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Mark testing his new wellies....

Enjoy..

Update - latest info is that models will be arriving in the UK around the 30th. Best laid plans etc- original plan was for Summer delivery !!

Now you can all feel better. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32yyvmlGOdo&feature=player_embedded

Something for Tris.....

http://app.claas.com/news2010/xerion/en/index.php

http://wild-bohemian.com/electronics/flasher.html http://www.maplin.co.uk/searchtemplate.asp?criteria=FLASHING%20LED%20CIRCUIT

Hi Jez On the EA machines - were those Herder mid mount mowers?? S

Currently 25th onwards.

Plenty of stables on the Racecourse...

Still missing a few then! Incomplete! Incomplete! Incomplete!

Understand from Ford NH service guys Ford introduced the 'Quad Mod' upgrade under warranty to the early boxes - just make sure you have a service history!

Just down the road from Tris!

Thursday.... Must have been them rushing to do God's Ministry....

Ain't no Bi Rotor, or is it a secret from even the Combine boys....

Here is the Lexy bit..

Was in Profi: The long-awaited Massey Ferguson hybrid combine will undergo further testing in 2010, prior to being made fully available for harvest 2011. Designated a Class 8 machine by MF, the so-called 9280 Delta is said to be capable of outputs on a par with those of similarly sized machines – the Claas Lexion 580 and New Holland CR9080, for example – and as such will become Massey Ferguson’s flagship harvester. But it is the machine’s operational efficiency that is being stressed rather than just its out-and-out output potential. “Tests have already shown that this hybrid harvester uses 10% less fuel than rival machines while still achieving the same output. It’s this operational efficiency that sets the Delta apart,†says Adam Sherriff, AGCO’s manager for powered harvesting products. According to Mr Sherriff, there are many elements of the design that contribute towards the Delta’s low fuel consumption, and that the harvester’s seven-cylinder 496hp (with boost) Sisu Power engine can’t take all of the credit. Picking out some of the highlights, crop enters through MF’s 9m PowerFlow belt-feed header and passes into the 1.68m wide Hi-Inertia threshing cylinder/concave where the max concave gap is now 40mm. From there the crop is fed on by a rear beater and rotor feeder, the latter splitting material flow into two 475mm diameter, 4.2m long HiSeparation rotors. At the rear, the Min-till chopper bristles with 108 knives mounted in eight rows, and there’s an option to fit a Maxi-Spread hood for the heaviest straw conditions. Down below, the innovative Venturi Cleaning System is said to generate large volumes of crop-cleaning air without consuming any extra power – another fuel saver, according to MF. Looking to build up machine numbers gradually, MF expects to sell around 20 Deltas in the UK for harvest 2011. Looks like AGCO have produce a Lexion clone - Lexy was released 1995, so guess the hybrid twin rotor / APS was patented a few years prior allowing for trials and development. Say 1992, which means the patents expire this year. So Jezmundo, when is the great green machine going to release the Bi-Rotor??

Andy: Look, this is the Facebook and You Tube era - we need a gimmick for FTF. Now we all know Tris has no money since Sparrick Lane, so, for a free model I'll bet he will leap through this flaming hoop I have hidden under the table....' Gav: But he is a member - what if Tris catches fire? How will that look on Harry Hill?? Sean: Well look I've got a litre of water! Andy: Is that enough?? Gav: It's Tris man, Tris... Aplogies to all...

The headlight surrounds are the correct colour; the 6 cyl ones were darker and appeared almost black, the 4 cls are matt grey. Front wheels tolerance is being addressed on production units.

Pics now up,, http://www.farmmodels.co.uk/Imber-farmmodels.htm Imber Models website goes live tomorrow.

Also depends as mentioned on the farm set up, one farmer I know on Cotswold brash just runs one Chaser and a Lexio 600. Minimal on farm storage, chaser dumps to artics straight to Wiltshire grain where he have central storage. Cost of capital in on farm storage / infrastructure in todays world a big decision maker - remeber many farms got considerable grants for builtdings in the 70's. Today investing in central storage is probably the better bet as the handling and drying facilities are often unsurpassed.

Yes have used Flybe from Southampton for four years. I imagine hotels pretty booked but the Mercure is favourite. (Booked way back in April..) http://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-2109-mercure-hotel-zwolle/index.shtml

Flybe from Exeter in your case, allow 25kg hold luggage (£5.00 per item if you check in online. in advance) Works out cheaper than Ryanair if you anticipate shopping, which is the point of it. Get four peorple together and get a cheap Avis car at the time of booking.

All heading south.... Going to Wiltshire, land of grain Into Somerset, land of Dairy Moo Moo Land Moo Moo Land They're Numptified and they're Ancient, And they like to roam the land... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gzkllCIyww&feature=player_embedded

And something a little bigger...