Gav836

It's finally raining here, first time for 5-6 weeks ;D ;D

have only just seen the pics??? weird wernt there when i posted just now oh well

nice gav, bit big for my farming needs, but a must have bit of kit for these biggger carpet farmers/contractors,

Strange, must be your computer then

Thanks Sean, thought I'd give a big one a try just to see what they'd look like. Just need a large classic to try them out on now

The hydraulic folding 6 metre version looks very tidy, do your crumbler rollers rotate too ?? A tip for you with the super glue here. Have you tried Loctites new "Gel Control" super glue. It's thicker and doesn't run like the thin watery normal super glue. Easier to use and less stuck on your fingers too     Worth a try if you have not tried it yet

Thanks and yes, the rollers rotate. I don't use super glue too much anymore as it tends to fail after a while and things fall apart as a few of my seeder conversion customers are aware so i tend to use Araldite for most glueing along with Plastic weld/Liquid Poly, super glue only for wires and pipes now. Thanks for the tip though

looks good!, whats the red/black thing in left hand corner \ \

yeah i've tried it, love the stuff!! ;D

Thanks Ben. Its a tank elevator off a Tim beet harvester

Been experimenting today with a 6m folding one, would welcome any feedback on it please

Looks good Mike but how's about making the booms fold like they do on the real Amazone one, theres a good challenge for you

I'll let you know when this one is finished

yeah as long as you aren't in a hurry for it :D

yeah i'll have that as well on mine!!.....get casting! ;D

The handwash tank isn't cast, just plastruct tube turned in a drill The induction hopper is an experiment in casting something else that didn't look right but suits this perfectly

Just added a handwash water tank and an induction hopper to it, just leaves the piping now

Some great pics there again Marcus... that little 342 is going to be ruined on that scraper  :'( :'( :'( - can we steal it and let me "love it"

As for the Massey Telehandler.... who made them  

They were made by FDI? Sambron, used to be a 13m one in the original orange/grey livery on a farm locally

Same here Gav - nothing for around 6 weeks now....grass is holding up so far but I can see a lot of silage being grazed...

We have 2 bits of forward grass, both have to be off by mid may for hemp to be planted. We also have spring rape seed in the ground which could be a write off if it doesn't rain soon, barley is coming into ear at barely 15 inches tall so straw is not looking good either at the minute \

So you're going to be doing a little grass then.......... :D

Yeah just the odd few thousand bales here and there :D Little grass being appropriate words at the minute though because if we don't soon get some rain there won't be much to cut \

Now that my little teaser is done with, I'll post the pics from today Been washing down and going over the grass kit ready for this season. First up is the Lely Splendimo 2.8m mower conditioner

Lely Hibiscus 461 single rotor rake

Lely Lotus 600 + AWS tedder

Nice model Gav. The leveller looks the business with the spikes going down through the bars to help break up the soil as it works and the crumbler roller to break down large clods that are left. Real good replica of this implement.   

Thanks, my fingers still have glue on them from sticking all of those spikes into the frame, very fiddly with big fingers \

So have Siku dropped a clanger then Gav, never seen this one in Claas colours before 

You won't in this country, well that age anyway as they were for the German market I believe, Sanderson wouldn't let them sell them over here as it would be competition for them

Now that bring back memories Gavvers... we used to be agents for Sanderson... we sold a few like that...

One of my jobs as the apprentice was to restore old SB55TC's to their former glory... what a crap job that was as well  :D

It's all memories for me as well as Dad sold these between 1987 and 1997

Found it! This is the one that it is based loosely on, if not the 11-30 here it was its bigger brother the 11-40

Cheers guys

Is this the real machine?

No it isn't those ones, they are a version of the later Sanderson TL6 and TL7 machines, the 911T is based on an earler Teleporter 2, have a leaflet on the Sanderson version somewhere

Yeah, without the job there would be no model making as it's supporting it at the minute, lack of funds lately has caused my model making to dry up, damned bills

Yes they did Nick, the Ranger 911T which was a badge engineered Sanderson in reality, got one somewhere but can't find it at the minute

it aint easy when you work to is it mate :D

Not easy at all, what was going to be 3 days a week has turned into 5 or 6 so i've had less time than I thought, no bad thing in a way though as I need the money

Dragged the two Welger balers out of the shed and started to go through them getting them ready for this year, hemp is a complete sod to get out of them!! Got the combine out of the shed as well ready for a blow down and wash tomorrow

In the case of that one Nick, it most probably is as they are not too easy to come by, no doubt I'll soon be put right if I'm wrong though :D

Thanks for the info - very interesting. Helluva drill 

Somebody will correct me, but I think atrazine is now banned over here 

It certainly is John, something to do with too higher residue of it left in the soil i beleive \ Another good. effective chemical banned

looks fantastic mate did you make the crumbler roller or take it off somthing else ?

Cheers, crumbler comes off the Siku Lemken Gigant, need to find some more now \

ah thats more like it gav, very nice work mate, might have to get one of those at some point

Cheers Sean, hope to get back on track with models again now

Well I don't remember saying I'd lost interest anywhere here myself.....

Anyway got on and got a 3m one done this afternoon, pics below

From the side

From above

Rear/side view

Underside showing tine detail

Underside from different angle

Any questions then ask away