mb86 Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 2 hours ago, 844john said: At least the weather's settled down a bit Martin, I knew it would, we finished yesterday! Yes finally! Don't suppose you want a few swaley ewes for a few days do you???? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 3 hours ago, mb86 said: Yes finally! Don't suppose you want a few swaley ewes for a few days do you???? Hmm, not tempting Martin, mind, these bloody Texels have driven me demented this year, contrary to what Adam Henson may try to tell you, sheep are NOT intelligent, in fact, some can't even count beyond one! They lamb a pair, but are convinced they only have one little bundle of joy, and no amount of "persuasion" can convince them otherwise Next year I'm keeping rabbits, goats, rare breeds and other assorted crap and opening the farm to the public 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 4 hours ago, 844john said: Hmm, not tempting Martin, mind, these bloody Texels have driven me demented this year, contrary to what Adam Henson may try to tell you, sheep are NOT intelligent, in fact, some can't even count beyond one! They lamb a pair, but are convinced they only have one little bundle of joy, and no amount of "persuasion" can convince them otherwise Next year I'm keeping rabbits, goats, rare breeds and other assorted crap and opening the farm to the public Ah yes, Adam Henson and his oversized toy farm. It must be tough having loads of staff to run around after you while you prance around on telly telling other people how to farm when you're not capable of doing it yourself. The swaleys are no bother really, only the odd shearling that buggers off and leaves her lamb. Id rather be dealing with sheep than the public. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FendtFarmer Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 29 minutes ago, mb86 said: Ah yes, Adam Henson and his oversized toy farm. It must be tough having loads of staff to run around after you while you prance around on telly telling other people how to farm when you're not capable of doing it yourself. The swaleys are no bother really, only the odd shearling that buggers off and leaves her lamb. Id rather be dealing with sheep than the public. Good description off Adam Henson was at a show once and he kicked off at a company because they wouldn’t give him free cattle handling equipment.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 27 minutes ago, mb86 said: Ah yes, Adam Henson and his oversized toy farm. It must be tough having loads of staff to run around after you while you prance around on telly telling other people how to farm when you're not capable of doing it yourself. The swaleys are no bother really, only the odd shearling that buggers off and leaves her lamb. Id rather be dealing with sheep than the public. Very true Martin, you can't help but feel sorry for him! As for the public, well, I don't mean to sound anti social, but the thought of hoards of townies roaming the place oohing and aahing at the lambs as I slowly boil whilst trying to persuade a shearling that the little bundles she has dropped are indeed her responsibility, and trying to get her brain dead lambs, who are desperate to suck but she won't stand still for, that my holding their heads on the tit is the best way to get a full belly instead of clamping their jaws shut and refusing point blank to suck. Of course, the minute you give in to the fact that no amount of encouragement will change their minds, and walk away from their mother before you explode in a rage, they try desperately to suck again.............and she walks away!!!! My wife often wonders why she married a farmer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 16 minutes ago, FendtFarmer said: Good description off Adam Henson was at a show once and he kicked off at a company because they wouldn’t give him free cattle handling equipment.... But he seems so nice on the television 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 57 minutes ago, FendtFarmer said: Good description off Adam Henson was at a show once and he kicked off at a company because they wouldn’t give him free cattle handling equipment.... Did they not know who he was???? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 51 minutes ago, 844john said: Very true Martin, you can't help but feel sorry for him! As for the public, well, I don't mean to sound anti social, but the thought of hoards of townies roaming the place oohing and aahing at the lambs as I slowly boil whilst trying to persuade a shearling that the little bundles she has dropped are indeed her responsibility, and trying to get her brain dead lambs, who are desperate to suck but she won't stand still for, that my holding their heads on the tit is the best way to get a full belly instead of clamping their jaws shut and refusing point blank to suck. Of course, the minute you give in to the fact that no amount of encouragement will change their minds, and walk away from their mother before you explode in a rage, they try desperately to suck again.............and she walks away!!!! My wife often wonders why she married a farmer You forgot the ones that steal lambs from another two ewes when they are thinking about giving birth themselves, then once they've had their own decide they don't wan any of them but by then the mothers of the stolen ones won't have theirs back either. Great fun. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 28 minutes ago, mb86 said: You forgot the ones that steal lambs from another two ewes when they are thinking about giving birth themselves, then once they've had their own decide they don't wan any of them but by then the mothers of the stolen ones won't have theirs back either. Great fun. I think it's called character building Martin......... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 41 minutes ago, 844john said: I think it's called character building Martin......... Mine must be fantastic. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 1 hour ago, mb86 said: Mine must be fantastic. Snap.....or is that just my temper! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegreen Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 New Holland T7.210 on the way, blackened the radiator grills too start with, no need for GPS either and an accurate set of R38 / R28s under development 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenside MF Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 nice job on the wheels phil,can see thats going to look good 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegreen Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Had a chance to paint first coat on both sides of wheels today with official New Holland white...................Looking good 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timms Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 A bit of cheap hedging I'm putting together 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Agri Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 (edited) Was experimenting with bales this morning with inspiration from James, these were used using ordinary garden string cut into 1cm (or there abouts) lengths and then pulled apart, didn't have a bale chamber machine thingy to compress them so just used walls to test. Came out alright considering, need to add string tho and possibly some glue to hold there shape but not bad for a test. And even better was £2.99 for a couple of hundred meters from B&M so can make plenty. I don't reckon it'll work for big bales but looks fine for conventional. Edited May 20, 2018 by Anderson Agri 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Turned out well, although it might benefit from a touch of diluted green watercolour paint for hay or yellow for straw, it looks like it has had a few showers of rain on it before it got baled. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPN Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Next up are an RS Cosworth Sapphire and Taskers KOBA low loader 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super6 Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 What scale is the Cossie? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Agri Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 5 hours ago, mb86 said: Turned out well, although it might benefit from a touch of diluted green watercolour paint for hay or yellow for straw, it looks like it has had a few showers of rain on it before it got baled. Will have to have a play around see what i can do, its slightly darker on the picture than in reality tho 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPN Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 35 minutes ago, super6 said: What scale is the Cossie? 1:32 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPN Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 On 5/20/2018 at 12:28 PM, SPN said: Next up are an RS Cosworth Sapphire and Taskers KOBA low loader Stage one of the lowloader mod. It has (the equivalent of) a 22ft bed, which is a bit big, but the 5C needs all of it. Fine behind a TW, but how will it look behind a 6 cylinder Major? Next up will be chopping off the triple axle tail and mounting a new 5th wheel on the dolly. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Like the look of that Stan. 6pot major will pull it no problem, it's the stopping id be worried about. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_emmons Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 A Tamiya 1/14th MAN TGX 26.540 with a full sound kit 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPN Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Sapphire RS Cosworth is coming along nicely. I went for Radiant Red over White. Still lots of fettling to do. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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