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:D not quite how it happened but yeah something like that i suppose [ thanks mate , gone right off you now \

another big reason trucks arnt used in the UK is because of the weather & ground conditions , even if the fields are flat the likelyhood of going straight down to the axles is on the high side , unlike the US the UK is a fairly damp place to live . but it's ok some of us have electrickery installed & we dry out quite quickly the other reason is access to the fields , also unlike the US in the rural area of the UK we have a lot of hills ,trucks would be completely inoperable if they were to get into the field

best thing about your work mart is that as soon as you find a 'new' barn it's filled with either more cattle or more tractors :D

all depends how many more inacuracy's i find eh sean :D

cracking transformation mate the front guard should now come off , be turned upsidown & positioned under the loaderheld by two bits of tube then the tractors ready to be reversed out of the way !

wow look at that sticker ! high sided tipping cart never seen one of those stickers before , quite a rareity :)

good to see another version of the lorry mate , but that tipping trailer ? when was it released in green & for how long ? looks very smart

fiat 780 DB 1690 renault ? renault ?

i was just thinking the same thing luke :D good pics tim & good film , you had any snow by any chance

those spreaders were imported by bonhill , about 10t payload & when they worked they went well , but it has 6 bevel gearboxes on the back & they last about 10 hours > , the problem was in the casting, they would crack around the seals , letting the oil come out & shake themselves to pecies the slats & chains wern't up to much either , chicken dung was fine , but farm yard manure was too much for it at times , this i know as spent many an hour too many sometimes ,digging them out or sat underneath the replaceing gearboxes >

did you ever get this particular tractor finished sean ? i remember the 2wd version you did but not this one being finished

not today but last wednesday, south african spec JD 6930 the ownwer decided to send 3 back to england rather than let the manager here buy them local sort of a half breed from a top spec 69 & a 'SE' spec tractor , side mounted exhaust not cab mounted , no pickup hitch, no work lights next to the headlights & no cab worklights, no headland management , ,basicly a top spec basic tractor ! turns out it's cost a fortune getting them kitted out for UK spec & would have been cheaper to buy here ! two were stopped en-route & sent back for a re-order of two UK spec machines

getting the word to go & pick the keys to the new house at 1330

looking great sean , :)

great pics as usual mart , looks like that 175 only needs a wipe down & a polish ! the 165 doesn't look bad either , really ought to get them out side for some sun & pics mate , any news on the 698 ? got that cleaned up yet ?

well done sacha, will look great all dirtied up & in situ on your display shelves :)

looks good simon you had the polish out ?

also got to bear in mind chaps , the silage crew tris will work with have also offered him enough work to warrant buying a tractor in time THEALE as in nr wedmore ,glastonbury Will ?

still yellow with white wheels & black bits though is it :D do yerself a favor jcb kid & buy a good ole massey 760 ;D ;D i even might have a spare 1 or 2 possibly 3- 4 knocking about :D :D

as far as i'm aware it was just a decal change as for the deere 9880 , it's an ok model but the header doesn't stay up

any history behind the tanker in pic 1, as never seen one in that design & in the 4th pic i can see two silage trailers , the blue we all know & love but the green ? very interesting stuff mate

so soon as the sun comes out in NZ you lot get the foragers out no matter how much grass there is :D nice pics Ol lovely clear day

will be good if you can get it to have changeable wheels mike ,trellies all round will look the part

his ones not to bad either :D got a lovely exhaust note

the simplest way ? pull a saw side on to scrape parralel lines in the mdf, then grey paint