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  1. Magnificent Earwig

    A question on weight

    We are running 180hp tractors, around 7500kgs in weight, one of their duties is pulling a mounted mole plough, occasionally they’ll struggle with traction so my question is this, would I be better off putting more weight on the front linkage (currently has a 1000kg block on it) or would adding...
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    The happy customer thread

    Everyone loves a moan at poor service so I’d like to buck the trend and say what fantastic service I got from @masseybreaker the other week, I phoned regarding two springs to replace the crap suspension system on a 6400 series MF and they arrived next day, just got them fitted this morning with...
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    Tru test XRS Stick reader

    Right, on Christmas Eve we scanned some ewes ear tags with our Tru Test xrs stick reader, it worked perfectly fine. I noticed that the battery was low so when I got home I stuck it straight on charge, I can’t say I recalled noticing the battery icon on the screen as it charged. So skip forward...
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    Interesting concept

    Will this ever catch on???
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    Measuring an area of land

    I seem to recall a program that used Google earth to measure land area, can anyone remember what is was or could recommend something similar. Need to roughly measure part of a field for something. Many thanks
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    this needs reading

    http://order-order.com/2015/02/12/labour-bans-pork-in-islington-schools/ (sorry if this has already been discussed)
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    Ideas for discussion group meetings

    Morning folks, i am involved in a local midlands based discussion group, named the Towcester Sheep Discussion Group and since it is getting close to the winter months when we hold our meetings, i though i'd try a find some ideas/speakers from you very good and knowledgeable people. Please don't...
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    rolled vs milled

    due to a larger than normal heap of barley in the shed and rather poor price of barley, the thought of feeding more barley has crossed our minds. now we already own an ageing martin markham (i think) hammer mill and mix, which despite being quite labour intensive, is fine for most of what we use...
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    Offset flail toppers

    For various reason, it looks like we shall be buying a flail topper next year so my question is, are offset flail toppers any good and can they be run in-line? work would include field margins, wood ridings, road side verges and general tidying up. i like the idea of an offset flail for doing...
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    Im done with Lent!!

    My fridge doesn't work, i'll have to eat some chocolate now. Happy easter
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    Heating oil tanks

    What is the ruling for installing a new fuel tank for heating a house, does it need to be bunded or can we use a single skinned tank?
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    Silage Clamp

    Just thinking out loud here but what size would we be looking at for a clamp for 500 ton of maize? I'm guessing it would be 3m high (please correct me if i'm wrong). I know its a bit of a vague question but may be looking towards growing some maize in the future and would be useful to know a...
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    Gas!!!

    Is there anyway of getting hold of gases without being tied into a contract with the likes of boc? As someone who would need to use a small amount of oxygen and a small amount of shield gas, bottle rental seems a very expensive way of using gas. Is there a solution for this problem? A kind of...
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