Barry Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Never seen one "in the flesh" so when i found out there was one behind the house i used to live in, i was there like a shot...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gav836 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Thats quite an old harvester there Bazza, must be 10 years old or more with the old style cab on it. Good pics though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Barry Posted February 1, 2007 Author Share Posted February 1, 2007 Thats quite an old harvester there Bazza, must be 10 years old or more with the old style cab on it. Good pics though Yeah, M reg.....because the sugar factory in Shropshire is closing, most farmers in Herefordshire are stopping growing beet on a big scale, only for fodder beet, the owner of this was offered ?8k for this one when harvesting finishes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted February 1, 2007 Author Share Posted February 1, 2007 ....lovely..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEBRITFARMER Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Thats quite an old harvester there Bazza, must be 10 years old or more with the old style cab on it. Good pics though When you making one Gav Thanks for the pics Bazza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Barry Posted February 1, 2007 Author Share Posted February 1, 2007 ....last ones.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 nice collection of Pics Baz ;D ;D, seem to be a few around here and those matriot type ones??, i think a lot of beet here is harvested by contractors now days, long gone are the old standen tornados etc. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted February 1, 2007 Author Share Posted February 1, 2007 I know, shame.....next door to this farm i used to live on is a contractor who has 3 Vervaets and now nobody is growing it, his gear is worth nowt! There are a few farmer who are gonna carry on and transport it further to Lincoln i believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 can they use the same machine to lift feed beet then if the normal crops aint grown any more?? or is that to expensive for the farmer/contractor to run Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 can they use the same machine to lift feed beet then if the normal crops aint grown any more?? or is that to expensive for the farmer/contractor to run Yeah you can use the same machine, the way we've done it was to lift the topper up and take all the scalper knives out of it as you want the beets whole as much as possible not with the crowns missing like on sugar beet. They aren't cheap machines to run but for a smaller grow a machine like this would be justifiable compared to the cost of a trailed on now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Nice pictures there Bazza......It's one crop that I sadly don't get to see any of up here......Just have to make up for it with tatties and carrots I suppose...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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