JoshParkinson Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Well i recieved a phone call yesterday morning to say they were getting a bit behind and needed a hand to finish harvest and to get on with some cultivations, and since most of their land you can get to without touching public roads, i was up for the job. it's a family run 590 acre arable farm compiling of OSR, peas, wheat, linseed, sugar beet and potatoes so a nice variety. They also rent some land to put potatoes on. Tractors are: JD 6800 JD 6820 JD 6920s New Holland T7050 Auto Command So yesterday we were grain carting with the 6820 and T7050 from the New Holland TX66 (20' cut), and although i'm a big John Deere man, the pulling power on the T7050 is colossal! First up some pictures, videos to follow later when i get them on youtube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JoshParkinson Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 Last 2, just need to get the videos uploaded to youtube now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshParkinson Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 Some videos. First up, me cruisin' in the 6820 (testing out my new camera suction mount). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3Uwx6nRWW0 Then a walkaround the T7050 and Ken Wootton trailer that i was also using. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0mdGQfKd6g&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL And finally, in the T7050 following the combine in the dark. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu52uyT1MwI&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Good pictures lad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshParkinson Posted August 13, 2011 Author Share Posted August 13, 2011 Good pictures lad Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshParkinson Posted August 14, 2011 Author Share Posted August 14, 2011 Got another 15 acre cut today and got the combine moved to the next place, unfortunately it wasn't quite fit and was still a bit green in places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Some nice photos you are posting Josh and some lovely machinery too. I reckon you're pretty happy in the Blue'un. Nice Basildon tractors they are too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshParkinson Posted August 14, 2011 Author Share Posted August 14, 2011 Ahh she's alright Tris, had her doing 50k for the first time today, and i love the fact you can pull 14 tonne of grain and not know you've got it on the back, not forgetting the leather seats , but i do love the 6820, screwed out to 205 horse so she pulls like a train as well. I must get some pictures of the yard and the grain going up into the bins etc with the 6800 on the sucker blower, i'm on either the 6820 or T7050 tomorrow morning on field work so will get some more pictures, i don't think the combining will go for a few days now until the crop's a bit more fit to cut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshParkinson Posted August 14, 2011 Author Share Posted August 14, 2011 A few more pictures of inside the T7050. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshParkinson Posted August 16, 2011 Author Share Posted August 16, 2011 I was on cultivations yesterday but i got finished late that's why i didn't put photos on last night. I really am starting to fall in love with the 6820 now, especially when she looks like this POWER. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshParkinson Posted August 16, 2011 Author Share Posted August 16, 2011 Then today, been on cultivations again this morning. Power vs. POWER. Some for the Ford fans in the yard next to where i was powerharrowing/pressing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshParkinson Posted August 16, 2011 Author Share Posted August 16, 2011 One more, and a nice hercules that flew over me in the 6820, and then this afternoon i was loading rotten spuds with the JCB Loadall, smelt lovely \ Will put up links to some videos later as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Lucky lad you are Josh. Love them JD's and that NH is really nice. That herc picture is great as well. And the gear stick on your 6820 is like the one we have on the 6930, like we were talking about the other week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshParkinson Posted August 16, 2011 Author Share Posted August 16, 2011 Lucky lad you are Josh. Love them JD's and that NH is really nice. That herc picture is great as well. And the gear stick on your 6820 is like the one we have on the 6930, like we were talking about the other week Cheers, and yeah, certainly a step up from the Massey 6465 and Claas Arion 640 i used to drive! And ahh yeah, the powerquad gear stick, didn't think they used them on Autoquad on the 30 series but they must have done at one point, but the gearbox on the 68 is powerquad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 And ahh yeah, the powerquad gear stick, didn't think they used them on Autoquad on the 30 series but they must have done at one point, but the gearbox on the 68 is powerquad. Its an 08 so maybe it was used on the first ones. Our 6920S is autoqaud and thats pretty much the same cabwise just has another button on the stick. Whats the NH like in the cab? Ive heard a few people say the plastic feels a bit cheap in them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshParkinson Posted August 16, 2011 Author Share Posted August 16, 2011 Its an 08 so maybe it was used on the first ones. Our 6920S is autoqaud and thats pretty much the same cabwise just has another button on the stick. Whats the NH like in the cab? Ive heard a few people say the plastic feels a bit cheap in them Personally i think it's lovely, the only downside is the John Deere greenstar thing on the steering wheel which gets in the way a bit, it is a bit plasticy but it's lovely and big and i get on well with it, everything is to hand, Auto Command is so easy to use, but you just have to do small adjustments as if you're going along at 50k, pull it back a bit keen and it will slow down to about 1.6, you just have to do it a bit steadily and have the brakes at the ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshParkinson Posted August 17, 2011 Author Share Posted August 17, 2011 Been an... eventful day today! I was loading soil/rotten potatoes again this morning with the Loadall, with the New Holland T7050 and John Deere 6800 carting away from me, anyway the T7050 turned up a bit later and the lad said he wanted a load to take down to where he got the combine stuck earlier on in the season, i said do you want a small load then so you don't risk sinking again? He goes nahh full load mate! So i stuck a decent sized load on it, must have weighed even more since it was wet, anyway off he went, and then i was just loading the 6800 when a hydraulic pipe burst, oil everywhere, so that was the loadall out of action for the afternoon, anyway the lad on the 6800 rang the boss to say what had happened, the bosses reply was 'i can't right now, going to pull the T7050 out!' It had rolled into the same hole the combine got stuck in and sank like a submarine. So two problems sprung up at once, and then we tried combining some spring wheat this afternoon, got 13 acres done in just over an hour as it was a thin crop, went to try the last field of spring wheat and it was still green, so we packed up and bought the tractors back, and the best bit is, i've got a day off tomorrow! After the pipe burst i was waiting for the boss to get back, so i took a few pictures of around the yard. New rape drill with home made mounting to go on the Ultra-Tilth! Sucker blower to go into the bins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshParkinson Posted August 17, 2011 Author Share Posted August 17, 2011 6920s Bit of wheat in the store Some equipment used for the paper/cardboard shredding business that the boss runs on the side. The good ol' 6800, 15 years old and still giving the modern ones a run for their money! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshParkinson Posted August 17, 2011 Author Share Posted August 17, 2011 And then some from cutting the spring wheat this afternoon, i have several videos from the past few days which i will put links to later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
case 1056xl mad Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 i was driving a loadall the same as that the other night loading muck into the 6420 got pictures but havent posted them yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshParkinson Posted August 17, 2011 Author Share Posted August 17, 2011 i was driving a loadall the same as that the other night loading muck into the 6420 got pictures but havent posted them yet They are handy machines to use, i enjoy driving it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshParkinson Posted August 18, 2011 Author Share Posted August 18, 2011 Had the day off today so it gave me a chance to upload some videos. Firstly, the John Deere 6820 with duals on, cab view. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35yXzABXsyE Then the 6820 again this time an outside view, you may have to skip a bit to get to it, but even so i didn't quite have the camera at the right angle, never mind! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDSVqTs2l2o&feature=related Loading rotten potatoes/soil/everything else with the JCB Loadall. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzIbgr9SJOQ&feature=related Bringing the T7050 home down the little lanes and roadways. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgx9q0yd5W4&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshParkinson Posted August 19, 2011 Author Share Posted August 19, 2011 Finally finished loading soil today, just got to level it off in the morning. Afterwards we started carting rotten bales (yes there seems to be a theme of rotten things this week!) into a heap to be burnt, Andy was on the T7050 with the flat bed and then i was on the 6800 with the dumper carting all the bales that had fallen to bits. Then after he put some broken bales on, he decided he would use my trailer as a flatbed too! Then this is how they ended up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshParkinson Posted August 19, 2011 Author Share Posted August 19, 2011 Any questions or comments just fire away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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