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just won a F.T.F weathered ford 7000 +cultivator on ebay, boxed, fof £15.50 +p/p. very happy.

any hints on whats coming?

paint . the wifes in decorating mode!

usual bank holiday weather again. few local shows on today n the rain will spoil them for sure

britains 956xl 2wd via amazon. bargain £15 +free p/p ;D

Talkin about accents, I'm from northumberland n the amount of people I talk to when I'm out of the county think I'm from Dublin. I struggle to do an Irish accent at the best of times .there is also such a variation of our accent from one end of county to the other

amazing , its sunny , warm ,i must be dreaming. nice to have a decent day for once when ive taken time off work ;D

very good collection going on there. hope you still have the empty boxes tucked away safely

you could try the hot water trick but dont leave it submerged too long as it may distaught the colour a bit . this happened to me a while back when i tried to seperate a renault 145 bonnet . it was left with light coloured blotches across it

i agree Bill, mind you ive never seen this kind of display for power farm before ,so if its rare i guess some one might jump at it

Good question indeed .....and after a long and hard think it has to be one of the tractor models I have owned in my collection for around 43 years. Its my childhood Ford 5000 complete with box and wheel rot which my father bought me from Harrod's in London circa 1969 when he was down at the London Building Exhibition. It has done a lot of 1/32 farming and is still on the same clutch and rear tyres from new ;D ...a new air cleaner. exhaust and draw - bar pin was kindly donated to me by G&M Farm models a few years ago including two rear wheel centers...but after 43 years I suspect the tubes will be stuck to the rims with rust so best to leave as is me thinks ;D

A cab was later added and was bought from the toy shop in Ballater in Aberdeenshire (Scotland the What fans will see the funny side to that shop and reference to the present of a cuddly futret made by a wifie in Hong Kong for young Prince William) and also a driver who suffered a leg amputation and I can't remember why that happened. In addition I must have had a earlier Fordson bit only the draw - bar / implement hitch piece has survived and was repainted black and used as a transport box.

Here is what I was referring to above about "the cuddly futret".....just ask any Scottish FTF members if ye dinna ken fit it means ;D

ha ha very good bill. my late dad came from banff n spoke just like that even calling me his wee loon!

very very wet . nothing but clarts. my lawn mower is leaving black wheel marks so lord knows what tractors n trailers will make. a good tow chain will be a popular choice this year

lookin good under the sheet, well polished too

rain,rain,n more rain >

Hi Jordan ,been reading through some of you comments n you mentioned wild oat picking. When i was 16 many moons ago i was on a y.t.s placement on a farm at leuchars ,fife. The farmer ran 3 units of around 300 acres each, mostly arable.All the wild oats were hand picked by hand or rouged as they called it. Small fertilizer bags were filled n then burnt .This wasnt too bad a job until a wet day came along , then it sucked . Good luck with the new job n have some fun on the way ;D

yeah will have a chat with you at lanark, there is some very good displays on show there

if thats the show at the old air field ,brunton ,nr alnwick im not sure. i must admit ive never been but will have to make the effort.i guess the next one ill attend will be lanark,as my uncle heb from galashiels usually has a tractor there, either a b414 or his 434

great photos. just been to our local steam n vintage tractor show at corbridge. there was a good show of entries .but alas the weather killed it for me and the show field was a complete swamp.

great collection you have there john, very jealous :'(

thats quite a good collection you got going. is there any more?

what were you hoping to do if it was drier?

Well we do need the rain, but I haven't been able to work for a week because of it

well the garden is under water now. no fear of drought here

based on what i have driven

1, mccormick international 434

2, john deere 2650

3, fiat 8294

4, john deere 6200

5, mf 290, with sankey cab

checked , still late. tried clicking the link at bottom of the page but nothing has changed

mine was running hours behind too. havent checked tonite yet.