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what was it luke ? thats a double chop, we used to use one for topping , the precision chop was a big bulky square thing

real nice pics luke , got some nice tackle running around down there

kidd also built a precision chop forager as well tris which is what yours is based on & they were beasts when they were going thats if you could keep them going \

sorry jas i never took pics of the spreaders , & in the daily checks pic the 6.30 is parked at an angle hiding the spreader , the kidd spreader is similar to the west spreader but the discharge beaters are on the opposite side

the farm had 3 6.30 but the older DX120 was px'd for this commander 6.05 which i used to run a gp220 round baler with & a sparex 2 leg flat-lift sub-soiler

pics3 & 4, 4.70 loading out the side of the lagoon

found some pics you may like to see. these were taken in about 1990 when i used to help out a local contractor pic1, daily checks for the 6.30, 4.70, & 4.50, spreaders used were kidd 1600 tanka-spreaders. pic2, loading up out of the pit , the slurry was nearly over the bonnet two days before ,but i didn't have a film for the camera

ah a toe -tip bucket is whats needed then resin at the ready

both nice looking tractors there a8550, the 61 looks good all polished up nath get some turtle wax out

you got long before your lot start foraging mart ?

nice pics luke , shame the crop isn't heavier but lack of rain doesn't help & now it would flaten it ,, got a good mix of kit round you way i see

we don't have any thing that hi-tec here mate , just put a 35x in gearget off the tractor & hop onto the transport box & throw it out by hand \

the real one was at grassland fitted with a 14ft folding buckrake F-P, which after a large load of grass was tipped , was pushed up onto the clamp in one go :o unfortunately after that one push he had nothing else to do :D :D :D :D

a camera & a tape mesure :o :o were you a boy scout by any chance tris ? BE PREPARED

with decent tyres on ............................anything you like i daresay in thier day a 10 ton trailer would have been about the bigest available to them , it wouldn't be uncomon to see a 4wd version couples to a 5 f rev plough, although a local farmer ,did have one for running a forager, i can remember the black smoke even now

yeah nice pics BURNSIDE :D :D

got a feeling it's the same sort of size comparable to a TW 20 , F-P

now thats a classic tractor , you got to buy it udi very rarely see 97's about as it is as they've all gone for export :)

it' suposed to bury the trash better

regards of the day sven

i got one of those irigator reels never given the umbilicle system a thought , nice set up is that

yes , not looking hard enough the door on the JD is the correct one

the arms are on a pivot to the frame on the pivot there is another hole this hole is for the box metal span to be pined into for work & unpined for transport once pined ,you can pull one arm out straight & the other will move to the 90 deg position & vice versa when not in use the metal span is un pined & the arms are then retracted & fixed to the main frame for transport

in pics 5 & 7 ben you will see a a piece of metal box angled over the span of the press wheels , this is atatched to the press arms , when the plough catches the press arm it will follow on behind the plough as it pulls onto the width you're ploughing, the force of being pulled will swing the other arm 90degs ready for the return trip. when ploughins steepish land leave the press on the brow of the hill as the press has a tendency to run freely off into the hedge or ditch when turning :D you can also press headlands but it's not the easyest thing to do ,so most people don't bother .. always carry a good chain