trigger82 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 8 hours ago, 844john said: Looks like you were chancing your luck there Cyril! No my uncle had ripped up the field and the wheel of trailer ended up going into the track of the rip 😀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 3 hours ago, jmd said: could it be a younger goody Well done John ,that was his first 8210 sale when he worked at Potters of Wickham market . 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Agri Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Bit of spring tine harrowing this evening 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger82 Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Getting all cleaned up and ready 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Had to go to one of my local dealers this week , AGRI-HIRE at Bramford near Ipswich , the owner Tim Hubert has had his Dowdeswell DP8 A plough that he uses for match ploughing shot blasted and painted up and them rebuilt with new wearing parts ,then he has sat it in a frame with hidden wheels and pushed it into there showroom ,as we cant walk around the show room at the moment i could only take this one photo 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Gave my mates Belarus a wash down ,once i had cleaned my glasses i noticed i had missed a few bits so will run over it again as soon as i can find the time VID_20210315_174853.mp4 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 I'm sure if tractors could talk that Belarus would be saying "please can I stay here with you Smithy!"😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 was there a dealer ho that way at some point smithy ? there used to be a good few of them around worlingworth and that way , inc a few crawlers, and i never did find out where they came from dealer wise 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 11 hours ago, Tractorman810 said: was there a dealer ho that way at some point smithy ? there used to be a good few of them around worlingworth and that way , inc a few crawlers, and i never did find out where they came from dealer wise Yes it was Tuckwells of Worlingworth . There is a one man band dealer out near Sudbury that i got a water pump from a couple of years ago ,he is Chris Bright or Brightwell cant remember ,i went there to pick up the pump but the gasket was missing so he said he would deliver it ,i was expecting him to turn up in a van but he pulled into my yard in one of them orange 3 wheeled Bond-Buggies 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger82 Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Lad came to sand blast this Toyota landcruise. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 2 hours ago, smithy said: Yes it was Tuckwells of Worlingworth . There is a one man band dealer out near Sudbury that i got a water pump from a couple of years ago ,he is Chris Bright or Brightwell cant remember ,i went there to pick up the pump but the gasket was missing so he said he would deliver it ,i was expecting him to turn up in a van but he pulled into my yard in one of them orange 3 wheeled Bond-Buggies i never knew tuckwells did belarus, knew they started as fordson, then became the uk’s first jd dealer, but dont recall seeing belarus tractors in the yard, and i used to go in most saturdays with my uncle just to see what was going on ,i domt recall it being in the article in ct mag either when they did the history off them and the jd franchise either . i assume its old man len tuckwell we are on about, as he formed the company . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 9 hours ago, Tractorman810 said: i never knew tuckwells did belarus, knew they started as fordson, then became the uk’s first jd dealer, but dont recall seeing belarus tractors in the yard, and i used to go in most saturdays with my uncle just to see what was going on ,i domt recall it being in the article in ct mag either when they did the history off them and the jd franchise either . i assume its old man len tuckwell we are on about, as he formed the company . Yes it was Len Tuckwell , i had a mate that was in his eighty's when he passed away about 10 years ago he used to demonstrate them , he told me there was 4 or 5 Russians come over to help sort out any problems ,none could speak English , Tuckwells put them in bed an breakfast at i think it was the Cherry Tree Inn at Debenham , the landlord at the time had to call in Len Tuckwell as they had a habit of spitting on the floor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 the cherry tree inn, remember that place 😁 had the odd lunch there and occasional pint when we used the dealer there for parts, right in the middle of the village, names gone now,but they did a lot of grass kit .will have to ask my uncle when i am up in may( covid allowing) if they were around when he started, i only remember jd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 12 hours ago, Tractorman810 said: the cherry tree inn, remember that place 😁 had the odd lunch there and occasional pint when we used the dealer there for parts, right in the middle of the village, names gone now,but they did a lot of grass kit .will have to ask my uncle when i am up in may( covid allowing) if they were around when he started, i only remember jd Bloomfield's, yes did grass kit and they was the best N/H Combine dealer around for parts and service ,they had a big stock of new and refurbished parts on the shelf , all there workers would go the extra mile to help you out , sadly they no longer deal in machinery they only do grain handling equipment ,and i think they are owned by Ben Burgess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 4 hours ago, smithy said: Bloomfield's, yes did grass kit and they was the best N/H Combine dealer around for parts and service ,they had a big stock of new and refurbished parts on the shelf , all there workers would go the extra mile to help you out , sadly they no longer deal in machinery they only do grain handling equipment ,and i think they are owned by Ben Burgess Thats them, always had stuff out on display on the main road . Remember them being very helpful and they did give me a britains ford 6600 one year , proper old school dealer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Snowing again up here today, but at least this white stuff is welcome on the ground! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 and most important job.....a good wash off when we've finished! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 I was in Agri-Hire again the other day and this is one that they had just built for a customer 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 One of the many jobs we have been doing in the last week or so ,powerharrowing ready for sugar beet which should be planted tomorrow VID_20210401_082201.mp4 VID_20210401_090504.mp4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 My mate Colin found a wet hole the other day 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 So i sent my grandson, Theo with his new tractor (he was 2 last week) to pull ☺️ out VID-20210328-WA0005.mp4 VID-20210328-WA0006.mp4 VID-20210328-WA0007.mp4 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger82 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Getting ready for sowing 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jmd Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 On 4/1/2021 at 1:15 PM, smithy said: So i sent my grandson, Theo with his new tractor (he was 2 last week) to pull ☺️ out VID-20210328-WA0005.mp4 VID-20210328-WA0006.mp4 VID-20210328-WA0007.mp4 That will pull it out smithy its blue😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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