chris.watson Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Your turning into a bit of a gypsy on the work front gav, you can't sit still long, can you!!! Good luck in the new job mate, to be honest, a man of your skills was never going to sit on a hedge cutter all the time. Look forward to seeing the pics from the new job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Come on Gav new day new job new pics required. Seen them on FB so we need more on here 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 I'll put a few pictures on here later Mike, the new job was a complete disaster and I've been without work for the past two weeks. I worked one full week for them, they then put me on a zero hours contract when there was no harvesting to do before getting rid of me two days after that. I start a new job tomorrow at Littleport in Cambridgeshire, it may only last until Christmas or it could last longer but I'll be ploughing for and drilling all of their cereals for them most of the time while they harvest the potatoes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 (edited) you must be popular down the job centre at least Gav ;)im sure something will turn up,it allways does Edited September 28, 2014 by paulali Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 I haven't been into a job centre for 15 or 16 years now Paul, tend to be able to find work fairly quickly as I have so many contacts locally and on the internet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 like i said Gav, im sure you will find something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 There's a chance the job that I'm starting tomorrow could turn into a permanent one, just have to see how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 Here's a few pictures from my brief stint on potatoes this autumn, I spent most of the week driving a Fendt 718. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 This is what I've been driving today, a 2010 John Deere 8345RT pulling a 3m Sumo Trio busting up land behind potatoes 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 All the best for your new job there Gavin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 nice pictures Gav,so i take it these are the guys you are working for now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 Cheers Ol and Paul. The John Deere is from where I'm working now, all the other tractors there are from the Case and NH stables. The Fendts are from the other lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.watson Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Nice to see you are driving a proper tractor now Gav mate, right shade of green. Good luck in the new job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share Posted October 5, 2014 I've switched to ploughing now with a 6 furrow Kverneland LO85 on land plough on the 8345rt, taking a bit of fine tuning as its new to the farm and not quite set up properly at the moment. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorboy Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 (edited) Nice to beable to used diff kit , rather then be in 1 cab as we tended to do years ago , good pics & updates Gav Ps id think jobcentre s are a total waste of space from my last visit in one Edited October 5, 2014 by tractorboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hicksy Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 I like the pictures of you ploughing, are the furrow splitters welded on by you or are they a kv part, good luck for the future too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike R Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Love all the photos in this topic Gav thank you Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 I like the pictures of you ploughing, are the furrow splitters welded on by you or are they a kv part, good luck for the future too Sorry I missed your question before, they are a bolt on KV part from the dealer Phillip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 Here's a few more pictures from last autumn now I've taken them off my camera. We had a Pottinger Terrasem 6m drill on demo, they left it with us for nearly three weeks so we got a massive chunk of the autumn drilling done with it. I drilled a large amount of wheat directly into stubble with it as well, the last picture is of the first field I done like that once it had got going. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 nice pictures Gav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 We also had a Horsch Sprinter ST on demo, this was only 4m wide and the dealer "insisted" we had the 6210r on demo with it........nothing to do with a Puma 210 coming up for change in the future of course. I preferred the Pottinger drill and certainly wasn't a fan of the constant heat shimmer above the bonnet of the tractor! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 This is the farms own drilling rig, a Case Puma 210 with front power harrow and rear power harrow combination fitted. The tractor does have a little black box fitted to it as well at times to allow it to work faster, I did however have a turbo hose explode on it late one evening when it was working hard! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 I did quite a bit of ploughing with the 8345rt but the tractor was absolutely useless once it turned wet so actually done most of the late ploughing with a Puma 230 and 5 furrow Lemken rather than keep elevating my blood pressure with the crawler when it spun itself into the furrow repeatedly! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 I did have one little mishap with the Lemken plough first thing one morning, the wheel spigot snapped off while it was in transport mode! The plough hit the road with a bit of a bang and a shower of sparks! The plough itself has done a lot of work so not unsurprising but at least it went where it did as another 50m it would have been in the middle of the level crossing on one of the mainlines to Ely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Good see you about ftf Gav. Beat the puma sounded good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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