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Got up early one morning and got this small section done on my own before it got to hot ,its in the shade till about 11,30am i was finished by then but every hr i was soaking it with a sprinkler on a watering can so it did not dry out to quick. Got a mate coming this Wednesday to help on next 2 sections    

We could have finished harvest in july but last bit of wheat that went in late was at 18% so i left it till 3rd August and it was 14.4% so we cut it and wrapped harvest up ,we dont normally start till the 28th July ,wonder if we will see another harvest this early in the coming years  

Daughter-in-law never been in a combine before let alone drive one ,anyway after a 1 minute training course she took over the wheel as i had to nip of to do something else for half-hour ,she did well and came back the next day for another go , i did have half the family helping out on this harvest 

one i got sent by daughter-in-law 

A view out back of farm and the combine 

My neighbour and good friend had a slight accident in the dark the other week ,one of my fields join his so i nipped over the border and spent a day cutting for him , i got him to phone MANNERS combine breakers and parts was here the next day and he was up and running again so i went back to cutting my own wheat ,did 23 acres for him ,these are some of his machines  

These are the cracks in the fields ,and 2 more harvest photos 

This one was before harvest ,someone pleased to see me 

These 2 photos are for John (JEP) remind him of 2018 ?

Few more from harvest 2022

A few photos from harvest 

On 8/5/2022 at 7:20 PM, IH885XLMAN said:

Love a 2 row  ransomes johnson  potato elevator digger

i think udimore had some hand built ones 

I started cutting wheat today ,it was 12% in some parts of the field and 14% in others ,not been in long as needed to finish that field ,very light drizzle when we finished , no photos as i never left the cab just needed to keep cutting 

Looks like it could be the start of a new yearly show ,looks a nice meadow to have them out on show and weather is on your side by the look of it 

On 7/22/2022 at 11:44 PM, MDFord said:

This was going cheap, so got it to maybe do it up. All intact and no damage

looks very tidy ,just a bit of paint loss which you expect 

This is supposed to be the star of the sale on Saturday 

Some from the inside lots 

Few more 

Few more from vintage sale 

I had to nip up to Pecks at Ely today and Cheffins is only a few more miles so i thought i would give it a look ,and look what  i found up there , eyeing up his next buys maybe 

On 7/17/2022 at 7:46 AM, Gav836 said:

The 541-70’s are great machines, should do you well. They were even better before the ridiculous cut outs on the lift were fitted. 

Thank Gav, i will give you 3 guess as to the salesman that poked,🤔 i mean sold it to me 😂 

16 hours ago, robbo said:

It was the branch next to the A14 quite close to the A1 junction at Cambridge, not sure if that is Newmarket though

Yes i now the one you mean ,its not been there long ,no it not the Newmarket one 

On 7/17/2022 at 8:03 AM, 844john said:

It’s been a busy few months with one thing and another, but still found time to fit in a few builds😉First up, a couple of old trailers, Fraser silage trailer and a Grays buckrake 

used many a bale trailor like the one in photo ,just scraped 2 like that because police are stopping trailers like that around here which i am not against for safety reasons but makes the job a bit more stressful , thats one of the reasons i bought a new lowloader/bale trailer . Great builds there John   

Been very warm here as well ,been a few fires around us ,when i came past Duxford on sunday there was a big fire in the distance behind the airfield . i have a meadow to top for someone but been leaving it last few day because of the heat ,got air-con so no worries on that just concerned about hit stones and making a spark  

9 hours ago, Oakley Farms said:

The first of two new trailers arrived yesterday. Our friend Alan went up to Lincolnshire to collect it direct from Bailey Trailers in his new Volvo. These are 18t root specials, as we feel these ride better with the lower centre of gravity and easier to see into for loading. Went for 18t so we can carry a sensible load without having to heap up above the sides. With the new laws about unsecured loads these have sheets for the longer haul back from Bondip along the A303, A Vosa hotspot! They will join the 2 older 14 tonners already in the fleet. Thanks to Alan for collecting and well will be seeing more of him soon!

😁 A303 VOSA Hotspot did you not make the F/W headlines a few years back . Very nice trailers a mate of mine has a Bailey 16 ton potato trailor as its low and then has a bit more headroom when tipping in shed