suspension we have 2 542-70 agri pros and boom suspension is horrible and hard a slight bump in the road makes the machine bounce like made we've had jcb look at them both twice and they say there is nothing wrong with it but compared to our old 67 plate 536-70 agri pros they are complete rubbish

[@torquingpoint5057]

Hi Steve, must be something wrong as ours is fine and as good as the previous 531-70. Obviously the more weight on the boom the better it operates.

[@steveeveratt9816]

@@torquingpoint5057 we only have forks on ours but our old 536-70 would travel nice and you could see the boom floating whilst traveling on rough ground but the 542-70 bounces like mad slaming the forks about going to get jcb out to them again they've been out twice and said nothing wrong tho

[@bigjarn]

nice rig

[@billupstateny9151]

It APPEARS the trailer has single acting dump cylinder, but the machine can operate a double acting cylinder @ the rear, ❓ Is that correct ❓👀

[@jonlowe8727]

Seems like a great machine. If you're happy with it look no further.

[@sawblade-eg5fq]

You have the same portequip trailer as me

[@owensfarminglife-3626]

How many hours a year do you do in it

[@fusion7865]

They probably put nearly all them hours on themselves because they had it new last year

[@trams66]

I understand that red diesel is lower quality !! Would you agree?