smithy

A good night for this job ,wind droped right down and a cool night so hopefully wont shock the little beet ,should be done by 9ish 

The school is only about 2 minutes drive up road from the farm so i took tractor and wagon up road slowly and picked them up from school ,some parents gave my a funny look as i pulled in carpark ,some waved ,some took photos but you could tell some thought what the hell is going on here 👍 grandchildren loved it thats what matter ,will see if it get talked about tomorrow and i get a letter saying you cant bring that in here 🤣😂🤨

3 wheels on wagon but i keep rolling along 🤣😂👍👍giving the axles bit of grease as i have it out of the winter storage ,going to take it back into the garden bit later on when youngest 2 grandchildren get here from school 

Anyone else if you would like to veiw log into Clarke & Simpson ,think there is 64 pages , few models and brocures in first 10 or so pages ,make yourself 2 cups of coffee and sit and have a look . The sale ground is in the middle of 2 carparks ,the carparks are full of machinery so parking on village hall football pitch next door and some of the containers are not on site as they are still at place that they have been used at ,saves moving them twice

1 hour ago, Paul Palmer said:

Thats a massive sale Smithy

It certainly is ,as from 9am tomorrow the countdown begins , they said it works out that 12 lots should end every minute but if someone bids in last minute it puts it back by 5 minutes or so . The people at the sale ground said some of them would be at work for 14hrs as sale would be 9am to 9pm 

Yes ,i did not look in cab to see if it had still the headlining  i should have done . One sidelight was missing and exaust was slightly bent back 

Last ones i just took at random ,so much to look at .There is also a building full of tools ,welders, and other bits all to bid on 

A few more ,something for everyone 

There is all sorts of stuff to be sold 

There is around 3500 lots which start to end online from tomorrow (wednesday)

Monday morning i nipped over to Clarke & Simpson sale ground at Campsea Ashe as they have a online collective auction 

5 hours ago, trigger82 said:

Just leave this here 😃😃😃🚜🚜

That is how a lot of cabs are , some controls can be linked to the tractor screen if you have the right software 

Had a walk over beet field this evening ,they are coming though ok but so are the weeds ,got to spray them in next day or so 

Had to fit a new bunded oil tank at home ,old one was single skin and got a few cracks ,anyway lifted it up with JCB to drain out the last bit , will use old tank for holding rainwater which i can then have one tankfull for spraying instead of mains water 

Fitted new LED front marker lights on trailer as rubber was splitting on old bulb type ones 

9 minutes ago, jmd said:

Last Saturday was the young farmers county rally. I had been asked a few weeks prior if I would coach the longridge young farmers tug of war team.longridge is the team I pulled for many years ago. It's a junior team under 18 so a mix of boys and girls So I done 4 training nights with them and they went on to win against 7 other teams not losing a single pull so going through to northern area as Lancashire A. very happy 

Well done John 👍

37 minutes ago, jmd said:

Matt was Tedding on cousins farm today 

Glad to see he is keeping busy and still driving a McCormick 

2 minutes ago, jmd said:

Matt was also there with his tug of war team chipping young farmers. They also went on to win in the men's seniors not losing a single pull so also going to northern area as Lancashire A 

Well done Matt 👍

38 minutes ago, jmd said:

Matt came home in charnleys pickup with a new old stock cab top he was delivering

That a nice shiny roof hope rest of tractor is not dull/faded

1 hour ago, justy 46 said:

Was the Case under pressure pulling it Smythy... 😅

It struggled on the hills 😂 i would have put few more bales on but there was a bench seat fixed in middle of trailer so not easy stacking around it

I borrowed PDC (Paul Capon) trailer last august for a wedding ,its been in my barn ever since anyway as it was dry saturday morning i set off about 6.45am to take it back ,its about 1hr 40 minutes each way ,as his daughter has got a horse i put a few smallbale of hay and straw on as a Thank you 

First thing friday morning while it was slightly damp i cut a few grass margines and footpaths 

Spraying and more spraying since tuesday 

Few little jobs today like spraying weeds around the yard ,trimming a hedge overhanging from a garden and few other odds and ends but got photo of granddaughter helping me put row crops on sprayer ,got jcb tines under back end to lift it up ,bit quicker and safer than a hydrolic jack 

That looks great Paul/Gemma ,you hard work has paid off 👍