smithy Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Saw these working about 10 days ago harvesting wheat for cattle feed 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post smithy Posted July 20, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 20, 2019 I was up near cheffins on Friday so called in to see what they had in the sale on Saturday 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 On 7/13/2019 at 10:16 PM, bluegreen said: Hey Smithy has Goodie heard when the new Case Pumas are getting launched yet? Must be coming soon. I asked Goodie about the pumas and he said he had not heard anything , normally the dealers are the last ones to be told so they keep selling the old stock ones 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post justy 46 Posted July 20, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 20, 2019 Was at the Royal International Air Tattoo. What a day..!! Experience of a life time.. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 (edited) 14 hours ago, smithy said: I was up near cheffins on Friday so called in to see what they had in the sale on Saturday Nice 604 there Smithy thanks for sharing your photo's ... would be a nice addition to the 804 in the shed, quite a few of the 602/604's got tweeaked up to 70hp as the engine was a derated version in this range, and for a bit of a saving over the 702/704 a tweek at the pump got you the bigger tractor at cheaper cost, with a livelier engine as the 4/98dt had different pistons to the nt tractor engine, a good mate Mr Woodhouse had a Dt with the pump and turbo kit off an 4/98tt (804) on it and he said it would out perform the standard 804 and also the 804 that he'd put a 6 cylinder 6/98 in when he was running Marshalls in his contracting fleet. The 844 be another as i don't think many of the Steyr badged engineered Marshalls got a away, was a bit to late and a half hearted attempt to try and get Marshall a few sales... Edited July 21, 2019 by Valley Axe Man 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 6 hours ago, justy 46 said: Was at the Royal International Air Tattoo. What a day..!! Experience of a life time.. Looked a great day for it Justin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awdmac Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 Just gone past the gate, shook the place. Got a fair turn of speed on pulling 3 wagons. Bit ironic it was holding cyclists up! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmd Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 one or two nice things for sale there smithy 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret90 Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 Nearly bought a Massey 35, pretty rusty and they wanted £1800 for it. I said I would have it but changed my mind as I've been saving for a Series II Land Rover for a long time now so better spent on one of them. You live and learn 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegreen Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 On 7/20/2019 at 11:35 AM, Awdmac said: Managed to get our bit of hay done between last Saturday and Wednesday, only about 5 acres for the ponies which does them for the year. Gone from a 4' to 6' mower which speeded the job up & seems to have saved a load of diesel. Wife hauled last load in just as forecast rain started, couldn't of been closer finish,happy days.. Wuffled straight after mowing & again next morning, certainly cut the drying time down. I read somewhere about another farmer who had bought a Branson tractor that went wrong and left him in a Pickle. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awdmac Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 All good over the last 3 years/500 hours touch wood. Seems to handle anything its given. Lucky to have good local dealer backup, had more niggles with the 1394 to be honest. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justy 46 Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 On 7/21/2019 at 6:43 AM, Valley Axe Man said: Looked a great day for it Justin It sure was Paul. So much there to see..just could not pack it all in that day. The weather was good ..which ment alot for the flying displays . We got a BakerDolphin bus from Bristol that morning to the event ..and back in again to Bristol that evening..Stayed in a hotel for 2 nights there...such a beautiful city.. Only for your flight home to be cancelled on Sunday back to Cork..so we had a long wait of 7 hours in the airport..and ended up having to go to Dublin !! But we got home anyways..All said ...highly recommended airshow... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awdmac Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Shed door gave up the ghost, things just don't last. Knocked up a new one which got me some brownie points from the boss. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger82 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Turf home from the bog nice way to bring it home 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 On 7/9/2019 at 8:58 PM, bluegreen said: Lots of different tractors of all ages have been whizzing around my village getting hay cut, teddered, raked and baled in various little fields. How much is a good quality round bale fetching this year Smithy?? I have asked a couple of mates that do a few round bales and they said they are about £30 to £35 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 sweating! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 On 21 July 2019 at 8:47 PM, bluegreen said: I read somewhere about another farmer who had bought a Branson tractor that went wrong and left him in a Pickle. Was it richard? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 At the Seniors golf Open Championship at Royal Ltham and St Anne's and it is a bit of a washout 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 This was last week cutting my own Orwell Winter Barley , which has yielded ok 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 no pictures of what was left of my rape crop ,we ripped most of it up in the spring and redrilled with spring barley . The little black dots on side of combine are the dreaded Flee Beetle that devastate the crop , while cutting the rape combine looked like a yellow ladybird 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post smithy Posted July 31, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 31, 2019 A very good mate of mine farms nearly next door to me and he has got behind with cutting his own winter barley as he has been feeling unwell and trying to get his hay finished so I have been driving his combine , did not have a clue on what did what in the cab but after 10 minutes of pushing buttons I got it going , still not sure if I have pushed the right buttons but it was producing a nice sample in the tank so I just kept going 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEP Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Nice pictures there Mr Smith. TX looking good as ever! The Massey looks clean, how did you find tv screen? Could you get it tuned in? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 So smithy, two machines of similar age and size , honest opinions , which do you prefer, without all that agro trying to use a different machine settings etc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegreen Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 I remember getting a ride round the field back in 1989 in a new MF38 and compared to the Claas 108sl and TX36s that my mates farm ran that Massey cab was a palace For a few years there MF had the others on the run, then Claas brought out the Mega series and NH the TX60s and it was game over!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEP Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 1 hour ago, bluegreen said: I remember getting a ride round the field back in 1989 in a new MF38 and compared to the Claas 108sl and TX36s that my mates farm ran that Massey cab was a palace For a few years there MF had the others on the run, then Claas brought out the Mega series and NH the TX60s and it was game over!! Can relate to that, mates farm ran 2 tx36's, and replaced one of the TX's with a MF38, then a couple of years later replaced the other tx with a MF40, as you say - cabs on the massey was a big jump, and while the masseys would perform well when going, they did seem to become unreliable after 2 or 3 seasons. The 2 masseys eventually got replaced with with a lexion 480 which at the time seemed a quantum leap forward (with a monster 30ft header!!) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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