RichardJW1 Posted July 17, 2008 Author Share Posted July 17, 2008 Nice shots - not so sure about sowing barley with a spinner though We also have a MF 30 2.4m so suits our 12m tramlines perfectly - a hoe coulter not disc like yours and row crop wheels on it I note a digger has been added to the fleet in your signature ;) Father and me are both not exactly over the moon about broadcasting in the barley, but its all down to my brother now. He decides....such is life. When I worked at home I went out of my way to drill and tram-line, pushing in the sliders in the chutes manually and taking them out every four rounds, working on 10 metres. I guess everyone has their own priorities. Yes, a Ford 655C has joined the line up, brother has just recently adapted a toe-tip bucket for loading corn this year......so no more lifting 4.5" augers around!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 It looks very tidy - I noticed alright about the Q/A on the other forum..... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJW1 Posted July 20, 2008 Author Share Posted July 20, 2008 I was digging thru the pics on this 'ere confuser and found this one of our first combine a 726 with bagger, must have been in the mid-'60s, prior to father upgrading to a 780 special - with a tank!!!!.......progress came in leaps and bounds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 wow what a great picture mate, looks like farthers haveing fun with the smile on his face to, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerstarâ„¢ Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Love these older photos, could you post a few more up please if you have any? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJW1 Posted July 20, 2008 Author Share Posted July 20, 2008 How's this then? I don't really know when this was taken but its when the thresher turned up.....so say the '50s The thresher is being driven by a Marshall (can't quite make out which series ) There's a high Major E27N in the baler and you can see our old Nuffield M4 there with its nose looking out the gateway and a trailer hooked up This was a photo taken by the Western Morning News back at the same time..... .....and this was the inspiration to father buying his first 726 pictured above. This one belonged to a contractor at the time, I'm guessing it was '62/'63 ish time [tractorman, this is in the field up beside the main road where those old metal railings are] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 yeah can see that mate, not many if any fileds out that way other than that one with metal railings :D lovley pics again, do you have more?? i guess you more or less have a full time line of the farm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJW1 Posted July 20, 2008 Author Share Posted July 20, 2008 Tractorman, Well I have these from waaaayyyy back, but the more recent ('70s & '80s) are unfortunately pretty minimal....I have some from dealer days in the early '90s but will need to scan them in - when I get back home Anyway here's a few more from the days of the binder - an Albion binder, if you ever did!!! Now maybe some of you folks with an historical excavator background maybe able to identify this machine - they were putting in the main water pipe in to Salcombe - way back 'then'.....you'll no doubt recognise this place along the road, Tractorman - just down in the dip by them steel railings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJW1 Posted July 21, 2008 Author Share Posted July 21, 2008 Pressing on on Sunday afternoon, not the best of crops....had to Round-up it off to get through the weed - bl00dy agronomists!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 yeah i know where you mean richard, bet those pipes are still working to :D nice latest pic to mate, was a cracking day sunday wasnt it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 More nice shots there Richard - keep them coming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJW1 Posted November 9, 2008 Author Share Posted November 9, 2008 Here's a few from the summer, or should I say the three dry days in August.... cutting some oats..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Loooooverly Richard She is a nice old girl that '40. Some fair old slopes she has to pull up aswell. Do you have any pics from this autumns working down at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJW1 Posted November 9, 2008 Author Share Posted November 9, 2008 Unfortunately not Deere-est, I was at home on holiday during August and made the most of it with the camera hence these and the ploughing pics on the other thread. Mind you brother has only just got the last of the winter barley in last week!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Is that everything drilled up now then? Would have been nice to see some of the family gear working them slopes in the challenging season we have had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ма��u$*2k9*kid Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 lovely lovely new Holland 8040 :) Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJW1 Posted November 10, 2008 Author Share Posted November 10, 2008 Is that everything drilled up now then? Would have been nice to see some of the family gear working them slopes in the challenging season we have had. Yes, its all in the ground now, see what next year's harvest brings.......stay tuned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Some excellent photos in this post especially some of the older ones ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Long time no hear Richard - great to see the 8040 out again - those oats look well hammered into the ground Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJW1 Posted November 10, 2008 Author Share Posted November 10, 2008 Some excellent photos in this post especially some of the older ones ;) Its funny that you should say that because Father thought a Dyson would have been more suitable......oats will shed easy enough as it is without strong wind and rain to help.....another remarkable harvest!!!.......so by the law of probability we should be on for a drought next year!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ма��u$*2k9*kid Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 love the county * * :o :o :o what a machine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJW1 Posted July 28, 2009 Author Share Posted July 28, 2009 Soon be time to get the 8040 ready again - as soon as we get a dry 5 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakescot Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 yep some good pics,big hills too ............read about you broadcasting barley, thats the way the "experts" round here are recommending we sow for arable silage or wholecrop........lookin forward to seeing " harvest on the edge 09" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 steeper hills than yours round here worked to aint there richard, surprised you havnt got going yet, quite a few seem to have cornwall way, but when i was out south milton last week, i didnt see one field started, but did see the deutz(red one) combine parked up in the filed in the farm behind the garage in marlbrough, the one down in the valley ,pretty sure t wa sa deutz, they had it last time isaw them cutting anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 the broadcasting seed option seems to be used more & more on difficult soil , at upcerne nr dorchester we had chalk & flint brash , so seed was applied with an overum tive then run over with the discs, it was very much a minimum input modest output croping system, had to be as the flint would take out a set of reverseable points in 2 weeks & the discs didn't fare too well either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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