MJB1

for obvious reasons thses tractors now hold even more intesrt to me than usual

very very smart deere

just a few pics of what was on offer at the tractor show at shepton mallet

there were a few 20's & 35's in the tractor shed today kev fitted with the T bar pick up hitch

i hope to get hold of the first owner to got a bit of history if i can mark at the tractor & toy fair today i bought a top link & an exhaust pipe

bit of an update to what i found out , contrary to my belief this local tractor has spent some time in wales , well chepstow, & i am now her 3rd owner , or second if you take the dealer out of the equasion, it was registered from new on 06-02-73 was sold to the dealer on 27-11-07 who never registered it & i bought it on 09-01-08 so effectively i'm it's proper 2nd owner ;D ;D will try & contact the first owner to see if i can find out more or at least to confirm the hours

yer absolutely right mate , there were two 135's in the workshop , & one of those was close to being finished to perfection & the other was well on it's way i think the yard is sorted into makers as far as i can tell , it's easier for them to hunt the parts down, & yes simon there was a few greens there , but didn't investigste as to how many ther were

jdman . have sent you a pm , please read

the 100 series can be interchanged with the 500 stuff but the 500 stuff was uprated , & better spec , so with any luck the plates on the 168 will be ok

yeah of course if it's still there that is

the auto hitch on my tractor has the brackets on the top yokes missing , so instead of trying to mix & match parts , i decided to fit a complete set up from a 590, but the plates the hooks clip onto don't look right & while takeing my finger to the bone on a bit of metal i forgot to take them off the 590 so will have to go again unless the 168 plates will fit

it was a 1390 i did think that mate but had rob & bill with me & a lot of rain so socialiseing time would have been short \

yeah everything apart from decent pair of 16.9x30's

sorry mate , my phone was flat so i asked my step son to wonder round to take pics , but the wether was seriously wet & with no waterproofs got wet quickly, i however decided to keep going at it & got soaked

needed to get a few parts for the tractor today, so decided to take a trip to ron greets breakers yard if it wasn't for the wether & nearly cutting my finger off i could have stayed all day !

wow lucky strike :D

i think there is a buhler version