Recent content by Hawkes

great thanks, i will send you my details.

I used to live in an old watermill, that the original leat had been filled in by a neighbour where it went through his field, 40 years ago. We did all the flow calcs in the stream and then made the mistake of consulting the rivers authority to ask about reinstating the leat. I think we had 5...

I wonder if farming is properly PROFITABLE anywhere in the world? You wouldn't think so reading this forum. It does seem odd that the suppliers of Human Life sustaining products are so litle valued compared to say internet entrepreneurs.

From the MF workshop manual . Your memory spot on!

This one has had a second drum brake fitted too. the drive shaft comes from the bottom of the transfer case in the front half, through the bendy join and through this set of drums mounted on a cross member, then another drive shaft to rear axle. No brakes on axles.

I have had a few 1200's and a 1250 in the distant past to work. I dropped one complete transmission out of the bottom of a 1200 , the book says out through the cab. My 1250 ate its input shaft which was made of unobtanium at the time, so we put box out of our spares 1200 in to it. The 1250 was...

Ok I have looked at rectangular label under the paint on drivers door and I think it says supplied by? xxxxxxx xxx? & Partners. Sheriff Hutton 305? A google search doesn't bring up any dealers so presumably long gone. This may have been a second hand dealer as nowhere near the Chelmsford...

yes a Cat 3208. 180hp region of, depending on which source you believe. I would like to know how many were sold in the UK, they were sold in decent numbers in the states but not many here wanted that big a tractor in 1977. This one fires up instantly even when cold, it appears to not have done...

That is really interesting thanks. I will take a look and see if decals are still there. I know a chap who farms near Chelmsford so I will ask him if he would know anyone who worked there.

I wonder if anyone can help with some history? This 1505 came from a dealer in Wales , he had lost the log book and knew very little of the tractor. He thought it might have been new to Strutt and Parker Farms , who I think don't exist as an entity any more to ask? I believe it only had another...

Has it got the extra wind clips on the end of the door strips? Our big door 6mx6.3m high has L shaped pieces on both ends of the horizontal strips every 5 or so strips . These locate in the groove in the vertical door channel to prevent them pulling out. On really rough days it does bow in an...

Magic maps was always a good tool for measuring areas and linear distances. Still working I think as a gov.uk site.

yer, us ud let ee know ther aint nort wrung wid tiv.

yes I did thanks, from @grainboy . off a 6m vicon tine drill.

well I finally looked in the instruction manual! I is a monster of a thing and I lose the will to live after a hundred pages of cebis instructions. Anyway I finally found the section about the moisture reading. With the system on my combine it samples every minute, via that sensor on the side of...