smithy

Back at harvest time i was going to take the major and weeks trailor to the field to fill up for seed corn but rain was not far away and i was on my own at the time so i took the combine with a full tank back to the yard and 5 minutes later it rained

Both combines in my yard having a grease up before another days work

Combining with my TX34, and my mates MF 40RS VID_20210905_124305.mp4 VID_20210905_165919.mp4

A few weeks ago i decided i would put my 4240 up for sale, i had owned the tractor 20years and never had anything major go wrong with it just a clutch and a starter motor it had been a good tractor for us .anyway we had a few people call about it and one made me a good offer so i sadly let it go .

Not today but back at harvest time i played a small part in getting my mates late fathers tractor back running ,it had not run for about 5 years due to ill health ,anyway its back running on bale carting and rolling duties

Nothing wrong in strimming down a bush or two☺️

I have a orange one ,i bought it from the shepton mallet toy fair 15-20 years ago

Nice collection so far John ,bet it took more than a few minutes to get them out and photo , and i expect you still have a lot more to come

A few more i got of Goody or Stuart Gibbard

My latest brochures, some i got of Goody and some i pick up from Stuart Gibbards open day a couple of weekends back when myself and Goody paid him a visit

that was doing a nice job on the day ,enjoyed having a chat with you

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now the feeling i have had it happen a few times in the past ,always while i am a few miles away from the farm

Thanks John ,yes the two of us soon covered a bit of ground and was able to cart most of them in daylight ,we just had to leave the full trailers at the farms we was delivering to and pick them up empty a bit later on ,so after taking out 2nd trailer we could pick up 1st one to reload ,yes its a 856 ,he has only recently bought it to replace a troublesome JD that he had ,the 856 was in good order but paintwork was dull so he had a local body shop give it a respray

I honestly cant remember what U.T.S said about it ,i had a lot going on inside my head on the day

certainly a funny year ,we are the same right weather but at the wrong time ,no i have not quite finished mine ,about 1 day on wheat and 1 day on spring barley will finish mine but i then have 22 acres wheat for another mate and then a bit more wheat for my other mate Colin as he is still struggling getting grass baled up ,we will probably run his M/F combine and mine together in last few fields we just need the sun to come out ,been a dull few days here wheat is 18%

Earl Soham, the thatcher is working just around the corner so i was told

You dont see it done this way much today ,a field not too far from me ,i think Goody might be able to say where it is

I have a contractor bale and clear some of my wheat straw ,some of it go to a power station VID_20210821_092645.mp4

I was to busy so i had local tire company fit me 4 new tires on the AS 10 ton trailer

When i had a hr to spare i took the rowcrops of the tractor and sprayer and put them on a big pallet and put them at back of a shed till next year

My own shed full of hay

After i had cut my barley myself and my mate Colin baled about 2000 small bales and 47 4foot round ones and carted them to 3 local livestock farmers

AS well as combining on the sunny days we have been catching up on the hay crop VID_20210719_153405.mp4 VID_20210719_153436.mp4 VID_20210719_153536.mp4

Cutting the oil seed rape on a field JEP should recognize VID_20210802_195917.mp4 VID_20210803_132407.mp4