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  1. hillbill

    Amazone AD-P super

    Update..... 1 knackered kettle, 3rd degree burns on both hands, but ive bossed em. Boil a couple of times then pull them over with 2 pairs of pliers. Seem to have gone back to normal fine.
  2. hillbill

    Amazone AD-P super

    Iam on doing some jobs on a amazone adp super drill for some one. Theres a few of the rubber boots that connect the seed tube to the coulter, split, so ive got some, but cannot get them to fit anywhere near. Ive boiled them, warmed them in a oven, greased them and still no where near. Theres...
  3. hillbill

    The on-going up hill battle that is agriculture.....

    Dont get me wrong, if we wanted to be millionaires we'd have pursued a different career path. But the means to make a decent living appears to be getting tougher. Not impossible, but tougher.
  4. hillbill

    The on-going up hill battle that is agriculture.....

    Iam fairly sure iam well on the ball with costings and our pricing. We're certainly not working for nothing, but machinery prices go up faster than the job can stand for everyone to make a living. End of the day, if theres no customers, there's no work. Ive just been quoted £120k to change from...
  5. hillbill

    The on-going up hill battle that is agriculture.....

    Tha Thats the thing. We are contractors.
  6. hillbill

    The on-going up hill battle that is agriculture.....

    It would appear iam not alone in having difficultly getting and keeping decent staff? Is it a nation wide issue or more regional? Wheres the best place to find the unicorns that maybe out there? Also, machinery price increases are a constant issue to us. I know theres nothing we can appear to...
  7. hillbill

    Pomi bale accumulator.

    Still looking..... any about?
  8. hillbill

    Pomi bale accumulator.

    Bump
  9. hillbill

    Weight calculations........

    We run a convetional lemken press now. And 75% of the time its ideal. However due to the nature of our work theres alot of moving about and small fields. I just thought that carrying the packomat with you would make life easier for hill sides, headlands, smaller fields etc. Plough tractor is...
  10. hillbill

    Weight calculations........

    Few things here. Ive not got, and not lijely to get a kv, as what i have (in my opinion) is as good if not better, however my current plough manufacturer doest even make press arms, we had to have one made. I aquired the packomat at a cost even youd be impressed with, and as the headstock...
  11. hillbill

    Weight calculations........

    Many thanks for your comments and help. Ill explain a little more. Iam not fitting a extra furrow to my plough, i wanted to know what extra theoretical weight would be imposed on the tractor and also more importantly the plough headstock if i had. Iam in the early stages of converting a...
  12. hillbill

    Weight calculations........

    Yeah i understand that, but there'll be a calculation to take into consideration, length from the point of lift and weigh of the item fastened to the lever as it were....
  13. hillbill

    Weight calculations........

    The fact that i didnt listen at school 20some years ago has eventually caught up with me. So, essentially i need to find the formula to calculate the load gain on the tractor 3 pount linkage, by adding a extra furrow on the plough. If the extra furrow and disc weigh, hypothetically, 250kg, what...
  14. hillbill

    Pomi bale accumulator.

    Iam on the hunt for a pomi bale accumulator suitable for 4x3 square bales if anyone knows of one, or has one for sale. Cheers.
  15. hillbill

    Lely welger rv 160

    No one came to set the baler up. I just took it out of the yard as I knew the basics having run a comprima for a season in 2012. I am not saying I got the best out of it, but thought there wasn't a lot more I could do to improve it. The chap we were baling for questioned the bale weights as he...
  16. hillbill

    Lely welger rv 160

    Yes. Good thing compared to the 435. But that could be do to the camless pickup on the 160 as well.
  17. hillbill

    Lely welger rv 160

    Yes v150 xtreme. And the soft core setting was at the smallest, which is another thing that let's it down. Having to get out with a spanner to adjust that when it can all be done off the box on the welger. Made a good even bake in silage no matter what the grass conditions but couldn't hold a...
  18. hillbill

    Lely welger rv 160

    Yes tried a krone comprima xtreme, on the back of having a krone for a year in 2012, to see if they had improved. No good to us. Unbelievably slow back door, plus you have to lift the door to the top regardless of bale size to trip the bale kicker. And the bale weights were miles behind the old...
  19. hillbill

    Lely welger rv 160

    We got a 160 last year. Awesome baler. Only criticism I do have is the back door isn't as quick as the 435 we have but the pros out weigh any small issues. Wouldn't have any thing else and we demoed all the major brands.
  20. hillbill

    On board road cameras............

    Cheers for the input folks. its something were going to pursue.
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