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well nobody can accuse you of rushing your decision  ....................with such a large investment ( it would be for me at least) not something you would WANT to rush ........

keep you out of  mischief eh?................or is that not possible     we got up to some right nonsense over the years

you have been busy too.........and I agree, your weldings pretty decent, its better than mine !!!

some great pics here of some very tidy kit  ,you keep youself  busy 

  oh very very smart..............as we have mentioned before these mini scenes rather than massive dioramas  might just be a very civilised and enjoyable way to move  forward

I thought the same , I could have sworn I was looking at a brochure picture, if you ever tire of this model, send it my way ,                      thank you in advance 

lovin yr mc hale wrapper Luke, sounds like you are keeping busy...........oh and ive gone and got myself a old 7840 powerstar sle

I wasnt sure why the shine was or rather lack of it was bothering you but now I see ,very nice use of the cows...

Just had a good look through your collection topic John, absolutely brilliant. Great to see such a variety modified machines and conversions. I particularly like the Renault Nectra and drill aswell as all the animals, stock and accessories you've amassed.  

thanks David thats not half of it or anything like it but it is a good flavour of what i have.Yes the nectra is a nice one, D T special. i havent a favourite model out of all I have but I do like the frank zimmermann conversion of what is essentially a 1/64 ertl cultivator, took me a fair few tries before I managed to buy one and it wasn`t cheap    i always just missed out at the end

A set of old gang mowers...lovely John. You really do have a lot of nice things in your collection. Me thinks I will have to try and stop in past one day when I'm in your neck of the woods ;)

aye well just you do that then Bill, mind you`ll have to climb into the loft and open up the boxes  if it`s before I get my wee layout done

got hold of one of these too,probably ideal to tow behind the UTV or the quad 

thank you very much both, no then I don`t have the village idiot ................unless you are counting myself 

all my scarecrows are plastic too, think I might only be one version amiss too , the later browny one

Lovely collection John... some very 'different' things in it too... I've got the little lawnmower and the scarecrow... but that's about all.  Do you have a 'village idiot' as well.... I seem to remember Mandy telling me they were quite rare  \

It's these little 'nick-nacks' that make a collection complete in my opinion.

Oh... and as for the Track Marshall... what a beauty... can we have some more pictures when you get a minute please Uncle John 

yes thats what I reckon too , those trays could be fresh from Histon produce!!, I suppose even for?..... By the village idiot do you mean wurzel gummidge? he`s there complete with his stand, 3 heads and aunt sally as bought new when I was a kid

the Track Marshall, I like, I`ll see what I can do for more pics and must try and get some of the work on the house !!!!!

Those Highland coos look a lot to the acre....I hope you are feeding them with supplements as well John ;D

aye  Bill,thats why I`m in danger of running out of silage.........

well not quite but someone very similar and from whom i learned a lot.Graham that used to work for us from 1984 until he retired in 1990.

We still keep in regular contact...................we used to say jobs took one "graham power" or one and a half normal man power. one of life`s good guys, a real hard worker and someone I`m very proud to call a friend

handy  wee bit of kit that, especially for the gate block ..if thats not a lot of material sitting about you, Id hate to see how much you had when you had a lot !

this all sounds like a very worthwhile diversification ,right place at the right time, doing the right job

Nothing much to report here really...  except I came to work on Saturday morning to find Lumpy had 'helped himself' to Mavis and was in the carpark with her 

It's a bit like coming home and finding him in bed with your wife so far as I am concearned 

He had her on the splitter... as he said... and I quote "Mr Mark you lazy boy... you said me eight oclock... iz now nine three-tee.. me now wait for you any longer... me busy busy' 

As he's twice the size of me and has arms like Popeye I let him off this time 

but only this once eh?........ ;D .........you are very lucky he has initiative, that one of mine would have stood about like a numpty until I turned up to tell him what to do despite me probably telling him the night before what the plan was for tomorrow !!!!

Mr Mark, I like work for you, you pay me money, I work for you, you no pay me do nothing

I can hear him from here

sorry to hear your news,never easy Tris,hopefully they`ll make her comfy in the hospice

excuse the quality of some of these if I can find better ones , I might swap them over.some non britains figures and the new ray shooting party !!!

and the floral garden lawn mower, roller ,sprinkler, autoways wheel barrow

wider view of some of my later poultry purchases showing the new ray ,some tim /siku  ones as well as britains turkeys , there will be another 40 turkeys somewhere 

juat another of the highland cattle........you all know by now I like my cows

some of the different variations of the britains farmer over the years and various other farm people and the kids..the pig for the girl feeding it is there somewhere as is the wee white dog with the boy and stick

I`m assuming it`s here I should have posted the pics of some more of my collection I put up in the other topic.......... here`s a few more

some of Mandy and dave`s pallets of bags , a few drums and barrels I got off a military scenery guy and some other wee bits and pieces oh and all the different veggie trays i`ve found ........there`s even trays of eggs if you can see them

some of the quads....not got the yamaha sporty street version in this , nor the siku MF ag tv nor the JD buck but I do have all of them somewhere!

the new ray  UTV`s they just need a wee bit of fine detailing and they aren`t half bad for the money

Dave T conversion track marshall

thats good news hope he makes a full recovery and i`m sure he`ll enjoy the skiing, as if we havent seen enough in this country this winter eh   

Yes gav no serious cropping done round here why he advocates these ideas I think, we certainly have no OSR or beets to contend with.the likelihood of any brassica being back in the same ground before at least 7 years is very low.I accept that he`s now suggesting it`s done but my feeling would be folks will work their way round farms where possible.there isn`t that much opportunity to reseed otherwise..we all seem to be stocked up to the hilt and need the land...........

I hadn`t reckoned on the waste from bales either of straw or the silage at all.....theres another issue to deal with.they tend not to plough  up here after the kale, its just heavy discs.

they still tend to put a trailer or a ring feeder into the field on a hard part and the cows  feed out of it but I have seen lines of bales in the fields......

Interesting we havent heard much from the Irish lads on this subject.......wondering if its too wet a bit like with us because despite I talk about this , the folks doing it are very much in the minority

i have a couple of bits to add in here..........my landlord`s farms up the road, put kale in this year again, half a crop but better than last years complete failure. They have also put up buildings at another farm they have 9 miles away and sent 60 cows away inside for the winter .........what`s that saying.

one of the seed reps with us has come up with a couple of suggestions recently,he maintains this one will work fine.Sow  arable silage into the last years kale stubble with  about half rate rape kale hybrid seed included in the mix,take your cut of silage off mid july then    let the hybrid regrow and use to fatten lambs rather than heavy winter cattle unless you happen to get exceptionally good regrowth.....this 2nd year growing brassica  is really finding favour in this area,follow that with a 4 to 7 year cutting/grazing seed mix..........good soil break up with no club rooot build up.

a second he has when you grow cereals anyway is to  include it in a long term rotation  of 2 cuts silage , mid july sow hybrid rape,secong year either kale or the arable silage mix,sow  spring barley followed by another  cereal crop or a full autumn grass reseed .....

i can so see were this will go, usual buy red, buy red then colour wars   i would say most makes have there plus points, if you have a dealer close by and there good think about them, other than that go for comfort and reliability in ya price range.

I agree with above post....good points  and bad points with all ....

If you asked me this question I think it would  probably depend as much on a nearby dealer who I get along with giving me the most affordable option not necessarily the cheapest on face value

For instance our local class dealer is trying to get you to build in servicing and extended warranty in the up front price , more expensive at the time but if you do a lot of work and are likely to be keeping the tractor, long enough to perhaps need expensive repairs, then this might be as I say more affordable long term

sorry to say this but  £40 K doesnt sound a lot to play with ,this might limit your choice a tad as the loader would be getting on for £5 K and I`m not sure what models have 50 kmh box as standard so it might be an extra which could add a bit to the final price too

I`m not getting into colour wars as I have a right mix  MF Claas and Ford now after being  lifelong MF fan.

hope that helps a bit

well at the minute the only thing i have for it is front weight and stonefork, haven't priced yet but i wonder if the 5t version is worth extra money?

  you know it makes sense..........     with all the extra  steel you might not need such a big block in front! ...oh and of course for lifting those extra big boulders on your fork.

don`t mind me I couldn`t resist, I somehow doubt if you need the extra capacity but probably worth pricing just in case its not that much more money

its not easy is it..............local building supplies firm have cut back from a workforce of 12      to 2 over the last few years concentrating more on supply    are laying off another guy at the end of the month.......no work ............very little going on round our way except for the big farmers who managed to get grant funding to put up new dairy units and slurry stores.........my local blacksmith /fixit guys do a lot of work for one big farmer............their bill was over £30 000 before december started for their part of the job and they dont get a penny until its all finished !not many firms can lie out that sort of money nowadays.

Derv is £1.39 a litre here too .............terrible !

another great model by the way I`m sure the new owner will be very impressed