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    Rotary vs straw walker

    What I am trying to get at is that the OP found lower losses with the walker which is the interesting point. It sounds a decent machine. I was merely trying to point out that walker combines are not inherently inferior to rotarys of similar capacity. It's just that the walker models have...
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    Rotary vs straw walker

    I was replying to the OPs finding, that out of combines with similar outputs, the walker machine had noticeably lower losses-which is particularly interesting. I wasn't comparing machines of different output. In the history of the battles between rotaries and walkers, it had been found that...
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    Rotary vs straw walker

    Generally speaking there isn't actually any difference in output between straw walker and rotaries, the difference is more to do with power as the walker machines need a bit more power. Over the years what happens is someone produces a high capacity rotary, then someone else produces a high...
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    Modern version of steam ploughing

    I believe that jersey royals are still grown on steep south facing slopes. The cultivations being carried out by implements pulled by a tractor winch on the top headland.
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    Gypsum mixed with muck (pig).

    Gypsum is a sedimentary rock made up of calcium sulphate, it is mined in Nottinghamshire and other places. It is not in itself at all hazardous. The rock is ground and baked to drive off all the moisture, it then forms Plaster of Paris, which turns back to gypsum when water is added. It is...
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    Young Farmers The End ?

    I would say that was the most accurate post about the AGM and YFC I have read, you have hit the nail on the head with everything you said. Having done several AGMs myself I can vouch for that.
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    NH t8000 aircon

    Just a thought, but could the radiator viscous fan unit be a bit weak?? I suspect my viscous fan on a much older ford is causing the tractor to run warm, I also found a belt idler didn't help as the bearing was dry and would seize when it got warm wearing the belt and making it slip.
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    Wheat harvest 2018

    While the knife is out and you are squaring up the edges of the finger lower ledger plates, have a look at the wear plates, these are little hardened L shaped plates that the back of the knife section and the back of the knife bar rest on. They will most likely be worn and allow the knife to...
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    JD engine

    Might be an idea to check the main drive pulley hub bolts are tight on the engine output shaft hub. As I remember there are two pulleys, the outer one is bolted into the main pulley, hiding the hub bolts. My pulley fell off once at speed after running rough.
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    Accountant wanting to start his own herd

    I think you are on the right track, you will get to farm in your own right. The tricky bit in farming is making a full time income from it, and you will find it a massive advantage not having to take an income from it..... I understand that the average horse costs £4000 - £10000 a year to keep...
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    making a profit

    Small farms generate a much higher income per acre for the farmer and staff than bigger farms. You only have to look around to see that reality in practice. Trouble is it's still difficult to earn enough...
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    Cultivation post harvest

    Well last year the best blackgrass chit by far was on the stubbles we didn't touch, while being wholly inadequate, indeed counterproductive on the bits we lightly disced.... Mind you it was wet. I understand that on the prairies they sometimes disc in the wet soil when it rains in order to...
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    Brake bleeding tool - is there a good one?

    Yes I totally agree, I've tried several kits and they were useless. Then I found in the local auto factors, on the stand full of mini packs of screws, fuses, etc an orange rubber slit tube type brake bleeding tube for £3.59. They come in a red blister pack by Autobar (DL products). Brilliant...
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    Type of grass

    Yep that sounds like Yorkshire Fog, I had a large patch in a grazing field that got ahead of the cows, so cut it for hay. That winter the cows ate the lot, they seemed to like it better than the ryegrass hay....
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    Stupidly high seedrates

    I have noticed that there seems to be a 'Fixed Cost ' of seedling losses, which varies from year to year and area to area and the amount of primary and secondary cultivations (or lack of) is often irrelevant, so I prefer a higher seed rate to begin with, but a second pass of the drill definitely...
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