Gav836

Thanks guys, will be listing this one on ebay and making some more if there is sufficient interest in them

This is nearly finished now with all pipe work on, just got to paint it up now but that will have to wait until tomorrow when i can get to the simba dealer for some paint. Let me know what you all think to it

quite a machine there gav , not an overly big hopper though ?

are you bitter towards the workers left there ? ,& stand on the headlands in a dejected manor making obscene hand gestures at  them ? :D :D

doesn't need to be a very big hopper as OSR goes on at only 5kg per hectare.

I have no bitter feelings towards anyone there, especially after they all clubbed together and bought me a leaving gift

Rear view

From the cab, the Discordon consists of a gang of discs, followed by ripper tines then more discs with a press on the back, also fitted is the Opico seeder

Side on and turning on the headland

Took these pictures of my now ex colleague on his 7920 with the tillage train this morning pulling up wheat stubble

nice pics G, will you miss the harvest or will you be able to do it again with the new job \

I'll miss it to a point but i sure as hell won't miss all the muck and dust that comes with it. The new job doesn't involve much arable work other than baling and muck spreading so it will be ok

one more of the CR980 emptying into the TVT170 and 18 ton bunnings

Looks like your wheat had taken a fair battering from the wheather 

Yeah it really did on that farm, the lighter land wouldn't hold it so well, only cut 3 bits there that were mostly standing, the rest were awful with shot bits and kept blocking the knife \

Brilliant pics Gav......That 2nd pic is spot on mate...... ;)

Cheers Martin, as we were all swapping round on the machines yesterday i had a couple of ours talking to the sales rep on the headland which gave me a chance to get some pictures for once, pleased with them

1. Rear view of the other 460 through the dust

2. Rear view of the CR980

1. Our 460, now going up for sale, 1997, 2300hrs on it

2. Front shot of the CR980

1.The CR980 emptying out

2.The other 460

Finally managed to get the last of our wheat finished in the past 2 days, took some pictures yesterday as we hit it hard with 2 Lexion 460's with 25 foot beds and a demonstrater CR980 with a 30 foot bed, the result was 200 acres mopped up in 7 fields in one day

1. All 3 combines together

2. Our 460 emptying out

Looks great Gav, how are the 6m Simba's coming on ???

6m ones are coming along slowly Nath, hope to get some more done on them next week between my current job finishing and the new one starting

Looking very impressive with the hoses fitted now Gav......Never seen OSR drilled that way up here...... ;)

Thanks Martin, its common practice down this way, we have one on a G&B Discordan for OSR and several other contractors use sinilar setups

Thanks guys, i'm rather pleased with how its came out myself

Hers a couple of pictures of the seeder with the pipes fitted, all just got to be painted now and hydraulic hoses fitted

Heres a couple of pictures of the first one shaped up and fitted to a Solo, think it looks fairly accurate for size, let me know what you think 

Now there's a nice tractor...... ;)

Is the older New Holland being sold?

Yes, it is Martin, getting rather past it now \

not a big ford fan gav JD man through and through but it does look smart.what is the JD.

He's bought 2, a 7920 and 6920, both autopower tractors, i have driven the 7920 and i'd go for the TVT over it any day, its much simpler

Yes, it can be used for that as well, we have two at work one on a G & B tilth train and another on a grass harrow for seeding pastures with

I managed to get a picture of the grass harrow yesterday, take it this is what you were thinking of Tris

When i first got in it i thought 'oh my god' but its actually very simple, 3 gear ranges within which you can set the top speed you wish to travel at then just use the throttle or cruise control. Bottom picture is of our old 8560 which it is replacing, this tractor is now getting tired having covered 8200 hors since 1997

This is the new tractor that the new boss has bought my colleague, i had a drive in it yesterday and quite frankly it beats the JD hands down that he bought the other guy, was well impressed with it