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Most about this way are 24m be it trailed, self propelled or in our case mounted, we are currently looking at replacements and are trying to decide between Knight, John Deere and Berthoud trailed machines. There is one 42m Rau sprayer working locally to here though :o

Its what comes from running older machines, potato harvesters particularly are expensive machines to run as they are always working in the soil

Boss was told at the start of the season it needed changing, it was knackered last year but managed to last the season so it doesn't owe us much, just general wear and tear \

The main digger web (£2295) broke on the spud harvester this afternoon, just as we were starting to get on well >

You can't officially but you can add a few details if they call you afterwards, seen it done several times

No you can't withold money unfortunately but he will be needing a reference at some point won't he and what you tell his prospective employers off the record is up to you isn't it

Did you say 200 or 2000 acres and then some with that many tractors :D

The conveyor is actually spreading them the full width of the previous pass so don't see why I should have any problems ploughing them in especially as they are chopped up, the old topper was rubbish and left the things whole meaning they went through the harvester in lumps which are a nightmare to plough in. Got a decent plough now anyway so it won't block up like that Kverneland crap we had before

Full day of potato harvesting, best day we've ever had, our two trailers and an extra hired in one due to a 8 mile round trip to the store, about 8-9 acres cleared, should finish that field tomorrow

How longs a piece of string at the minute Sean, just don't have the time for models like I used to. Baselier used to make them for Reekie, thats all our old one is underneath

We have a Reekie topper that we would happily sell you, would suit pre topping for a single row perfectly ;D

Its a case of whats available Mark, there were no Standen machines about, these ones come highly recommended by Standen and I can see why now, our neighbour has bought a big one this year as well. Its identical to our existing one only with the addition of a cross conveyor

Its a horrible job Will, the haulm is like rope when it wraps around something, just won't break up this year, the chemical we used to kill the haulm off hasn't worked very well for some reason, just have to use a beet hook and pull it out a bit at a time

Here's a few pictures of the new Baselier topper we bought today, it was only decided that we needed another one last night so we've acted fast. Basic problem is the old one topped the ridges then dropped it straight back down again which was causing the harvester to block up, yesterday it took 2.5 hours to unblock the star seperation and roller table and repair the driveshaft in the process. The new topper has a conveyer in it which collects the tops and sprays them out to the side out of the way, we were after a used one but there's no about so we had a demo of this one and its staying with us, my forwards speed has increased as has the cleaning of the potatoes.

Been having a lot of problems due to tops with the potato harvester, most caused by the haulm topper so we had a demo of a brand new one today and its not going back ;D

Brings a whole new meaning to sheep shearing :D

You're digging yourself a big hole at the minute :D

Do you have velcro on your gloves as well :D

What would I have to eat then Tris, its very nice though, over a lb of fruit and cherries in it

Hope Sue's Dad improves Sean For me, been decorating my hall, stairs and landing, sharpened my chainsaw and sorted my mates one out and have just taken a nice big fruit cake out of the oven for the next two weeks pack up

Don't judge everyone by your standards Ricky

You obviously don't have a girlfriend spending all that money on models Murray :D

They were moving barley from the potato store to the corn store yesterday apparently he's bent the pipe rack over on the trailer, ripped the brake pipe off the axle and the tailboard hoses are ripped off, he reckons they caught on the lift arms when turning............what a load of ballcocks, must think we fell off the last banana boat

Well he worked yesterday...........got quite a bit of damage to repair to a trailer apparently Just had an interesting call off my boss though, sudden sense of relief at the minute Ricky, harvester is 10 years old and lifted approx 500 acres a year for its first 5-6 years so won't be any come back on it now

Guess so but then when I get to 30 you won't be too far off 40 :D