Gav836 Posted November 30, 2005 Author Share Posted November 30, 2005 Think i might have you in tears then when you see the picture of one 8560 pointing skywards with a 4m drill on it then, over the rear axle in mud!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Sounds interesting, look forward to seeing that one...... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted November 30, 2005 Author Share Posted November 30, 2005 Got some of the farms own TSA115 in a similar position with a topper on!!(we are only contractors for him) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 who can make one of them ???....i know MJB1 was gonna try :) was i ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 F140!!! What a tractor. There was a huge contractor round our way a fey years back called Salmons. They had about a dozen F140's aswell as big JD'd like 4750's and stuff. They travelled everywhere, even taking a whole silage crew to Portsmouth by road one year and staying there in caravans. They packed up and somewhere along the line Southwick Tractors was born. Anyway, my mates Dad bought one of there F140's and swapped it in for a TM of some kind. She had pushed out nearly 10,000hrs and was still chuffing away. Hell of a roar to them, the only Fiat in history to be built well!! It whooped along with their JF1350 in second cut silage. Didnt the 60series use 350the basics of the Winner's back end? Hell of a tractor, nice to see a pic of one that has been looked after Gav. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted December 1, 2005 Author Share Posted December 1, 2005 Yea the back end of the F140 is almost identical to the 60/TM series, the front axle is also the same. Although the tractor is only the run about now we still think she needs looking after, i usually touch up all the paintwork around the nose every year, just to keep her looking good. New headlights were fitted to improve things, and at present we are trying to persuade the boss to fit a new, more comfortable seat to it. It really is a nice sounding tractor when it's under load. our Amazone RPD402 drill/powerharrow combi used to see to that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 Glad to hear it Gavin. Good news. Alot went for export so it is nice to see one still being used but more importantly being looked after along the way too. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new holland driver Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 hi gavin at work we have a lot of the smae rigs as you 8560 on 4m cult drill is yours a ancord and we have the same phoulgh rig as that 836 6 furrow lemken is yours a europal and have you had any big probs with yours as we have had meanger probs with or 03 plate one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted December 2, 2005 Author Share Posted December 2, 2005 We had to have 75%of the front axle replaced under warranty due to insufficient grease nipples being fitted, it wore out! Had several little electronic niggles, and presently a software fault where it won't remember any auto diff lock settings. We still won't change it though. The drill is a KRM opti drill, will try to get a pic of it at work and post here. The 8560 is on the other farm, our drilling rig is a Renault 816 and Amazone KE402/RPD402 powerharrow drill combi. Had a problem with the plough since we bought it, the metal is wearing alot more on the back furrow than elsewhere on the plough, think we might have cured it now after 18 months of trying! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted December 14, 2005 Author Share Posted December 14, 2005 Heres another picture of my Renault, taken at 7am this morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerstarâ„¢ Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 Nice , nice early start for you there gav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted December 14, 2005 Author Share Posted December 14, 2005 Thats the usual start time, early is 5 or 6am when i'm spreading fertiliser or trying not to annoy a BBC film crew whilst hoeing sugarbeet a couple of years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerstarâ„¢ Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 Fair enough, what wen't on with the BBC crew then Gav? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted December 14, 2005 Author Share Posted December 14, 2005 Don't know if you ever saw the comedy/drama Grass they done? They wanted to film one of the opening scenes on our farm (the whole thing was filmed in our village at work and on the neighbouring estate) and the sugarbeet in the adjoining field needed hoeing so i went in at 5am to do it, and even then had the rather obnoxious location manager chasing me!! : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerstarâ„¢ Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 Hoeing sugerbeet in the dark must be a bit tedius Gav? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted December 14, 2005 Author Share Posted December 14, 2005 nah, that was in May so gets light early, i hate the job enough in the light let alone doing it in the dark!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerstarâ„¢ Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 Spend half the day squinting at rows, must ache the eyes a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted December 14, 2005 Author Share Posted December 14, 2005 half the day? i do it in 10 or 12 hour shifts, it's a real killer at times! Especially when you've got as many weed beet in the fields as we have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerstarâ„¢ Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 Nightmare job then \ When I'm doing an absolute shitty job, I just look fowards to the Harvest season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted December 14, 2005 Author Share Posted December 14, 2005 i just look forward to acre number 750 cos its the last one i can then get on with servicing the combine (my baby!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new holland driver Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 that must have been a hard brith :o :o :o :'( \ [ :o :o :'( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted December 14, 2005 Author Share Posted December 14, 2005 For gods sake don't give up the day job, you won't do well as a comedian with jokes that bad!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted December 15, 2005 Author Share Posted December 15, 2005 Found a picture of our old beet drilling set up, a Fiat 110-90 and Accord Monopil drill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted December 15, 2005 Author Share Posted December 15, 2005 Heres one for all you Fendt fans, a 818 pulling 7 16 inch furrows on heavy-ish land Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Found a picture of our old beet drilling set up, a Fiat 110-90 and Accord Monopil drill havn't played monopoly for years very good pic gav :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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