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you did well clicking the hare leaping over the straw swath

yeah , wondered that myself , this was a lucky ebay find 

just got one of those purple rollers , first one ive ever seen , sorry no photos

some cracking tractors of all makes . the muir hill looks brilliant in ford colours , maybe they should all have been blue n white instead of yellow 

that pic of the 2wd  7810 on your first page is amazing along with the two Nuffield with silage trailers 

brilliant well done 

spent last night snow ploughing , thought we be finished with this stuff by now , it rained heavy all day till around four pm then snowed , thoughts go out to those lads/lasses who are having to lamb in this crazy weather , it is truly awful time for them 

similar weather back in the mid 80s, my brother reminded me of a day when after a full days lambing we had less live lambs than we had at 6am that day 

just drove up from hexham back to Allendale , visability was down to two feet in front of the car . the lad on the gritter was just in front n he told me he lost the road a few times , that wind is whipping the snow up , he also said the roads up to the durham and cumbrian boundries will be full 

39 minutes ago, 844john said:

Yeah, it's not the quantity of snow ( yet ), it's that bloody wind that's blowing it into all the buildings and freezing the pipes, however the forecast looks like we're in for a fair dump of it tonight. I bet the ploughs are rolling up your way David!

yes , gritters n ploughs are out but its my week end off from them but have a few hours left if things get bad . unlike the farmer , we get the working time directive thrown at us plus sodding tacho rules , 

3 minutes ago, mb86 said:

Can safely say it's snowing here. 

hope you have decent gloves , see you aint got a gator yet 

1 minute ago, 844john said:

pretty much the same over the hill at Allendale john , fortunately the hill lads are a month off lambing , but as you say , they still need feeding n checking , hopefully all present and not buried behind the dykes with snow 

3 hours ago, 844john said:

It is here too Paul, we keep getting some horrendous snow showers with very strong winds and it is bitterly cold, pick up said -3, with the wind chill it feels much colder. Everything is frozen solid, sheep all in for lambing but the water troughs are all frozen and the snow is blowing in through the Yorkshire boarding and covering the straw, thank God we haven't quite started lambing yet. There are quite a few lower down from us who have lambs out, i just dread to think about it, anything without a full belly will be frozen to the ground in this. I know farmers are renowned for moaning, but this has been a cruel winter for outlying stock and it's not finished yet. Last year we'd covered the pastures with the first application of fertilizer by now, this year i think we'll need a hovercraft to get on the land when it finally warms up, unfortunately grass looks like being very scarce this spring!

i remember years ago , possabably  the early 90's a lambing time like this  and the yowes were dropping the lambs and leaving them , every bit of the buildings were full of sheep with weak lambs , even the hay lofts had yowes n lambs in . the fields were just pure mud , guessing farmers are also having to buy in more fodder n bedding at a premium price now . 

you mentioned frozen solid , I hated when the byres froze , that's when you find out just how much water a bloody cow needs , more so when on a hay diet 

that's brilliant , big weight off your shoulders now

10 minutes ago, 844john said:

was given this to read today and thought it hit the nail on the head, certainly strikes a chord with us born during those years! Hope you can read it

its a fact , we were probably happier than todays youth , my to sit in their rooms and hardly communicate with us and just live on social media , perhaps its our fault for letting them do this ? I know my parents never allowed us just to sit about , dad always had a job somewhere for us to do regardless if we were capable of doing it . happy days !

2 hours ago, Valley Axe Man said:

A little Christmas gift to me..... from me  Probably the last purchase for 2017, another Nuffield off Brian at RJN to add to the slowly growing collection of "Poppy Oranges" This time she's another 4/65 but fitted with a Selene 4wd axle, not from any reading up than any were done like this from the factory, the more favoured route for full sized collectors of the marque was to use a carrero axled skid from under a 462, 472, 482, 604, 704 or 804 and re-panel as the 4/65, there has been a couple of these knocking about  Leyland fan Graham Hill did one many moons ago and at the 2016 Cheffins Harrogate sale there was a very well presented example of one that sold for strong money.  Locally about 3 miles from home theres a Leyland 384 done the same way, and a 384  that i know of in the Scottish Borders that used an 804 as its base and has alot of sentimental value to it's owner. Brian's version isn't a true replica but a welcomed addition to the collection ...... i wonder what roll she'll take in next years contracting fleet???

 

One down and another 3 4wds to hopefully add to the collection in 2018   

nice addition paul 

30 minutes ago, Stabliofarmer said:

Still not painted but had to get the mog out on clearing duties yesterday

excellent james 

39 minutes ago, 844john said:

Britains John Deere 3765 forager, lacquer coated, stand, pto guard, pipework, drawbar and chute cables added.

brilliantly done , excellent job

32 minutes ago, Paul Palmer said:

bloody hell,check this out

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UNIVERSAL-HOBBIES-1-32-MASSEY-FERGUSON-3080-TRACTOR-UH2920/372125381441?hash=item56a466b341:g:kokAAOSw1cNZ~GxR

unbelievable eh ,  but look at the bidders feed back rating , new to ebay 

47 minutes ago, 844john said:

Yes, the countdown has begun, we've got one rather excited young man here , he  looks forward to Penrith all year!

don't blame him one bit 

55 minutes ago, 844john said:

It is David

that's about 8 miles from my part of the world , going out with the gritter tonight and will be just over the hill top from there at allenheads and nenthead 

is that a pic of kilhope water wheel and mine in that last photo set? , 

7 hours ago, Stabliofarmer said:

I suspect that could have a good go at shifting the entirety of Northumberland!

you could be  right there james 

Northumberland county council had rolba heads fitted to mitchigan loading shovels , there was a rolls Royce power pack mounted on to the rear of the shovel and drive shafts connecting it to the head , these were replaced by a jcb 416 shovel , the same blower head was used but an Iveco power unit mounted up front powered it , 

this was changed after ten years with 410  hours on it , today we have a case ih 215 puma with a schmit blower mounted on its front links 

durham county council ran one of these a few years back , I met them on the Northumberland /durham boundry above allenheads  when I was ploughing snow , the driver was sick of his life , bless him 

1 hour ago, mb86 said:

Atlas editions New Performance super dexta with tyres replaced with ones from a uh MF 135. Might have to remove the daft euro hitch on the back and the one on the front, otherwise a great little model, shame they aren't as common as the grey fergys seem to be. 

looks canny does that

1 hour ago, MadMark said:

Anyone else had trouble getting on here today?

aye

35 minutes ago, mb86 said:

Fitted the pre cleaner and decal to the 8630, just the front linkage to fit now. Also the two TIM toys sets came today. Bit late for the silage season but couldn't resist a photo!

excellent outfit you have there martin