One for Dr Wazzock.

carbonfibre farmer

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This just came up on Facebook market place.

@DrWazzock

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thorpe

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What a shame would be best restored as it is. Iconic piece of 70's British engeineering
yea an icon alright i think standen are best left in the past the europeans just laughed at them! they just woudnt look or listen there engineering really was poor, it was a generation thing they wouldnt let young blood in . (oh matron you cant do it like that)
 

Exfarmer

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yea an icon alright i think standen are best left in the past the europeans just laughed at them! they just woudnt look or listen there engineering really was poor, it was a generation thing they wouldnt let young blood in . (oh matron you cant do it like that)
Theysold too many machines with out fully testing them too. We had two which were returned in a few hours never to be seen again
 

thorpe

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do you remember that 6 row sp? what a load of po! it had a rolls royce engine i think they thought that was a selling point, hah hah!
 

Exfarmer

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Bury St Edmunds
Well... once I put a small 4WD on a Rapide, it was actually much more usable! ;)
The problem with the lack of progress at Standen was not just their fault.
UK farmers demanded an even feed of beet to the factories.
I was shocked when I entered the industry late to find I was expected to deliver about 2 loads a week, tgus we did not want a machine capable of lifting hundreds of tonnes a day.
It was the way things were done according to the locals.
In Europe they cleared farms one at a time. Here you were expected to deliver your beet spread over the entire season.
 

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