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On 5/17/2020 at 3:29 PM, Tractorman810 said:

Managed to get the second patio sail up yesterday, after i ordered 2 less turnbuckles than required it a brain freeze, last 2 arrived in a day ( ordered friday) so sat out enjoying it  now , the garden is now all hers and i can get back into the shed 

Is that those composite decking boards you're using Sean?

1 hour ago, Tractorman810 said:

domt know chris, i have only ever seen the dark ones, even in stuff being sold until recently ,the last they made, it looks near as  like the lighter green they did for the second version of the 8 wheel trailers to me. 

as for the rollers, i recon theres others out there still, i actually saw 3/4 others, bit worse than this one, in the same colour, i took a chance at 2 euros for it, as i couldn't find my pics of what i had all together, signal wasn't that good, but i got it right 

Argh you should have bought the lot, Id have made an offer and they would pay silly money on Ebay for even a bad example! Why do the europeans seem to have the most interesting coloured Britains ha ha!

Will keep an eye out for older tippers of that mossy shade as they're usually in that darker bluey-green

Amazing to see 6 colour variations of the 1976 single cast roller too, I thought I had them all at 4!

The more modern tippers are that shade I think, but never seen that casting with the white racks and jockey wheel.

On 9/16/2019 at 7:26 PM, IH885XLMAN said:

Ok what about the hanger boxed cabbless  version of the yellow 135 massey ferguson .....seen one or two on ebay but i wonder if they are rare or ment to be yellow and cabless  

The late 135s were all cab-less I think, 1975/77? Although the models are common I think they're increasingly hard to find in the hanger boxes.

On 9/19/2019 at 11:19 PM, Tommy Gough said:

Hi Chris. That was this year. I work for Kidner the contractor and they wanted an extra trailer driver one afternoon after we did some grass

Ah right I know Kidner were cutting maize recently as Kemble dairy was short and decided to harvest early. I think Mark and Aaron of Kemble were were working alongside.

On 9/16/2019 at 8:14 PM, Tommy Gough said:

One on its own was a fair challenge to keep up with I thought the afternoon I did up there

Hi Tommy what year was that? Some long runs for the trailers!

Those are awesome shots Joe. Don't see enough MF combines, new and old around here. At Kemble we would sometimes have both 780s in one field if we wanted to chew through one block a day. One evening even saw 5 of us on trailers servicing both combines, with a third contractor combine working nearby and all trailers tipping in one barn.

Most of our wheat and barley straw was chopped. Yesterday was my last day helping out with their harvest.

I was (part) loaded by a plot combine last year.

Awesome photos Richo.

Waiting for the wheat and spring barley to dry.

This was a week or two back, but last bit of raking for the end of first cut silage. Second cut likely to be in 1st week of July. The crop here was so thin it should really have been left for hay.

And these old girls also in Pembrokeshire.

100s of machines on a very soggy Pembrokeshire Road Run recently.

Second day lambing on a farm here in Gloucestershire.

Bought at Spring Tractorworld in Malvern on Sunday and signed by Sue.

Could have done with that JCB on a number of felling jobs I had to do.

On 8/11/2018 at 10:41 PM, Toolbox Tam said:

Recently got another blue Muledozer  , with operating lever intact , but missing the rod . Different colour to my 1st one. , & has the silver paper decal , rather than silver painted blade .

That is unusual. I was sure it only came in the 1965/66 Fordson set, but the stickers didn't start appearing on the muledozer until the 1970s? Perhaps a few remaining stock were sold in early straw boxes.

Cleaning grain barns ready for harvest. Dryer tomorrow.

This is the first time I've successfully logged in for weeks

5 minutes ago, Gav836 said:

Refreshers are only one day so should be much cheaper. 

 

As long as you have your Pa1, the Pa3 would be in the region of £210-250 including the training and the assessment fee as a ballpark figure. 

Thanks Gav, I do, and will mention this to the vineyard (although they're more likely to want me to do my trailer test as I have pointedly refused to tow their trailer on the road)

3 minutes ago, Gav836 said:

I can't give you a fixed answer on that Chris as I don't issue certificates myself, I sub contract to a much larger company who does that bit along with the pricing.  Would estimate £100-130 for a one day refresher though based on 3 people on the course. 

That sounds cheaper than the original 3 day course at least, I forget where I took it now.