robbo Posted November 25, 2019 Author Share Posted November 25, 2019 Now that I am back home and on the PC rather than my phone I can upload a few more. This was a truly amazing visit to an unassuming shed in the middle of nowhere, it took us all by surprise. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted November 25, 2019 Author Share Posted November 25, 2019 It wasn't only the tractors, take a look at the walls, every wall or flat surface was part of the collection 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post robbo Posted November 25, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2019 Final few, I think David will have more but I suspect that they will form part of a future article for a magazine 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Udimore Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Great pics Back next year Robbo? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 each years a different collector etc Barry, kevin peters sorts it all out, mainly for the Italian guys , sadly for us we didnt have time to go to the contractors after, biggest in holland apparently , along with a huge 2000 head milking heard . david will know the name ,as he recognised it right away . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted November 28, 2019 Author Share Posted November 28, 2019 3 hours ago, Udimore said: Great pics Back next year Robbo? Unfortunately not, I will be going to Australia next November for a family wedding. Dont tell Mrs R but I would prefer to come to Zwolle 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted February 17, 2020 Author Share Posted February 17, 2020 Had a bit of a run out with work to Ellesmere in Shropshire, (CX820Joe country) and came across a classic Ford parked at the side of the road. Took a couple of photos of this and then saw a few more in the farmyard across the road. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post robbo Posted February 17, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2020 I don't know if Joe can give any further information but the farmer seems to like his classic Fords 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Well spotted Mike. That is clearly a man of impecable taste. Looks like an 8100 inbetween a 4000 and the one on the tanker is a TW 10 or 20. They all look to be capable of putting in a hard days graft once you look past the rusty cabs although I doubt there will be much grass to chop for that 8210 at the moment. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 I am not getting out and about as much as I would like due to this virus but I did manage to get a couple of photos today. I have photographed this tractor before earlier in this thread, a Renault 160-94 this time with a KRM spreader doing some top dressing. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkom3 Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Very nice Mike,But what are those two big bird's in the top left corner,Look like Stork's or something similar size,?? Regards Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 no joe, its the moths escaping from his wallet after being in so long 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted May 6, 2020 Author Share Posted May 6, 2020 On 5/4/2020 at 8:36 PM, catkom3 said: Very nice Mike,But what are those two big bird's in the top left corner,Look like Stork's or something similar size,?? Regards Joe. I think that they are Buzzards Joe, we seem to have loads around here. Sean, if I had half as much in my wallet as you do I would be a happy man, 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkom3 Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 51 minutes ago, robbo said: I think that they are Buzzards Joe, we seem to have loads around here. Sean, if I had half as much in my wallet as you do I would be a happy man, Cheers Mike,actually on closer inspection that might just be an Osprey,And the other one a smudge or a fly,?? Regards Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted July 21, 2020 Author Share Posted July 21, 2020 Whilst I was out and about collecting my latest ebay buy, I came across this old lady parked up in a field 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1/32 farmer Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 nice pic mike but its not parked up its broken down hahahahaha 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted August 1, 2020 Author Share Posted August 1, 2020 Couple of Deeres on the estate we are staying on, 6120 has had a hard life by the look of it, 6115M is in a much better condition 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 where were you staying Mike,if you dont mind me asking,i see a smallridge bros dealer sticker on the 6115 loader,one of their branches is fairly local to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted August 1, 2020 Author Share Posted August 1, 2020 8 minutes ago, Paul Palmer said: where were you staying Mike,if you dont mind me asking,i see a smallridge bros dealer sticker on the 6115 loader,one of their branches is fairly local to me Near Dolton in north Devon. Lovely area and loads to do nearby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 oh good,you cant beat Devonthey have 3 depots,one at barnstable one at holsworthy and the one nearest to me at callington Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted August 4, 2020 Author Share Posted August 4, 2020 Turns out they also have a classic Deere as well 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CX820Joe Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 On 5/6/2020 at 12:53 PM, catkom3 said: Cheers Mike,actually on closer inspection that might just be an Osprey,And the other one a smudge or a fly,?? Regards Joe. Sorry to reply to an older post, but think thats a Heron. That 6120 looks very sorry for itself! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted September 4, 2020 Author Share Posted September 4, 2020 This thread is entitled 2012 and beyond however, some old photos dating back to around 1979 have come to light and I thought that I would share them as they might be of interest to someone. At that time I was fresh out of college and working on an arable farm near Wyboston and St Neots on the Cambridgeshire/Bedfordshire border First up, an unusual little Fendt that we used for drilling and hoeing brassicas. We grew sprouts, cabbages, cauliflowers and onions and this little 35hp air cooled toolbar was invaluable. It had both rear linkage and a mid mounted linkage for the inter row cultivator and I have never seen another one. They guy walking alongside the tractor is the farm manager 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted September 4, 2020 Author Share Posted September 4, 2020 The second unusual model that was on the same farm was a converted self propelled Chafer sprayer unit. I have seen several of these over the years with a Ford skid unit but this is the only one that I have ever seen with a David Brown 995 as the power unit 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted September 4, 2020 Author Share Posted September 4, 2020 Final 2 photos. The irrigator is by Wright Rain and I think it was called a Loreau or something like that. It had a 2 cylinder air cooled engine that was the same as the Citroen 2CV and it was an absolute pig to drive. It wallowed all over the place because of the sprayer arms, if you had them either side then it felt as if it was going to tip over, you had to have them in a straight line from front to back and someone also had to have a rope on to stop them swinging around. The final photo is one of the farm Fiats, they ran a number of different Fiat tractors including a 4 pot 850DT and a 6 pot 1000DT, I suspect that this is the 1000 but I am not sure. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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