Gav836

Good stuff Gav - when I bought the Renault, the TSA 135 was second choice....do you like it? I've subsequently heard it's just a 40 series gearbox under the fancy controls.

No SB here just WB to keep the balers happy 

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

did he catch you up gav he is getting on with it  ;)

He finally caught me up at 4.30, I was doing 4.7mph and i believe he was travelling at 7-8mph

Armrest console showing all rear 3 point hitch controls... raise/lower, drop rate, draft effort, position control and lift height

Here you go Martin

First is the gear lever, any 40 series drivers should be familiar with the lever operation, pull to back for low range, push forward for high range, 17 gears in total on here as its a 50kph model

Second shows spool controls, pto controls and switches for display screen selection on dash, power boost, 4wd, diff lock and auto gears/transport boost. Also knob for front linkage height setting

Couple more

Ooooh Gav you lucky man......Strange place for the number plate on the TS-A mate? 

My guess is the original fixings fell out on the top of the cab, happened to the one we had where I worked before \

McCormick MC135 and Vaderstad Rapid 30s box drill

TSA from back and dash panel showing ground speed, PTO speed, and clock l-r bottom row, dials for engine rpm, temperature and fuel level, green lights are 4wd and middle 2 signal that the power boost is active

I have some pictures of the rh console I can post if anyones interested

Finished ploughing that field today and we managed to get the whole 33 acres drilled as well between 10.30am and 6pm excluding the headlands. I had the TSA135 on the 4m Kverneland power harrow and my boss had the McCormick on the Vaderstad box drill

TSA and power harrow

Some lovely pics there Gav.... you got room in your cab for a mate sometime to have a ride with you 

Thanks Marky, always room for one more in that tractor, all of the tractors apart from the McCormick have a passenger seat of sorts

Some great pics there mate, how was it to be ploughing again?  Not a bad beast there but there is a difference between comforts isnt there ;)  But some very good ploughing there i now know who i need to learn off : :D

How was the 8770 there nice tractors just never been to keen on jumpyness of gearbox or is that just ones i've driven :D

Good to be back to proper farm work again, not quite as comfortable as the Renault but I've driven much worse

The gearbox is quite smooth under load except from the 9th-10th range change which gives a bit of a kick, you've got to learn with these ones, get the revs right and there's no trouble

Nice bit of ploughing there! Is that beet ground with wheel marks like that? We always ploughed our beet ground crossways on so as to keep it level. Was a bit frustrating sometimes with very short runs.

Thanks, yes it is old beet ground, all was lifted with a tractor mounted 6 row Garford machine. This field started off with short runs but is nice long work once you get into it. It does plough leveller and helps with grip going cross ways at times

Just a little John. forgotten how rough it could be after 3 years driving a Renault with all round suspension, still a fairly smooth ride though

nice and straight gav no seagulls \

Too early for seagulls at 8am but they were present and redecorating the tractor later on

mmm aint much soil stuck to the wheels or anywhere ,even the turned stuff looks dry from the pics to me anyway

Its dry on top but fairly wet beneath and in the case of headlands they have been sub soiled today to let the water drain, trouble is it worked well and I nearly got stuck as it had turned to mud behind it

Final two pics, first one shows the dash console with speed read out, gear display, engine revs, hitch settings and all the guages and warning lights as well as work light switches

Second pic is of rh console with hand throttle, gear lever, hitch, spool and PTO controls

Front from a different angle and out of the back window

Today I have beem ploughing all day with the 8770 and Kverneland, covered just under 30 acres and this time I had my camera with me

8770 from front and rear view first up

I have the F130, its a basic model and lacks detail but its good none the less, keep trying to get hold of one of the 180-90's as I just like the 90 series Fiats

Wait till he sees this, you've asked for it now Gav!  :D

I'm so scared *mutters to self* calls me a pillock will he :D

Don't bother finding big nose's list Tim, if you wrote it on paper it would destroy too many acres of forest :D :D

TVO Nuffield would be an M3 or M4, M3 having 3 wheels as I used to have one of them and can vouch for the speed

You should get 20-22mph ok s its got slighty different wheel gear i think

Good stuff Tim, how'd you know I like playing in the mud

Great stuff Tim... please repremand Gav.... he set off in a tractor without making any checks... he's got no fuel and very little oil pressure as well 

Not to mention his bad driving either... fancy getting stuck 

Shut it big nose, at least I haven't caused the quantity of damage to the tractors that you have : :D

Nice pictures...I've got a couple of those Italeri kits thanks to Tris' sharp eyes. They are a good kit.

So it was you that outbid me was it :D :D