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hey not all the massive are knocking the deere always found them good reliable tractors, confortable to drive & easy to use :), especially the 4055 i used to drive

hard to believe mattias but he may of grown out of it by now :D :D the 97 looks brilliant :)

marky you got to have the 4th pic as yer desktop background , i have & it looks great

i knew we had more in common than grey hair :D that 4 pic looks outstanding john , i'm going to pich that for my screen saver if you dont mind any chance of adopting me , & probably sean , marky , tris etc,etc,etc

err......john ? :D

not as daft as you look are you mate

you know there's one thing missing from this topic \

thats only because the deere broke down in the early stages & had to be pushed by massey all the way :D

heeeey c'mon maaaan you gotta come to terms with the reeal world eh wassat ? David Brown .......................gone .......................really

not at all the faster he went the lighter the car got , the people behind must have thought they were traveling through a bran flake storm :D old golf didn't do too bad did it ben

we wern't lost we were waiting for you to cath up ben & seeing as we had a few seconds to kill , marky showed us the turning circle on the scooby :D

really nice model you have andy , unusual to see a narrow bucket on a loader nowadays

at a guess rich it's to stop too much fert going into the hedgerow . the lely centreliner had a tip facillity & i think a guard was supplied as an option on the vicon spreaders

here we go john :D :D

many people do say ah where's that going to be in 20years time , in regard to the older classic tractors , in johns hands it may just do another 20 years , a proper future classic jobs a goodun john :)

who's a happy chappie then *he says takeing hold of grims cheeks & flubbering them till his face hurts* (just like granny used to do) looks well smart mate :) :)

ah must admit a friend has a 2wd 1690 & that tractor is amazing to see on the road , as it passes all the new 40k kiddies at silage time

wondered when one of these would turn up , well done blake jobs a good'un :) :)

missed this topic john :( tidy little thing ain't it :) mind you been a while since i had that dashboard faceing me :'( :'( cani send the 168 up for some JDC attention ;D

here you go big 10-4 this is probably the forums best starter conversion you can get for a tractor , forum member F-P /Farmer Palmer did this a while back & give a step by step photographic guide to the conversion http://www.farmtoysforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=4443.0

HA the last pic ! i knew you couldn't not put up a pic without a tractor with duals on it :D the versatile look well beefed up now benny :) :)

looks good mate , but i think smaller wheels all round would have suited a 26 /28 better , other than that , very smart

tell you what simon you find all Anders' topics & you see that this is so much more than just RC another cracking peice of work mate :)

in a word ..................................................... yes :) it seems to have most of the options on it as well, except central heating & coffee maker c'mon sean , it'd be an offer you cant refuse , i'll pm you

seem to be getting alot of these rural awareness programmes lately, the lie of the land, hugh fittingly tight jumper wossisname, recreateing broiler chicken & freerange growing conditions & trying to get axminster to go freerange eaters . kill it cook it eat it was highlighting the awareness & stigma's associated with the veal trade in both britain & euroland, tonight i think the spotlight is on lamb , very good & informative viewing , was watching it last night with my step son, & it was certainly an eye opener for him , not so much ignorance , but just unaware of what goes on ,, yes it's sad to see young animals being killed , & most people involved in any animal husbandry will say the same , it's not right that these healthy animals are killed for no reason , it goes against the grain. better to rear for veal than shot because it's not viable to rear on much of the argument was how young the calves were being killed at , veal was about 12 weeks old & the general perception was that the animal was too young , but are quite happy to eat a chicken that has growth enhancing feed to grow at twice it's normal speed be slaughtered & served well before it has grown it's adult feathers at the end of the day , it's not always the supermarket's that dictate the prices & conditions it's the consumer, they cant have it all their own way. kill it , cook it, eat it is on bbc 3, jamie oliver is on friday i think ch4 which will highlight the processing of poultry products thse programmes are worth watching