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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?

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

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...

My wife has a few goats, for the Glampers, they all bar one kidded this week. They are fine when born then show signs of weak limbs. we treat all cows and calves with multimin (vitE, selenium, copper, manganese). reading the label if I injected the goat kids I would need 0.02ml. We don’t know if...

I am currently being supplied water by waterplus, I have have been offered a slightly better deal by swift switch, has anyone had any dealings with them. how do you deal with water? I am a small mixed farm that uses about 120 cu M a month

How has anyone got on with their revie, I just received this I am sorry to inform you that the consultant you have been matched with as part of the Farm Business Review service has advised us they will not be able to carry out the consultancy visit before the end of the project. We have tried...

Great opportunity to work with livestock and Nature conservation. https://careers.nationaltrust.org.uk/OA_HTML/a/?_ga=2.232952606.1031221720.1657532068-195482309.1657532068#/vacancy-detail/124758 Conservation grazing Ranger £22,775 pa Summary Are you committed to doing more for nature? Do you...

Hi all I have a 2wd Honda 300 (1995). been a brilliant quad for what I need. the engine uses more oil than fuel. so I am thinking of converting it to electric. has anyone done this? It looks fairly simple with one of the kits. we have a flat farm, I use the quad for electric fencing/ stock...

Hi all I have come by a cleanacres sprayer it was airtec and has now been converted to conventional I can’t get the chemical induction hopper to suck it only has one main pipe that goes into the tank thanks

Hi I have a cleanacres (knight) sprayer the flow regulator valve is corroded where do sprayers go to die? do they sell such things does anyone have one on a scrap one stuck in the nettles

I am planning on selling 20 odd units. comercial cows, most Angus/lim dairy crosses 3 or 4 calf, with Stabiliser calves at foot. what age should I let the calves get. do they fetch more if back incalf again. is Cirencester market good for this or maybe Worcester, Hereford or Ross. or...

Hi I have at eagle 808s weighs about 1300kg it is at Hallmark tractors depot Northampton to come to GL2 7NB preferably next week loading available both ends thanks

My senior stock bull has started going backwards. fine two weeks ago went with 22 cows 11 days ago on good pasture. he was mating until Friday, but looked a bit knackered got him in on Sunday, temp 104 gave him pain killer and antibiotics (5day course) and pumped 40 litres of fluid into him...

Ok, for several reasons I have decided to whole crop 20acres of winter barley. i want ideas of a catch crop to plant, hopefully to graze in the autumn with beef cows. i have oats, would be concerned about flea beetle but I may have to spray hopefully plant next week (if it rains).

Ok bit late, i usually wrap or feed hay. cow numbers going up, we have a silage clamp. it has been such along time since I made silage. what is a good way of weighing down the sheet, do you use one or two top sheets any guidance gratefully recievEd

I have a JCB 408 pivot steer loader. brilliant bit of kit for around the yard. i have a fuel issue, the feed from the tank to the sediment filter keeps getting blocked. I can blow it out bleed her up and off she goes. does the tank have a filter on the intake, how do you get to it short of...

Hi, fitting a 60kw Angus boiler secondhand it has two hot water tanks T2 just single now Tank1 has several ports trying to work it out the bottom third has 1”bps in and out this is presumably a preheat coil from solar or similar yes/no on top of the tank is two ports one red one blue

Been trying to do this for a while Knocked this up, works a treat, no heave

hi stupid question, my son has some black sheep (I know don’t ask!) He has tried red and yellow but only lasts a week before fading to not visible Can you get white marker, quick search online says no. What do other shepherds use. TIA

has anyone got any contacts or ideas how to refurbish worn out rollers on an 18" roller mill. Thanks