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  1. Old Spot

    JCB 408 fwd/rev

    Yes, I’m about to check them. I swapped the relays around when I was trying to get it going. i am sure that what magically made it start working! fed bulls in the dark last night no lights, I will find the duff relay.
  2. Old Spot

    JCB 408 fwd/rev

    That’s what I understood, been fencing all afternoon, no problem. i agree with you, so I am sure the shuttle problem will come back, probably at the most inappropriate time!
  3. Old Spot

    JCB 408 fwd/rev

    Ok thanks, so as it would only go forward I needed to get the bucket off. the hydraulics then wouldn’t work, I bled it by the pump (oil a bit low so topped it up). then bugger me it goes fwd/rev as it should, fed the cattle shuttling around no problem. i don’t understand! She’s done 10k plus...
  4. Old Spot

    JCB 408 fwd/rev

    Great thanks, idiot question, where are the solenoids? Are they under the cab?
  5. Old Spot

    JCB 408 fwd/rev

    Hi all, my 408 fwd rev has decided to stop working. the switch is good wires appear fine, it’s “stuck” in forward. i understand most JCB ( of a certain age) are similar. It has a 4 speed gear box. is there a solenoid somewhere?
  6. Old Spot

    Teagle push/pull cables

    Got mine from Teagle. £150 ish but it was quick
  7. Old Spot

    Teagle push/pull cables

    Hi, I am after 3.5 m cables for a teagle 808s straw chopper m6 ends. does anyone know the best supplier TIA
  8. Old Spot

    Cheap portable welder

    bought one of these 3 years ago. Can’t fault it melts 3.2 with impunity runs off (very) long lead. i don’t do a lot with it ( but I have mended lots) and built a trailer!
  9. Old Spot

    What do you sow stewardship / sfi seeds with ?

    Slit aerator, broadcast with stocks slug pelleter, grass harrow and roll. I’ll let you know
  10. Old Spot

    Suckler breeding cow trade?

    Very good I expect they are bred as a maternal beef suckler cow (stabilisers). Crossing with a terminal sire would be the ideal
  11. Old Spot

    Suckler breeding cow trade?

    Now I think this is a challenging part, we turn them out and serve mid June. Some grow well others not so much. my old school side says you don’t want them fat to bull, just the right size so stuffing them with grub in that three months is counterproductive and expensive. That’s why I like...
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    Suckler breeding cow trade?

    I know two butchers very well and they like them, well the grumpy one said there’s nothing wrong with them. it’s a short term thing, somebody said it somewhere. farmers love to knock, AA, Charolais, Hereford you name it! I believe you find it in football supporters 😃
  13. Old Spot

    Suckler breeding cow trade?

    Great thread, what I used to think of farmers who kept sucklers when I was young wouldn’t bear printing. I am now a grandparent, I missed much of my childrens growing up, working to pay off overdraft. I tried rearing dairy calves, it was ok but when you get a problem, he’ll it’s an expensive...
  14. Old Spot

    Browns slit aerator

    6” , I used to cross drill, but I have downsized tractor, the drill is 1994 and needs a few bearings.
  15. Old Spot

    Browns slit aerator

    Hi all, could have put this in livestock but here we go. I need to top up my leys with herbs for SFI i have a slit aerator, which I use regularly. has anyone any experience of them with the harrows and seeder. Browns sell them as a “grass rejuvenator” my farm is getting smaller and I am getting...
  16. Old Spot

    Electric quad

    I know of one on farm, it is very dissatisfying gets hot under load, basically cheap Chinese frame built up in uk. they are using farmers as a (expensive)test bed . plenty of use for tearing around for half an hour but 4 hours real work no chance. this is a massive let down, considering the...
  17. Old Spot

    Sustainable farming incentive - handbook for 2023 has been published

    I don’t understand why we have to be “invited” it’s another unnecessary bureaucracy do we have a right of appeal if we are not invited I have done the survey
  18. Old Spot

    Sustainable farming incentive - handbook for 2023 has been published

    thought I’d have a go tonight my rpa page says it’s closed, so I can’t apply
  19. Old Spot

    Farm king roller mill

    I regrooved mine 4 years ago with an angle grinder in a heylical pattern. Works a treat. I do dry wheat, barley and sometimes beans. Probably 4 tonne an hour. low repair cost.
  20. Old Spot

    Silage / Straw / Hay Price Tracker

    Yes sorted now lorry and drag, £80/t delivered that seems fair to me.
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