Early 80's Self Propelled Sprayer

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614 LSA

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Welsh Borders

• Apr 26, 2015

• #1

Remember having a demo of a self propelled sprayer and cannot remember the make. It was built by a chap by the name of Pickton(?) British built, purpose built and not a conversion, hydrostatic drive with clearance, Deutz engine, possibly blue and white livery but may be green(!). He then went on to build for a neighbour a front mounted 24m sprayer boom and rear tank and built like a brick shed. Anybody with any ideas?

 

Roy Stokes

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Location

East Shropshire

• Apr 27, 2015

• #2

There was a company making sprayer in that colour ( Blue chassis and boom, white tank and wheels?) and Deutz engine called DDB it stood for Dorset Design and Built, I wouldn't know the name of the chap though

 

Timbo1080

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Location

Somerset

• Apr 27, 2015

• #3

That would be Charlie Pickton. Father believes that it was made in Martock in Somerset.
The DDB, we think, was Mr Hunt, at Henstridge, Dorset.....

 

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Roger Perry

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Location

Monte Vista 81144, Southern Colorado.

• Apr 27, 2015

• #4

New Holland and Miller sprayers have front booms.

 

Alistair Nelson

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Mixed Farmer

Location

E Yorks

• Apr 27, 2015

• #5

Yes Masstock sold a lot in north lincs round my relations called an MCV you could have front or rear mounted booms rest of machine same. Can like an old shelbourne rape swather / garden shed. Blooming aweful machines to drive but if anything ahead of there time circa 1984 -5

 

Niels

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Location

Netherlands/Suffolk

• Apr 28, 2015

• #6

There is a bit about the DDB sprayer here: http://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/ddb-self-propelled-sprayer-dead-or-alive.32412/.

Evrard spray gear which were big on front booms so probably explains why!

 

Exfarmer

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Location

Bury St Edmunds

• Apr 28, 2015

• #7

Fairly sure a certain contractor called Charlie Benson from MK used to run one in the early 80's with what was then a vast 36 metre boom.
Did a lot of rape dessication
This had the front mounted berthoud booms

 

Bomber101

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BASIS

Location

Trent, Dorset

• Apr 29, 2015

• #8

Timbo1080 said:

That would be Charlie Pickton. Father believes that it was made in Martock in Somerset.
The DDB, we think, was Mr Hunt, at Henstridge, Dorset.....

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The DDB was made by Anthony Hunt(farmer) and David Vine(engineer) I believe, based on the farm of Mr Hunt near Henstridge, actually Fifehead Magdalene.

 

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614 LSA

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Location

Welsh Borders

• May 3, 2015

• #9

Alistair Nelson said:

Yes Masstock sold a lot in north lincs round my relations called an MCV you could have front or rear mounted booms rest of machine same. Can like an old shelbourne rape swather / garden shed. Blooming aweful machines to drive but if anything ahead of there time circa 1984 -5

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Thanks for the thoughts, the front mounted booms I mentioned were mounted on an International 885 tractor. Any ideas how many machines he made and what eventually happened to the company?