Stewart Elliott Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Manor farm contracting is finally back and after a manic few years of moving houses etc I'm.now settled and have a new layout set up but not complete by any means. So over the next day or 2 I will fill you in with everything about manor farm contracting and put up pictures too. It's nice to be back on here. Hope you all enjoy do leave feedback From stew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorboyjules1977 Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Welcome back , need some more people posting on here !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Elliott Posted March 28, 2019 Author Share Posted March 28, 2019 Glad to be back Julian been a long time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Elliott Posted March 29, 2019 Author Share Posted March 29, 2019 Manor farm contracting run by me based in Somerset on a 2000 acre site not only are we an arable and soon to be beef farm but we carry out alot of contracting work too. Backed up by 6 full time staff 1 workshop staff and 2 office ladies we also have a back up of 6 self employed staff for when the going gets tough some of which have own tractors when we need them. So what's new then We used to run 1400 acres and 9 full time farm staff but now due to improvements in tractors and machinery we now run 2000 acres and 6 farm staff plus Me. Who are we So it's me stew manager owner whatever you want to call me I drive fendt 724 new last year KERRY head tractor driver been here for years drives our fendt 939 black beauty Alan AKA my dad second in command drives fendt 828 Shane been with us few years drives John deere 7430 Zac been with us few years too drives a new John deere 7310r And finally Jamie who came on late last year drives a 4 month old valtra T174 white one with a loader Jamie will be in charge of our beef unit once we finish building work and cows arrive. Jamie also drives our brand new Kubota M7-171 which replaced our old mf7499 due to wanting a smaller tractor for yard duties. So what else is new. Apart from new tractors we have done a deal and brought 4 brand new rolland rollspeed 6835 trailers can be used for silage and grain these replaced some Bailey silage trailers which kept costing us money. Another recent update saw our old jcb434 leave and and new 419s come in for the season ahead. We have a cat telehandler now for beef unit and some other jobs around the farm. We purchased a cat skid steer on tracks and a new used jcb86-c1 midi excavator for contracting work. We changed out our krone big pack for a nearly new claas quadrant 3300 baler also we purchased a claas twin rotor rake for the smaller jobs as we still run 4 rotor rake for the forager. And finally after around 5 years maybe 6 we have done a deal for a new claas 860 forager complete with grass maize and wholecrop headers outing our old 960 forager which started letting us down let's hope the new forager goes as well. As timegoes on you will get to see what we do and what kit we run hope we keep you all entertained. Watch this space for 1 or 2 more machinery deals to happen very shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ferret90 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Lovely line up of tractors Stewart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Elliott Posted March 29, 2019 Author Share Posted March 29, 2019 5 minutes ago, Ferret90 said: Lovely line up of tractors Stewart Thanks pretty impressed with it myself few more little features to add to a couple of them but they all look smart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorboyjules1977 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Get those wheels moving stew !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_emmons Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 great line up Stewart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Elliott Posted March 29, 2019 Author Share Posted March 29, 2019 16 minutes ago, tractorboyjules1977 said: Get those wheels moving stew !!!!! Don't worry be moving tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Elliott Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 With a quiet weekend staff enjoying a weekend off I've been in putting the drill on ready for Monday morning and also thought I'd give zacs new tractor a test run moving our big slew down round our farm in sure he won't mind me getting it dusty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Elliott Posted April 7, 2019 Author Share Posted April 7, 2019 Well it's been busy on the contracting side with last of the drilling now done just some fertilizing left to complete this last week the boys have had the rolland trailers outand serviced ready the mowers are on and set up ready to go. And our old 960 forager left the yard Thursday and our new 860 arrived same day ready to go even had our flashing beacon bar Michelin men and air horns changed over saving us a job. With the weather looking better this coming week we hope to get outstanding jobs up together and hoping to even get our silage clamp finished ready to fill. You may notice a case optum 300 in the line up which is on demo for few days from local dealership GCS agricentre this tractor is one that I've wanted to try out personally as our black 939 fendt is now over 3000 hours so I am keen to change it out and I'm not shy to mix the fleet up as some of you know. Good reports have come back on the optum so let's see how it goes and what the lads make of it. Another sad bit of news our head driver who's been us many years is sadly retiring in few weeks time so my dad has decided to step up to the job which means I have a vacancy for a driver which means interviews will happen asap and hope we find a suitable candidate to join our team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Elliott Posted April 7, 2019 Author Share Posted April 7, 2019 Having troubles uploading photos if anyone can help please do. Just keeps saying uploading failed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Elliott Posted April 7, 2019 Author Share Posted April 7, 2019 With our straw shed built boys have been busy hauling in some stone for the floor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorboyjules1977 Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Kubota looks alright !! Good to try something different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Elliott Posted April 7, 2019 Author Share Posted April 7, 2019 Putting the optum to work spreading some fertiliser for grass ground with our trailed spreader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Elliott Posted April 7, 2019 Author Share Posted April 7, 2019 1 minute ago, tractorboyjules1977 said: Kubota looks alright !! Good to try something different Yeah nice little tractor going to use it on the twin rotor rake for the summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Dan Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Kubota pulling that stone cart looks quite sharp and the colors compliment the excellent photography. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Elliott Posted April 8, 2019 Author Share Posted April 8, 2019 5 hours ago, Dusty Dan said: Kubota pulling that stone cart looks quite sharp and the colors compliment the excellent photography. Thanks dusty dan photos taken on my phone not the best of light in my loft. I do like the Kubota colour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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