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Southern Alberta Canada | We had a 3185 until a kid burnt it up last winter and we still have a 3220. They are fast machines and ride like a dream. They are a one operator tractor. The 3185 had multiple operators and was in the shop constantly, the 3220 had one operator for six years up until last week. Here's a few things to consider... Very light wiring and lots of wires. They will start to burn up after a few thousand hours. They have twenty lights and eight light switches that are hooked to battery, you will have dead batteries a few times before you remember to check your light switches. 54 forward speeds consisting of a combination of air shift, manual syncronized transmission and powershift, very confusing until you have it figured out and takes some maintainence, it gets very hot under the cab and the air lines get crispy after awhile, power wires for powershift on manual gearshift break off from constant flexing. They seem to be very hard on brake pads, they wear uneven and catch you by surprise, then you windup replacing the disk at $700. The park brake is an accident waiting to happen, they had both tractors on fire because of driving with it engaged. I'm sure that was what caused the 3185 disaster. Why the park brake is not interlocked with the transmission controls is so far beyond me... JCB should get sued over this.
The English think completely different then anyone else on earth, they write their parts and service manuals totally different then anybody else, it takes awhile to figure that out and then it seems no ody in North America havea clue how to fix these things or even how to get the information to fix them. And as stated above parts are hard to get and prohibitively expensive. If you are in a hurry they will be happy to tack on twenty percent and have your parts possibly within a week... JCB does not give a damn... | |
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