Recent content by Hawkes

great picture, it's been printed in reverse looking at bonnet decals? An 0484 FM. :) I would think they were just waiting for the plane to sink right in.

@76masseyman Where/when was this taken? Homemade plough with dowdeswell bits? That i would like to have seen.

we had an old sambron 2WD masted rough terrain forklift and that had a MF 35 skid unit I believe. Good old bus until the rear axle snapped off...... don't think it ever posed for the camera but I'll have a look. Did MF have an interest in Sambron?

similarly we have several ash looking healthier this year than last. One that had the classic bare branches sticking out of the top is all green this year.

thanks for a great thread @76masseyman and @trebornella . They were the best years for MF , I don't know what the new ones are like now but then they were generally pretty simple and anyone handy with spanners could fix them. The twins at work.

our pair of 1200's. Wonder if they survived.

a neighbour contractor silaging, my 1250 on trailer.

Ha, it is pretty rare for covers to have survived. It has been in UK from new. The hoses are for heater, it did have an air con kit as well. My favourite era for Massey, I will post a few more. A particular favourite was my 3125.

going on the cultivator tomorrow. Needs a silencer!

Can anyone tell me if US Pro is actually a chinese company? With a very american sounding name :)

We had a bad spell with ragwort on a new site once the soil was disturbed. We dug it up, you have to get every bit of root or it grows again. Best after a heavy rain. I read that each plant can produce 150,000 seeds so no wonder it’s prolific. I point sprayed with glyphosate at rosette stage...

They rang me every time there was a question. Follow up email later I think.

The elephant in the room that no politicians want to deal with , is that our tiny island is polluted and dying because the population level is so out of control. When I was at school the population was 52 million I recall, now its 70 odd? I cannot see how me growing more wild flowers or trees...

I understand I probably got the short straw and was picked for more checks. Odd how the drill was approved and then when it comes to payment they start querying the spec. The whole subject of grants is a tricky one. I was a commercial sawmiller for 35 years, we built two new sawmills from...

it is not a speedy payment. My claim forms for payment went in 6 or 7 weeks ago for 3m direct drill and I had an acknowledgement e mail. After a month there was problem with bank statement business details print out. Then a fortnight later a request for proof that the drill could drill through a...