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I won this on Ebay recently: I think it might be a pre-production version but the only orange-bodied one I can find is in the 1992 catalogue and that has the plain black chassis and no decals. As I understand it, the last use of the "Shawnee" decal was in 1987 on the blue one with 6600 tyres sold with the Massey 2680. The Rear Dump briefly ceased production, only to come back (by popular demand?) in 1992-1995 with black chassis and a green/orange body. Only other explanation I can think of is this one was taken off the black chassis and put on the old red chassis, though I don't think that can be done without breaking it (and there are no visible break/scuff marks on this one). Does anyone else have one similar to this?

What make is the rear discharge spreader?

Ford beavertail transporter truck, Forest Enterprise Land rover MIMB.

Is that Fernworthy forest in the background?

Sorting my collection out, picture coming soon.

Excellent photos, really do the models justice!

These are great, thanks Ziko! You've got a very amenable boss letting you take all those photos!

This fab little Dave B From Dave T: The cab I thought was a little low; I had to use the little lwb landrover driver and even he had trouble!

Oh dear not very sensitive but it did make me chuckle: http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s1i78227

A short -and I mean short- clip of the Montana performing its gymnastics:

Local chap out tedding with his 7810 and 4 rotor tedder (possibly Deutz-Fahr)

The local farmer just died

Oi wash your mouths out you lot! Where's the moderator when you need him?

I'm afraid I can't answer the paint question, but curious to see the result of this conversion!

Sounds good. Don't forget get us photos (if he lets you!)

Zipping around on a Husky Rider, and got to try out my new bill hook on a suitably scrubby slope.

Love the granite stone buildings! What ground material did you use for the farm yard and peat uplands?

The Vaderstad on the Deere is 6m.

Does anybody know if Walker Parts do custom-made warning decals?

Last for now. Axion rear: Some interested spectators: The imposing Xerion 3800 with Dan (Goodhead) for scale: What a monster: Cab view: Ball & spoon hitch of the Xerion/Knight:

Bomford Tri-wing topper: Massive 36' header on the Claas Terra Trac: Both combines: Claas Axion 840 on the smaller Knight: Claas Ares 816 RZ: Claas Ares 816 RZ on Bomford flail:

Ok just a few to fill in a few gaps really> First up the well-used Ken Wotton: Suton yard brush and behind it Xerion front weight block: John Deere 8530 with Vaderstad Rapid A 800 S drill in the barn: Another of this huge machine: Seriously big wafer(?) weights for the Xerion: Tidy Class scorpion rtth:

My Britains Ransomes Superfaun disintegrating, bloody fiddley :'(

Britains TW25 boxed. The cab and floorplan are yellowing so I'm pondering replacing them with the parts on my other TW-25 \

Alongside part-time garden/grounds maintenance/unemployment I occasionly volunteer for this small community farm slash smallholding, only 50 acres total, just doing it for the experience really. He has two small tractors, an International 874 and a David Brown 995. Yesterday he had the contractor in baling on his own 6800 and NH 376.