matty a

at 4:30 today i had a jd 6410 and a jd 5820 sitting next to each other and by 7:00 they had become 1

i started by removing the front wheels from both tractors and then removing the front axel from the 5820.

i had to cut off the mudgards so that the wheels from the 6410 would fit

that then left me with this

because the holes in the centers of the wheels were to big to be a good fit on the axels i drilled them out a few mill and put in a bit of tube

next i fitted the wheels onto the axels and made the mounting bracket,

as you can see there isnt a masive amount of differance in track width

all thats left to do now is to remove the front axel on the 6410 and put the new one on

so thats what i did

after doing that i looked down at the 5820 shortly followed by my watch then thought to my self tea wont be ready for a while yet so i started cutting gagain

and then eventualy ended up with this

tell me what u all think.

this is my ctm 500 series sugar beet cleaner loader that i have been working on for the last few days

tell me what you think

finaly got round to doing some more on this model and she is now almost ready to paint so here are some pics

here are some pictures that i took last week of one of the local farms harvesting there spring barley in the village of little snoring near fakenham in norfolk

the combine is a new holland tx68

and the tractors carting are a john deere 6920s

and a john deere 6920

both have gull high tip trailers

here are some pics from a few weeks back when i went for a bike ride with my camera

first off just finished harvesting some osr

then on to baling winter barley

and finaly harvesting winter barley

started this the other day but ran out of material so i couldnt do any mor to it untill today when i got some more

this is not like the flat 8 bale sledge because this one holds 3 bales on the bottom and then another 3 on top like this ===

first of all here is the rather poor quality picture that i have been working from witch was taken about 8 years ago

and here is what it looked like this morning followed by a few pics of how it works

as you can see i still need to find some wheels for it

and this is what it looked like by the end of the afternoon

if any one has any info on how the gate at the back works or any pictures of it please let me know as i havent got a clue

Looking good Matty - I bet that was rather difficult to do 

trust me it wasnt the easyest build in the world and i got rather stuck at one point when i was trying to make the front crumblers because the ones on the sides i actualy had to make the frames and also the ends of them out of some scraps i had laying about but it worked and i am very pleased with the result

thanks for the comments

and here is the link for people that missed it when i was making it

http://www.farmtoysforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=11118.0

i have finaly managed to get it all together and painted

tell me what you think

here are some pics

the real thing

my version

i got it sprayed this afternoon and i think it has turned out rather well

tell me what you think

if i get a chance i will get some more pics in the morning when the paint has fully dried

i havent done that much on it over the last few days apart from adding a grain chute on the back

Plastic Weld at a guess as we usually fight over the stock at the local shop :D

well its harder for me to get my hands on the stuff because you live closer than me so you just have to walk down the road 

o well you do come in handy for when i want to know when they have new stuff in  ;D

been working on it again today

the real thing

have been working on this over the last few days but have now run out of plastruct so cant do much more at the moment

well untill tommorow when im going to get some more supplyes

tell me what you think so far

unfolded

because of the nice weather we have been having over this weekend i thought i would get the old spray cans out

you can probably see the little locking system i made to stop them from articulating when in transport position in pic 2

its just 2 bits of wire made into a little hook and eye system because the system they use on the real thing would have been so small i wouldnt have been able to make it lock into position but im very pleased with how it turned out and the only bit that was actualy hard to make was the frame for the hydrolic rams that lift the side rolls up because they have to be in the exact right position or they wont fully fold or unfold

for the measurements i have just been working them out by eye and i have been using the pics that i took last weekend

http://www.farmtoysforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=14927.0

i have been working on this over the last week

just needs a bit of paint and some decals and it will be complete

tell me what you think

managed to catch this beast working outside my house this morning

saturday 24 april

tuesday 3rd april

wednesday 4th april

as long as its not a spelling test you'll be ok!!! :D

good luck!  :)

its not a spelling test thank god 

You much pleased as punch with that matty and well you should be. Excellent. Oh and congrats on passing whatever it is you passed   :)

think you should read my post again 

i will hopfully be able to get some more done on friday when i get home from my test

thats if i can eventualy manage to stop running round the house waving the satificate above my head shouting I PASSED I PASSED :D

i will hopfully be able to get some more done on friday when i get home from my test

thats if i can eventualy manage to stop running round the house waving the satificate above my head shouting I PASSED I PASSED :D

dont realy know when it will be finished because i am now comming to the harder bit like making the turbines and all of the webs that take the beet from the turbines and into the tank and then a bigger one that unloads the beet

finaly managed to get some

as u can see i need to raise the back a bit to make it level but i will do that after the next supply run because i thought i still had some bits left so i didnt bother getting any bits that size.

first of all the tank rams

the full machine

topper and lifting unit up and down

harvesting position and road position