Pingu Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 First MF 6180 on a sprayer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 More of the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 A JD 6920S on fertiliser spreader Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 JD 6920S and the JD 3200 being used to load the fertiliser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 JD 3200 again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 A Ford 4600 for martin (thought of you when i took it :D And the claas 75E in the yard (dealers) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 A very large cousins press and the yard showing one of the terra gators in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 is that fert applicator a verdestat or an overum tive ? nice pics & just think if you had a job on a farm you'd have the same old pics to take all the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Brilliant pics Phill...... :) Thanks for the 4600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 Its a fertiliser applicator first time i've seem one like it And funny you mention that mjb as i'm thinking about changinig my college course now to agricultural enginering or stay on longer after farm mech course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Its a fertiliser applicator first time i've seem one like it And funny you mention that mjb as i'm thinking about changinig my college course now to agricultural enginering or stay on longer after farm mech course really ,they're quite common round here i've used an old tive for grass seed , as there isn't the amount of waste like you'd get with overlapping from a disc spreader Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 All discs round a bloke in workshop (my boss andy) has been building new spreaders for weeks now 1 every 2 days roughly so there's been a few orders, everyone uses discs here not many people use liquid fertiliser either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdc Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Some good photos and nice buildings in the background. The pneumatic spreaders are very good but they are just sods to clean properly. I think with wide tramlines (21m +) the booms get a bit heavy too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 Could do i'll have to ask if i'm there tomo what tramlines there using. Thanks for comments on photo's all taken on me mob :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Could do i'll have to ask if i'm there tomo what tramlines there using. Thanks for comments on photo's all taken on me mob :D nice pics MF Fan :) what mob was it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civilpek Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 nice 6180 there love em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Nice photo's Phil, I was just about to say maybe you should have a look at the BTEC Nat Dip in Ag Eng after reading your work experience diary. The courses are close but I think with your interest in the workshop you would be wasted doing Enviromental Science and Animal Husbandry on the Farm Mech course and you'd miss out on Hydraulic Systems and Clutch Packs type of lectures the Ag Eng offers. Those photo'd came off a mobile phone?!! Bloody hell you must have a nice phone!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted April 6, 2006 Author Share Posted April 6, 2006 Thanks deere-est and i think your right i'm getting a real buzz from it but i also get a real buzz from driving them etc so its starting to beome a real hard descision i'm thinking either switching courses or doing the farm mech course and then doing a degree in enginerring or something like that just because i really enjoy both and keep my windows open for later in life as be happy doing either. I found out today that the MF 6180 is a 95 model and has had 2 gearboxes in it since then both i think with in first 2 years fine now and has only clocked 3500 to date. Lastly my mobile is a samsung D500 1.3mp camera Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civilpek Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 ya word on the street is they werent the most reliable ladies at all which is a pity as they look great, a fela near me had a 6170 but it was plagued with problems too mostly electrical i think and his was bought new, got rid of it half way through the silage season and replaced it with a cs 130, that was the start of things to come, for a guy who had 14 masseys about 6 years ago or so theres not one around there now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted April 6, 2006 Author Share Posted April 6, 2006 They had serious problems this one did has had quite a few bits replaced but wont let her go as she's a nice machine. Sad about MF loosing alot of buisness as they were nice machines really especially the late ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civilpek Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 yep but they seem to be coming back into it again by the looks of things, the other masseys he dah were all from the 3600 series, which werent as bad but saying that they did give a fair bit of trouble all the same, i remember when i used be younger i used hang around his yard and most days thered be at least two marked up broken down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Your idea sounds like a go-er Phil. You could do the Btec ND in Farm Mech, the do the HND (Higher National Diploma) in Ag Engineering. You'd have two very highly regarded qualifications then by farmers and dealers alike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Thanks deere-est and i think your right i'm getting a real buzz from it but i also get a real buzz from driving them etc so its starting to beome a real hard descision i'm thinking either switching courses or doing the farm mech course and then doing a degree in enginerring or something like that just because i really enjoy both and keep my windows open for later in life as be happy doing either. Your idea sounds like a go-er Phil. You could do the Btec ND in Farm Mech, the do the HND (Higher National Diploma) in Ag Engineering. You'd have two very highly regarded qualifications then by farmers and dealers alike. thats where the smart money is machines will always break down to need fixing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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