Gav836 Posted September 16, 2011 Author Share Posted September 16, 2011 It minimises bruising risk from the haulm roller Ol, with the tops on they tend to get dragged in and bash the tubers on the way through Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted September 16, 2011 Author Share Posted September 16, 2011 No problems with excess moisture here at the moment..... Smile for the camera ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted September 16, 2011 Author Share Posted September 16, 2011 Its just the light Mark, the mudguards aren't metal on the tractor so would smash instead of denting, not that I want to test that one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 You're rig is a smart looking bit of kit with all that machinery wrapped around it mate, smaaaaart 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MF-ROB Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Gav your like me you have a we 4 leg friend that goes with you in the tractor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ertlerik Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Nice pictures, love the dusty Puma, no dust around here what so ever just mud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 any beet lifted in your area yet gav? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted November 3, 2011 Author Share Posted November 3, 2011 We've had our first beet of the year lifted yesterday so I've been ploughing behind them, I can't ever remember the ground being so dry at this time of the year before, its so hard and dry under the surface that the plough points are too hot to touch when they come out of the ground! My Case has had a slight technical fault on it yesterday afternoon with the diff-lock solenoid meaning that the diff-lock was stuck on despite me not using it so I had the 6910 on the plough until lunch time today when it was all sorted. Back on the Puma at this point which ended up getting plastered in crap thanks to this lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 is that the first big issue you have had on the case then gav?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted November 3, 2011 Author Share Posted November 3, 2011 Its the first one thats caused any hold ups. It had an O-ring blow during harvest due to two of them being fitted to a bung instead of one during manufacture, it did have to be towed back to the yard last Friday due to it failing to select forward or reverse when I pulled out onto the road a short distance from the yard, that has been an intermittant fault for about 10 weeks now, usually just loses reverse though. The dealers engineer has a rough idea whats causing it but they are waiting for a response from Case on the subject and for us to finish ploughing with the tractor before taking it in to change the faulty switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted November 3, 2011 Author Share Posted November 3, 2011 Heres a few of the beet harvester and cart, its a 60 reg Verveat Beet Eater 625 and a Claas Axion 820 with Bailey Beeteaper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 gav,can i ask,the picture with all the seagulls you are ploughing at an angle ,the other pictures you are ploughing normally,why the 2 methods? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Lovely photos, although work is being done it looks quiet. .. Now, I don't mean that in a work load way but the Vervaet is plodding up and down on his own, one tractor and trailer keeping up nicely, Gav's turning the soil over. . ... It just sets a nice scene if you see what I mean. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 blimey gav, that is dry, beet time used to be mud clad tyres and roads ,power slids on the corners in my old escort in it all, and 1 hr cleaning the car before i drove home :laugh: :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted November 3, 2011 Author Share Posted November 3, 2011 gav,can i ask,the picture with all the seagulls you are ploughing at an angle ,the other pictures you are ploughing normally,why the 2 methods? Ideally I would be ploughing at an angle to the beet harvester all the time but in the first field the side hedges are parallel to each other so the only way to do it is at 90 degrees to the beet, this was the original plan but with heavy rain being forecast we daren't wait for the harvester to finish the field. The last time that field was beet 3 years ago the harvester actually got stuck in it at this time of year so that field can be very wet. Its nigh on impossible to plough the ground over level how I was doing it there as the plogh wheel drops in all the harvester wheelings so not really recommended practice but needs must Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Ideally I would be ploughing at an angle to the beet harvester all the time but in the first field the side hedges are parallel to each other so the only way to do it is at 90 degrees to the beet, this was the original plan but with heavy rain being forecast we daren't wait for the harvester to finish the field. The last time that field was beet 3 years ago the harvester actually got stuck in it at this time of year so that field can be very wet. Its nigh on impossible to plough the ground over level how I was doing it there as the plogh wheel drops in all the harvester wheelings so not really recommended practice but needs must got you gav,thanks for the reply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 We've had our first beet of the year lifted yesterday so I've been ploughing behind them, I can't ever remember the ground being so dry at this time of the year before, its so hard and dry under the surface that the plough points are too hot to touch when they come out of the ground! My Case has had a slight technical fault on it yesterday afternoon with the diff-lock solenoid meaning that the diff-lock was stuck on despite me not using it so I had the 6910 on the plough until lunch time today when it was all sorted. And so it all begins..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted November 6, 2011 Author Share Posted November 6, 2011 At least its only one fault on the tractor in 500 hours, the 6920s could barely manage 100 hours without going wrong in one way or another........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Do you know what the 69 was like in its first 500hrs, Gav? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted November 6, 2011 Author Share Posted November 6, 2011 I have the year on year bills for it here up until 30/4/2010 and by the looks of it it wasn't trouble free back then either with a few parts failures on there, the 09/10 costs were almost 8 times that of the 05/06 ones though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pj witch Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 I have the year on year bills for it here up until 30/4/2010 and by the looks of it it wasn't trouble free back then either with a few parts failures on there, the 09/10 costs were almost 8 times that of the 05/06 ones though father-in-law drives a jd 6920 and reckons it spends more time at the dealers than in the fields ,good job they still got the old 4255 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted November 8, 2011 Author Share Posted November 8, 2011 After ploughing our last 2.5ha for wheat this morning I have spent the rest of the day renewing metal on the plough and giving it a greae up before starting on ploughing next years beet land in the morning. Fitted to the plough were: 10 Landsides 10 Landside Wedges 10 One Way Points 10 Shares 10 Shins 40 M10 Nuts & Bolts 64 M12 Nuts and Bolts Should be ok for a few more acres now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Looking better gav, any reason why no tungsten? I'm all tungsten and for this season been superb my landslides, shares, skimmer points and shins are now on 1100+ acres (on a 7f though) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted November 8, 2011 Author Share Posted November 8, 2011 A few very good reasons, I've never got on very well with them in the past, our neighbour has had problems with them and finally my boss nearly had a heart attack at the price of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 is that the first major replacement of big items since you got it then gav? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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