smithy Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Yes good to see you back on here ,i pushed the like button on your post as a way of saying i am clad you are ok ,like Robbo has said take you time and you will get there 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 9 hours ago, Dusty Dan said: I’ll tell ya all, I had a minor stroke a while ago (TIA) could have been a lot worse but this one left me with poor balance. I go to physical therapy a couple times a week. I am doing fairly well and as I said, I have seen a lot worse and I hope this is the last one. I still walk my dog and do some yard and house work. One of my friends died from a stroke and one was left with slurred speech. As of now, I feel fortunate at 76. Same here Dan, nice to see you back on here, I’ve missed your photos of where you live! Get well soon! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEP Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Echo the comments above Smithy, a lot of time and work has gone in to that really well done! Also good PR for our industry, hopefully the youngsters may see the good side of agriculture, instead of some of the negative information they get fed with..... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmd Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Same here good to see you back on here and get well soon Dan 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Yes hope for a speedy recovery Dan, it'd good to see your posts from over your side of the water, look forward to seeing some more when your back on your feet and out and about again 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 A few weeks ago i posted on here the damaged grain cleaning fan blades that got bent when a bearing case snapped while running it in the yard ,for new bits it was going to be about £1500 ,anyway i got in touch with a well know combine breaker that sold me all the parts for a hell of a lot less money including the delivery ,the back edge of the blades had all the paint but the front edges that loose the paint over the years had just gone a bit rusty so i gave them a quick clean up and then gave the a new coat of paint , eagle eyed ones of you will say the colourer is wrong ,yes it is the newer TX paint which i had to wait 2 weeks to get and i thought it will be at least 3 weeks to change it and once fitted inside the combine you wont see them so paint is better than no paint . There is a pully in the picture that i had sent down at the same time as the one on my combine has a bit of play in the centre, a brand new pully is £3000 +vat ,the 2nd hand one was £200 and it feels a lot tighter than my one is ,not fitted it as yet to confirm that it is better as i am awaiting a combine mechanic to give me a look to check over the rest ,but i thought its worth the gamble 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 The other weekend i went over Mr Reeves and picked up my E27N ,i took it over his a few years ago when his village had a tractor rally ,and at the end of the day because it was late i put it in his shed ,never forgot about it but basically kept saying i will pick it up shortly ,in the end my granddaughter Jasmine got on to me as she wonted Doris(that the name she has given it ) back home and in the shed that we built for it a few years ago . Its all in running order allow it has a slight leak on the paraffin side of the tank that i WILL sort out this coming winter . 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Went over my mates farm to look at his 856 he has just bought for grass cutting duties and possibly put it on his baler ,he was not there so i could not get it out of the shed as he had left his car blocking the way 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 On Friday morning we was having the sprayers MOT done which it passed with no problems ,it was blowing a gale and steady rain throughout the test , anyway i got out of my wet clothes at went to Campsea Ash where Clarke and Simpson are holding a collective sale on line ,finishing as from Monday morning onwards , here is a few items in the sale 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Been a wet week down here so i got busy on these Pluton legs by cutting the old worn point/wings off and welding on a new foot ,i also put a 2nd hand bit of ware- shim on the front of the legs at the bottom ,if it hard and dry after harvest they will do 20-30 acres ,if there is a bit of moisture they will do 50 acres + 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 I have been trying to spray the sugar beet the last 10 days or so to take out the broad leaved weeds ,on saturday evening the wind dropped right down so i thought its now or never ,after about 40mm rain the last week it was a bit sticky on the top and going uphill in places wheels was a slipping but i got it done and was dry for the following 5or6 hrs so chemical should start to work ,sorry if videos are a bit poor as its a job to steer, hold phone and keep a eye on booms all at once VID_20210522_183338.mp4 VID_20210522_183438.mp4 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 Nice early start watching the Cygnets and their proud parents on Ulley Reservoir. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 been down cornwall most of last week and this, doing some prep work for all this g7 stuff due next month, mostly proving fibres for the press and actual site, plus extra ones into newquay airport, few other places as well ,whilst heading about i noticed a large amount of new case tractors working, a brand that wasnt overly common down west, but have found out why now, one of the dealers down there,which despite swapping owners /names several times ,has been a jd dealer for at least 20 years that i can remember,prob even longer , has swapped to case. even the little 2140 they had for the advertising trailer at the front has gone, replaced with an equally mint ih 844 . you can see the yard on the way back and i couldnt see a single green machine in it ,even old stuff wise . not sure when it happened but must have been 6 months since i last went that way,and was jd then. pretty loyal customers to all swap that quick . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmd Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 matt brought this mccormick home the other week to take to collage to put on the dyno, collage had asked a few of them if they could bring a tractor in so this was a customers of charnlys had it since new and charnleys chipped it for him so they were keen to know the power increse so i think matt said it should have been 160 and it was 186 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmd Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 Matt also came home on this xtx 200 to deliver a new malone tedder to a customer must admit it sounded well with its cummins engine 20210530_084037_Trim.mp4 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmd Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 Me and Tom have been having a tidy up at home today ive got plans passed for a steel frame building to keep my tractor and loadall matts tractor and my scaffold in 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gav836 Posted June 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 3, 2021 Been PDI’ing this Caffini cannon sprayer and installing it with the customer for the past couple of days for use in the forestry industry. First one of its type in the UK. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 On 5/30/2021 at 9:51 PM, jmd said: Matt also came home on this xtx 200 to deliver a new malone tedder to a customer must admit it sounded well with its cummins engine 20210530_084037_Trim.mp4 Glad to see Matt is still living the dream☺️ and you are all well and keeping busy ,your shed will be just the job for your tractors 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Most of last weekend i was spraying fungicides on the crops and a few hrs this week in the evenings or early mornings as its been to hot doing the day ,bit jumpy on the video as job to steer with your knees and hold phone at the same time VID_20210531_091501.mp4 VID_20210531_091903.mp4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Got the major out the other day as i needed this roll that i had left tucked in a hedge for a grass seed job 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Spent a day dragging some grass harrows around levelling out for a couple of gardens ,also a pallet behind the quad as i spread on the grass seed as you can see where you have been ,then gave it a walk over picking up the bigger stones then rolled it all down ,with the nice steady rain we have had today it might be poking though next week 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmd Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 22 hours ago, smithy said: Glad to see Matt is still living the dream☺️ and you are all well and keeping busy ,your shed will be just the job for your tractors 👍 Cheers smithy yes matt still living the dream loves his work . thanks we are all well hope you and yours are too. Yes my shed should do the job nicely but no doubt it will be soon full and i will need to extend it😄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmd Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 22 hours ago, smithy said: Spent a day dragging some grass harrows around levelling out for a couple of gardens ,also a pallet behind the quad as i spread on the grass seed as you can see where you have been ,then gave it a walk over picking up the bigger stones then rolled it all down ,with the nice steady rain we have had today it might be poking though next week Looks like your as busy as ever smithy, you've made a nice job of leveling the garden 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger82 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Uncle at silage today the BIG M broke down mowing so got out the fendt 211 to help out 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger82 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Big M came back to finish off the mowing 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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