AndyB

I think you will also find the JD 7020 is in the same group as the FW and 1505 and orange bulk trailer.

That will make it properly pedestrian friendly!!! Great idea though, well done.

Double BUMP - got to see one of these in the flesh today so to speak, and it really is a mighty fine model - well worth what ever the price is! Martyn is also a top chap.

2006 and 2007 Toy Farmer models in 1/32 from Martyn Reeve. Please God let me win the lottery - I know where a good chunk of the money would be heading!!

This is a nice little show. I say little but there are plenty of vintage tractors to see and a good number of traction engines and the like. The steam powered fun fair was a favourite of my kids last time so no doubt I will be digging deep again!!! From memory there was someone selling farm toys etc. too, though it is a couple of years since I last went.

Well if you watched 'Jimmys' Farming Heroes' and saw the one on Arable crops inc. peas then that was me - the 'man from Birdseye' walking the crop, saying they are good to go etc. etc.! Highly embarrassing all that was

Oh dear - and there I have been telling myself not to buy UH stuff and stick with Britains.........if that comes out in 1/32 it would have to be very expensive for me not to want one

Yes LL I am a fieldsman with Birdseye -so its my job to plan and execute the drilling and thus harvesting programme. So it is down to me to get the right quality of pea harvested at the right time. The potato apple/berry problem is a difficult one. We did the initial work with Nirvana about 3 years ago but proving consistant control is difficult. What basically happens for sure is that you get a reduction in berry formation with some potato varieties and smaller berries with others. As Nirvana is pre-emergence only you have to have a degree of moisture to get the most out of the berbicide - not always easy on lighter soil types. It's very difficult to do visits due to the fact that we don't always know where we will be and if we are harvesting........tricky one........ We too aim to run 24hrs a day (22hrs vining with 2 hrs sanitation) But we only run PMC machines as they are far more gentle on the peas, we pick them a lot younger than most if not all other operations. Sure if a crop is too young we wont harvest it until it's ready, but we would never leave one if it's too young and not come back. If it's too old then we will leave it, and it will either go for animal feed or if it's a clean crop then maybe for seed. The operation is planned to the minute as we operate a strict picked to frozen within 150 mins. Some others do 'field to frozen' in the same time - there is a very big difference. Hope I haven't babbled too much..........

Glad you like it Tris This kind of thing is close to my heart because I oversee the establishment of roughly 4300 acres of Vining Peas each year. As the saying goes 'well sown is half grown'! So we are always looking at new technology. Hope fully next year we will have a prototype precision seeding drill with positive pressure on each coulter that can work at up to 15kph!!! We will see.......if it works it will revolutionise the job

Yes mate each coulter has its own spring adjustment. Problem is without rambling on too much, is that we couldn't get enough pressure on to the coulter. It isn't a cultivator drill so the land has to be right before the drill goes in. We are giving it one more chance on Saturday coming. The idea will be to move the land right in front of the drill with an NZ Agressive to try and 'let' the drill into the ground. If that doesn't work then it can go find a hedge to park in and talk to the animals - it might be better at that, than drilling m'peas!!

....and a UH Fendt 818 in dealer box for under £13!

Don't know if anyone is still after the Vaderstad models in dealer boxes, but Randell NFM in Attleborough, Norfolk have at lease one 'full set' in stock as of today.......

2 x Ertl Precision 8430 duals - ditto above!

Just a thought - with the 'prestiege' JD et al, does this spell the end for 1/32 precisions? I have now 'doubled up' on the 8000's

Maybe an obvious question, but why is it that the JD 8530 and 8430 precision prices have crashed recently? Surely there can't be sufficient around for folks to be effectively dumping them for less than £35 brand new? ???

Yup - but there is one on there, no danger of using it to start the old girl though!! From a cursery look, chassis is a wright off!! Will need a complete ground-up re-build, when I have the time and money :D

As requested by 'marshman' - my latest 'purchase'................. .....needs a bit or work!! Is now 'cut out of the brambles' awaiting transport!

Very slightly off topic, but when I used to make military models i would use tissue soaked in PVA glue. Let it dry to shape then it can be painted without falling apart.

The accord was only on demo and I wont be using it again! We only roll if it is dry enough - to avoind more wheelings. Also if it is very cloddy or stoney - because of the viners. The very nature of crawlers and headlands means that they are compacted, you gain with lower compaction in-field. We could spend all day debating this subject and i have several trials this year....... The major difference with non-inversion techniques, that i see in peas, is that they mature a day earlier. Base or P and K fert is generally put on either pre or post ploughing - i prefer pre because of the wheelings on the plough. I don't do any direct drilling as the machinery available does not do the job i need it to. There are several reasons why we don't direct drill one of them being Bean Seed Fly which loves the trash. Spacing is another - direct drills tend to band seeds too much. The soil types on average wouldn't allow it to be successful.

Yes couldn't get the seed far enough into the ground - the coulters were just skipping along so they were hardly covered..... Yes it was ploughed and then cultivated with an 8m Vaderstad NZ Agressive spring tine - very impressive bit of kit! For combining peas that would be ok. The problem I have with vining peas is that we have to get the seed into or onto moisture. The reason for this is that I need to know that they are going to start swelling within a couple of days or drilling, so that the sequential harvesting isn't screwed up. At the moment even moisture levels are at about 3 inches. About 3 weeks ago we were drilling at about 1-2 inches. The other main reason is that the seed needs to be a certain depth as to avoid coming into contact with Pre-emergence herbicides too early - if you get a flop of rain (I wish at the time of typing) soon after drilling and pre - em application the herbicide can be washed down quite a way. Hope this helps in a not too long winded fashion!!

Applogies - didn't realise this had posted - been trying photo bucket out so here goes....... It looked the part..... ...... ...... But bearing in mind we were trying to drill peas to 3 inches.... It got half way up the field, and I called a halt and sent it back to the yard!! Out came the Vaderstad and away we went - proper drill! Some autumn kit should stay in the autumn!

Had a demo of one of these today..........

No, no lorry just the skip!!! Weird

Picked up a Britains Freelander and a Steyer - nothing exciting in that, but looking around at the new stock just delivered from Britains and UH, I was shocked at how the prices have risen

I am bemused Is a Britains skip worth £16.95 and an opened packet of dumpy bags £5..............? I have heard of auction fever, but eh???