Gav836

My brothers friend manages an estate in Norfolk & they loved the green DEUTZ-FAHR they had on demo probably about 10 yrs ago but it was so much dearer than the Deere they settled for.

Which one/where abouts here would that be then Nigel?

About 10 years ago a local estate used to run 5 John Deere combines, can't remember exactly what model they were at the moment though, but 10/11** series

Looks good Gav, very good infact  :o ;)

If you make another or want to sell that one, give us a shout ;)

Thanks Nath.

Funny you should say that, i was planning to do this one to guage response and then maybe do some more if it was favourable 

any on weekends???, most seem to be weekdays so i have to book leave :(

No unfortunately not, Normac is on Thursday 14th September, will post details in events section

I might be able to go to several of them with whats happenned this week, we all so have Normac 2006 happening near me, totally free as well so will definately be going to that one 

dan gav, that looks good so far mate, can't see anything wrong with it so far,if anything thats the best simba convo i have seen so far mate

Thanks Sean, glad you think it looks good.

Both the front gangs are now widened, the Dremel finally cooled down enough to cut the other side up, damn it was hot  :D

Sorry to hear that Gav......What are you up to for the last couple of weeks? Best of luck mate...... ;)

i've just got to finish the combining then thats it basically, will be no work for me after that with the new people

Thanks guys any help will be usefull as this is my first attempt at something like this

Now one of these would look rather nice in front of a 6m Vaderstad......... :D

Go for folding Gav it would make it more realistic - which way do the biggers ones fold as I've only ever seen 3m versions of it  

They all fold up vertically so theres a bit of working out to do and another set of rams to aquire from somewhere

A lot of work to make it fold Gav but I'm sure it could be done.

Any pics of the real deal to compare it with??

Don't want this too cost the earth to build so if making it fold is going to cost too much in parts it will be a rigid one i think

Only one off the Simba website at the minute, planning a little excursion to the dealers tomorrow to see what i can find there.

cheers, not too worried about the subsoiler legs and rear discs, its the fact the whole thing should fold up which is going to cause some head scratching i think, unless of course i make it rigid \

I got round to thinking earlier that the Britains Simba Solo 330 isn't really big enough for the bigger tractors some of us have in our collections now so i thought i'd have a go at making a 660, 6.6 m wide one. Only started it this lunchtime and would like some feedback from you guys on here and any suggestions about the work so far, plus my Dremel is a bit on the hot side at the minute and needs to cool down  :D

6610 is only about 110-120 hp I would think you mean a 6910 mate 

I did think that unless its been tweaked, other wise there could be a smell here which you know too well at the minute Colm........ :D :D

We just drilled our stubble turnips with a Vaderstad behind a Gregoire Besson Discordan tillage train, also put some on with a rape seeder mounted on the GB as an experiment. In the past we have spread them on with our Kuhn spreader and even ploughed and drilled them, they aren't really too fussy but they just need moisture to grow. 

Cheers Sean, so do i.

wat are you thinking of doing gav 

I'll stick to tractor driving and chainsaw work if i can, got my ticket for that sort of thing

nice pictures and a really nice setting there Luke, was expecting you to start off quoting song lyrics for a minute then : :D

That's really bum news Gavin. In this part of the world there are always opportunities for skilled people like yourself.........plenty muppets but few with knowledge and experience. I hope something turns up for you.

I'm pretty much redundant here.........haven't turned a harvest wheel for 7 days now......rain/mist. 3 miles inland from me they are cutting at 16%  :'( :'(

Thanks, got a few contacts i'm making use of, but down here good jobs are hard to find at the minute, looking at going self employed again now.

Know how you feel mate i lost my job a couple of weeks ago because the boss just couldnt afford to keep the business going. Id only been there 2 months and got a weeks notice. Hopefully want to have a new job by the end of this month.

Definately not good is it. Only thing in my favour is i've been there 5 years so i do get a pay off and i should have had 5 weeks notice but i only have 2 \

now i hate to be the one to point this out F-P but isn't that a Vaderstad and not  a Vraderstad : :D

can you smell something........................ :

pi$$ing down with rain with a dose of thunder and lightning mixed in for good measure here at the minute

You lot are hilarious, :-D :-D :-D but miles off. If its any consolation he said it wouldnt pull a granny off the toilet, the header is too big for her on the banks.

I think the F-P's pre edited answer was better and probably right, you're just too late to see it Tris :D

Thats harsh mate, what turd day your having. From our conversation the other day you didnt seem too happy there anyhow, still havin the choice to stay or leave taken from you is still a bit sh1t. Chin up, chest out. This could be a mixed blessing. All the best Gav.

Cheers Tris, i haven't been too happy there but as far as i knew it was a secure job for as long as i wanted it. Yes i'm not happy at being made redundant and shall miss the team i work with on the other farm i shall not miss the one person i spend most of the time with who has been making my life miserable, so i'm also relieved and happier like that.

he'll be upset at that remark but its the truth :D

True and for once its not me doing the upsetting initially :D

At least there is one consolation, if Pingu can get a job, anyone can!  :D

I suppose you have a point there, and i have hands and not flippers as well : :D  As you say a sh1t deal though 

His words to me were i'm just a boy living on borrowed money as i have no farm. Basically his whole business was contract farming and he got the last 2500 acres in quick succession and had to buy a lot of kit in one go, all of which is coming up for replacement in one go and the running costs are getting high. Add to that the fact that one of the tractors cost ?8k in repairs earlier this year and ?5k on the combine service then you can see whats been causing some of the problems \

Not expecting that as the boss told me 2 months ago, not even that, that my job was secure so i'm a bit narked at the minute. But i did know that finances were tight and things were a bit shakey, he did say he'd wanted to be honest with me and has been as soon as he had plans confirmed and has been. Yet another one goes to the wall :(