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  1. robin banks

    Calibration of t7.200 power command

    Hi friend asked me to ask on here how to calibrate gearbox on a t7.200 it's 2013 year. Power command gearbox. Don't know what is wrong with it.
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    Auto command/cvx opinion

    Hi I am looking at a new to me tractor. 2014 or newer. Have an older cvx which has spoilt me so taught I would go for similar again. Looking at puma 160 or equivalent in New Holland. Don't know much about them or what to look for. Was told the vario is repairable is that true. Are they...
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    Solar to pre heat water

    What is simplest/cheapest way to pre heat water with PV solar. I am thinking there must be a way to connect a certain number?? Of panels to an immersion and then use 240v immersion to heat it fully up. I see 12v and 24v immersion available. So if a tank had 2 immersions one for each. Do you...
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    Clayton 4105 steering playing up

    Hi my Clayton 4105 with knight sprayer has for the last 3 years I have had it been faultless with the steering. Sprayed a field last week then yesterday started it and no 4 wheel steer. It self centres for front wheel steering on road. But when I put it in to 4 wheel steer nothing happened then...
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    Nitrogen for late barley liquid or granules

    Have late sown barley sowed 14 days ago. Weather forecast is for no rain. It got 24kg/ha in seedbed but I want to put on the rest now. Would liquid urea be ok. Temperature is in mid teens but sunny. Or granulated can
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    Which older weigh cells spreader

    Am thinking of changing my fert spreader currently have a krm b2 on a bogey. Really like the way I can drive fast or slow and still spread the same. Am looking to put a spreader on my Clayton buggy. So am looking at older spreaders which have weigh cells. At moment I see a lot of Kuhn 40.1 or...
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    Fert spreader on Clayton Agri buggy

    Any one tips on mounting fertiliser spreader on as a demount on a Clayton Agri buggy 4105. Was thinking of a krm b2 as already have one on a bogey. And like the ground drive. See them for sale cheap as tractor mounted version. Would the ground drive wheel work as the spreader would be sitting...
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    3m S/h seed and fert drill

    Hi. Am looking for suggestions of 3m fert and seed drill. Older varieties please. Thinking of vaderstad 300c or horsch co3 although they seem hard to find. Any for sale also things to look out for. The other option was a lemken power harrow with fert and grain drill. Am only sowing 150 acres a...
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    Lemken solitaire 8

    Went to look at a lemken solitaire 8 seed drill grain and fert drill. 3m with lemeken drill. Good bit of rust on the metering wheels for the fert. It's a 10 year old drill. Which is about as far as my budget will go. Is this too bad or normal for a machine of this vintage.
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    Liquid nitrogen= less nitrogen

    Hi. I see some this side of the Irish sea saying liquid fertilizer means they can reduce the total nitrogen used. I have done a small bit of melting urea and applied through fertilizer nozzles but at same rate as if it was solid fert. Was at ploughing match and there was a stand for liquid fert...
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    Mf38 chopper hood

    Have just purchased an old Massey 38. It's missing the spreader hood. Anyone got one lying about. Tried manners and breakers here in Ireland but no joy
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    Manitou problem

    Hi. Been asked to put this here. Man has a manitou 630-125 he is having problems with. It's hydraulics are locked. He has had mechanics look at it and they could do with a wiring diagram. Boom won't go up or down. Mechanic taught it was solenoid so put power direct to it and boom worked. The...
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    Hay contractor Forest Row east Sussex

    Looking for hay contractor to make approx 30 acres of hay, preferably in big squares but can be flexible. Please test/ call Julian 07990 562683. Thank you
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    Knight crusader

    Hi. Any owners out there have a part number from the outer air filter from a Knight crusader 4105. Managed to drive over mine and it had no number on it. Also anyone know where to buy the diesel lift pump. It's a mechanical one.
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    Sick beans

    Friend of mine has asked what's happening to his spring beans. The photo above shows the start of what seems to kill the bean. It is affecting the whole field. His first taught was spray drift from a neighbour. But agronomist says that whole field would not be affected. As it's a funny shape...
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    France to east Sussex

    Have 2 loads of steel to be brought from corbenay France to east Sussex asap. Anyone any suggestions of hauliers
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    Anyone breaking case cvx

    Hi anyone know of case cvx being broke. I need roof and bonnet from 1135 to 1195 model range. Anywhere in Europe would do
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    Sprayer self fill

    Have a knight 2500 litre sprayer from mid to late 90s it's on a knight crusader. How long should it take to self fill using a 2 inch suction hose from ground level. Seems very slow. Checked filters and all clean. Or are all sprayers slow to suck up. As I see most have a petrol driven pump
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    Squealing gearbox disco 2

    I've been asked by a friend to ask on here what would give the symptoms as in the video. It's not his video but his is doing the exact same. Put it in drive or reverse you get this awful squealing. But put the transfer box in neutral and it doesn't squeal. It's a discovery 2 diesel automatic...
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    Water tank for sprayer

    Am I mad to think about using my now redundant collecting yard tank for sprayer water. I have 2 tanks of 8,000 gallons made of concrete with slats above and safety manhole. They were obviously used for dirty water/slurry. If I suck them out and refill a few times will it be clean enough for...
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