Deere-est Posted October 26, 2008 Author Share Posted October 26, 2008 Busy field with the two balers going and the Manitou stacking. The tractor had gone off to get another trailer. Big baler joins the combine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted October 26, 2008 Author Share Posted October 26, 2008 Great pictures Tris. You catch some real nice red ones texas I knew you would like those photos Bas, it is a shame only one of their combines was working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted October 26, 2008 Author Share Posted October 26, 2008 I left this farm and went back down to Devizes to help the other team out as they were getting bogged down due to the weather being against them. .. trouble is after one day this happened. .. Oh the summer we had Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted October 26, 2008 Author Share Posted October 26, 2008 So I went back to where my team were just in time to catch the last little bit of action a day or two later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted October 26, 2008 Author Share Posted October 26, 2008 Two photos from the next farm, south of Bristol and this is a very very tidy duchy farm. The farmer is trying out his new stubble cultivator to see if it will incorporate the sludge, looks like it is doing a good job. John is spreading in the second field in the foreground. A regular sight in the Bath and Bristol area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted October 26, 2008 Author Share Posted October 26, 2008 These were taken at the next farm, again near Thornbury and just a stones throw from where we were getting stuck a month before. My office Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted October 26, 2008 Author Share Posted October 26, 2008 The monitor for the spreader now. In the first pic you can see the wieght in the hopper and the amount in tonnes spread so far. As the wieght decreases, the amount increases. It is measured though the four wiegh cells and the information is live - updated constantly not after each load. The second pic shows the average rate at the top and the spot rate underneath in tonnes/hectare. In my last reply showing my cab you may see a small swith behind the spool levers. Every time you turn on the headland or shut the bed off (ie after each load), you have to turn this off. Otherwise it contiues to update the average becuase the wheel sensor is still reading the wheel as it turns but no wieght change is taking place because you are not spreading so your rates drop giving you an inaccurate reading. We were aiming ofr 24t/ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted October 26, 2008 Author Share Posted October 26, 2008 The Command Centre which offers a multitude of display options of engine revs, pto gear, pto revs, fuel, time, tempreture, area monitors, tramline bouts. ... hardly any of which we needed really so we kept to the main functions of Speed, HP Boost reading, fuel, engine revs, pto speed and tempreture. Looking down the rows in a wheat stubble field after it has been spread, pretty fine wouldn't you say? Lime cake always spreads better than the thick black digested cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted October 26, 2008 Author Share Posted October 26, 2008 Same farm, the neighbour bales, buys and hauls away the straw. Again we were held up a little bit as the fields wern't cleared. With loads like this though it didn't take them long!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted October 26, 2008 Author Share Posted October 26, 2008 The next farm between the Bath and Bristol junctions of the M4 (18 and 19) and north of the motorway was a big job. Most farms have between 500 and 1500 tonnes. Or they have up to 5000t but spread as each crop is hrvested so we visit them up to four times a season. Not this farm, 5000t to spread in one hit and we were given two and a half days. It didn't happen needless to say but we did do it in three and a half Early starts and late finishes though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted October 26, 2008 Author Share Posted October 26, 2008 Thankfully this guy didn't have to much left when we got there and was far enough infront anyway that he dind't hold us up. Another fleet of Deere's and a 414 did the carting but I missed them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted October 26, 2008 Author Share Posted October 26, 2008 The farms SprayRanger, never seen one of these before and no nothing about them. Looked fairly new though, he was spraying stubble. The farms workhorse, 7800 putting osr in direct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fendt-man-matty Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 nice pics tris, nice seeing inside the cab, uyou must like chewin gum edited for text talk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted October 26, 2008 Author Share Posted October 26, 2008 A 6?20 cultivating a field after drilling with a home made min-till train. McConnel Shakerator, twin ring press and then a roller. Wasn't too bad speed wise really either. 7800 working around another pylon. Like with Erik and Bas' photos with the big wind turbines there is something about big industrial things with farm machinery working around them that makes good photos I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted October 26, 2008 Author Share Posted October 26, 2008 Another sunset out beyond Bristol and Wales. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted October 26, 2008 Author Share Posted October 26, 2008 Back to it nice and early the next day, bit damp to start so the gasses were making themselves known!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted October 26, 2008 Author Share Posted October 26, 2008 Last few now, late afternoon/early evening spreading near Aust. The Severn Bridge in the background and the tower of Aust church in the centre. Looking a little further south and the Second Severn Crossing spans a wider part of the river as the sun reflects off the water below. (Thanks Malcy_p for the tips ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted October 26, 2008 Author Share Posted October 26, 2008 My final spreading pic Wasn't when I finished, I finished a week or more after this but here is my baby with the church tower and Severn Bridge in the background again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Nice update and some nice shots there Tris..... proves you have been really busy of late ;D Me particulary liked the sunset shots ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 That last picture is great. Texas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 nice pics tris thanks for shareing pal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 Some great pictures there Tris - especially the all Case farm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted October 28, 2008 Author Share Posted October 28, 2008 Cheers guys, was a good summer for work and viewing this year. Hope to get more recent photo's up soon-ish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted November 4, 2008 Author Share Posted November 4, 2008 Well, on with the show. When I finished up with the spreading and I went on with a friend of mine who is running his own business and now and gradually taking on the work from his two uncles. Maize Missed half of it die to having to lay turf for Tracis' dad and during thsat time the TM155 was that stuck, it took two Jag 840's and a County to drag it out . .. . and I missed it Anyways, here we go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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