Gav836 Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 I can sympathise with you on the itching Stan, I only have to look at barley or barley straw to start itching. I keep a pack of prescription only allergy tablets and cream in the house at all times just incase I have anything to do with it. Evil stuff that never fails to set my skin allergy to it off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorbob Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 just been to one of my secret toy shops and picked up a britains kemper header,4 renault 103.54 tractors, and a vamlet /loader (orange )tractor... all discontinued...and all very cheap.. a good morning i think... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 Yorkshireman Scott Waites winning the Grand Slam of Darts tournament, coming from eight legs to nil down to beat James Wade. Awesome come back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Two and a half nice days away from work... with some good company... I laughed a few times until my face hurt... met some old friends across the waters.. made some new ones, bought, ogled and fondled some farm models... and went shopping for MF brochures... life just don't get any better than that really Happy days And a special thanks to my 'fellow musketeers' for putting up with me.. and especially to Tris for taking some of the strain out of driving too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Getting down to and back from the Lakeland show at Penrith on one tank of fuel. Did 525 miles averaging 40.8 MPG at at an average speed of 60 MPH and the computer said I still had a range of 40 miles to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pj witch Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 the car passing it,s MOT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Ferguson Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Meeting lots of new people at the Lakeland Model Show and getting together with some old ones (Barry and Stevie) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1/32 farmer Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 get to and from lakeland show(14hrsbehind the wheel) had a good time with fellow ftfers(inthe pubs) and a special thank you to hazel and daimen for the lovely pork pies delivered to the stall for udi and my self yum yum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 gran turismo 5 came today from amazon ,a day before its official release,only been waiting 18 months!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milo Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 i'm off to the new holland factory in basildon tomorrow for me tour and also, made me smile, out the road from my house a farmer has cut grass for round silage bales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakescot Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 well thats me passed the Sprayer cert tests...32 out of 33 in Pa1 and he said only a odd very minor thing to do with the workings and the pump of the sprayer......told me I was an excellent candidate too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Thats good news John, told you it was easy if you had common sense and just said the right things didn't I ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMB Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 well thats me passed the Sprayer cert tests...32 out of 33 in Pa1 and he said only a odd very minor thing to do with the workings and the pump of the sprayer......told me I was an excellent candidate too Congratulations John! I don't remember being asked specific questions about sparayer workings when I did the test though \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 That would have been the PA2 John is talking about there I'd have thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakescot Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Congratulations John! I don't remember being asked specific questions about sparayer workings when I did the test though \ thank you very much..yes I had already sat the PA1 before we started outside on the PA2 part......... we were warned that this assessor did like you to understand the plumbing of the machine and I got why when he explained his reasoning behind this. It was mainly safety.... ..........he`s a practical guy, a farmer ,and he said the risks associated with machinery breakdown were pretty high in terms of potential operator contamination and pollution so if whilst in the process of using it, the sprayer happened to breakdown and you knew how it works,ie where the relevant hoses go to and where they come from ,how the pump operates, what`s a suction hose, what`s a pressure hose etc,if you have to take it apart you know where the greatest risk of getting cotaminated comes from. Upon knowing how it works , a practical guy can "PERHAPS" fix it himself thus avoiding travelling back to the yard with chemical mix in the tank, without getting anyone else coming to fix it, who is likely to be less well trained in safety using pesticides....he added how many mechanics do you know that do this course,contaminated with spray, avoid leaving a mix too long in the tank where it may settle or solidify as in the jellying effect of some substances, avoiding having to wait on someone coming to fix it when you had ideal weather conditions given our often rather small weather windows .......... I sort of got his thinking. he referred to it in the first section of the assessment under the part relating to and here I quote from the assessment schedule.......... "Identify applicator controls and components, demonstrate knowledge of liquid flow,action of the applicator in filling,application and circulation modes" that part was quite confusing for me despite some training,given my no knowledge of using a sprayer ! It did show , well it was obvious to me anyway that I wasnt totally comfortable with all how the sprayer actually worked. I did tell him I hadn`t sprayed and that my machine at home was very different to the one we had. He replied well that may be but basically most sprayers work on the same principals so your knowledge would be expected to transfer to most machines and it is part of the assessment that you should know how it works, see above quote...... he was fine however, we got on well enough,he was`nt too hard to please, for instance I never had to measure the 100m for calibration, nor did I have to measure out the bouts using marker poles as we were on grass (just using water)The sprayer has no foam marker ,no GPS on the tractor and no tramlines to follow, I just explained how I would go about measuring it out. I never had to clear a blocked nozzle,no filter check and no re check of the flow rate to achieve the exact amount he asked for as the minute calibration test didnt match the required flow rate I was asked for.It was a marked difference at 0.88 l/min compared with the 1.2 required. I said well we could adjust pressure, slow down or change the nozzles which I`d prefer to do given its quite a large change needed and the latest label recommendations for the product we had been given now state we shouldn`t exceed 2.5 bar ( Barclay gallup 360) this wasn`t on the label example we were given to use for the assessment. got a bit of a nod and a wink for that extra info on giving advice to anyone else going to do it I`d say go for it, it`s not horrendous but be well prepared..... do remember the old adage PERFECT PLANNING PREVENTS POOR PERFORMANCE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Discovering Model Farmer magazine being sold in my local newsagents that goes by the name of "Eastgate News" just a short walk from where I live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPN Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 There was a bit of a thaw this afternoon, so I decided to take the opportunity to head down the local Londis to stock up on firelighters, heineken and top up the credit in the mobile before we get snowed in. Got down there, spotted that they had one copy of the January 2011 Classic Tractor on the shelf, and promptly forgot the firelighters, heineken or phone credit. Managed to get the car back up the hill to the farm before I remembered why I went down there in the first place. Really pleased with the Classic Tractor though, and delighted the local shop now stocks it. Not so pleased that I'm going to freeze to death, whilst sober, and I can't phone for help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 Never mind Stan... if you are careful you'll not run out of toilet paper :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 the damage to the collection isnt as bad as i thought, only 3 that are a real concern, all avaiable still so may swap them, couple have dried out a lot better than i thought, inc my white xerion which i thought was buggered and mymf 5480 to, which along with the xerion dont look to be any different now they have dried Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordantaylor Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 IVE PASSED MY RTV TEST ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Well done Jordan ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordantaylor Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Well done Jordan ;) thanks, it was quite challenging as i was doing it on compacted snow so the manitou was sliding all over the place, im surprised they didnt call it off but it was fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMB Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 thanks, it was quite challenging as i was doing it on compacted snow so the manitou was sliding all over the place, im surprised they didnt call it off but it was fun Well done there. Is the Manitou easy to learn on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 Another day off work ...but its a holiday or work a day at the weekend to make up..on the bright side went to post a letter and had a pub lunch and a couple of pints since well it was snowing for the walk home ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Gough Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 After starting to clean out my grans attic so it can be insulated we came across some boxes of old britains toys that were used by my dad and uncle, along with some posters. On closer inspection i found some good models like the Bomford superflow, vicon acrobat, trailers, multi-level elavator, forager (orange), 2x Ford 5000, 1 MF 135, 1 MF 135 industrial, disk harrow, 2x rollers (1 red, 1 green), 2x balers (1 Bamford, 1 New Holland) and a Shawnee Poole dump trailer to name quite a few. The posters were of a County, a Massey 30 drill, a Massey 128 baler and a Massey 625 combine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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