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We have had shopping trolleys,fenceposts (wood and steel), tyres,(16" is about the limit),lumps of hardcore (trims and levels them nicely),...............but it draws the line at any tyre with a rim still fitted.... Oh,.....one other thing,......manhole covers sound bloody good if they go through.................... :of

When we use ours Mark, we will cut whatever the weather,..leaves just as good a finish. As for overstressing the machine in really thick stuff,...well, you will know if its too much for it by the tone of the machine or in extreme cases the belts will slip and "squeal" at you. We have had a Kuhn VKM280 for 6 years now and still on the original set of belts and its second set of rear roller bearings (what a pig of a job to change those ). The only thing they dont like are BT cables that have been left overground temporarily,......they make the tractor bark and the belts sing...... :of

hmmmmm,..................anything you want to borrow off me Mark.....

Go on Mark,...let Alex rotovate those lumps and bumps with it.....

Would surprise me too Colm if it was better built......

Did the twose look better built than the major then Mark..... .........

Nice work Graham,.......they were the first handlers I drove when I started work back in the 80's.

Going to have to save up for one of these laser cutters......... :of ,......................................................not... Great work,....looking forward to the end result......

Happy birthday Mr. C,......those daffodils out in full flower yet......... [

I'm going to have nightmares tonight after seeing that Graham,.........thanks a lot........................... Very nice work though,..keep it up.

Happy birthday Tris,....nice present.. . Just renewed my certificate and had the firearms officer round this evening to check the guns and security . He made a fuss of the new puppy and before I could warn him, he picked her up and she peed on his trousers and shoes,...he saw the funny side of it though......

My mate and the new holland rep finally got home at 8am this morning..... What made me laugh today,well.....got back home from cornwall this morning at 11 and after warning my daughter that the puppy may be rather excited at seeing us after so long and may not be able to "contain herself",...............she picked up the puppy and got rather wet...... :of ........................................ :laugh:

Not so much what I saw,...it was what I heard. Bit of a long story but worth posting. Basically, two weeks before we came down here on our holidays I got the chance from our local new holland rep to go to the NH telehandler factory in Italy for a two day trip. NH are developing a new telehandler and need input from "seasoned" operators to show them ( or try to ) what is needed. Anyway, this trip was for yesterday and today and because I was here on holiday I offered my place to a good friend who works next door to us,...who quickly took up the offer. Have just had a text from him saying that he and the rep are stranded in Italy because of the Iceland volcano eruption,.....no planes flying in this country.... As far as I know they are making their way to switzerland to try and "train" it back home. I did reply via text saying that I was having a great time on holiday.......................................

Remember it well Steve. Had quite a pile of them at one time,...they were a damn good read but I was made to get rid of them many years ago now.Have not seen any since though...

Thats right,....leave the lad alone,...he'll be perfect for the smaller scales.

Looking very smart boss,.......

My plan for today is to do as little as possible..................... ,............apart from some scratchbuilding of course.........

It would have needed to be well sealed Bill as it still had quite a pungent "aroma" to it........... Did think about posting it to her but even I am not that mean......... :

I had better go and get it out of the bin then.....

While feeding one of our silage bales this afternoon,one of our frogs came out of hibernation...... :of Poor little chap didnt quite duck low enough when the baler went over...... :(

Crikey John,....thats a fair size field at a pretty good price...

How sharp is the blade now then Mark........

I agree with Jo Graham,....they look very tempting.... ,......and very realistic. I feel a bit sorry for the poor old teddy,...any pictures of it...... :laugh: Is your firm involved in the job up the road from me Graham....

Hope you've got some more,.....quite partial to the ol' chutneys,.........well done,....will sample the chutney in two weeks time.....

Hmmm,.........bidding war about to start on this I think..... Pretty sure theres one ,if not a couple of these hanging up in the cobwebs down the workshop.