smithy

Finished putting new bushes in front pivot on sprayer yesterday so all back together 

Last ones from show ,hope i not posted same photo twice as they are a bit muddled up on my phono 

Few more from the show 

From the show 

It was good to see you as well Zac ,yes it was a long day but well worth it , my photos will be same as Valley Axe Mans but i will get them on here anyway ,first up is this little gem 

On 1/29/2023 at 9:25 PM, Valley Axe Man said:

Good to catch up with you today Smithy, best not leave it as long next time 👍

It was good to see you and jmd and that little fella 😂 in your group ,he did not seem dodgy to me haha. I hope you had a smooth drive back home . My day was 22hrs long in the end ,i now i said i was going to leave here at 3am well i got woken up at 11.30pm on the Saturday evening so i just got dressed and had left before midnight as if i had gone back to sleep i might have missed alarm ,anyway with a slight diversion on A12 because of road works it was a straight run down there hence why i went past turning of A303 for the venue as i was aware that a few more miles down the road at sparkford there is a 24hrs Mcdonalds so i pulled in there had a coffee then at 6am they do the breakfast rolls so had one of them and another coffee ,apart from the 3 staff i was only one in there till about 7ish .Anyway was a really good day at the show and i left a few minutes after you ,i had good run all way back to M25 apart from the rain ,as soon as on m25 we was going at 20mph as every few miles there was broken down vehicles in the lanes ,did not get back up to speed till well past Heathrow anyway rest of drive back was ok and after a 20minute break on A12 i got home about 9.30ish , should have been 7.30-8pm ,anyway was a good day out . I have some photos to upload on here but now got to nip off to a training course so will try and do them bit later on   

17 minutes ago, trigger82 said:

So you have some I never seen any before.  

Yes i have some britains ones in my collection ,not sure what shed i have them stored in ,some of them are on here as there is a carrier bag post ,cant remember what section it is in at moment ,using my phone to post this and cant find the link 

At this moment sitting in Mcdonalds at Sparkford ,good drive down so time to spare 

24 minutes ago, Anderson Agri said:

Will have to look out for you!

Will have my case coat and cap on 

I got one of them new holland balers from Zwolle ,allow mine is a 575

Will have to steer clear of that weido tomorrow 🤣

At this moment (6-54pm) i am planning on leaving here at 3am and driving down to show , should be there with 1hr to spare as long as it goes to plan 

One of the cab shock-absorber's on Puma been weeping so took both off to replace ,got 2 bits of wood in and knocked a metal wedge in to lift cab and get weight of shocks to get bolts out ,to fit new ones i had to get a bit of box metal and slide in box at bottom of cab and get a hydraulic jack with a long bit of wood on top to push cab up a bit higher . The 2 spanners with old shock is what mechanic at Does has lent me as there is 4 settings on shocks and need them to turn onto setting that you need    

Got the tractors in barn ,took roof of the MXU135 as i had to replace a electric socket that is fixed into rear bit of roof ,only get to it by lifting up roof ,all back together now 

While frost was still in ground other week i ploughed the bit that the sugar beet had been stored on and then went back with drill ,hopefully it will grow and catch up to rest of field . It was a bit wet down bottom end where all water had run too down the tracks that the mause had made but i got though it just 

You dont find them in that condition very often , I thought only myself and BC collected carrier bags👍 must be someone else out there☺️

Just looked up if i go , A12- M25 Anti-clockwise -M3 THEN A303 , Its 4hrs 5minutes =226 miles , basically the same way as when i used to go to Wincanton . Not sure if i nip down will see how tomorrow turns out got a bit of roadside hedge-cutting to do 

No problem on photo Phil ,i had email about real tractor yesterday but still cant find out about model 

14 hours ago, Valley Axe Man said:

Think we be having our annual trip down on a Sunday this year for a wander about, looks at HJ Pugh's auction catalogue for the Saturday sale a few nice tractors in including a Doe and a brace of 8210s hopefully grab a few photos 👍

How long do it take you to drive down there ? Must be a fare milage 

On 1/19/2023 at 7:22 PM, Gav836 said:

To look at it another way, why should traders be expected to subsidise diorama exhibitors as their table price would have to go up to cover the money lost on free diorama tables. Further to that if a shows allocation of trader spaces is full and more want to come why would you utilise what could be paying floor space for free tables if a show is being run for a profit. 
As already stated Spalding has always been very much a traders show not a diorama show. If you go back far enough it wasn’t just for model tractors either. 

There used to be a IFOR WILLIAMS trailer loaded up of all sorts of spares ,mainly plough spares at one time 

Big events like Zwolle might make big money but the bigger event do cost more to hold ,like i said before i do know Colin has had to put his hand into his own pocket more than once to cover cost of putting show on .

It costs money to hire the venue so cant be free if you bring your own tables . I know that colin has had to put his hand in his own pocket to pay the shortfall in takings on more than one occasion 

On 1/14/2023 at 8:16 AM, Jack390 said:

Thanks, it is a good model(from modelfarmer.co.uk) but I’ve found their service to be not as great the past year or so… I know people who’d paid for items and hadn’t received them over a a year later. Not good at all 🙁.

A lot of people paid for items and never got them ,its a long story and i dont really want to say it all on this open forum ,allow i think Robbo put a warning up a long time back 

You been a busy boy getting all that back together ,it sounds nice is that the straight though exhaust or one with baffles 

Ford 7610 4wheel drive used to pull 4 furrows and push 2or3  ,probably 12inch furrows and Ransomes push-pull plough