smithy

8 hours ago, jmd said:

Bought this bundle of ebay from France. Bought it for the mccormick but does anyone know the maker, I thought it might be a macfarm but not sure,Has no markings on it and the class does and is made by macfarm. The class is also a bit smaller but could be in real life as its a 100hp tractor and the mccormick is 200hp

 

 

 

 

The McCormick looks like the ones i got in a set a few years ago from a toyshop while out in france , if i get a chance i will have a look and see if its the same and if a name on it ,got to think which shed they are in first 🤔

1 hour ago, Oakley Farms said:

I lied….

 

Grabbed 35 acres from 4pm until rained off. With a nice breeze and a little sun most of the day we took a chance and took Selvinge Paddock and Brick yard off.

Well done , i think at the moment you have to grab in when you can , i tried friday and barley was 17% so went bailing instead , had 12mm saturday , 1mm this sunday morning nice sunny afternoon but as i sit here now at 10.36pm its raining again 🙁

2 hours ago, Tractorman810 said:

oh smithy you have fallen prey of the pimp my tractor brigade 😆😆😆😆black rims ,your way to easily misled 😆😆😆

Yes you are 100% right easily misled ☺️ , i was going to get them blasted and painted last year but was one of them jobs i just never got around too .

2 hours ago, jmd said:

And a bit of yellow for the little fella 

Took me a minute to think of what you was on about ,yes thats my mates as well cant remember exact model but will get photos of that as well when i go up his yard 

3 hours ago, 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... 

That is my mates yard (Colin) cant remember what model it is ,it was his late fathers hedgcutting tractor ,colin took hedge cutter of and use it for odd jobs like hay turning and small trailer work , will get some photos in next few days when i go up his yard . 

I had to put new carb on this other day and a new pullcord ,youngest granddaughter is testing it 

34 minutes ago, phil phoenix said:

A few barley pictures from this week, Glovers new 2nd hand Lex 750 cutting next to the pigs. And one of their CASE Puma's with black rims (hint hint Smithy😄)

Albanwise with their collosal 1380m convio header in transit ,followed by the 20 plate 8900tt

 

 

Here you go Phil, front 2 done , back 2 i am spraying now but think i am going to run out of black paint so will have to finish next week , MXU135 will be on rowcrops for few more weeks so dont need them at moment allow they need doing for paint to have time to harden up 

I got cutting on wednesday afternoon but had to stop quickly as we had 5mm in about 5 minutes ,barley was 14% moisture at the time i had another go on friday but it was 17% ,we had ,had another 3mm overnight and no sun so was not expecting it to be dry . As i sit here in my barn this saturday its raining again now 😩

I breifly helped my mate get some barley straw baled up ,this is his baler ,same model as mine but having trouble with size of row from a 20 foot table ,he/we got just over 400 done and carted before rain set in again ,we got to deliver 1500 bales barly straw if and when weather lets us 

Got baler sorted out on monday by Norfolk Agri ,had to wait a long time to get parts ,weather not helping . Anyway got bailing hay again on tuesday and with help from mates we got them home and undercover .

35 minutes ago, Tractorman810 said:

looks a bit large, but how the hell would dragging a header that long on a road be legal, thats way over the length  a trucks trailer can be without a permit to move  isnt it??  saw a post today with a truck and trailer stopped by the old bill at 19m ,  at 15m then the draw bar, plus towing item thats going to be way over 

might be classed as special equipment , i believe fairground stuff on trailers can be 90 odd feet long ,allow i could be wrong , might have changed now but i think a tractor can tow 2 30 feet long turntable trailers hooked together unladen , back in the 1970:s we used to ,did 3 once but corners was a problem  

On 7/17/2023 at 5:16 PM, robbo said:

Look a nice clean tractor Smithy, what model is it? Looks like an 07 series

Its a D7807c . The person thats bought it stores his stuff on a farm and its the same farm that the tractor was delivered to when new ,so its gone home 

12 hours ago, phil phoenix said:

So Smithy, are you going to get all trendy and spray them wheels black??🙃  I recall the old Case Magnums had partially black rims and our local Case user "Glover Agri" has several Puma's all on black rims now.

Will post some photos up shortly ,nearly got front 2 done been busy on hay and stuff so had to leave them .

16 hours ago, SirTainly said:

I now own my dream tractor, but need to get it moved up to Shropshire.

Very nice ,i had one a few years back used to spread fertilizer and cut grass with it and sometimes had it on 3m powerharrow ,open them little side windows on doors and you get nice breeze come in cab 

On 7/17/2023 at 5:16 PM, robbo said:

Look a nice clean tractor Smithy, what model is it? Looks like an 07 series

right at this moment i cant remember ,its all faded on the bonnet ,i have a note in a book up farm what model it is for when i used to get filters for it ,i will look and come back to you , my mate Eric has had it in his woodyard since 2015 , normally i would change oils and filters around May time but since he had car accident mid April its not been used and he has decided to retire (he is 80 years young) so its been sold on to a good home  

The tractor after giving it a wash and taking sawbench off ,reloaded onto lowloader and granddaughter had a bit of practice driving with long trailer while i sat beside her as we delivered tractor last night to its new owner .He is going to just tidy up what needs doing but leave it as is and use on road runs ,once he fixed the brakes 

19 minutes ago, Paul Palmer said:

Still keeping busy Smithy despite the rain👍 

As well as wheels there is loads of little jobs to try and get done , supposed to be giving my van a clean as well as 2 tractors , they should be coming out tomorrow to fix baler ,been awaiting parts for 3 weeks , got a conifer hedge to go and hack back with tractor/hedgecutter for next village parish council  one evening , my 80 year old mate has now given up his firewood business do to a car crash he had back in april so i am running him about and trying to sort out his equipment so he can sell it on , sold and delivered his Deutz yesterday , yes keeping busy 👍   

While it was dry and waiting for paint to dry i took of one skid as it had couple small hole coming in it so cut and welded a plate over it and refitted ,then it rained again ,10mm , very windy at moment but dry 

Just doing front 2 at moment ,got primer on , hope to get top coat on later today then put aside to dry and start back 2 wheels . Long while since i done paint spraying but getting there 

Took me a little while cleaning up spacers and nuts and bolts but been ####### down rain last few days so atleast i am undercover 

Had them blasted and primed up . I was with my mates other day and asked one about man he use to blast things and another mate said ring this number cant remember his name but he just blasted wheels for me and he is bit closer ,so i rung it and turns out he lives in rented house one field away from my farm ,he seen me cutting grass at back of his last 5 years and did not now me and i had no idea what he did ,small world .

Had tires taken of rims other week as going bit rusty ,got rowcrops on at moment so wheels not being used at moment 

2 hours ago, phil phoenix said:

She is very good at pointing out BBC hypocrasy, albeit in her own special way🙃..................I personally refuse too watch BBC news as I detest propaganda.

I dont very often look at itv local news as allways going on about norwich city and delia ,she only lives about 2 miles away from me .

They will all do a good job in the right conditions  , but like Phil said if you have limited space go for something smaller , yes a plough would be a contender if trash to bury or chemical still in top few inches and needs putting down 8-10 inches ,all farms need a plough but not all farms have someone that can use them properly 

1 hour ago, Tractorman810 said:

canned it phil ,no idea how you remove a youtube link, tried a food few times for you . done it more so due to kids seeing it rather than us grown ups

I saw it , not sure if i classed as grown up as i still play with tractors 🤣, can i claim if i am distress by it 😂