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It was a 7840 Martin, I don't know if Chris has any pics of it either as she was fairly well boxed in That 7610 was a real minter, looked even better in the flesh so to speak

Went to have a look round here after the auction, accompanied by Chris, had a few nice machines in their again so heres some pictures for you Ford 6610 Ford 6810 Ford 7610 MF 240/20E/35/240 line up MF 240 MF 675 Fendt 615 Fendt 308 Frasier 5D agri-buggy Kidd Fymax

Now why would I need to take my tape measure to that sale That was the very reason i wanted pics of that harvester, I'd only ever seen a top saver in sales leaflets until today

Garford Victor 3/4 row beet harvester ?220 Standen Sceptre 4 row beet harvester inc. front topper ?175 (nearly nodded me head for this one ) MF 228 conventional baler ?1425 Armer Salmon Cleaner Loader ?210 Saved the best till last......................... Armer Salmon Cheetah c/w top saver, late model, been used this year ?1750

Decided to go to a farm sale today near mine, not been to one for a while but there were a few lots at this one that interested me. Got a few pictures and some prices for you as well so here goes............... Claas Lexion 405, 1997, 18ft cut, 1237 hrs ?35800 Fendt 716, 2003, 8912 hrs ?22950 John Deere 6920s, 2004, 6150 hrs, Not sold Deutz Fahr Agrotron 100, 1997, 4686 hrs ?10300 Opico Air seeder ?2350 Simba Solo 600 ?24600

Its coming along, thats no way to speak to your god though :D

Thanks, I used a Dremel with a cutting disc to get the seat base out, fairly straight forward but you need to make sure that you cut it in the right places from underneath

It will have the bedforming hood as shown in the pictures here, not 3 ridging bodies like the old Britains Setrite has

Glad to see the molds are up to the standard you wanted :D

Now you have to admit if that had of happened I would have pulled the ultimate prank on you :D Sorry about that, Ely sewage works was as close as I came to you and I had to get back for a rush job this time

I can't afford to do the harvester just yet :D :D

Been out delivering oil again today in the Wymondham area along with Mildenhall, Ely, Feltwell and Watton, several miles but a fairly stress free day despite the customs, vosa (yes really this time Marky ) and police check points I went past

It's between ?17 and ?22 around this way as well Simon

A good way out of that one if you are unfortunate enough to get a tractor like that and are able to is to stick the PTO into 1000rpm and the run the engine slower, gained another 32 gears when I done that on my Renault, made a hell of a difference to speed and fuel consumption, the revs dropped from 2200rpm to 1200rpm on the engine

Get a 6 cylinder tractor as it will be more stable, cab strength is irrelevent but needs to have good side visibility, best of the older tractors for it is an SG2 cabbed JD As for the actual job it is a highly skilled job where you need to keep your wits about you, always looking out for hazards in hedgerows and the undergrowth, not always possible, I myself have had inch thick wire left by BT tangled up in the machine. It is a slow job which cannot be rushed, a good finish on a hedge may take 2 or more passes over the same bit so you need patience. It's not something I would recommend a complete novice going into, it is a job where if you get it wrong and make a balls up it will be visible for the next year at least and you'll never be invited back. Some farmers will only use a contractor for the jobs they won't or can't handle so your equipment will get a lot of abuse. As for choice of machines, the older B range Bomfords have a poor head design but a strong arm whereas the McConnels are the other way round with weak arms and excellent heads, older Spearheads aren't worth bothering with, although they were built well the heads were under powered. Now though all these machines are on an even keel with eachother but for contracting you will need a machine with between 5 and 6m of reach, new something of this size will cost over ?10k, second hand hedgecutters require a thorough going over due to the sort of life they lead

You caught a glimpse of it earlier then

I agree, Thats why i done this to it http://www.farmtoysforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=15403.0

Wait until Spalding if you can get to it then \

Speak to PDC nicely for the decals

Awww stop it, you're making me go all red here :D :D

Heres a few pictures of the real machine as a comparison

I thought that it was about time I made a start on building the first of the Standen Pearson models that I've been planning so after travelling to Ely this week with a tape measure and camera here it is This is the most basic potato planter that they produce now, it is a 2 row machine and although they do build up to a 6 row machine I decided that this would be the best and most affordable one to make a model of. It's still in the early stages but some of the basic frame is now in place along with the hopper and the front placing tubes, it still needs some fine tuning but here it is so far Shown on the Britains Renault 103-54, it is sitting at he height that the actual machine does off the ground when on a tractor

Stopped raining here now, and the suns out........litle damp underfoot though, just left inch deep footprints on the lawn walking across it :o

I expect details on the something better later tomorrow young man :D

Look like some of my Beet harvesters do when I have trouble with silicone spots, as has been said, very light and thin coats at intervals will sort it. As you've found, swamping it with paint will make it worse. Try cleaning the parts with panel wipe before painting them as that will help