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    Perkins leaking thermostat housings

    If your having corrosion issues surely it would be a good idea to up the antifreeze %. We run everything here at minimum 50% and have little issues with corrosion or gunge build up.
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    Northern Ireland Milk Price Tracker

    Anyone hear any prices of what good pit silage is making?
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    Best way too get insurance for a young driver.

    Over here you won't insure anything for less than £3k for a 17 year old in their own name. No claims bonus is 30% after first year.
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    Best way too get insurance for a young driver.

    1.4 polo quoted at £3800
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    Educate me, Spearhead winter wheat.

    No spring crops in anywhere round here yet. Large percentage of the winter crops have been burnt off as they failed in the wet.
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    Best way too get insurance for a young driver.

    Try insurance in NI if you want extortionate. Daughter is 17 , Audi A1 2.0 tdi, lowest we could get is £4300. AXA quoted £7000 ir £6200 with black box.
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    Educate me, Spearhead winter wheat.

    Need all the grain that's what we do it for, it's more a cereal silage than whole crop as we let it go nearly ripe then direct cut it sith a sph fitted with a mill.
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    Educate me, Spearhead winter wheat.

    Firstly I am not an arable farmer. Have been growing Winter Wheat this past couple of years for wholecropping into the silo. Didn't get my Spearhead Winter Wheat sown last autumn (thankfully) as too wet. Wanting to sow spring Wheat now instead. Winter Wheat seed is sitting in shed, agronomist on...
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    Straining hinge joint mesh in tight places?

    If you have a strainer board and a winch you just pull it to your strainer post, you don't need any gap or tractor.
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    Fertiliser Price Tracker

    What part of the world?
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    Fertiliser Price Tracker

    The thinking is that if its a late sowing season it'll maybe drop a bit but once it starts to shift they'll rise it, very little moved yet.
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    Fertiliser Price Tracker

    Yara Urea 46% un-protected £375/t, half load delivered.
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    Power washer pump conundrum.

    If the piston pump has to turn in a certain direction it will be clearly marked on the casing, if it is not marked it can turn either way.
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    What blades to clip cattle backs

    Sheep head and use a Heineger Shattle comb and ordinary sheep cutter.
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    New Toy Day 👍🤩

    It appears your indoctrination process is complete. Why is it that nearly all Fendt owners/operators have the same condescending tone? If it is true that everything Fendt is superior then that must mean that Masseys and Valtras are also superior to all other brands as they share many common...
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