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nathan

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  1. we use to put our foot on the higher side brake to stop the wheel spinning . but you do have to have your wits about when working steep ground , a friend of mine turned over a brand new baler a few days ago  £51,000 in a heap at the bottom  of the field , they say he was going to fast across the hill , good job the hitch on his mx went bang or the lot could of gone over,

  2. You'd better get out of bed pretty early then!  ;) I am a bit strapped for cash as well so will have to be selective. Got a few things ordered so those take priority. Plus I think that you have a little something put by for me Nathan. See you next Sunday.

    yes its here waiting for you tim will bring it up. everyone is a little strapped at the moment , one dealer i spoke to has a load of stock he has to dump so he can pay his bill at the wholesalers he said i ordered less than lass year too and he has 2/3s of his stock left.

  3. really?......small world......what part of the world are you in now......are you still in farming?

    modbury now gardening now too.  i left farming about 15 yrs ago but have had the odd spell working at harvest time and a spell at riverford organic at totnes in the workshop. i use to  work for john tucker at bigbury on sea when i had the YTS trip to your farm . gordon case and peter hoskin were in my group
  4. not as far as the garden center, about??? 100 yrad down the road from the main road, if you know where i mean you will know how steep the hills are up to the old rail track that boards it ,

    yeah they are a bit steep there mate.well most the fields are steep around these parts sean they get alot worst out towards prawle thats the other side of salcombe , a family out there called the tuckers have fields that they combine that most people won't drive a tractor in. i used to work for one of the brothers that lived in bigbury on sea and when i was 17 i was combining a steep field  in a JD1065h i was told not to lift the header up as the rear wheels weren't on the ground and to steer using the brakes.i use to put my feet on the window to keep me in the seat . but his brothers out at prawle are mental they combine across the hill in there JD1065H with narrow tyres . they have been known to keep the spout out and full of corn to give they more weight on the higher side. and there on the cliff too. theres an ihc down in the river where it went over the cliff.tractor wise it was a case of not if it had been over but how many times its been over.thats the joys of living in devon i suppose
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