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Happy Birthday
unkelfergus replied to THEBRITFARMER's topic in General Discussion / Off topic discussion & Everything Else
Happy birthday Aunty Jo,......hope you've had a good day..... -
Happy Birthday
unkelfergus replied to THEBRITFARMER's topic in General Discussion / Off topic discussion & Everything Else
Happy birthday Cerin,....dont get too drunk... -
Johnston Brothers buckrake.
unkelfergus replied to unkelfergus's topic in Latest Implement Conversions & Scratch Builds
Fancied doing a different breed,..different colour Jamie,.... -
What A Let Down
unkelfergus replied to Rick's topic in General Discussion / Off topic discussion & Everything Else
8 in a minute WITHOUT any kind of liquid other than saliva to help it down Sean... -
What A Let Down
unkelfergus replied to Rick's topic in General Discussion / Off topic discussion & Everything Else
I take it that Rick wont be going for the world record of eight in a minute then... Anybody here ever tried eating as many as you can in a minute,.......five is easy,...six is a struggle... -
Looks like another master in the making Graham......
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All sorts Sean,..minor ,major and to top it all tonight after getting it going after a week being repaired we had an almost catastrophic bearing failure which resulted in a pretty bloody awkward internal bonfire. All the problems have been remedied under warranty up to now,but this latest one may be a bit different. After a major oil leak from the tailshaft gearbox a fortnight ago , I power washed all the sh*t and oil off and away and when the combine was moved I found a large ball bearing on the concrete where it was parked.The fitters were shown the ball and we stated that it had to have come from somewhere on the machine.They went through it and could not find anything amiss. Since that happened we have done about 80 acres of oats and it threw the tailshaft oil seal again,.....reason being that the main bearing inside the gearbox was on its way out.Major overhaul which took the best part of a week ,believe it or not..!!..,finally got it back together and going just after lunch today and into a really heavy wheat crop. At about 8pm we finally found out where the ball bearing came from.... ;) ......... :of
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When was that Cerin....
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A couple of pictures of the damage,.....look closely at the rotor ends nearest and the two long "vanes" that are showing on the top are completely missing on the bottom,....and how "dented" they are from being wrapped with linseed straw...... The same ends shown in situ,.......rather "beefed" up I would say..... The triangular strips on the new rotors run the complete length of the rotor, much stronger. Talking to the two fitters and they said that this was a common problem with linseed and the old style rotors.
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Went for a short drive yesterday evening,.....the first crop being cut in our area,..........oh, Jordantaylor please study these pictures carefully,..........these are what you call steep banks.. : Please ignore the dates.... [ The start of 30 acres... 2 hours later.. The photos dont do the banks much justice.... While cutting this 60 acres of linseed yesterday,the rotors blocked up three times and it cleared itself after a short while,I witnessed one of the blockages and it didnt sound too healthy.... :of They started cutting again just before lunch and done about 200 metres and she blocked again but while letting it unblock this time various lumps of metal were ejected from the rotors as well... :of :of :of :of They are glad they took out the full claas gold warranty,(or whatever its called) when they bought the combine. 2 new rotors will be there at 8.30 tomorrow morning,......and funny enough,claas have had problems with them because the new ones are quite a bit different and heavier built than the old ones..... :