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if all the stones were to be picked out ol, the field wound be lowered by about 3ft if the srones were not there , it wouldn't drain as well as it does ,the soil would then pan down hard & would then be almost unworkable. This method of destoning complete fields has been tried years ago at a farm near langport , about 12 miles away , now the whole farm is permanent set aside , or mindrilled linseed, as there are no stones ,the fields don't drain, the soil packs hard & is completely unworkable , when wet it clogs up every thing , when dry it's as hard as concrete , i pulled a 12ton set of discs fully weighted on there once & all i ended up doing was making nice straight lines about 5mm deep, just didn't touch it , then after 5 mins of rain i spent more time racing the dics in a left turn circle to try & keep them free & clear, When dry a plough will not draw into the ground & a powerharrow just skips & jumps across the surface, when wet the plough gets down to about 3in deep & just holds the tractor still as you cant get any grip , that stuff was evil we did manage to plant spuds of a fashion in one of the better fields , but when it rained it compacted the soil again & the spuds couldn't grow we couldn't harvest them so were left to rot & just leveled the ridges with a mounted set of discs

thats the figure the tractor driver had said & by the way the combine had to keep stopping to wait for the trailer , id say it was about right . it was spuds last year , barley before that & sugar beet before that , , it's meduim loam soil so it's pretty good stuff & does retain moisture reasonably well , but it is quite stoney, ideal for fossil pickers , & when this is all raked up , you'll se 3-4 people at weekends , scouring the field for them , one chap actually pays the manager ?10 per day for the privalige of looking for fossils there , but he does earn a fortune by cleaning them up & selling them

be interesting to see what they'd make on e-bay mark yeah i want one as well what are the wheels originally from then ? ,& could this be done on the later style ertl JD 6000series ?

it's very rare to see irrigators working in a cerial field round here ol, only really irrigate for spuds , but it was quite a good crop, looking at around 4.5 - 5 tons per acre, sorry i don't work in hectares \

the game keeper at dillington still used one right up intill the 90's towed behind a ford 4600 for mustard seed for game cover

ah ! a browns auto 8 bloody good sedges they are , except if the baler thows a long bale , it'll trip out leaving a six instead of an eight \

put a hook loader system on it F-P & it'll be multi purpose :)

the pic of little ethan in his new overalls in the topic 'whos the daddy '

yeah , massey is the best & obviously the boss doesn't think his workforce is as good as they think they are :D :D

the idea ben is that when it comes out of the auger it stops the grain from 'spraying' all over the place & lets it drop in a more uniform manor, thus reducing any waste

might of guessed you'd be the first to answer :D soon as i saw it in the field ,i thought F-P'd love to see this

IT'S SHOWTIME :D :D http://www.zippyvideos.com/1425809785721726/dillington_harvest_06_11/ http://www.zippyvideos.com/7416193785721736/dillington_harvest_06_12/ http://www.zippyvideos.com/8373167565721776/dillington_harvest_06_13/ http://www.zippyvideos.com/2993814355721816/dillington_harvest_06_14/

& hauling out from her was this JD 6820 & gull 14ton trailer , the farm was less than a mile away& was a straight tip in a shed , but it still couldnt keep up & the claas had to stop to wait for it. 2 tank fulls , more or less filled the trailer level & the chap in the deere was going like stink trying to keep up with her

here she is , Dillingtons new 580 TT

our survey says .........DING you're a winner :D :D

bit like catch-phrase ..........when you see it ,say it

is it a monster ? is it a monster ? :D not quite ,but in a dodgy rolf harris impression , can you tell what it is yet ?

in a field , first of all in the windscreen , then from the passenger window :D :D

i thought most modern trailers had pipe holders on them ? nice trailer gav , but it's strange to see a small winding jack handle fitted instead of the drawbar shoe

looks just the job gav looks very short in the pics though , nice for all the awkward bits of the farm

whats the drill in pic 2 jas ?

an as new condition ford 7610 4wd in Crewkerne a brand new case-ih combine on a lowloader jd 3140 hauling rubble ford 7810 cultivating fendt 818 hauling bales jd 6400 hauling a claas header & combine following , 2 TM series NH & claas quadrant balers , jcb stacking bales MF 6000series slurryspreading bobcat upsidown in a ditch , ifor williams trailer & landrover upsidown in ditch further down the road case mx ploughing jd 10series hauling bales etc,etc,etc easier to take the bloody camera

looks really good jas , :) :) :) but any chance you can rsize the pics , so it can be seen without moving the pic around & seeing a bit at a time \

unless it's going back to years past ?

fantastic display ,well done to all thoes who had a hand in it :) got to admit the fendt looks a peach coupled to the beet harvester :P :P nice to see the construction kit as well.