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Ad blue £1 litre was what I was quoted on Friday , along with £1.35 litre for bloody red is simply not viable , if it’s a wet harvest we will all be f#%ked.

Why the hell has ad blue gone up in price now , getting all machines doctored now

Looking at buying a pottinger 620 rake , it’s a 2009 model , trailed , fixed width. What are they like for rowing up in silage for baling and have they any problems to look out for .

Opico 6 m air Harrow drill here, on our third one now, doing 1500 acres a season with it , very versatile drill, sowing grass, clover, turnips, mustard etc , good results.

Anyone been able to find the drive shaft/ cable 2.4 m long to fit an opico seeder box , have just had price from dealer and it’s unbelievable

The ground nesting birds haven’t a hope in hell of rearing their chicks up here nowadays, farms are overrun with badgers, foxes and buzzards never seen as many before.

We run new tractors here on hedgers and they are not trashed !!!, our last 6830 is now 8 years old with 16k hours on and when hedger is off you wouldn’t know it did hedge cutting.

Just

The cost of these tractors now are absolutely mental, bought a new 6155r top spec 16 months ago for £89k and now they are £121k !!! Nae surprise that case are getting very popular round me , 165 hp case is £32 k cheaper ffs ??

Our 10 year old karcher has died, any one recommend a replacement .

Working temperature of 6155r is 103.

Things are bad down here in borders. Harvest has hardly even started yet, laid crops everywhere, no straw bales, rape and wheat sprouting , ground bottomless, it’s not good.

We have been jd for 52 years now and the r series quality control is not good! !!

The engine oil filler cap has split and oil is getting onto the fan , and this is Avery common problem

We had 2 of them 1500s, after 30k bales they were well scrap value