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Back to the tractors and something I don't see very often round here, carrot harvesting! The east side of Warrington is quite light and sandy, probably very similar to Lord Ferguson's black topsoil where it joins up with the area known as Risley Moss and seems to be good for root crops although the area is quite small. This farm is visible just off the M6 between the Thelwall viaduct and the M62 junctions and when I saw them I just had to go and have a look. They are apparently contractors from Yorkshire, some of our members from that side of the Pennines may know them, M H Poskitt http://www.poskittcarrots.co.uk/ the home of the happy carrot ;D and they have about 40 tractors working in 3 gangs. They drove the tractors over here last Sunday from Selby and it took them 6 hours to get here, needless to say they didn't use the M62 : Anyway, on to the photos, these are being grown on contract to Asda and are going to a processing plant in Lancashire. Valtra T182, the driver loved this tractor and said it would outpull anything of a similar size There were 2 Deutz tractors taking turns on the trailer

Bad luck Gav, hope you get better soon, you didn't look too good at Malvern though. Sean did toy with the idea of eating your meal when he saw what you had left but I think we managed to talk him out of it :of

fantastic photos David, far better and sharper than mine, when I see you at Spalding I want a photography lesson ................pretty please *

Virgin Media Contractors who have decreed that it is not financially viable to bring cable up my drive even though I was signing up for 3 boxes and the full Sports and Movies package.................one angry letter going to Richard Branson >

Sorry to have to bring this up again but Essex and Hertfordshire seem to suffering from a spate of telehandler thefts, there have been 12 since the New Year and whilst not all will be from farms they are obviously the vehicle of choice at the moment. If anyone wants full details I do have registration numbers, chassis numbers and where they were stolen from and I can post the full list if required. Any information in the first instance to rural.crime@avcis.pnn.police.uk or if you prefer, to me and I can pass it on anonymously.

The Spalding show is probably the best show in the UK for model sales, standard as well as scratchbuilds, Toytrac has more displays and some others have more real (full sized) tractors, so I would say yes.

Sorry you missed it Tris although the room that I stayed in at the Travel Lodge was booked in the name of Mr Tristan Fried-Egg ;D ;D

Last few and then I will let David fill in the blanks

I apologise that some of them are out of focus but there were so many people there I had to be quick and catch the shot whilst it was clear as people kept walking in front of me My personal favourite and I spent the rest if the day (and night) trying to persuade Mrs R to let me buy it :) 8) 8)

Doe Dual Drive and 6 furrow plough combination.

The a few from inside

I wasn't around when the auction was in full swing but I overheard someone say it made £1100 Some more............ This, believe it or not, is a Porsche, a bit of a project for someone............

From Malvern UH County 1474 Repliagri Fiat 1000 DT and the Huard 3 furrow plough to go behind it

But some were in a better condition Another unusual make

There were some real challenging renovations on offer

I have never even heard of one of these before :

Some really old stuff next, sometimes I wonder where it has been all of these years, hidden in someone's barn probably

I didn't get pictures of everything just some that either interested me or were different and unusual David Brown based airport tug

OK I have just got back and I have a few photos so I will make a start. Andy and the rest are still there as it is a 2 days show and David has taken photos of just about everything that was there so I am sure he will post his up during the week. There were basically 2 sides to this show, one was the exhibits inside and the other was the auction sale outside on Saturday. Massey Ferguson 31 combine in wonderful original condition for its age Some bloke even though about buying it.................but then changed his mind ;) Couple of nice old crawlers

Pete do you know if there is going to be a show model this year?

With prizes like that it is worth a guess ;D ;D A float for your local carnival :)