Valley Axe Man Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 8 hours ago, Anderson Agri said: Started the new year off on a high, we had our first ever road run, 50 tractors showed up and we managed to raise £450 for Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance. Couldnt be any happier right now roll on the next one! The 7710 performed effortlessly Grand Job Zac, well done on getting it going and doing a bit of good for a decent cause in the process 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 I echo what Paul said Zac, well done on the run and for raising the money for a worthy cause. 50 is a good number of tractors for a first time. Is that another 77 next to yours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Agri Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Thanks lads, it's been so overwhelming the support for our first let's hope the second is bigger. The tractor next to mine is an 8210, fitted with a 4000 diff and will push on at 60k, mine that's standard will just do 50k still quick enough 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 That 82 will be a nice tractor for roadruns, she won't need flogging to keep up with the modern ones, mind I wouldn't like to pull her up in a hurry at 60k with only rear wheel braking! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Agri Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Yeah, being 6 pot guzzles fuel tho! I had some young lad with his mrs in a nice shiny new valtra overtake me yesterday, I wasn't pushing it he then held back a bit so I took him back. . got to the pub and he came over and goes how did I do that he's got 50k valtra, was in disbelief seeing an old Ford overtake him when I can go as quick as him ha ha!. He was quite embarrassed to say the least 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 7 hours ago, Anderson Agri said: Yeah, being 6 pot guzzles fuel tho! I had some young lad with his mrs in a nice shiny new valtra overtake me yesterday, I wasn't pushing it he then held back a bit so I took him back. . got to the pub and he came over and goes how did I do that he's got 50k valtra, was in disbelief seeing an old Ford overtake him when I can go as quick as him ha ha!. He was quite embarrassed to say the least He'd be even more embarrased if you warmed your 262 Zac... get a set of bull gears and pinons in her out of a synchro back end, your 262 be quick already but get them swapped and she be a true flier then.... you just need to make sure the brakes are reasonably adjusted and there's little play in the steering or you could soon have a few brown stains on your tractor seat 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Just wondered if anyone listened to Jeremy Vine on Radio 2 today, there was a mixed farmer on dispelling some of the myths about vegan diets and how stock farming in the UK is not the carbon producing monster the vegans would have us believe. These are the sort of spokesmen (or women) that we need to fight our corner and help to explain the facts to the public without all the hysteria that seems to be bombarding our TV screens at the moment. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 10 minutes ago, 844john said: Just wondered if anyone listened to Jeremy Vine on Radio 2 today, there was a mixed farmer on dispelling some of the myths about vegan diets and how stock farming in the UK is not the carbon producing monster the vegans would have us believe. These are the sort of spokesmen (or women) that we need to fight our corner and help to explain the facts to the public without all the hysteria that seems to be bombarding our TV screens at the moment. it is john, however you are mainly dealing with a younger generation who get all their info from faceslap, and youtube, the snowflake generation, who actually believe it. sadly even the bbc are now doing shows with presenters from that age group, so they all now thing its even more true, so ban everything , its that bad now that costa are doing soya and almond milk etc for free over normal milk and they are all lapping it up, with no thought to the thousands of miles its traveled carbon foot print and how much rain forest has been cut down for the fields to grow it. they are just cutting the claimed gasses farmers in the uk produce because facebook warriors, so called youtube influencers and now the bbc tell them . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Tractorman810 said: it is john, however you are mainly dealing with a younger generation who get all their info from faceslap, and youtube, the snowflake generation, who actually believe it. sadly even the bbc are now doing shows with presenters from that age group, so they all now thing its even more true, so ban everything , its that bad now that costa are doing soya and almond milk etc for free over normal milk and they are all lapping it up, with no thought to the thousands of miles its traveled carbon foot print and how much rain forest has been cut down for the fields to grow it. they are just cutting the claimed gasses farmers in the uk produce because facebook warriors, so called youtube influencers and now the bbc tell them . If you'd asked me ten years ago I would have said that farming in this country had a good future, the population is growing, people need to eat, farmers need to fill the gap, now, I'm doing everything I can to discourage our son from following into agriculture. My biggest fear is that when people finally realise that farming as an industry is important, it might just be too late... 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 I should have posted this last year ,as myself and a mate stripped this 574 down over the Christmas break ,it belongs to another mate of mine . the rear crank seal has been leaking onto the clutch so it needs that fixing and a new clutch , there was also water getting into the engine oil ,we was not sure if it was though the head gasket or a liner gone . After getting head off gasket looked ok so dropped the sump and dropped out the pistons and pulled out the liners ,one of them had the tell-tale signs of metal-worm ,so a little job has turned into a big job 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 one of the old liners , the pistons and block. We was not able to order parts till the company was back at work on the 6th January, so it is having a complete set of new liners ,new big end shells and new pistons ,we have all the parts now and have refitted the crank with the new shells and pushed in the new liners ,but we have had to send the pistons of to a engineering company as the little end bearings after being pushed into place need reaming out by about half a mm to take the gugion pin 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Another job we started over Christmas was my model room ,the wife said she needed to paint the walls and she said I had to move all my cabinets that was on the floor away from the walls so she could paint them she also told me to empty all the models out and dust them and she would paint the cabinets as well as they was all ones I had picked up here and there and they was all different shades and would look better all the same colour and I had to replace my little work bench as well ,I did agree with her but was not looking forward to all that dusting 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post smithy Posted January 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 23, 2020 Anyway after painting the walls I said I did not think painting the cabinets was the best idea. Now we had Mr Goodwin (goodie) and his lovely wife Sue around for a meal on the Monday night before Christmas eve and I said I might by some Billys , Goodie was aware of what I meant but the wife thought I was taking the micky ,she then said what are Billys then and I said Bookcases ,she said what the hell do you want bookcases for as you cant read anyway after explaining a plan was made to go down to IKEA the following sunday for a day out/look around at the Billys ,I ended up buying 5 of them for one wall and the wife painted to off my wall-mounted cabinets to match the walls ,but left the other 2 pine ones 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post smithy Posted January 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 23, 2020 Doors on and some of the models dusted down and in place ,and my Zwolle models lined up along the top , and new bit of worktop in place. 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Love those Billy bookcases as display cabinets, I use them as well 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Impressive Smithy, those cabinets have made an amazing transformation...........no more Zwolle for you though, no more space on that top shelf! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPS Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Very nice job! I have used some Billy’s too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmd Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 very smart room you,ve got the smithy impresive collection and a nice new bench 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_emmons Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 looking smart Smithy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justy 46 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Very good Billy. I have something similar planned , with more cabinets on the way. Nice job. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 On 1/23/2020 at 8:28 PM, Barry said: Impressive Smithy, those cabinets have made an amazing transformation...........no more Zwolle for you though, no more space on that top shelf! I will make a space somewhere I have 3 other Zwolle models on top of one of the wall cabinets 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Got asked if I could weld these round bars together to make a open heavy duty fire grate 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Cut the front edge of a ditching bucket and welded a new one back on 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 I have been over Mr Goodwins most of today as I have dug out a base for a oil tank to sit on ,I put up the shuttering lined the bottom with some old bricks and blinded it all together with some infill ready for concreting at my first opportunity, it was hard work to start with but ok when I got on the vibrater ah I mean whacker-plate 6 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Valley Axe Man Posted January 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2020 Spent a few hours yesterday admiring this trio at the Bath and West amongst a rather grand display of Nuffield Leyland and Marshall. not a line up that can be created too often due to there only being a pair of 115's in existance..... 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.