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They have two loads a week, I believe. One on a Thursday which probably goes from the stockpile at Fussell Farms and the Sunday load from the press while they clean out as was done so today. 

Is that the boss man? I only met one chap who was there unblocking the auger between the feeder and the digestion tank. A piece of wood was jammed in there.

Did one load down to Chard his morning and tipped apple pomace at Snowdon Energy's anaerobic digester, not a million miles from Frogmary Farm. .. which I'd only heard of since reading about it on here! Sundays we can fit a longer trip in while the cider mill cleaner their lines. It's been a bit slow the last few days as the evaporator isn't getting the water/steam out of the pressed juice fast enough so the presses are running at half speed. Just now, this old 143 450 came in genuine 450k on the clock and with the stacks, she sounded blimmin' lovely!

Just need a nice Scammel, now!

Hiya, yes it's the pressed apple. It's damp but doesn't stick in the trailer on on your boots. I think the presses run between 70% and 85% efficiency so I presume that means m/c is between 15% and 30%.... but that is just me guessing. It gets blended with cereal waste, bakery waste and other foodstuffs to make a feed. All done by a feedstuffs expert so it is actually a diet blend. I'm surprised how much goes to AD to be honest but I suppose it is green energy so is as good a place for it as any.

It's a bit of a job to pick out a single model to comment on!! Blimey, some serious overtime hours in that lot!! I do like that Farmhand loader, mind. Having picked up two Ford setups just like that a few years ago from a farm in Kent. As for that old lowloader trailer... that's cracking. Does the rear bogey detach as per the real deal?

Been on the apple pomace yesterday and today, again tomorrow and then Saturday and Sunday too. I'll be on it for the next three weekends too, all being well.

It's not strenuous! Basically, i to a 24/7 operation at the cider mill in Shepton. There are two lorries to ferry away the pomace after it is loaded, it goes for animal feed blending and to the AD plant owned by Wyke Farms near Bruton. As soon is one lorry is loaded, which takes about 5 hours, I pull the lorry out from under the elevator and park the second lorry under it. Off I go to deliver it to one of three places no more than 45 minutes away and return and repeat the process. So it's usually just two loads a day although yesterday was just 1 and the second was loaded by 17.30 with my shift ending a 18.00 so I couldn't take it. There are four large rotating presses which empty out every couple of hours, each trailer taking 10 discharges of about 2.5t each. Four of us split the work into 12hr weekdays, 12hr week nights, 12hr weekend days and 12hr weekend nights. 

Empty truck weighing out while another waits to weigh in, my lorry in the foreground being loaded with the last few press discharges.

Tipping at the AD plant.

Back to the second lorry under the conveyor.

On Sunday, October 30, 2016 at 9:02 PM, graham said:

good weights then tris ,I see you turn bed bales on the trailer gets a few more on that way may see you up eastwell see he has barns full  tris

There is a chap who comes on for the summer and just drives that one, lucky bugger. She pulls well and it's not often you get passed. The MAN was bought this year as it got offered at a decent price but it it was the trailer which was what was really wanted so I dare say the MAN will leave sometime soon, possibly with the heavy plant trailer from the Scania. We may well be up there if winter trade is good, it's handy for back loads from runs to Sheerness etc. ☺

Without the drawbar pulled out, which it isn't this time, I expect she's a few tonne light. The bales were wet and going to cover a maize clamp. Earlier in the season I loaded barley but loaded the trailer differently and she just topped 44t, again with quadrants. Thing is... it's 18t empty because of the plant trailer I tow.

Haven't been able to post for a while but here are a few updates after a week or two. Today's been all about the garden, cutting back for winter etc. Not nearly as exciting! 

Collected 6x 28.4t loads of stone today for the extension to the hardstanding area at the yard. 

Been over my Dads sorting out his attic ready for the insulating guys to do there stuff on Tuesday.

Anybody want any farm models?!!!

On a serious note, I need a table at Toytrac I think and do a dispersal sale.

Yesterday I had what was to be a short day on Fonthill Farms running a lorry again. Two Lexion 780's and a demo, uprated, Lexion 770. We got rained off after two and a half hours but in that time they knocked off 200t. Hell of a set up!

Hi Chris.

I'm well thanks, bloody busy though!! A dad now, too! Must keep an eye on the forum more and see how things are progressing in the world of 1.32!

Having a browse through some of the topics as it's been bloody ages since I've even so much as looked on here, let alone posted!

Saw a 1/ 32 house for sale on eBay which prompted me to log back in on here.

Militant looks like a great model to be making. There was a 6x6 dropping with a hiab behind the cab parked in a yard near Traci's parents house. Looked pretty straight, too. Thought to myself, I must enquire about that.... Then it disappeared

Hello matey. Gradually getting around all the updates but as you can guess, there are a fair few! Nice to see what's been going on. On the Highline there are two standard options for an air kit, this one is the lower one suited to tankers and bunkers with a lower height. The other option, the roof section of the kit is height adjustable for taller trailers such as curtainsider. It's the common option as, mostly seen with the likes of Stobbart and Gregorys for instance.

Lovely trucks there Trissy. Although the Scania looks odd with the lower height air kit

I prefer it in all honesty. Side on, it makes the cab near enough the same height as the trailer. Pretty plain looking lorries but I have a fridge, freezer and microwave on board so well equipped. Wouldn't fancy being in one all week, every week though. Although a big Scania fan, there really is bugger all space in these Highlines. The second bunk is in the way too. Was in a Volvo FM last week on days, a single occupancy Globetrotter and a much nicer cab for storage, just a shame about the engine hump! You can't win!

Got called away to do a quick load if soya from Portbury to a feed mill in Westbury earlier, being loaded here in the huge store at Portbury.

Living the dream, of course. With baling set to start in earnest this weekend, a wet week brought with it the offer of work on the one on the right, on her left is her sister. I'm tipping wheat feed pellets at Radstock, from Wellingborough and t'other chap is tipping wheat. Lastly, I'm tipping marble for grinding into food powder in Gurney Slade from a boat on the docks at Avonmouth. I'm on this for the rest of the week.

Having a day off today before driving for the rest of the week for a nearby bulk haulage firm on grain and/or stone. Will be either a Scania 480 Highline or newer 490 Topline depending which driver is off

Stand back from the boxes, Barry. It's starting to take its toll on your well being!!

Ten years this year, Sean. I think you ought to get some 1/32 scale bunting and quintessentially english table cloths out for the garden tables!!

 

Ten years, mate. Fair bloody play to ya. You haven't stopped once over that time for more than a couple of weeks I expect, either. Just think, in ten years you could have built a real flipping farm!! Especially with the money you BT blokes are on...

The only thing is, strictly speaking, they are too big for a 'proper' stepframe. They are normally shod on smaller wheels and tyres to give a lower ride height. I'm not saying you wouldn't see any on 22.5 wheels because you do. Howards one was (it was a pain!) but it's. Probably why the ramps look steep and the step in the bed isn't all that big. However... It doesn't detract from your work. It looks as I said, bloody smart!

Trailer looks blood smart, Cerin. really.nicely finished. Have you used scaled 22.5" wheels on it?

Got to say, Sean.. You are putting some serious time into that artic. It looks really good, me old mate. You have made a great job of it so far