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TW-15 is a tidy little conversion :-*

Are you planning to replace the old Britains 7000 with a new Ford?

Cheers . That TW15 was a Britains 5610 once imagine. Id say the 7000 would need to be replaced by a Volvo or JCB loader for the buckraking!! I have 2 # JOAL 435 loaders & the Britains Yellow logging loader that seems to be a Volvo lookalike. They need a bit of tidying & better wheels I plan to make buckrakes for them to complete this 90's era silage fleet some time soon. ;)
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to start off

jcb 8280 with jd 535 with grouper

fendt 930 on jd 535

what do you think?

I think the gearboxes in both mowers would be turned to metal filings within an hour or two.

Have you considered running three gang mowers on both of these, or maybe putting Newfie T6020s under the JQ mowers?

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Grand looking fleet there Justy, have you plans for an engine-on chopper too? a Nh 717-719 or 525 with 6 cylinder on would look great and fill the gap between pto driven and self proppelled in the late 80s era? ::)

Naaa. PTO driven. Ive never seen a trailed harvester in my neck of the woods worked from an independent engine. They never realy cought on in Ireland. Contractors just provied a tractor with 130+ HP to power the harvester's back then before they changed over to self proppelled. There is only 2 guys in my area using trailed harvesters these days with a Fiatagri F140 & a JD 6810 powering them.

On another note ,im working on building a JCB 435 (JOAL model) with a buckrake for the pit to replace the little Ford 7000. JCB 410 & 435 loaders were a popular choice for contractors near me for backing up silage years ago,so it sould complement the fleet well when ready.

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Naaa. PTO driven. Ive never seen a trailed harvester in my neck of the woods worked from an independent engine. They never realy cought on in Ireland. Contractors just provied a tractor with 130+ HP to power the harvester's back then before they changed over to self proppelled. There is only 2 guys in my area using trailed harvesters these days with a Fiatagri F140 & a JD 6810 powering them.

On another note ,im working on building a JCB 435 (JOAL model) with a buckrake for the pit to replace the little Ford 7000. JCB 410 & 435 loaders were a popular choice for contractors near me for backing up silage years ago,so it sould complement the fleet well when ready.

I used a 410 a couple of weeks ago good old girl I enjoyed driving her thought it was a good machine.

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I used a 410 a couple of weeks ago good old girl I enjoyed driving her thought it was a good machine.

There is still a few 410s on farms in my area going strong. Great machine alright. Nearly every contractor had one back 20 odd years ago for pushing up the silage. Popular choice they were. Now its 414 & 416s. Edited by justy 46
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very nice fleet Justy , I'm not too fond of machinery , but the fords do look well ;)

Thanks James. I aint realy a machinery collector ether. Tractors are all i collect realy. Classic ones mostly ,more so than modern ones with the excepsion of NHs . Blue is the colour.!! ;);D
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R.B Contracting may sound overkill but we cover serious acreage and are the largest contractor in south wales ;) haha :)

fendt 936 on claas butterflys with kuhn front for the 1st kit , valtra t191 reverse drive claas butterflys for the baling gangs, and john deere 7530 on kuhn butterflys for the 2nd kit

ts115a on a claas volto 1050 10 rotor tedder

nh 7840 on a claas 3000 rake on the first kit , nh 8560 on a claas 3000 for the 2nd kit , tl90 and 6635 on fella 2 rotor rakes for the balers

john deere 7850i harvester which is the 1st kit and a john deere 7950i which is the 2nd kit

john deere 6920s,valtrat190 , massey 6480 ,fendt 818, tm165, tm165 all hitched up to marston silage trailers and if more are needed we hire in tractors

there is a triaxle silage trailer availible for the 7050 , t191, or the 7530 depending if one is avaible or the gates allow ;)

there is a 414s for the 1st kit , 416s for the 2nd kit and there is a tm310s and a 531/70 which join ither kit depending on the situation

nh t7050 on nh bb950a

nh ts135a on a mchale 998 wrapper

nh t6090 on a claas rollant 255 rc wrapper combi

nh tm155 on an older rollant 255 rc wrapper combi

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DJ agri silage fleet

1st up the massey 8280 & kuhn mowers & the old 6920s on the rake

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On trailers are the 6920s 6920 & 6820 with marston trailers

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New for the 2012 season is the 416 farmmaster to handle the pit, with the 7400 chopper now on its 8th season & still going strong

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For the longer hauls & bigger yards the NH t7070 is called upon with its Krampe trailer

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At busy times the old Fords are called upon to take on rowing up duties & also to pull a trailer

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Some nice outfits listed out here. Out of the country at the mo so cant post pictures but this is what i had planned:

Mowing

2 John Deere 7280R's with two John Deere 535's with Swarthers

1 Krone Big MII 400

Collecting - 3 Crews

John Deere 7450 Self Propelled

5 John Deere 7930's with 5 Redrock Trailers (Martins Agri Trailers)

New Holland W190 with fold out silage fork

2 Ford 7840's with 2 Herrons Trailers (Martins Agri Trailers)

2 John Deere 7920's with 2 Kane Trailers

Claas 960 Self Propelled

JCB 416 with fold out silage fork

2 Massey Ferguson 8690's with 2 Krone ZX450L Silage Wagons

JCB 416 with standard silage fork

A Claas 690 parked in the shed if anything goes wrong

The mowing crew should be busy ^-^

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Keeping ollie's milkers and local farmers happy is left up too.......

Mowing= MF6290 with front and rear Kuhn mowers

Fendt 930 revs drive with claas triple mowers

Tedding=MF5455 (loader) with Kuhn 6 rotor tedder

Raking =MF5455 with Claas liner 2 rotor rake

=MF6480 (loader)with Kuhn 2 rotor rake

Round bales

=MF 3080 with JD round baler (hay)

=NH M160 with MF round baler

Medium sqaure bale

=Fiat 180-90 with hesston baler (hay)

=MF 8690 with MF baler

Pit silage

=MF8280 with Claas loader wagon (grass)

=NH FX60 chopper (maize/cereal)

=Fendt 930 revs drive with Kemper maize header

Clamp compaction

=JCB farm master 416

=JCB telehandler x2

Transport

=Fendt 716

=Fendt 920

=MF 9240

=Fendt 826

=Fendt 515

..........All pulling anything that will hold silage to be honest.

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Here's Valley Contracts classic 32nd scale silage fleet, :) Some times we escape from the woods to chop a bit of grass! :laugh:

Ford 7810 with Claas mower conditioner,

Ford 6640 with Claas liner 770,

New Holland 2305 self proppelled chopper,

chased by,

Ford 7810 x2 with 8 ton Marshall trailers,

Ford 6640 with an 8 ton Fraser trailer,

Spare 8 ton Fraser and spare 6 ton single axle Marshall for if farmer lending a hand, or hiring in an extra tractor,

County 1174 on buckraking duties.

Reco flywheel drag chopper parked in shed in case of breakdown. ::)

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Here's Valley Contracts classic 32nd scale silage fleet, :) Some times we escape from the woods to chop a bit of grass! :laugh:

Ford 7810 with Claas mower conditioner,

Ford 6640 with Claas liner 770,

New Holland 2305 self proppelled chopper,

chased by,

Ford 7810 x2 with 8 ton Marshall trailers,

Ford 6640 with an 8 ton Fraser trailer,

Spare 8 ton Fraser and spare 6 ton single axle Marshall for if farmer lending a hand, or hiring in an extra tractor,

County 1174 on buckraking duties.

Reco flywheel drag chopper parked in shed in case of breakdown. ::)

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That NH 2305 looks fab Paul. Did you make that yourself? ;)
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Hi Justy, no the NH 2305 isn't one of my builds, it came to the Valley from Holland or Belgium by way of David Purdue (DBP Models) who i bought it off last October, David had the Grass header custom built by Brian O Reilly as the chopper came with maize head, that tucked away in storage just in case we get called upon at the back end to cut a bit o maize ;)

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