richo

Look closely at the picture of the topper above, can anyone spot anything wrong with it?? Its hard to see so you might not...( look at the gearboxes)

A couple more pics

Been out topping for the last few days.....

Veiw from the cab

Now that is a great idea the side arm with a hoover behind . Was that a farm workshop invention or can you actually buy something like that?

Wow that looks really really good. :)

The photo of it 'in work' is great, looks spot on.

Have spent today putting 30 25kg bags of grass seed on TWO football pitches with a direct drill. A little bit much i think. Thats what they wanted so thats what they got!! Charged them by the hour mind, not per pitch. :D

There were four new models displayed at the Neuson / Kramer stand, including the new six ton swivel skip dumper and the telescopic loader. The Kramer telehandler prototype model was on display and is a 1:32nd scale model with the likelyhood that a Claas version will also appear. All four models have been made by Universal Hobbies.

The above quote came from this site  http://www.miniature-construction-world.co.uk/bauma_2007.html

Scroll down the page a little.

Is this correct or a mistake on the scale?

Could be a nice claas model ;D

You aint kidding when you say 'new' are you!!! That Deere loader hasn't even got any paint worn off the carriage!! Some nice weather round your way mate, nothing but puddles and mud down here  \

When i put the bale squeeze on the loader for the first time it was a horrible feeling knowing i was scratching the paint!

Don't worry mate it's now peeing it down... cold and windy .. Had to take the dog out in it earlier

What size is the new tractor??

It's a 6230 which comes in at around 110Hp. Sometimes we could do with a little more power  but generally it does the work we want well. No point in having a large tractor drinking diesel for no reason! The other main tractor is a 6330 so a little larger.

Last one for now, yhe MC115 loading the muck

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Mucking out cattle yards today with an Easterby tipper

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Inside the  cab

Next is the new tractor, we were carting soil to build a bank around an open space in New Addington near Croydon. What a lovley place got a little trouble from the locals .

Good tractor to drive esp. with the front suspension, but could have done with a slightly bigger one to pull the trailer 3/4 full of soil... Was only managing 6mph up hill :o . Felt sorry for the occasional nice person that let me pull out infront of them.

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Thought i'd add some photos of our new kit so far this year...

First up is a Perfect flail topper, is mainly used for doing footpaths around woods ect

A fast track with a front loader on! it was on a demolition site with a NC dump trailer behind

Left my mobile on a coat on the Landrover seat and when my girlfriend got in and moved coat must have dropped it on the ground. Got home and realised it was missing went back to see if it was on the ground or had been handed to a shop ONLY 5 MINS AWAY but had gone.

The little f@@@@@@ piky who took it wouldnt even answer so i could swear at him!!

Whats more annoying is the fact that Orange have blocked the phone so it is useless now anyway.

Madly decorating girlfriends house as she wants to sell it soon.

Wallpapering and glossing today.

I find papering quite satisfying.

Does anyone know how soon you can paint a newly papered wall?

Yeah full time tractor driver,sprayer operator,combine driver . Jack of all trades really

We farm around 5000acres of combinable crops and grow 900acres of potatoes.

We are currently running 2x 6920s, 1x 6930, 2x 8520, 1x 9650(on stocks tracs) 2x STS combines.

Not for getting the Bateman RB35 alongside the 840i. 2x JD loaders

At peak times we hire in extra tractors this spring we had a 6920s and a diamond edition McCormick along with 2 contractors and there tractors for destoning and planting.

Just out of interest where do you farm. I spent 5 years working at a farm in nottingham. The farm was next to Wells Grain store.

Do you ever come across Birds contractors?

You don't dissapoint do you!

Another great looking model and a lot sooner than i was expecting! :)

Takes a long time, can't get the staff nowadays Richo!. Don't think there are any more angles of this one left to photograph now, pretty well covered it I think. 

More scratch built models is what i ment not photos of this one!

Anyway its been a couple of days so where is the next model?! ;D

Raking up grass in front of baler, no chance to get any pics as was going flat out to stay ahead! Too many bloody trees to go around

Blades are on. Although I have known some people go mowing without putting blades on and after a couple of acres wonder why the mower won't cut! 

It took that long?!!!

Mower looks great now! More please...

That looks really good. Just one thing though.. what about the blades?