Valley Axe Man Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 22 hours ago, 844john said: She's looking well Paul, looks some very tidy tractors, I like that 955 and (can't believe I'm about to admit this) that 7600 looks very smart as well! Cheers John there's nowt wrong with admitting you like a bit of blue That 955 belongs to a good friend of John (jmd), it's a good clean tidy tractor and sounds well too 16 hours ago, mb86 said: Great photos Paul, thanks for taking the time to shoot them and share them on here, a grand selection of very well turned out tractors there, the gen III 76 and 7810 together are a grand sight. No bother Martin Maybe i should have taken a few more and had it's own topic in the events and shows bit but there's always next year, although next year there was talk of them trying to organise a theme and group a specific brand together or put them in age related groups so visitors see tractors a bit better organised. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMB Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Cleaning grain barns ready for harvest. Dryer tomorrow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Whilst cutting grass last week I had something hit the fuel pipe on the bottom of the fuel tank on my case 4240 and made it leak on taking tank of I found that the round bit was basically snapped off so I took it to a company that plastic welds they said they would give it ago but it might not work and it did not work so I phoned up Ernest Doe Power at Framlingham and ordered a new tank and 24hrs later it arrived its now fitted and no leaks , case may have had other problems with these tanks as new one is made differently as fuel pipe connection is now flat on the bottom 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Does yard at framlingham was full of tractors , some new ones waiting to be delivered at end of this month some going out on hire and one or two second hand ones for sale and one of there 3 demo combines was on standby , Mr Goodwin has been busy 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 This one is proving to be useful around my yard 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Wife thinks I have gone nutty as I went out and bought a snow plough last week , not told her as yet its to push grain up with 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 5 hours ago, smithy said: Whilst cutting grass last week I had something hit the fuel pipe on the bottom of the fuel tank on my case 4240 and made it leak on taking tank of I found that the round bit was basically snapped off so I took it to a company that plastic welds they said they would give it ago but it might not work and it did not work so I phoned up Ernest Doe Power at Framlingham and ordered a new tank and 24hrs later it arrived its now fitted and no leaks , case may have had other problems with these tanks as new one is made differently as fuel pipe connection is now flat on the bottom Case do seem to learn from their mistakes it seems Smithy, the water pump on our 844 went last year, when i tried to take it off i found it was held on with about a dozen bolts, 11 of which were normal heads and came out relatively easy considering they'd not been out for 25 years, and one that was recessed in the housing of the pump and had an Allen head. Needless to say, this one was siezed in, the Allen head rounded when a bit of pressure was applied, and because it was recessed you couldnt get a set of grips on it, turning a relatively short job into a bit of a headache. However, on the new water pump that came from Case they had done away with the recess and just had all standard bolts, so it should be much easier if we ever need to remove it in the future. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 39 minutes ago, 844john said: Case do seem to learn from their mistakes it seems Smithy, the water pump on our 844 went last year, when i tried to take it off i found it was held on with about a dozen bolts, 11 of which were normal heads and came out relatively easy considering they'd not been out for 25 years, and one that was recessed in the housing of the pump and had an Allen head. Needless to say, this one was siezed in, the Allen head rounded when a bit of pressure was applied, and because it was recessed you couldnt get a set of grips on it, turning a relatively short job into a bit of a headache. However, on the new water pump that came from Case they had done away with the recess and just had all standard bolts, so it should be much easier if we ever need to remove it in the future. Yes I now exactly what you mean as I had same problem with water pump on a 895 a few years ago 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post smithy Posted July 12, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 12, 2018 Winter Barley Harvest started for me on Tuesday it was coming of at 12% moisture which is a bit to low but I cant do much about that the verity is called ORWELL there was plenty of it in volume but I expect the bushel weight to be low so that means you need more to make up a tonne 9 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Finished up the last bits yesterday and the Brain box (no that's not me ) in the cab was saying 114.600 tonnes which is set for 15% moisture so mine being 12% means I don't have quite that amount 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEP Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Some great harvest photos there Smithy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkom3 Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Spent an hour or so this afternoon watching these guys at the harvest,any idea what the crop is,and the SPFH was on very big boots,?? Regards Joe. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Agri Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Got the brakes working on my Leyland 262 today, then test drove it around the field to make sure they were properly working and it decided it no longer needed its track rod ends to be connected... Then went cross eyed! Bloody thing will never be right. Race is now on to get it to its first show sunday 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 bit of baler twine will get you home no problem 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 This is the heap in the barn . tried to post this last night but forum crashed on me could not get back on till today probably I overloaded the system 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEP Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Nice heap developing there Mr Smith. Looks like the snow plow is working well Smithy 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 10 hours ago, catkom3 said: Spent an hour or so this afternoon watching these guys at the harvest,any idea what the crop is,and the SPFH was on very big boots,?? Regards Joe. Big boots indeed Joe.... though they must not be fitted to reduce ground compaction in this crop of whatever it is, everything seems to be well shod apart from the artic bulker, a loaded artic sat on super singles and 315's won't do much good towards compaction if it was an issue. Good to see you caught those rear eject elevating trailers in action again 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 4 hours ago, smithy said: This is the heap in the barn . tried to post this last night but forum crashed on me could not get back on till today probably I overloaded the system Busy times again for you Smithy, at least now your getting to see the fruits of your labour with the store filling up and your sheds stacked with hay 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger82 Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Have this MF35 in for some TLC as then man got new light bonnet and a service kit 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 International rescue Thunder Birds are Go my mate Colin was going to pick this up today and he was only 10 minutes from his yard when his right hand rear tire on his Deutz decided to brake up so he dropped the trailer off and limped back to his yard at a very slow pace and also gave me a ring to see if I could help out to which I said yes he told me where he had left his lowloader and very brief directions on where he was going ,found lowloader no problem bit harder to find this little M/F as it was miles from no where on a little back dead-end road about 1.5hrs away from where I started from anyway got it loaded and headed back to BRAD FARM MACHINERY at Hadleigh as they was going to sort out fuel problem and a real bad water leak on this little M/F and give it a dam good service 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 I was briefly following this down the road today 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 On 7/12/2018 at 5:52 PM, catkom3 said: Spent an hour or so this afternoon watching these guys at the harvest,any idea what the crop is,and the SPFH was on very big boots,?? Regards Joe. Good pictures Joe. The crop is rye, there are thousands of acres of it grown in Norfolk and the surrounding counties now as whole crop for AD plants. A few years back it was strictly a grain crop grown for the likes of Ryevita on light land as it’s not a fussy crop when it comes to soil types. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkom3 Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Cheers Gav,just discovered today,the guy running the wholecrop fleet has bought thousands of acres locally,and running to a new Biodigester not to far away,but the whole thing is new round these parts,that SPFH is on 18 plates. Regards Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Agri Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Took my Leyland 262 on a 35 mile round trip to a local show today along with a good mates Ford 6600, the 30k ford had nothing on the Leyland that could do just under 50k! Had a lot more power on hills and didn't need to drop gears whereas the ford did 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkom3 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Almost forgot,my dashcam was running when I took these shots,I did get one photo on camera,but that was sheer luck,the camera war on a mount on the side window, Regards Joe. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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