B O R Posted February 14, 2015 Author Share Posted February 14, 2015 Progress on the 2x ridgers, there was a serious amount of soldering in the 2x folding wings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B O R Posted February 14, 2015 Author Share Posted February 14, 2015 legs are movable via the ram, for a small model theres a lot of moving parts, just the guides to finish off now which will also involve a lot of work as they too fold back halfway up for transport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B O R Posted February 14, 2015 Author Share Posted February 14, 2015 I hope to get them finished this week but the decals will be a week or two as a sample background colour will have to be sent to the decal maker to match his colour from and im only getting the paint mixed now from a paint code supplied from Scanstone themselves who have been most helpful so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Always nice to see your work in progress Brian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jd6320driver Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Looking well even without paint and the fact that I know hardly anything about potato gear Hugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B O R Posted February 17, 2015 Author Share Posted February 17, 2015 Thanks lads.... Im now selling this fertiliser unit as Valley Farms is now increasing its potato acreage and will be investing in a new planter possibly a 3 row and will probably be going fan assisted next time around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B O R Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 Could the buyers for the PZ CM165 mowers now please get in touch as the builds have began Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B O R Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 One remaining PZ cm 165 mower for sale, the GRIMME front fertiliser unit is sold. I'm currently awaiting paint for the SCANSTONE Ridger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH885XLMAN Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 how much for the PZ mower brian ?? used to have one of those hitched up to a CASEIH 1394 2wd it was our pasture topper and I think didf a much better job than the "W perfect" topper that replaced it in 92 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH885XLMAN Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 any photos of the real 1/32nd model brian or am I looking at her in that pic as if so she is soooo real Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B O R Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 No pics of the models yet, I'm building 6 of them and the builds are about halfway through, the picture is the real one I've based my models upon, the cm165 had a very long production period of over 25 years and maybe more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenside MF Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 those ridgers look great brian,model engineering I'd call that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B O R Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 thanks Jamie, there certainly was a hell of lot of engineering during the ridger builds. A very complex little model to make but one is for myself and that always gives me the push to struggle through difficulties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B O R Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 A pic first of the wheel option set up on a KUHN EL162 then the model, a crumbles would be no good for a potato set up as the rotavators main role would be breaking up the top 2-3 inches of grassland in front of the plough, preparing the seedbed would be left to the bed tiller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B O R Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 Kuhn Kuhn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B O R Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 I just happened to have these wheels and there perfect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B O R Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 The KUHN model converted into inches is 120" and here she is sitting next to my scratchbuilt HOWARD 160" version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B O R Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 The discs and there adjustable holders should be black and not orange like the model, pic 2 is a close up of the wheel detail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B O R Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 Both rotavators will be used on my model farm for breaking up grassland in front of the plough. The reason for a 120" and a 160" version is in case the bed tiller ever let's us down then the 120" rotavator could be used to Create a seedbed in front of the planter. To work a 120 or 160" rotavator for breaking the ground in front of the plough would require only around 130 hp but for working a 10-13 inch seedbed in front of a planter would require around 150 go for the 120" and 200 hp at least for the 160". The seedbed in front a planter should be deep tilled and gets well aired on its way through the machine, this is important and is achieved by a nice slow forward speed and a fast rotor but must remain as it leaves the machine and not passed through a crumbler as this would consolidate the bed thus making it harder for the planter to pass through, so the crumbler has no place on a potato farm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH885XLMAN Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 have you ever done vine toppers for potato farmers brian but nothing too new something from the 70s or 80s thinking wilders instead of grimme cheers nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B O R Posted March 10, 2015 Author Share Posted March 10, 2015 I'm not familiar with such machines to be honest, but I'm sure they could be done. I have last night painted the 6x PZ 165 mowers and these are now awaiting decals. Like many other builds I thought they,d be simple enough to make but a few difficulties arose into the builds, all models have there own tricky bits along the way I find. I'll soon be deciding upon my next batch of models to make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenside MF Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 I like the extras you have added to the rotavator Brian,I recognise those wheels from another Kuhn model good idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH885XLMAN Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 people call them vine toppers others just call the root/potato toppers brian I always know them as vine toppers ha ha! just a topper that topps the folage of the potato rows before the potato harvester lifts the crop (if that aint got a integrated topper ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roberthenning Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 I remember just before dad quite the potatoes back in 93' being on a farm were he was looking at a duko sp harvester and they had converted an old single or double chop harvester to chop the potatoe foliage seemed a great job too I like your modern kit very much but do you think you'll make an older diorama of the 80s-90s any time? I'd love to see that as I've no photos of dad at the potatoes and only a few memories of it as I was only young back then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B O R Posted March 16, 2015 Author Share Posted March 16, 2015 I too would like an older potato set up, half ton boxes and the box tipper and a few small potato diggers like ransomes or newlands type, and some britains figures bent down gathering potatoes, I worked at potatoes this way for years, harvesters started to appear more round here in the early to mid nineties and the reekie clean flow 2000 was the harvester of choice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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