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these two are from about 2 weeks ago I was cutting oil seed rape will get some more pictures hopefully a bit closer in next few days as I still have 3 fields of wheat to cut. Combine is a NEW HOLLAND TX 34

bit late with these photos as it was previous weekend I put my son Wayne on the baler the wife Julie was on the tractor and trailer carting and I was on the flat eight loading we started at 12pm and by 9pm we had baled and carted 900 bales

we have been planting oil seed rape the last two days it was a bit wet Monday morning as we had 36mm of rain over weekend had to drop the press off for first two fields as the soil would not go though but the sun was out so it soon dried out so put press back on

Yes the 1130 and the Steiger also the dexter is his fathers

Went to the OLD NEWTON fun day and road run I think there was 26 tractors on the road run and 6 on static display we had one heavy shower whilst on the run but a good day out for all that took part

Most of my bags are agricultural related and don't take up much room like you say but I have got at least 3 draws full . I also got pens with agri names on ,them things you can squeeze with agri names on (stress balls) a few tax discs from tractors we have owned in the past and one or two other nick-nack items

Clad to see i:m not the only one to collect carrier bags BC ,allow the wife thinks i:m strange here is a picture of 5 bags my mate gave to me over the weekend he was going to put them in the bin

Thanks for the comments Sean but did you recognize the person pretending to have a pitchfork attached to his arm ?

Yes we got a flat 8 grab but we was the wrong side of the rail line in Needham market and the bridge is only 8 feet high and its 10 miles to go round so used smaller transport to get under and some where sold to horsey people so did small loads.Did you recognize one of my helpers?

With a bit of help today(Friday) we baled and carted 1020 small bales from 4 fields which was good as its now just passed midnight and its raining

after turning hay today I spent a bit of time on last minute checks on my NH TX 34 combine as my rape was sprayed off today and barley is nearly ready

A very close friends husband went missing just over a week ago we all been looking round fields for him as he may have got lost but the police found his body in a nearby lake Friday night so not the best of weekends

Had a busy 10 days cutting,turning,and bailing hay done 2200 small bales from 9 small fields weather not been the best for this job drizzly days not a lot of sun but first lot done got appox the same to due again but only 6 fields this time . Weather talks about thunder storms down here in SUFFOLK today and tomorrow so will wait till Wednesday then see so will spend today and tomorrow checking over combine as rape not to far away

I had some help today whilst turning hay my granddaughter JASMINE

I picked up my new hedgecutter yesterday also I have been cutting grass for hay since yesterday afternoon with my CASE 4240 and LANDMEC mower.

I have been helping two friends of mine that run a engineering company which is based about 1 mile away from my farm. The project was to transport 3 H beams which was 25 feet long to the site which was about 8 miles away then lift beams and place across the ditch using my CASE 4240 and QUICKE front loader then place sleepers on and bolt down side rails still to be made and I have got to take down some crushed concrete to make ramps on the ends

Got away to the SUFFOLK SHOW for a few hours on Wednesday and saw this the TWOSE hedgecutter on the BRAD farm machinery stand is the one I bought a few weeks ago should take delivery of it next week hope PAUL (PDC) don't drop it of his lorry . Got to go and pack my bag now as me and MARTYN REEVE (Martyns farm models ) are of to the CHARTRES model show in FRANCE today to get set up for the show on sunday

I have been taking the wooden fascia an soffits of my bungalow and replacing with plastic

Went to a model auction this morning and won 2 items a G&M ORIGINALS MARSHALL MP6 TRACTOR in orange and a G&M ORIGINALS JONES BALER which I will stand next to my BRIAN NORMAN RANSOMES THRESHING MACHINE. Will post pictures later. when I got home late this afternoon I went and sprayed 50 acres of wheat with a fungicide

Don't now what would be best? so as it was the front half that had gone rotten I have got 2 sheets of 4.8mm chequerplate coming today (Friday) to try on the front and the back half I will put back the original 30mm thick plywood what I took out of a container floor as this seems to be ok might look a bit odd but don't want to use all steel to start with as I think it might be a bit slippery for tires when wet. Chequerplate is £100 a sheet +vat so don't wont to do it all straight away in case it is slippery the height difference in middle wont matter to wheels and combination drill will sit ok

I built this low-loader to take my combination drill around a few years ago and over the years its had a few mini-diggers;dumpers;and vintage tractors on it but the last dumper being a big one went through the wooden floor as the supports were to far apart and the floor a bit rotten so over the bank-holiday weekend I added some more supports (all the red bits)just got to replace floor now

CONGRATULATIONS all the best for the future

Went to Cheffins Cambridge vintage sale viewing day today the sale is tomorrow Saturday 26th april and this lot caught my eye

Hope the paint is dry on new mudguards as I have been spaying the oil seed rape today and T1 disease control on some winter wheat

was busy Saturday night all day sunday and Monday morning as I was putting new mudguards on my case 5150 fertilizer had got to the old ones