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  1. rick_vandal

    Old PTO shaft.

    I have just changed a 400 year old universal joint on my Rotavator for something newer. No kidding, the Hookes joint has been around that long with all it's limitations even at 540 RPM and 20 degree angles it rattles. Academics will claim that the second joint cancels out the speed variations...
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    Red or White?

    Changes are coming this April for the uses of red diesel in the guise of pollution reduction and it might affect what we put in our tanks. Cherry enjoys a lesser Duty rate of 11.14ppl than DERV at 57.95 pence per litre. My tractor lacks EGR, DPF, Adblue or common rail yet smokes less than a...
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    Dual wheels?

    To open a controversy, what is the benefit of dual tractor land wheels and is it worth the risk of getting penalised? Overtly banned wherever I plough yet blatant obsconders abound, WTF? And whilst I have your attention, see those bendy reversible ploughs lifting bodies at will, what is 'the...
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    Blood Pressure

    We're told that blood is thicker than water (but less dense than mercury). A 100 mmHg BP equates to 53 inches of water or say 50 inches of blood. If a giraffe's neck is 100 inches tall and the carotid artery takes the blood up, likewise the jugular returns with a siphon effect with the brain in...
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    Ploughing in 1558

    With Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, now seen as a good early copy of Bruegel's original, there was a left handed trend.
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    Robert Burns

    Rabbie might be worse than Marmite but he did pen a phrase about being seen by other people. Here is a link to the venerable Guardian newspaper about our sport. www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/23/world-ploughing-championships-no-till-farming. It was paraphrased in The Week 15/12 by...
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    Dogs and ploughs.

    Paws for thought at the canine assistants.
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