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As the title says tractor dashboard warning lights are not coming on . Everything seems to be working just not a single warning light is illuminating and I wondered if anyone could give me any ideas where to start looking for the problem. Thanks in advance

I have a problem with my jd 6310 and wondered if anyone on here could help me pinpoint it . When you press the brakes and they come on the pedal hisses as normal but when you release them the tractor continues to hiss untill you move a spool valve and then the noise stops . I guess it is still...

I am having problems with my jd6520 clutch and wondered if anyone has had similar symptoms. The clutch may work properly 2 or three times in a row , ie smooth with a nice bite point and then the next gear change and it just bangs in with no real control . I checked the cooling springs...

After treating my cattle with ivomec super injection the dung is running out them. Before I treated them they're dung was firm but now the cattle can shxxe across the feed passage . They are on ad lib silage and a couple of kilos of protein balanced barley . What will be causing the...

This year I am struggling with my pit silage heating after being put in the feed passage and wondered what might be causing it? The pit was well compacted and the only waste is a small amount on the shoulders .There is no obvious difference on the top of the pit and no heat on the face just...

If this weather ever improves I am hoping to start my silage using a JF 180 warrior forager (essentially an early jf900) and wondered if anyone had any tips to help me get the most out of it .I've never used a trailed forager before and intend chopping 10 foot rows loading...

After one of my neighbours sent a very nice salesman up to visit me not mentioning he was on a £350 referral if I placed an order with the company, I thought I would listen to what he had to say as my oil boiler is needing renewed. Anyway the nice chap looked at my existing boiler (fitted in...

I have been using the The farming forum app since it was brought out and all was well but I recently updated it and it no longer works . I have an S5 and when you download the app it opens up and I can look through it no probs but when I enter my name and password it just freezes as if it...

After making silage in round bales (or devils turds) as grumpy calls them for a number of years we were thinking of bringing our sleeper sided pit back into use. We were going to pull out the sleepers and replace them with concrete panels but the H beam webs are only 130 mm wide and the panel...

My old vicon rf 130 baler is just starting to get to the stage where it is no longer reliable and I am looking at a John deere 578 rotofeed baler that has a bale count of 35000 bales and is a 2006 model . Could anyone give me any pointers as to what to check for . Also could anyone give me an...

I have a pet lamb just now that is about five days old that has lost the power it seems in it's backend. I found it in a pen with it's mother stiff and cold and revived it quite quickly with heat and milk a few days ago , and yesterday it would stand with a help but today it is trying to drag...

I have decided the lemken plough I bought last year is not for me and I am looking at a second hand 4 furrow overum cx vari width plough and wondered if any one had any thoughts on these ploughs? I will be using a 120 hp six cylinder tractor and wondered if it will be up to the job? Are they a...

Today I pulled out our Landmec (pottinger) power harrow and gave it a run up and I notice that the rotor below the gearbox is leaking . When you look close the rotor is about 10 mm lower than all the rest except for another one which is also slightly lower but not yet leaking . When you try...

I went out yesterday to cut spring barley that has been sprayed with glyphosate ,with my normally reliable clayson m133 of 1966 vintage and it has been nothing but problems. There is a fair bit of couch grass through the barley and the blades just choke up when it gets thick I spent yesterday...

I am going to look at a secondhand jf gx2800sm mower and wondered if anyone could guide me as to what to look out for . I know to pay attention to the bed etc but wondered if there was anything to look out for on these machines specifically. Any thoughts would be appreciated

Had a calf born from a cow with no milk on thursday and gave him two litres of powdered colostrum using a bottle with a teat within a few hours of birth with no probs . Over next few days gave him a litre of so now and again and he was keen for a feed whenever we tried however yesterday he was...

I was wondering if anyone could advise me of a cheap and simple self locking galvanised head yoke.I was hoping to put a simple handling system in the cattle shed that would let me tag, dose and maybe foot bath my sucklers without having to take them out of the shed and up to my handling system...

bought an older lemken autoreset plough with b 25 moldboards recently and i am not acheiving great results with it . The furrows seem to be left open and the last one occasionally falls back over . It came with two spare new moldboards and when i compare them with the boards fitted there is...

was just wondering if anyone could put a value on an accord dl seed drill in good condition?Our neighbour has one he no longer uses and our fiona barrow is getting past it .Any ideas would be helpful as i am unsure what is a fair price

Just wondered if anyone are using slat mats,are they any good,and are there any brands better than the rest? Reason I ask is I have bought a Hereford bull and built him a pen in my slatted shed and after a month I have never seen him lying down and he is starting to feel his feet . Probably...