mb86 Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Sounds a better idea than chains everywhere. You need something reliable if you are baking thousands each year, our 378 is well past it's prime but we only do 500-1000 mainly for lambing time as they are easier to handle around the pens. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger82 Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 At this today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JEP Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 15 hours ago, smithy said: Knotters are the same plunger is similar but stronger and instead of chains and belts there is more gears on the drives yes the feeder is different but that is still driven by chains Good to see those balers Smithy, hope you are keeping well - must have a catch up! Suppose it depends what you can get for the two older balers, but personally I would be keeping both of them (but don't tell Julie I said that) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger82 Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Slurry now with a Fendt 312 and addey 1300 tanker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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justy 46 Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Addey !!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger82 Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 2 hours ago, justy 46 said: Addey !!!!! ABBEY Now Justy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 mostly doing conference calls most of today, going to be worse next week as i am covering my boss for two weeks. i hate mondays as i have to do about 7 different calls for each job, worse when i cover both at the same time, on the bright side,i think, the van came back today, apparently it was a loose mounting on the gear selector that was blocking the 5/th gears, hence no noise etc, have to say the whole gear box selection does feel a lot better , softer but more precise , clearly an issue with fiats production line to miss that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorbob Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Whole crop harvesting in cheshire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 12 hours ago, mb86 said: Sounds a better idea than chains everywhere. You need something reliable if you are baking thousands each year, our 378 is well past it's prime but we only do 500-1000 mainly for lambing time as they are easier to handle around the pens. My mate has a 575 he said that his had been reliable over the 4 years that he has had it allow he did have a problem with one of the knotters last week which like me he picked up a bit off wet hay from under a hedge and put the timing out a bit for tying a knot and me and my mate both watched the engineer fix it so we could maybe fix it are self's if it happened again . I do 4000 hay bales and 1000+ wheat straw and I do need something that's reliable as customers get funny if you spend half a day with a breakdown and then it rains again and you are now back to square one .my 945 needs some parts , some you can get and other like the plunger guide rails you need to get specially made as no longer availably ,we estimate that we could spend £3000 on it and it would be worth £2500 when finished so its not about now many bales I do its having a reliable machine that will do the job and about 20 years newer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 8 hours ago, JEP said: Good to see those balers Smithy, hope you are keeping well - must have a catch up! Suppose it depends what you can get for the two older balers, but personally I would be keeping both of them (but don't tell Julie I said that) Thanks John , yes I am well just been really busy last couple of months will tell you all about it in are next catch up , yes I would like to keep both of my balers but I need one that I can go to the field once and get job done and not have to go back the next day as its wasting my time not made my mind up at this moment but have had two reasonably offers for the 377+945 and I can get the 575 for a sensible price so it will probably happen and no I wont tell Julie. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger82 Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Getting this vintage car all cleaned up for my sister wedding on sat . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 4 hours ago, trigger82 said: Getting this vintage car all cleaned up for my sister wedding on sat . That's a nice looking car Trigger is it one of yours ? wish it was mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger82 Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 42 minutes ago, smithy said: That's a nice looking car Trigger is it one of yours ? wish it was mine Yes it my father we have it around 14 years now . Thank for looking . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger82 Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 So with sister wedding over back to work today cleaning up all my toyota cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Allow I was disappointed with my rape yield this year these Felixstowe pigeons was very happy when I started ploughing the stubble over the weekend and when doing the headland I had two more friends running up ahead of me 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 how far off is your wheat and barley then smithy ?? seen a good few firled cut down this way now, most seemingly at the weekend , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 5 hours ago, Tractorman810 said: how far off is your wheat and barley then smithy ?? seen a good few firled cut down this way now, most seemingly at the weekend , I have done my winter barley about 10 days ago that was also down on yield/quality , should have some leave the farm this week so will now the results when it gets to the merchant , I don't have any spring barley but some has been cut around me as for my wheat it is only 2/3 sunny days away from being cut but as we have had 10mm of rain today it has put it back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Been growing some chillies for the last few months and finally decided to try one today waaa hot.....hot.....hot....my mouth is burning, my nose is tingling and I cannot get rid of it. You would think that as I got older I would get a little wiser, failed miserably 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 no idea if its true,but my mate swears milk does stop it for him,and he loves his chillis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Been trying red wine and doing OK so far 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 3 hours ago, MadMark said: Sent time with my girlfriend today before she went to work. She had cancer about 3 years ago and it looks like it might have come back so worrying times at the moment till the test results come back. Sorry to here that Mark but im sure every thing will turn out ok for you and your girlfriend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 3 hours ago, robbo said: Been growing some chillies for the last few months and finally decided to try one today waaa hot.....hot.....hot....my mouth is burning, my nose is tingling and I cannot get rid of it. You would think that as I got older I would get a little wiser, failed miserably If you did eat/swallow some be ready tomorrow when it has passed though haha 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger82 Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 Well all set for tractor run today all cleaned up . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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