Stabliofarmer

Yes, the economies of scale break down if I was making a separate kit for grain and silage as you can't predict what people want more of. Therefore it works out cheaper to offer the parts to make both and be left with a few unused bits as I can just make the same kit in larger volumes. The instructions just guide how to build one or the other but it's certainly possible to modify it so the silage extensions are removable for anyone feeling adventurous!

Thought some of you may be interested in what I've been up to in my job. I work as a design/production engineer for Bradleys Group in Wigan who are the UK's sole dealer of Prinoth Tracked Dumpers and Snow Groomers. Amongst a few other builds the main project I have been working on is for Huntapac Produce.

Huntapac, like alot of root crop growers have major issues in keeping rented land due to damage, as you can imagine if you harvest carrots 365 days of the year there's going to be a couple of wet days harvest in amongst them! This leads to huge amounts of land damage and forces landlords to be reluctant to rent the land again. Huntapac have worked with us to develop a 'self propelled tracked trailer'.

The machine is based on Prinoths T12 straight dumper which is usual found serving land around oil fields in Alaska. We have taken the basic dumper and stretched the chassis, moving the cab forward by 2ft and the body pivot point back by 2ft. We have then built a custom bulk body that fits on the back to give a much higher volume than the original dumb body. 
The first machine landed with Huntapac last week and has proven very successful floating over very wet ground and even flattening out tractor rut damage. The second machine is in build now with more orders anticipated. We hope to see the Maize growers order some machines next as they also struggle with ground rent, there is a dutch contractor already using two of his own dumpers for maize on incredibly wet land. Has the future of carting arrive

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Looking well with the decals on Hugh

Two Marge Scanias to close off the year. Very nicely detailed models as you'd expect by now from Marge but it feels like they've been rushed through the factory. 

The white one is grubby and covered in release agent, its also missing a right hand door card but I've seen good things about marge's customer service so hopefully they'll send one out. Both seem to share issues with warping off plastic parts as if the factory's tried to get away with a shorter cooling time on the injection moulding machines. 

Still, a lovely model! 

Going to be a substantial build, looking forward to the progress Alex, about time those DAFs were traded in for some nice R series I imagine

Looks 10 times better for that weathering Zac

8 hours ago, 844john said:

Thanks James, I knew keeping the scratched and dirty reject Perspex from glazing cabs was a good idea!😉 I’m not sure exactly what the guttering is, it was pipe that I’d kept because I thought it looked useful, at a guess I’d say it was a handle off one of those kiddies windmills or something like that. It was a bit (actually, very!) fiddly to cut, but I think it’s worked ok, I just need to find some more now!

Ah, thought you might have found something U shaped off the shelf. Looks great though

Nice work John, really like the window panes, gives alot of character, what did you use for guttering?

Tri axle and twin axle are different wheels, tri axle is narrower/more traditional looking with less tread detail, that much I know for definite. Dims I don't have at the moment, can try and get them this evening. I have the mould to do the twin axle in resin as a one piece wheel and tyre as its what i fitted to woodchipper kits.

It's happening!!! Can't wait to see this develop John, great start so far

Yep off with work on our school trip! (Bradleys Group/Prinoth) Hopefully have a stand there next year.

Exactly as Stan says, to a small extent its these sort of promotional models that make the business world go round. Where I work recently secured a deal selling a considerable number of tracked dumpers to one of the UK's biggest plant hire firms, the deal clincher, 20 models for the director to give out to staff and customers. These are 1:43rd scale construction models which is no good for collectors as they want 1:50th, but that's not what they were commissioned for, it was purely to help increase sales to the people buying the real machines, not the toys. As an external viewpoint my manager got one of the models and thought it was great in 1:43rd as when sat next to the 1:50th scale competitors model it looks like a bigger machine.

That certainly looks a beast Jack! 

The Schmidt is a nice model, metal making it relatively heavy. The cutter head could be a little more delicate but certainly far fancier than the Siku equivalent. Wide three point link though, had to bend them out on the deutz to get it to fit 

Couldn't resist a few photos of the snow clearing collection in the snow, Rolba nearly completed now 

A big old ****** block?! (Snatchblock)

Hello, a friend is after a UH Maseey Ferguson MF 7726S Next Edition (Black), would anyone have one they're willing to part with before I direct him towards a few European sellers?

Cheers!

1 hour ago, Tractorman810 said:

does it come in office then? as i have a 365 subscription for the i pad  

Should do yes, I know they'd sort of stopped advertising it in the package a few years go but should still be lurking, not sure if it will be ios/ipad friendly though

Good stuff Joe, happy to help 

1 hour ago, Tractorman810 said:

same as i do james, bar i tend to use word, never tried publisher 

I really would recommend Publisher to anyone that has it as part of an MS package, it functions like word without the focus on writing lines of text, its more designed for doing graphics, Birthday cards, stickers etc.

Ah I see. I normally use Microsoft Publisher for any decal stuff. In that instance I would draw a square and make it the colour of the background paint I was applying a decal too. I would then make a text box and put that over the square, write whatever text I wanted on it and set the text colour to white. I would then simply print it off on white decal paper. With publisher and word etc you can just rotate the text box to any angle. I imagine its also possible with google docs which is free and works very similar to Microsoft Word.

1 hour ago, dm434 said:

Used these ploughs on merc wagons years ago , good heavy plough, nose cone was a sod to left around once the pins started to bend , big huge ram to lift it that took forever to Rise 

A Cuthbertson Folding Vee, this Bedford TM up in Glenshee, Aberdeenshire is what I'm attempting to replicated David, I've never seen the blade folded to a Vee so suspect the pins in this one are very much bent!

I'm a little lost what you're attempting to do here Joe? Surely just changing the font colour to white and ensuring it is ordered to the front layer will achieve the same effect, as you say the printer won't actually print white ink so a clear decal will still show the background colour through in place of white?

8 hours ago, Tractorman810 said:

pretty sure your right mart, was heathrow as far as i recall .used to be the same companies so its possible gatwick had them as well . have a feeling one also went through cheffins recently,and was listed as ex stansted , so i guess others had them 

7 hours ago, catkom3 said:

Spot on Sean, Stansted it was 

https://machinerysales.cheffins.co.uk/lot-details/index/catalog/1103/lot/491169?url=%2Fauctions%2Fcatalog%2Fid%2F1103

Regards

Joe.

7 hours ago, FendtFarmer said:

I have this photo via Ian at tabmodels, 

Thank you folks, gives me a good start point to do some further digging, great photo by the way Ben, that's one hell of a blade on the front, should make a nice build

The UH County 1174 in Yellow, sits well with my Cuthbertson Snow Plough until I finish the Bedford TM that's acompanying it. 

Does anyone have any photos of these industrials in use in snow? Am I right in thinking Heathrow Airport had some or have I just imagined it?