smithy

Awaiting a lorry to get a load of Tardis feed barley away ,bet it rains just as lorry turns up 

I finnished the field of barley this morning ,did not test it just cut it ,been baling since lunchtime ,had some help stacking bales but we cleared 550 ,last few in rain about 4pm but will be ok ,unload them ones tomorrow if its dry ,rain quite hard here now ,will lock up i think and head off home 

1 hour ago, SirTainly said:

Further question for the hive mind, looking at the wheel bearing kits, there seem to be heavy, standard and light duty hubs, looking at the various suppliers, how do you know which ones you have?

I did not now there was a choice ,i used to go to main dealer and just say front wheel bearing for 785xl and they just gave my a kit of inner and outer bearings and a dust seal ,

Got going again about 4pm ,moisture was around the 14% mark ,not sure how many acres we covered but we filled a 12tonne trailer 3 times ,was slightly damp from around 8pm ,stopped around 8.30ish 

3 hours ago, weblet375 said:

Watching olly bloggs cutting osr in a flooded field.

Dont watch him then 😂🤣 

1 hour ago, SirTainly said:

@Jack390 that will all compost up nicely 😁

 

Today I was actually at home for more than enough time to sleep, so took the new 785 on a shake down round the top paddocks. Problems that immediately need looking at are the wheel hub that's falling off, probably collapsed bearings, the oil being sprayed under the tinwork and the issues with gear selection. The latter of which I have partially solved by removing this (pictured) from the linkages, and can find first gear again. If anyone knows how to realign the linkages so I can move from low to high, I'd appreciate the help, high seems to have slipped forward from the neutral position.

Regarding your gears , if there is a lot a ware in linkages they can get out of line ,mine used to if i tried to move them to quick , you got to get a prybar in there and gently force it back ,well thats what i had to do a few times 

13 hours ago, Oakley Farms said:

Looks to me like you need a bigger baler Smithy!! That’s some straw there, what combine is it?

My mates combine is a M/F 40rs 20 foot cut ,mine is a N/H TX63 20 foot cut

41 minutes ago, Valley Axe Man said:

Think you needed a biscuit or two with that Smithy 😉

Remember this one Paul 

25 minutes ago, Valley Axe Man said:

Think you needed a biscuit or two with that Smithy 😉

I need some of them big biscuits you gave me a few years back or a slice of cake from the cake club 😂😅🤣👍

On 7/26/2023 at 8:08 PM, Anderson Agri said:

Yes Ive found a week to have a break. Went to Beamish tractor show on Sunday. It was relaxing until that bloke @mb86 made me come and drive a tractor for him silaging yesterday😆 

mb86 ,hope he is ok ,i dont do facebook so lost contact with him ,he used to post up nice models just like your latest one 

This is my mates baler and rows of straw that we are struggling to get in baler ,loads of straw but not grain ,my baler the same ,if we run same way as combine it goes in better but if we run other way it seems to lift it and jam up ,we got about 750 small bales done for a 1500 order my mate has ,i then need about 400 and my mate needs about 800 for some other orders he has . Both are balers have had knotter issures over last few weeks ,we had differant people look at them and fix them ,mine so far is ok but did cost more than my mates as we replaced more parts ,i got my man to look at colins baler on wednesday and he said bill-hooks and wiper arm on right hand knotter needs changing and other things need tweaking which he is going to do so his will end up costing more than mine in the end as paying twice ,as long as its fixed is what matters as broken bales in sledge is not fun 

11 hours ago, phil phoenix said:

Well done Smithy, the young lady will love them on her MXM120😎

Here are the rear wheels Phil ,got last coat on them last night ,just got to leave them now to harden off ,these wheels are off the MXU135  ,i will sort Jasmines wheels out on the MXM120 in the winter months just dont have time at the moment 

Had to nip into local town and got to wait 3hrs for job to be done so i thought why not ,Costa ,it certainly cost a lot but tastes good 

17 hours ago, Oakley Farms said:

Same here Smithy, 15mm from 3pm yesterday until this morning. How’s the yields?

Ares did not start till about 7.30pm but was all night for the 17mm then about 10.30am thursday morning we had another 3mm . I am cutting Tardis winter barley ,yields not good i reckon its about 2.5 ton acre or 6.25 hectare my mates is the same , there is loads of straw ,if you look back at photo i posted few days ago while up my mates as we was struggling to get 20foot cut into small baler , not normally this much straw  

1 hour ago, Oakley Farms said:

Harvest Log Day 4 

Grabbed a few hours yesterday before rained off yet again, at least thats the last two fields at Ilford Bridges done. 2 blocks of rape left, Blackdown and Bondip East, probably head to Blackdown next as that’s being bashed about a little by the weather as it’s high up on the hill.

I grabbed a few hrs yesterday on barley then got rained off , 17mm🙁

23 hours ago, Oakley Farms said:

No combining yesterday (Monday) as too wet, worked out quite well as we had GPS Geoff booked on from Hunt Forest Group to fit Starfire to some machines. Simon has decided to come away from Trimble because of reliability issues, he spec’ed the new Deeres with Starfire and decided to roll it out on the Cat, Combine and Sprayer, so a wet day well spent fitting and setting up. Since Hunts are the dealers for Bailey trailers we felt we needed to upgrade the farm bowser, used mainly for the 500 acre block of land 20 miles away at Bondip but also now farming Joes down the road too it future proofs fuel logistics. Geoff bought it along with him since he was coming up. Tom spent the day putting the toppers to use knocking down rape stubble at Selvinge and Colin dugthe old Chisel plough out of the nettles, see if we can get it up and running.

My neighbours have the same fuel bowser ,they are out most days with it they say it tows well 

Was with my mate today ,we had to nip up his late farthers place and do a job ,these machines was his farthers they have been parked up last 3 years in these sheds 

On 7/23/2023 at 7:47 PM, jmd said:

And a bit of yellow for the little fella 

This one is out of shed as its going to be digging 4 holes tomorrow for a shed extension at my mates 

On 7/23/2023 at 7:05 PM, Valley Axe Man said:

Weather stopping play Smithy but at least you made a start..... Couldn't help but noticed the old Leyland in the last photo of your baling post sat by the shed... 

Not best of photos Paul as it was in shed ,will get some next time its out ,he got the hedgecutter on as he can nip around getting the grass on headlands as and when that way he dont have to keep putting his main hedgecutter on till later in the year 

7 hours ago, NIGEL FORD said:

WE were in Lavenham (Essex/Suffolk area) on Friday when a Case & yellow trailer came through, later a JD and Fendt also came through, all newish with tandem axle 20 tonne-ish trailers,one red and can't remember the other colour. Saw them all involved with a Lexion in Barley chopping the straw as we headed back....sorry don't know what directions! Anyone know this gang ? Malcy?

Not many miles away from me but sorry i dont now what farmer or contractor that was 

Also got these models 

Had this on order for a few weeks ,got around to picking it up other day 

Bought another one of these JCB

This is the McCormick out of box allow it is still wired to base ,looks the same apart from my weights are red 

This is what i got from toy shop in France