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I would certainly say stick to a 40 series but try to find a later blue roofed one as they are less likely to suffer from problems, the 2 7840's at work are a P and R reg and have been no trouble despite the tweaking. A 7840 may be just as good a buy as a 8340 and command a bit less money

A local cattle farmer done the same here with his F plate 3350, looked at changing it but due to the 10.000 hrs on the clock and age the dealer wouldn't give a very good price so they went ahead and had quite a bit of work done on it including a full PTO pack, quite a hefty bill for it but its still going strong

Forget the 8340 Martin, yes it may be a good tractor but do you really want something with that many hours on, especially an early example? Price wise I would imagine between ?7000 and ?9000 going by prices down here and don't forget that the prices that they qoute will need the dreaded VAT added to them \ Are you going to let us have a look at the pictures then

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BRITAINS-PLASTIC-FARM-CHICKENS_W0QQitemZ200087285868QQcategoryZ117196QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Can't be worth that surely, I paid ?3.52 for a lot of 50+ the other day, chickens, geese, ducks, turkeys

Its not just French trailers Paul, the beet contractor where I used to work used to have a 17 ton AS Marston dump trailer that had a PTO driven pump and an oil tank on it, his JD 7800 just didn't have enough oil in the backend to tip it. They found out the hard way as well, kept tipping oil in as they thought it was low and when they let it down there was a funny noise and the JD needed a visit from the engineer :D

Whats up with the original engine then? Last time i was in a local dealers yard he had a couple of Nuffield scrappers in there so i'll gladly go have a look for you

Its myself and the bosses son who are doing most of the farm work now, each tractor has jobs that they get used for. I could have had the 70 series instead of the TM doing the subsoiling and today on the Solo but as the TM done the job ok we left it on the Plough ready for later in the week, had it have been tougher going it would have been needed as it is about 2 tonnes heavier than the TM so grips better No seeder as yet : Cheers Marcus, I'm enjoying it. Doubt i'll enjoy tomorrow though, got a day at school doing a spray course \

I can't see why not, leaves a good level finish if its set up right

Wheat I believe Rich, had several months for the tail corn losses to grow though \

She certainly sounds nice pulling it. When it has the legs in deeper and is on heavy land it goes on the 8770 Thanks Simon That field is about 30 acres i think, I managed to subsoil it all yesterday so it isn't much bigger than that

thanks guys Put it this way when i found a tight spot on the field the TM soon let me know about it There's 4 legs on it spaced across the 3m width so they are near enough 1m apart

As you can see from the second picture the ground has dried out a bit now to what it was 7 days ago

As promised here's some pictures from today with the TM175 and Simba Solo, had the 4 legs in the ground at 6-8 inches deep and it was travelling at 3.8-5mph with it

It's the same here Martin, if a lot of people this way had roof boards around here they would be snapped of by low branches around field margins \

Certainly is Marky, not quite big enough to need a Bazzaweight though Wait till you see the Solo on the TM, it dwarfs it :D

Thanks Marky, wait till you see the weights on the TM She does need all the weight as that is one heavy harrow, it tips the scales at 1900kg so would be a tad light on the steering without them :D

Well today I have been sub-soiling with the TM175, no pictures this time but I should have some for tomorrow night as I'll be pulling a Simba Solo 300 with it, going to see what happens when I stick the subsoiler legs into work

You should have done Sean, after all would he buy them if they were like that? What happened to service with a smile, should be service with a snarl by the sounds of it

I've seen it as well Tris Our 7840's wouldn't struggle with one at 135hp and the other sitting around 145hp, they are both as powerful as the McCormick or more so

If you're saying that you think a model of it would be good then I've been thinking the same thing but have no time for a few weeks to even attempt it as I have too much on. That drill nearly ended up going on one of the 7840's but they decided to use the McCormick instead

The Renault would be my preferred choice over the TS-A John, there's no doubt that the TS-A is a good tractor in this form (the basic ones are a waste ) but the Renault gives a smoother ride and has more space in the cab, the only real plus on the TS-A is the electronic functions, pre-set the revs for the PTO and just flick a switch everytime you set back in, goes up to the limit and brings the power boost in There's a fair amount of spring barley in this area due to the amount of sugar beet grown and lifted late

I would guess so, not asked much about it yet. Straw is a large part of the contracting business on this farm, running 2 Welgar 4000 series midi hesston size balers and a JD 550 round baler which is used more for hemp from what i can make out

Thanks Graham, we used to drill at 8-10kph where I used to work We were drilling spring barley there, may have some spring rape to go in yet as well, depends how much time we have. I was going in tomorrow to plough the headland so they can dry out ready to drill on monday but the boss is going to do that now as it gets him out of gardening for a little while :D