Gav836 Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Been near Spalding today doing a Pa2 spraying course on a farm. Bit wet when we finished! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 running round all day surveying jobs and re planning a few that were woefully wrong, the joys of our jobs now being planned in india , wont give them the call centre stuff,but they have a 6 year contract ,so we give them this instead, now nothing works 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger82 Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Another busy day today, day one of a two day telehandler course at Otley College. Training is manic at the moment, I'm even running courses on Saturdays all month as it's so busy which is very unusual! The farmers have really been pushing things up until the last moment this year, my first available booking day currently is July 31! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Dodging thunder storms to photograph a local machinery demo put on by AGCO dealer Peacock and Binnington. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Productive afternoon out with the camera. Still awaiting my first combine fix of this year, so Pea Viners will have to make do for the time being! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegreen Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Ive not seen a combine working yet either and yet much to my horror several fields to the North of the village have been cut and I missed everything!! All the barleys gone and even a couple of fields of rapeseed which is astonishing!!!!! In these parts we are never the earliest starters and yet this year rape gets cut 3 weeks early...........unbelievable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 2 hours ago, bluegreen said: Ive not seen a combine working yet either and yet much to my horror several fields to the North of the village have been cut and I missed everything!! All the barleys gone and even a couple of fields of rapeseed which is astonishing!!!!! In these parts we are never the earliest starters and yet this year rape gets cut 3 weeks early...........unbelievable Waldersey knocked some OSR off last Wednesday at Friday Bridge so they've been going for a while on it now, Legges started around that sort of time as well on the barley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 saw my first early this week, jd 10?? but wasnt going well, was stationary with loads of black smoke pouring out of the engine bay, first cut round the headlands too. but no others so far, was out paignton way and theres a good few fields looking ready in that area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 still about 3 weeks away where i work part time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 First combine photographed this afternoon to start my harvest travels earlier than I ever have before. Locally based brand new John Deere T670i Hillmaster. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike R Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 I went to the Kent show today ,it's probably the best show I have been to for some years, I took about 100 photos of tractors. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Back online! Parked up near Southampton after leaving the yard at 4 this morning to collect Hesston wheat near Ashford and deliver it near Dorchester. Back up Kent in the morning for another load for Yeovil direction I think. Still clearing a farm fof last years straw, seen a lot of barley stubble but we haven't baled anything just yet as far as I know. I collected this last week, hell of a bit of kit! Gradually been getting round the old girl with the polish too but I think she may be off to a new home after harvest 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger82 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 On 7/10/2017 at 10:48 PM, MadMark said: Thinking about selling most of my collection, starting to lose interest in it now Dont do it man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger82 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Was at a show on Sunday and seen this DB Tractor never seen one like it . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mb86 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 41 minutes ago, MadMark said: Already started, all modern one's will go first Sorry to hear this mark. I hope you get a good price for them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger82 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 2 hours ago, MadMark said: Already started, all modern one's will go first Pm me what you have forsale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 2 hours ago, MadMark said: Thanks Martin, Thinking about only keeping/ collecting the older style stuff that I grow up around As you know, that is what my collection is roughly based on, I don't have a lot of interest in modern stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 21 minutes ago, MadMark said: Know what you mean Martin, I look at the modern stuff and I've got no feelings for them, look at a Ford 6600 or a JD 3350 and floods of memoirs come back of seeing them as a kid or driving them. Think I'll keep my JD 6190r conversion and the Kubota M7171, but as for the rest no feelings for them. Exactly the reason I cleared out a large portion of my collection a few years back. Enjoy photographing real modern machinery, but have zero attachment to all of the modern models released over that last few years.Classic power all the way! Each to their own though. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 not bought a lot of modern stuff for a while now, the occasional bit like the marge tanker, not even the recent mf releases , much prefer the older replicagris and uh stuff 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Bit more combine chasing, short walk from where I live today. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 spent the day in the yard errecting a new stores cage,then stacking and sorting our holdings , as we have been loosing a huge amount to contractors and other groups coming in and helping them selfs,which is leaving us short for our own jobs, the joys of having a good control who orders the jobs stores as we need where others dont . our yard guys BTFS quoted us 3 days work and a bill of £20000 yes that much, we fell of our chairs in the office at it, luckly a old contact in the stores i know was able to supply us with this cage, 4m wide x 10m long as he owed me a few favours and its in their way after being recovered from a store that was closed down ,plus theres a bit more left we can use ,next fridays job, dount the company guys will be happy,but no way were we going to be ripped off like that,boss is well chuffed, well until he see's our bill of 18000 , well thats a 2 k saving afterall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simong Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 4 hours ago, walterderwent said: Bit more combine chasing, short walk from where I live today. That's the smallest header i've ever seen on a 780. They are usally 35-45 ft around here. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 17 minutes ago, simong said: That's the smallest header i've ever seen on a 780. They are usally 35-45 ft around here. This the second 780TT this farm has ran on a 25 foot header since 2013. Was told they prefer it for the following balers and allows them to avoid running on the swath whilst unloading on the move. Seen a few 760TTs fitted with 25 foot headers but this is only farm I know that have specified such a smaller header for a 780TT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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