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Do you have the option of using the farms new tractor to do the bulk of your contracting work with and buying an older tractor to do the farm work at home? That way you would hopefully keep your breakdowns whilst contracting to a minimum to give good service to your customers

Bit harsh to call the contractor a steering wheel attendant if he used the seed the customer took out to him?

Did your neighbour not realise he had a bag of each on the forklift when he took it to the contractors drill?

Very similar experience I had @Fat Lamb I don’t know how I didn’t loose my temper with the fella! Laziness is one thing that really winds me up

I went to buy an item of machinery from them and based on my experience I can’t recommend them unfortunately. The problem I had was the salesman couldn’t be bothered, maybe my fault for arranging to view on a friday. I will add I have only heard good things about them and the machine in...

Exactly right. The price on the the NAAC is the average price

If you are going contracting the rates are published on the NAAC website

@Alistair Nelson Where did you get the adapter plates to use bolt on points from?

Does anyone have any experience with the hook on Duramaxx metal on Lemken ploughs, specifically the points? Are there any non genuine parts available or can you only get the hook on parts as genuine? Is there anyway to use standard bolt on points on a Duramaxx style body?

@ollie989898 Have you had a chance to try the Arion 650? I only have a couple of Claas implements but have had good service from my local claas dealer. I didn’t know what to expect when I got a demo of the 650 having never sat in one before but I thought it was a brilliant tractor with an...

Ask your salesperson what is covered under the extended warranty and get it in writing. I have paid for extended warranty on previous tractors but I stopped buying it when they wouldn’t cover a bearing that failed in the transmission. My thinking was if they don’t cover that under extended...

It’s nearly that time of the year again. With the increase in fuel and wearing metal costs I’m just interested in what everyone in charging or being charged for ploughing, sumo trio, combination drilling, vaderstad rapid drilling etc?

Once you have calibrated and closed the flap don’t forget to turn the fans back on!

Open the bottom of the feed rollers and put your tray under on the side of the hopper turn the fans off and press and hold the prime button and seed will meter out into the tray weigh the seed and compare it to what is on the control box screen. Press the plus or minus buttons to put in the...

@Alistair Nelson How accurate do you find your wizard when it comes to calibration? Do you find it puts more seed out than it should?

@Brisel I spoke to stocks last week. As you say they are very helpful and knowledgeable. It turns out that you can’t use the ISO plug to turn the feed rollers on and off. You can only use the finger switch or do it manually

Bauer is defiantly not compatible with perrot. The only fitting to fit perrot is perrot. Bauer, perrot, bazoni and the other eight Italian fittings only fit their own fittings. None are compatible with each other. Christ knows why there are so many different brands of slurry fittings, but...

Stocks are very helpful if you ring them up

@Alistair Nelson Can you remember which pins in the ISO plug you used? I have used pin 4 and the centre pin (earth) Did you use the earth pin or the + volts pin?

Hello Is there any website that shows the current market price of hybrid rye grain? Thanks