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Yes i saw that as i was looking though mine ,well done

Nice to now what you are doing Cyril but remember all us nice guys wont bother you but you never now and we all now know that all your models are going to be in that container ,you might need a big padlock and a big dog ,just saying better go and get my tin hat on now

Yes i dont mind a bit of black pudding ,yes been cracking on with several thing just latterly some i can post some i cant , had 4 funerals to fit in in the last few weeks got 2 more next week and 2 that have not got a date as yet ,not complaining as the poor souls did not plan to go but heho thats life . Yes me and my mates all put in extra hrs to get ahead as we was all excited about the trip and yes done us the world of good

No i am not a golf man ,golf is for people that cant work 😂 allow my son plays it and he works 😂 that is we they put us up and one of the places they fed us ,got a few more photos to post now trying to upload them

combines have been on the go for over a week now on rape and winter barley around me Sean relations farm not far from me , my barley only about a week away which is good as i am still on hay ,i told all my customer last year that me and the wife was not doing hay this year but they all come to see us and said there is no one else that will do it so please will you do it again so yes we have been rushing around doing hay ,should finish by the weekend as long as no breakdowns

We have had a lot of things to fit in around work last 6-8 weeks ,JCB being the best so far . Yes the breakfast was a proper one with the black pudding ,the lodges was first class would have liked to stay for the rest of that week ,we was well looked after while up there

Some more views from around golf club and a photo of breakfast and vally axe man and jmd take note black pudding on my plate. will post some more tomorrow as got a busy day ahead and its very late

I got invited to spend 2 days up at JCB Rocester, Uttoxeter. The invite was from Mr Goodwin and G&J PECKS LTD. Mr Goodwin, myself and 3 other mates/farmers travelled up and JCB put us up in there lodges at the JCB golf club ,i think there is 10 lodges each with 4 rooms so can sleep 4 or 8 in each lodge . this is some of the views

A few weeks back we started to cut grass for hay , the new mower i bought of Collins Brothers cuts lovely. Had grandson telling me how to do it on one field VID-20220612-WA0003.mp4 VID-20220613-WA0002.mp4

Got some 3inch angle bolted to floor both sides of walling and another bit about 6inches away on inside to form a edge to work to and them fill with cement . starting to get shelves and benches back in place . The grain walling seals the bottom half of barn more secure than sheets of asbestos ,still got outside edge to cement but been busy on other things

Sheets in place starting at first main post and finishing at the back where we had to cut them to angle of the barn roof .refitted the old sheets ,took the 5 small sheets off that was above door track and replaced with 5 new sheets cut to angle of the roof

2nd post that was in the way is cut halfway though ,more sheets and doors removed and some steel sheets temporary in place under the channel we have fixed to posts that will hold top of grain walling sheets

Over the last few years i have been taking the bottom row of asbestos of my barn and replacing it with steel grain-walling , at the very first lock-down i had a company in and replaced the long back half of the roof with insulated box profile as the old sheets had been on there since 1968 .Anyway moving on , i had a mate call in to see if he could be of any help 1 or 2 days a week as he was bored of being retired so we set about doing the last bit of walling . We had not used the doors for a few years as they was only big enough for a ford 5000 and 4 ton trailer so we started getting sheets of to get to door track and the 2 posts holding door track as they was in the way for a straight run with the steel walling . we reused one post to pick up angle-iron that hold sheets

Several weeks back while spraying one of the control boxes crashed ,anyway GM-R sprayers soon got me back in action with a service exchange unit which is the black controller next to the 2 yellow ones . A few days later they was back out doing the yearly MOT the engineer is doing a flow test on the nozzles .It past all ok

A few weeks back i started to make a front bale ladder for my trailor ,did a bit in between other jobs anyway got it finished and checked it still fitted before my mates at the forge sent it off with a load of there stuff to be galvanised, got it back last week

Baler looks good Phil ,i have had a few deals with Collins over the last few months they seem to be a good company allow the sales-man i have been dealing with has just left and gone to work for TNS

Now what you mean by its the weekend again ,time seem to be flying by at the moment . Good to see you are getting out to shows Paul , thanks for showing photos .

You are lucky to have taken delivery as 4 farms this way that i now of have a new one on order for this harvest but wont have them ,2 have been loaned a older Claas to get them though not sure on other two ,Claas have been buying big second hand New Holland combines where they can to lend out to some off there customers as new ones wont be here . Manns at Saxham have been shipping parts back to Germany so they can finish a few more machines only problem with that is they wont have some parts in stock for harvest breakdowns ,could be a frustrating harvest for us all what ever colour machine we have

last ones from a great day out and like David said food was good and as much as you wonted and tea, coffee and beer 20220525_133328.mp4 20220525_133705.mp4

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This is from the other week when we bumped into David up at AMATECHNICA 2022 20220525_140551.mp4 20220525_140717.mp4

Not all green ones are reliable ,these 2 was traded in as been nothing but trouble

Thanks for the photos Paul ,i can see you need to be there for 2 days to get around all the exhibits all coulure's there something for everyone .

Well done David ,was good to have a chat with you as well ,turned out a good day in the end allow it was a very long one for us . we all left my place at 7am and got back there at 11pm ,i was ok as home but the rest still had a few more miles to go . We are the genuine SUFFOLK BUNCH on that photo allow by the looks of are stomachs 😁 we are the SUFFOLK MUNCH🤣. We had plenty of the free food and drinks while up there but still stopped for a carvery on way home