BC Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 I was out and about this afternoon and was surprised to see potatoes still being planted in June. I always try and ask if its alright to photograph when I don't know the people and I had a chat with one of the brothers. They farm around 2,000 acres near Alford of which they have 200 acres of seed potatoes and the reason they have been so late this year was the ground was too wet. It certainly looked in good condition today and that was them finished. Their entire tractor fleet consists of John Deeres and prior to that it was New Hollands. Their father had in the past ran Leylands and prior to that Nuffields. First up the planting tractor Loading the seed tatties Now a big looking "grubber" Now I also spotted this sprayer which came out of the field of old seed rape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted June 3, 2009 Author Share Posted June 3, 2009 Back to the tatties and the fertilizer being loaded Followed by the dump truck used to cart away the large stones which were destoned And finally the destoner and the sprayer. The spray that was being able for for scab prevention Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistol pete Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 nice pictures mate the 6930 is a bit unusual for the area as it seems to be the loader tractor. tidy fleet though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted June 3, 2009 Author Share Posted June 3, 2009 I thought you might like a fleet of John Deeres Peter ;D Yes he said he had a loader and the dump truck one was a 6930 too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistol pete Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 SEE on the one on the trailer has had the american style indicators fitted take it they have gps for it as well as it has the bracket. ye you know me. about another 10 weeks and i will get behind the wheel of our 6830 for a bit of summer work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted June 3, 2009 Author Share Posted June 3, 2009 Yes when I was talking to one of the brothers he said they had GPS on one tractor only because it was quite expensive. They only use it for drilling i.e setting up the tattie drills. In addition he said his father was not convinced that GPS would be better than a "good man" on the tractor. He has been convinced now that GPS is just as good and if not better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James T Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 I always try and ask if its alright to photograph when I don't know the people and I had a chat with one of the brothers. I know what you mean, Bill. Quite often a friendly smile and a thumbs up are enough for the operator to stop open the door and start a conversation. Very rarely have I got the 'p*ss off' expression and never have I been told that! After all, it's nice when someone takes an interest in your work, is it not? A good set of photographs, incidentally! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted June 4, 2009 Author Share Posted June 4, 2009 It does not cost anything to be nice James does it. Only once did I get a gesture telling me where to go from a tractor driver. I didn't actually see or lip read what he did since I was photographing him in his tractor coming slowly up a hill with a load of bales. We were waiting for the police to close the road for my friend to recover an Eddie Stobbart lorry which had gone off the road andin to a ditch. The other onlookers and the recovery team told me that the tractor driver was none too happy about me taking photographs. Everynow and again you come across odd folk ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 nice collection of pics BC, thanks for posting them up!! anyone make/made a front tank thing from a nordsten drill \ \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted June 5, 2009 Author Share Posted June 5, 2009 Glad you enjoyed Ben...I must try and get back and catch the fleet of Joh Deeres when they are harvesting ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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