roberthenning Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Well, thought id start a topic on my own farm. Bit of background on me, weve a mixed beef, arable and contracting farm setup at home. But most of this topic will be about my farm, a recently purchased outfarm situated just off the dual carriageway near Banbridge Co Down. Its currently 25 acres of winter wheat, theres a few old sheds and a barn, and ill be building a new house on it shortly, hopefully followed by shedding for a few limo cows in the next few years. First up, my first tractor, always been a big fan of all tractors but fell for John Deeres the first time i drove one and the obsession to own one every since has finally came into reality. Its a John Deere 2140 from the same year as myself 1985 Bought a few weeks ago and have given it a good clean and polish and is looking the part now. Ive some before pictures but have to get them off mums camera later. But ill be starting with the after photos Since ive got it, resprayed the mudguards, put a flashing light on it and t-cuted and polished most of the tin work and cleaned the cab interior (unfortunatly the last owner didnt have a rear window for a while so its a bit scruffy) This is the machine you can blame for not seeing many model conversion of the last while from me too ha ha!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roberthenning Posted March 19, 2011 Author Share Posted March 19, 2011 And the farm Shed before and after Part of the yard and barn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Im looking forward to this topic your 2140 is lovely and it will be great to see some pictures of her working How big is your contracting operation, tractors etc and will your 2140 be used in that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistol pete Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 tidy looking deere i have had many hours of pleasure spent on a 2140 opu and sg2 cab when i left school Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roberthenning Posted March 20, 2011 Author Share Posted March 20, 2011 I put new bonnet stickers onto it yesterday and has fairly brightend the tractor up,ill take some new pictures of it next week, hopefully doing something more exciting than holding a linkbox up. It wont be usedmuch in the contracting end, as i work in a day job its initially been bought so i have my own tractor to do work around my farm, and when i start to build a house i need something on the forklift etc, then if it proves reliable i will be using it on the farm to feed cattle and maybe a bit of ploughing. Our contracting business is mainly just tanking, with a valtra t130 and n101, more just to help justify having slightly bigger tractors than we need for the crop work end of things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 shed & barn's & looking very tidy , nice 2140 as well ,a friend had a 2wd , was great on top dressing , chain harrowing & rolling, even the 12 tonne ex lorry body trailer full of grain didn't cause it to falter even though it had already killed off an unsuspecting ford 6600 & a 590 \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roberthenning Posted March 20, 2011 Author Share Posted March 20, 2011 Yeah they seem to be a real wee warrior of a tractor. There has been some work so far in tidying the barns up to were they are today, was a lot of rubbish from the previous owener inside them and alot of the timber has been rotted away by damp and wood worm, but i got it treated and all the timbre that was bad ripped out, so just have to replace the barn floor now and put a front into the wagon roof shed and that will do me until i can afford to build a mulit purpose grain/cattle shed in a few years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 sounds like you'll be fairly busy , but not too busy to take any pictures ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr softie Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 tidy looking 2140 robert glad to see you finally got your hands on one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roberthenning Posted March 26, 2011 Author Share Posted March 26, 2011 Heres a bit of a update: Got a set of new decals on her and bit more cleaned up And its first day of proper work - some rolling on the home farm, done a few fields in the middle of the day, wanted to quite early so the frost doesnt set the grass growth back any, will hopefully get the rest of the silage ground done next week. Hope you enjoy the typical Co Down scenery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lord Ferguson Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 Great topic Robert... and a lovely looking tractor too.. please keep the updates coming and thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roberthenning Posted March 26, 2011 Author Share Posted March 26, 2011 And of the yard with the wee out house knocked down and winter wheat at Buskhill And the local Church Of Ireland thats down the road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 she looks a tidy one i must say, lot better than the 2wd opu cabbed one i saw the other day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 those wheels really do make the tractor stand out amongst all that greenery ! certainly had a good day for the pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Wonderfull thread,how much rain do you get each year? and sunshine hours? I get 780mm per year of rain on avg and 2200hours of sunshine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roberthenning Posted March 27, 2011 Author Share Posted March 27, 2011 Rainfall is lots and sunshine feels like little Quick search of google shows the records from aldergrove (Northern Irelands) Main weather station or at least most accurate Sunshine hours: 1400 hours Rainfall:1600mm So you get slightly better weather than we do, but on the plus side we have one of the best grass growing countries in the world (which really makes up for the constant drizzle ha ha!) The grass and countrieside is suprisingly green for the time of year as it usually burns up with the cold and east winds from russia at this time of year but weve had a very warm march Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDFord Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Lovely looking 2140 you've got there Is the cab interior trim as good as the rest of the tractor ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roberthenning Posted March 27, 2011 Author Share Posted March 27, 2011 thanks mark, no the cab interior is pretty shabby, it was destroyed by the rain because it had no back window in it for a long time before i got it. Ive it cleaned up a bit but would need a complete cab kit,which are quiet expensive but ive been looking on the net and there are similar materials for covering car interiors at a tenth of the price that might just do the trick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDFord Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Ah, thats a shame Robert, Those kits cost several hundred pounds I think. I'm sure you'll get things looking spot on in good time though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Superb 2140 you have found yourself there Robert, what a little green gem she is. Nice setting to wake up in every morning too you lucky sod. Should be a nice topic to keep an eye on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Rainfall is lots and sunshine feels like little Quick search of google shows the records from aldergrove (Northern Irelands) Main weather station or at least most accurate Sunshine hours: 1400 hours Rainfall:1600mm So you get slightly better weather than we do, but on the plus side we have one of the best grass growing countries in the world (which really makes up for the constant drizzle ) The grass and countrieside is suprisingly green for the time of year as it usually burns up with the cold and east winds from russia at this time of year but weve had a very warm march Interesting suff,I've heard Ireland's much the same as NZ in terms of it's grassland farming. I live a dry belt of land but with irragation we grow 12-13t/DM year on clay soils. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roberthenning Posted March 28, 2011 Author Share Posted March 28, 2011 Mark - Yeah about £800 for top and bottom kits off one site, dread to think what genuine would be, but ive found black or cream perforated material with foam on the back thats exactly the same as what was used, if i could only find it in brown id have plenty of change out of £100 Tris - there really is no place like home, ive visited alot of places but my favourite is always home, and with the recent weather its really looking in top shape with all the lush shades of green at the minute Ol - My sis lives in NZ too and what i gather from her your climates more like the UK as a whole, were if you take the top of scotland can be a bit cold and wet, i presume is like the south of your south island, and up in aukland is similar to the south of england were the irrigat too. Shes in wellington and it seems to be similar to here except for the extra wind they get Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MF-ROB Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 I will be keeping my eyes on this looks to be a good topic good luck with the JD hope it brings you lots of happy hours working with her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roberthenning Posted April 23, 2011 Author Share Posted April 23, 2011 First big load home on the JD the massive trailer that was at a guess once a old lorry cut down, but it does my job and made a good job of getting my sanderson forklift home in one piece. Need to get new chains and a set off forks and some TLC and it'll be as good as new. Also got the sunroof fixed, couple of bars needed fixing so my brother kindly welded them for me and its staying open which was welcomed on a lovely day like today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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