jdc

Yup! Persisting down here as well.

'Nice bit of New Zealand' - there isn't a bad bit as far as I know. 

I love the place Jez,and I kick my selfmyself every day for not moving there to live when I had the chance.

I kick myself for not moving to NZ when I had the chance. 

A couple of smashing tractors there - and beautifully finished. 

Another class piece of building from Mr P. I really like that Sean, looks the part. 

Big rain this morning but nicer now...no combining tomorrow. 

Interesting to see the different methods for the small bale handling. Most people round here who still use small bales are on square eights or tens.

Great pictures. 

Local Massey dealer now stocks 'Vintage Ferguson Grey' which is a match for grey fergies - Stonleigh is right for this.

Ohh yeah they will be the only wheels :o Dad pulls a five furrow Kverneland on tall row-crops :

Must be 'boys land' 

:D - I'll bring the wet and dry then Graeme... we'll get a good finish on that bonnet  :D

I've put the wide wheels back on the Renault for you Graeme - and put some No Smoking signs up  as for you Mr. F, Frankie should be sprayed to match your baler. 

Couldn't afford a camera in those days..........

We had a bagger for a few years then a tanker - exciting stuff going on to bulk grain! I can't remember too much about the bagger, apart from getting in the way on the platform. 

The Italians certainly like a bit of deep ploughing. That's a helluva thing. 

Rain this evening after a really good week - was thinking of starting harvest on Saturday.....

Clever little convo Marcus. That silage field looks as flat as a billiard table. 

Thanks all. 

Nice yoak John,Sumo turned up yet?

It was due about now but there is now 'around a two week delay' so won't be using it for OSR sowing..

Oh very nice John......So what'll be her first job with you then?  :)

Probably start off on the grain trailer as Renault is still on narrow wheels. Then cultivating for the OSR.

Very nice John, whats with the condoms on all the nobs? You worried it might breed?? 

Everything in the cab was protected presumably so it didn't get dirty during PDI - nice touch. 

What a beauty John... quite some beast as well... how many horse power is that mate

What a pity nobody invented scratch and sniff forums... I can just imagine the new factory smell of that lady  ... then again.. Barry does still come on here doesn't he  \

Only just in time for harvest as well... I bet the dealers were biting their fingernails in the last few weeks 

It's 167 with 'boost' - whenever it decides to allow it.  ;D

Does smell nice but that won't last long.

I was biting my fingernails too Marky.......

Nah... probably that you just feel the bumps more as you get older!!

 

Thank you Mr Ford - I will have my revenge 

On the private number plate SN08 LNJ... I would have gone for LSF ( Letham Shank Farm ) ;D

You can't put a kept number on a tractor, I did want to......no MOT or Plate. 

looks a fair place to spend the day john , what else was in the running before you settled on NH ?

hope you know where the fuse box is 

Claas, Valtra T, Case Puma & Massey 64, Marcus 

Three fuse boxes - one with 40 in!!!Checked those out already!

Stupid question but for one who has only driven older tractors ,does it take a degree in electronics to drive the newer stuff.My friend the contractor reckons the John Deeres are very easy and you could let a kid drive it but the Fendts needed a half days instruction??? ???

I spent a couple of hours in there yesterday, with both Operators Manuals. A lot of it is remembering the key stroke order. Absolutely everything can be 'adjusted'. Anyone could get in and 'drive' it, though.

nice weapon john i really like these new newhollands so i do, what size tyres have you got on her, 40 or 50k box, all round suspension 

They are 580 on front and 650 on rear (38s), CJ. Just a 40k (eco- 19th = 2000rpm) as I don't do much roadwork, cab and front axle suspension.

Not spotted it in the posts and can't read it in the photos, which one is she, 6070? Hell of a lot of knobs and levers in the cab, don't think my old chap could operate that one!!

Very slinky anyway, looks far better for the 600's, ours are a bit diddy, we got winkled by the dealer on that one, asked for 540's & got 480's.. never mind...

Renault's hydrostable cab suspension is better than any as it's a full 4 point system, everyone else uses a 2 point with springing at the back, so while the TZ's & RZ's [or whatever they've been calling them lately] will sway like a lorry and absorb lateral bumps, everyone else's just softens the donkey effect. We have it on ours and it's a definite improvement over a fixed cab but some way short of the Renault system. You don't get the over emphasised feeling of toppling over on a side slope with these though!

It's a 6080 Simon, and I haven't really put it to the test yet but even climbing on board doesn't move the cab like the Renault.

looks well jdc quite fondd of the t6000 series ;)did you trade anything in?

I had a 10 yr old 8360 RC which went in April. 

Phew! Thanks for you comment. Back to work now! 

Absolutely spot-on. A class model, Johnny. 

.........either that or I'm getting a box of matches

For the straw or the baler? 

Misty/foggy for about the 9th day in a row. 

That show was definitely worth a visit. Quite a few there I haven't seen before. Thanks for th pics. 

Very nice new office you have there. What do you think to the cab on it?

Cheers! I think the cab is excellent, good vis, very quiet, but first impression is that the suspension is perhaps not as good as the Renault. 

Probably leave the plastic on forever. 

Blue levers are spools, yellow knobs front & rear PTO, yellow T-bar PTO speed selector. Switches are for things like auto gears, auto PTO, front suspension, engine speed control etc.

'Power Command' 19 x 6 Eco gearbox.

Intelliview Monitor, where you can control Spools, PTO, etc etc.

I suppose you could get all the lights up at once. 

Very pleased with it - but with only 5 hrs on the clock.......

I know I haven't been on much recently - just been a bit busy. I have wasted a whole afternoon today though getting to know this, which arrived this morning.  ;D

Been christened 'Snob' by Graeme - see reg. plate. 

Some of them had adjustable chains from the frame near the lower links to a top link pin to limit the drop as well.

Finished servicing the combine and then washed and polished her.....ready for the off now. 

Got a phone call this morning asking to help a neighbour wrap silage.....been cut for a week and rain yesterday and forecast tomorrow. Where I was wrapping finished up as mud about 8" deep, ruts in field what a mess.  ( and I got my forklift dirty  )

Just up the road from me 

Up a ladder, welding, evicting pigeons, and fixing door tracks.