smithy Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 4 hours ago, Valley Axe Man said: Hahaha Smithy, good one..... though to be fair better than peanuts..... a brew's too wet without a biscuit or two Yes I will second that got to have biscuits , Happy New Year 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger82 Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 We have been working on the engine the last few week but got it into the tractor and running today . 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 16 hours ago, trigger82 said: We have been working on the engine the last few week but got it into the tractor and running today . Good to see you have the engine laying on a Health and Safety approved table/workbench there Trigger its a bit like what I would do 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger82 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 1 hour ago, smithy said: Good to see you have the engine laying on a Health and Safety approved table/workbench there Trigger its a bit like what I would do Well it not on table now it in tractor ... ha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mf135 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 On 2 January 2017 at 3:48 PM, trigger82 said: Well it not on table now it in tractor ... ha Good luck with the BMC mini tractor in the back ground if the engines mess't with that it's and arm and both legs to put right as done one end of last year! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger82 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 3 hours ago, mf135 said: Good luck with the BMC mini tractor in the back ground if the engines mess't with that it's and arm and both legs to put right as done one end of last year! No engine all good even do we bought it and man side it was sized .ha just need few bits for it. Do you know and one with parts ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mf135 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 21 hours ago, trigger82 said: No engine all good even do we bought it and man side it was sized .ha just need few bits for it. Do you know and one with parts ? These little BMC Mini engines were a 900cc 16 horsepower Diesel version of the A series petrol Morris minor and mini engines. Mine has only done 1900hrs from new and the engine ware was unbelievable for low hours but it was a common fault and if you don't have good compression on these small engines starting can be a bit s**t ! Best place for parts is J Charnley, www.charnleys.com these guys are pretty good and got parts on the shelf as well as remake items like I said it's not cheap four piston ring sets are £90 to start with it cost me a £1k to rebuild the engine. But the tractor is so original it was worth doing. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super6 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 1 hour ago, mf135 said: These little BMC Mini engines were a 900cc 16 horsepower Diesel version of the A series petrol Morris minor and mini engines. Mine has only done 1900hrs from new and the engine ware was unbelievable for low hours but it was a common fault and if you don't have good compression on these small engines starting can be a bit s**t ! Best place for parts is J Charnley, www.charnleys.com these guys are pretty good and got parts on the shelf as well as remake items like I said it's not cheap four piston ring sets are £90 to start with it cost me a £1k to rebuild the engine. But the tractor is so original it was worth doing. Yours is an early one as these were only built with the A series 950cc engine for the first 3 years before being replaced by the B series 1500cc engine. I had to look this up as I thought they came with a bigger engine and they did, eventually. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger82 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 First day of 2017 off to feed cattle.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mf135 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 14 hours ago, super6 said: Yours is an early one as these were only built with the A series 950cc engine for the first 3 years before being replaced by the B series 1500cc engine. I had to look this up as I thought they came with a bigger engine and they did, eventually. Yep meant 950cc and yes it's early November 1966 didn't make many that year as mine is low 200's serial number. The 1500cc engine went in to the Nuffield 4/25. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 A week for the saw mill this week just running timber to Keynsham where there is a tanalising plant and back loading treated timber. Next week, I'm on for Crofts again and as far as I know, running micanthus straw up to Scunthorpe power station and back loading wheat straw to customers around Somerset. So expect photos! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 I posted some pictures of a shed/site we was clearing before and after Christmas ,well we have finished the demolition rubble all in one heap apart from the big-lumps that need a pecker to break up site is levelled up as best as we can at moment might have a crusher in this week 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger82 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Had to bring this onto a site today on the lorry . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger82 Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Bit off farming today getting true the silage pit now . 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 No power station photos I'm afraid as cameras and phones are prohibited. Smart operation though. Lorries have to be loaded a certain way, which is bales in line with the lorry bed, three high, 12 on a layer and no more than 36. Artic or lorry and drag doesn't matter. A gantry crane comes down from overhead and grips an entire layer by either side, lifts it, weighs it and takes the moisture level then disappears down the big shed and stacks them the other side of a large, steel mesh fence while you enter details into a touch screen and roll up your straps. So I was loading near Warminster in Wiltshire, tipping at the power station just outside Brigg. The reloading Hesston again but wheat for the return journey. The first and third loads to Devon/Somerset border for veg cover and the second load to a customer who grinds it up for feed ration. Here's some photos, anyway. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Photos are in a relative order of loading and tipping. Just a shame there's none of the power station. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 And a couple of meals cooked on the little gas hob I have with me if I'm away for a couple of nights. Got to eat well and keep it healthy! Salmon with stir fry veg which was cooked in white wine vinegar and soy sauce and a rump steak with asparagus, boiled spuds and tomatoes. I'll post this week's photos later, been a varied but slightly quieter compared to last week's trunking north to Brigg and back every day. Next week Im back on micanthus to Brigg again. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Some great photos, the Scanny looks very tidy given her age Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Have you thought of hosting your own in cab cooking show Tris? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 She's a cracking motor, James. I'd like to do a model of her really but time isn't on my side any more really. Under 600 genuine KMs on the clock, it was bought second hand with just over 200k on the clock. I forget how long it's been with the Crofts but although not a front line truck, she earns her keep. Oh and the 480 badge is original but the horsepower produced, isn't As for a cab cookery show, if I had my own truck full time and all the kit, I'd definitely give it a go but it has been done by Luke Vernon on his lorry-driver.com website. A lot of people now have slow cookers in their cabs these days and some of the food on the Facebook pages look bloody amazing! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Last week's round up. Monday I had off as the job was cancelled and as I worked Saturday past, I used Monday to reset my driving hours. Tuesday was an empty run up to Newtown in Powys to pick up 3CX and then down to Neath for a little New Holland. Wednesday morning I unloaded these at a customers yard and then collected 96 D4000 bales of hay for the yard, then took a loaded flat to another customer to unload which had come down from Castle Bromwich Land Rover plant. Thursday another empty run up to Hixton in Staffs to collect an accident damaged Hino for another customer and Friday, in the rigid up to the site at Castle Bromwich to pick up some stuff from the new multi-storey car park site. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger82 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Picked this up today down in kerry and have to go agan with one more thr next day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger82 Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Back down agan with a new breaker some rock there breaking ha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 8 hours ago, trigger82 said: Back down agan with a new breaker some rock there breaking ha Bet them breakers are heavy bit of kit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger82 Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Just now, Pete said: Bet them breakers are heavy bit of kit No that one is only 3ton New. i had a 6.5t on lorry one day bit to heavy do 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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