smithy

On Sunday i come back home along the A303 and some fields was still stubble and some looked like they had been drilled but not a lot on them ,other years they look nice and green , we have the same around here ,i have some to rip up due to the amount of rainfall 

Very good Phil, I have witnessed getting things into the halls many years ago and machinery was a lot smaller then . I helped a mate get things down to Smithfield show one year everything had a timeslot to be taken in and if you missed it you were in trouble.

47 minutes ago, Anderson Agri said:

Just got home with last load good to see everyone this weekend been good! 

Good to meet up with you as well , i only got home about 15 minutes ago ,M3 just past fleet services 4 lanes down to 2 lanes so very slow then M25 just moving around Heathrow that delayed me just over 45 minutes , it should be a 4 hr run but took 5hr to get down and just over 6hrs to get home ,been a long day 👍 but a good one

Could not get any sleep as to exited about show 🤣 so found this place 👍😄

Down here somewhere, currently parked up in layby A36 I think,tom tom say 15minutes away, will have hrs sleep as it's 5.45am ,then find a McDonald's 👍😂 for coffee 

4 minutes ago, Tractorman810 said:

they were using something similar down here smithy ,when doing a big roadwork's job, but it had a built in chainsaw as well, they fitted it to the end of a merlo roto, so cut the limbs up high and just bought it down, so no climbing, lot quicker, road was closed for 2 hours max , rather than all night 

Yes some have a chainsaw built in but for general work in hedge bottoms where you may hit something and mess chain up its best to shear them , chainsaw ones are neater on the finish  

10 hours ago, Anderson Agri said:

The 2 B's in place ready for the weekend. Didn't get a photo of the ed40 but it needed a wash but didn't have time 🙈😥 hope to have a good weekend 

Well done ,i will bump into you on Sunday 

11 hours ago, jmd said:

Bet it made short work of it smithy bit easier than doing it all with chainsaw 

It certainly did , half of it was hanging the wrong way so would have needed a rope put on to give a tug which all takes time . Another thing was it was all the wrong side of ditch ,360 can grab and swing it over and place it down where i can go though picking out the big bits for firewood and then just push rest up into a heap and burn which i would have to do even if i had done it all by hand . It had to be cut before end of February so short timescale by hand but can clean up at any time , whenever i have a few hrs i can nip down and do a bit , but not this weekend 😉 

Last ones,it will shear up to 300mm allow if hard like dead elm might only cut 250mm cleanly,by giving it a bit of a wiggle while cutting it will go through the big bits but not cleanly 

Few actions shots 

Wednesday for 8hrs I was on chainsaw cutting bits that was stuck in fence so that 360 did not pull fence over as fence is not mine,bit of a job as brambles and stuff getting around legs and scratching your arms and face but got it done, one of my neighbours owns the machine and my mate works for them so he was on 360 ,we did other bit on Thursday morning, I just got to clear it up at some time, will cut out big bits for firewood and heap rest up and burn. Arms was aching by end of the day 

Like above post that looks excellent .👍 

Super job there Barry looks really good 

Hope so Paul, earth lead needs sorting out as slightly damaged and bare wire at start and cable between units needs tidying up on one end as bare cables but nothing to worry about , full of dust so needs a good blow down, then plug in and put wellies on for insulation and a long stick and turn it on 😂 got half bottle of argoshield here few years old from previous mig but hopefully not gone off , hopefully jobs a goodun 

On 1/20/2024 at 9:02 PM, Anderson Agri said:

3 tractors booked in this year. Best drag them out the shed tomorrow make sure they run 😆

If I can make it on the Sunday I will look out for you 👍

The good lady has to come first Paul ,I am planning on going down for the Sunday like last year and take in toy fair as well,if things go to plan this week I should have Sunday free but nothing ever goes to plan with me , looking forward to catching up with Jmd and the little fella 👍 if possible 

All back together apart from exhaust stack, later today or tomorrow I have a mate calling in as it's a two man job to line things up, one slip and it's though windscreen 🙁

,Just picked this up,my mates at the local forge not used it for about 2years but was working fine at the time,I need to blow out dust and tidy up a couple of leads and fingers crossed it should be ok,if not I can take it back , single phase 32 amp supply 

Been doing a little job for goody , still have another job to do for him but these was part of some stuff he has been moving so as payment I got given these,thanks goody 

Took a call on Friday to say all my parts had turned up, today I have spent a few hours cleaning up surfaces and got new exhaust manifold bolted on ,old one was pitted and blowing in 2 places, could have got old one refaced but a risk it might crack so got new , hopefully carry on tomorrow 

14 minutes ago, jmd said:

Should bump into you there smithy not be just as busy as lamma I suspect 

Will you be with Paul and dodgy Dave 😂

1 hour ago, jmd said:

I'm hoping to get down on the Sunday 

Yes same here, just got to see how this week goes on the farm 

As above anyone going to the ROYAL BATH & WEST SHOWGROUND next weekend 27th &28th 

This is a one-off 1/16 model made by U/H for Valtra to demonstrate how weight in spreader alters spread patterns, with 2 sencers and hydraulic top link it should keep level. Model was on valtra stand at Lamma and cost £4000 to be made