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Oh dear.... has anyone been following the Times correspondence following their (I suppose understandably) simplistic interpretations of Groundswell? Letter today from someone (sorry don't know how to put up a link) asserting that ploughing is the only way to incorporate manures in poor land...

That's interesting willy! I had one of the first gd's and bearings started to go after first seasons use which was a pita because they are a pita to change. Was told they had a possible manufacturing problem with damaging them as they were pressed on? I love the drill, and partly because the new...

We have a early 60's Seddon 4 wheeler, ali tipping body. Stored under cover but not run for a few years. cb

I know, why not genetically modify a crop to be resistant to roundup............. I'll get my coat

We have an ex JCB 3c2 5ft ditching bucket but its about 2 in pin. Are you sure its 30mm that's very small?

I shall be surprised if swathed wheat under snow is a complete write off, first job I did when I went to work on a farm up in Grande Prairie , Northern Alberta in the spring was get the combine out and salvage wheat that had been under snow all winter! Surprisingly quite OK if a little dusty...

So dd doesn't work for you (maybe). You know your soil probably better than anyone else, but don't just denigrate dd willy nilly! That tends to be one of the more irritating facets of this forum, and why I hesitate to get involved, the fact is that dd will work better on some soils than others...

Well of course there is thecombineforum.com which can be fascinating but tends to be a bit US based, took me ages to figure out what a Flagship/Heritage AF was. But it has helped with issues like interpreting the gobblydegook instruction book re programming the return to cut button! I agree...

I'm sure you are right, we went from an underpowered AF 1660 with 16ft cut to a 5088 and 20ft which was horrible until we had a Steinbauer power module fitted that has absolutely transformed it, been cutting dry Crusoe/Skyfall at 7mph plus this year, and smashing the straw to smithereens! You...

Standard 720 rpm, obviously different for headlands and slipes. cb

Gosh really set things on fire!! Everyone wants it! Its 2" dia, serial no 6847P, reads OK when I put new battery in. Not sure if its a PF4 though? I know it was several hundred when new, make me an offer? Andrew

This reminded me I have one, not used for several years as now use Contractor, but I dug it out and it works with new battery. Have you got sorted yet? I am MK44 area, just off A1 near Eaton Socon. Yours Andrew

Well its sort of obvious really, I'm sure you must have seen the drill working. Instead of a vertical "v" that then needs soil pushing sideways to fill it, because the seed is injected under the "flap" it just then needs a wheel to close the flap! Some seed then grows verticaly through the...

Get some anti puncture gel put in the tyres, Weaving came and did it for us after we had punctures. Have only had one since, its useful to keep a spare wheel bolted to the drill. I'm not sure that I wouldn't prefer a steel wheel with a scraper actually. Crops look good, its reassuring to think...

I should have said its the 3m, behind a Valtra T160 which handles it well , even with 1.25t up. It also has a Stocks slug pelleter plumbed in to the air. What type of soil are you on (we are Hanslope series chalky boulder clay) and how long have you been dd Richard, cos I'm sure those factors...

Unfortunately I have come to the conclusion that Jim is right about it being a bit like a sect, and it has made me less inclined to enter discussions as much as I did in the old FF days. If you don't run a JD750a you are certainly not in the sect! I have held back from "owning up" to running a...

Good god man, do you know what you're saying! I just hope not too many of these dd'ers hear you!! Continuous wheat!! We have been doing a proportion of our ground in continuous wheat for many years, since the late 70's in fact. Mainly on outlying fields where pigeon patrolling is difficult...

e mail me, not so hot on posting pics! [email protected]

Yes without a doubt. Would need to have been dressed through sieves first to take out rubbish and dust (we find wheat sieves do the job). Are you a long term borage grower? cb