Tommy Gough Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Aafter dropping it off at the yard I popped up to a farm some may know on the side of the road t'other side of Calne for these two, a Fendt 310 which is in damn fine condition and although I did not take note, I would presume by the farm not too many hours either. Secondly another tidy tractor, a Massey 290 with a Browns (Farmhand?) loader, bucket, fork, spike, dung grab and weight block. It was a squeeze but with a bit of jiggery and pokery I got it all on!! Surely it depends on the side of Calne you started on? Got an idea where you mean though and they dont look in too bad nick for older machines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted January 6, 2013 Author Share Posted January 6, 2013 The other side from where these two were :ha ha!: Same side as you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hicksy Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Just came across your thread tris you get about a bit don't ya lots of them old fergies about you must see some great sights , your thread makes a good read cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 Thanks very much Phillip, you know the lorry now incase you see me about up your way. Yeah I do get to see some interesting places and people. Try to make time for a good chin wag with folk. Still havn't unearthed that gem that turns out to be worth thousands like we all look for yet though! Glad you enjoy the thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hicksy Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 I have made a mental note of your truck so I will keep an eye open , don't forget I could be in my 95 or our jd sprayer or a 7530 either on the a34 or the a420 so flash ya lights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 Will keep'em peeled, Cheffins tomorrow so will be doing that route tomorrow around 6-7am and returning again around 3-4pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted January 13, 2013 Author Share Posted January 13, 2013 A couple more, Wales with hay as normal and was greeted with this on the way up to the farm.. The ambulance and the recovery truck turned up about 15mins after me. So while I was sat there for the 45minute recovery, I took a few foggy shots. Then on the way home, nice and clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted January 13, 2013 Author Share Posted January 13, 2013 Then a trip to the docks with this little lot. The Freelander is chocked up over the fifth wheel on sleepers. It is then wire roped to the chassis and secured with bolt clamps and it is also welded to the DAF via angle iron struts. Still, I was refused!! Reason being the wire rope was not thick enough, yet it is at another berth on Tilbury Dock and the welding, although looks fine cannot be assured by a breakout rating. So as well as all of this, I had to ratchet each wheel down and put another strap from front to back. So I was five straps and five ratchets down when I got to the next place to pick up a 6640 4wd with loader, 7810 4wd and a 6120 4wd. I forgot to take a photo of this load, the 7810 was a beauty, 6640 looked like it had come straight from Basra and the 6120 was tidy in appearance but well used. Followed by Cheffins on Friday with a load of spares. Cab, loader, wheels and tyres, tyres, sheet metal parts, doors, bale spike, alternators, exhausts, linkage parts, gearbox parts, hydraulic parts, steering parts, front axles, a disc plough ... 37 lots in total. And a return load of three 590's and 575 bringing up the rear. Two four wheel drives on board made it a tight fit so I had to pull the valves on the 575 tyres to get the ramps up I like this photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 A few updates, nothing exciting but that may come in the next few weeks with some busy days ahead. Dock runs, Cheffins February sale in Cambridgeshire, hay for Wales. . .. should be a fair few miles to clock up! Anyway, picked up some trailers which have been rebuilt for us. The usual set up where we supply and shot blasted and undercoat ready chassis and this chap fabricates new floor and drop sides and gives it a fresh coat of paint ready for our exports. On the way through the village to the workshops. Loading up. On the way back out and through the village again A Volvo FL6 I picked up near Tollard Royal, used as a cold store by a chicken farmer. The only (and not very good) pic I got after delivering an MF690 to a dairy farm near by, a really genuine and very well kept example it is too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 Now the Fendt 310 Turbomatic I mentioned in another topic, if I had the money.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 Another couple of brutes in the yard but a bit boxed in for a decent photo.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MF-ROB Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Now the Fendt 310 Turbomatic I mentioned in another topic, if I had the money.... [img=http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r109/Deere-est/Self%20Employed%20Work/Howard%20and%20Sons/DSCN0974.jpg] [img=http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r109/Deere-est/Self%20Employed%20Work/Howard%20and%20Sons/DSCN0980.jpg] [img=http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r109/Deere-est/Self%20Employed%20Work/Howard%20and%20Sons/DSCN0976.jpg] [img=http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r109/Deere-est/Self%20Employed%20Work/Howard%20and%20Sons/DSCN0975.jpg] [img=http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r109/Deere-est/Self%20Employed%20Work/Howard%20and%20Sons/DSCN0979.jpg] [img=http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r109/Deere-est/Self%20Employed%20Work/Howard%20and%20Sons/DSCN0978.jpg] Mmmmm Tris how much we talking about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 Isn't she lovely?!! I'm not sure what the asking price is to be honest but I am guessing £15k would not be far off ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 cracking fendt mate ,maybe trade the coffin carrier in on her ?? just wondering, i see you quite often have mf 80 loaders away to cheffins ,do howards not sell many loader ,if any? , fitted to the fergys they sell out to africa then??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 The odd one or two get put on but not many, Sean. Some go on ebay too. I'd like that little Fendt, be away raking and wrapping with that . ... in my element. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 there i am slating the uh mf 690 bonnet,but from that picture tris it does look like the bonnet slopes down a bit,not as much as uh's model,but it is sloping isnt it? next time you run across a 690 you couldnt take a picture of the bonnet side on tris?,great topic by the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 often wondered, you seem to pick a good few up , but never see them after bar cheffin lots ect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 There must be a a 4wd variant around the yards somewhere for you, Paul. I shall have a dig about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 There must be a a 4wd variant around the yards somewhere for you, Paul. I shall have a dig about thankyou very much tris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMB Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Hope Mr Fry doesn't mind, this is one I took of the 2wd 690 at Cirencester Agricultural College: Very slight gradient if any? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 And if anything you'd think the 2wd would be steeper. How much do they want for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Hope Mr Fry doesn't mind, this is one I took of the 2wd 690 at Cirencester Agricultural College: Very slight gradient if any? thanks chris,like you say slight slope,nothing like the uh model,that is a ski run Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDFord Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 The Fendt is a smart little tractor, plenty of life left in it - Devon registered I see, is that where you collected it from ? I suppose you could become it's new owner by working of it's price without pay - wonder how long that would take though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 That Fendt, what a little gem of a tractor! ....I do hope Weise produce one of those in due course in 1/32nd scale. That 3645 looks very clean as well. Fascinating updates as always Tris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 Thanks guys, it came from a farm just 15 miles away near Calne, Mark. May have been a second hand buy through the dealer network though unless the chap moved up here from down that way maybe. As for working it off ... I would like to retire one day! Thanks, David. ... could do with an on board photographer some days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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