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    Ceres 95x Diffllock is stuck

    My diff lock lever is stuck and wont pull up to turn on has this ever happened anyone before?
  2. TFF

    Leguminose: Transforming a niche 2023-08-31

    Download PDF Intercropping, bi-cropping, companion cropping – call it what you like, but interest is increasing. An EU project aims to transform this from a niche to mainstream. CPM reports. By Mike Abram It’s perhaps unlikely a workshop about a bi-cropping project would have attracted nearly...
  3. S

    Ivor, Nugent, Tuffmac ?

    Going to change our 12' x 6' livestock trailer. Been very disillusioned with our present Ivor, build quality wise. I know they are built to a price, with as light an unladen weight as possible, but definitely looking for something a bit more robust. A few round here have Nugents as there is a...
  4. Sid

    How "Deprived" is your area?

    How far behinf the average does your locality sit? Some farmers sit quite nicely with well to do neighbours Where as some if us in North Devon sit below national average. https://data.cdrc.ac.uk/dataset/index-multiple-deprivation-imd
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    bredal refurb

    hi.. i am planning on tidying up my bredal hopper. there is alot of surface rush starting to appear so will need to be cleaned down and painted. however, i was thinking of fixing a 2/3mm stainless steal skin to the inside to try and preserve it but im afraid that the steal will just rust...
  6. P

    Stubble chitting machine optiond

    We’re on soils that go hard and struggling to find a machine to chit them unless they are wet. We persevered with a vaderstad carrier for a few years but got rid of it in the end as it just wouldn’t penetrate hard soils. We then used a mounted disc/press machine with the idea the tractor linkage...
  7. T

    Massey Ferguson 500 series hydraulics

    I am coming to the end of sorting out the hydraulics on my own 590. I have found these boards and those elsewhere, along with videos, highly informative but jeepers it has been a long slog with many false leads and blind alleys. I have the official workshop manual, parts list and operator...
  8. H

    PTO grain drying Fan

    Looking for a pto grain drying fan like Teagle TMF b1
  9. Clive

    What’s the best tractor of all time ?

    we have a worst thread so for balance what’s the best tractor of all time ?
  10. D

    Dr Luke Evans MP, 'Buy British' initiative

    https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/fresh/mps-call-for-buy-british-sections-on-supermarket-websites/682475.article?utm_source=Daily%20News%20(The%20Grocer)&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2023-08-23&c=&cid=DM1092246&bid=185820223
  11. E

    Domestic oil tank base question

    Would I be best siting my metal bunded 2500 oil tank on some box section bearers to keep it off the ground...or.lay it directly into the slabs that form the base. Thanks in advance
  12. bobk

    Can I get decent round baler for 5 grand ?

    Don't do many normally but this year could have done loads , must bale straw where my old welgar fails badly
  13. D

    Stiff strawed feed wheat

    Can not seem to find a suitable stiff enough variety on recommended list anyone got experiences good or bad with variet
  14. cosmagedon

    Team viewer remote installing software, keeping safe

    I'm going to be having some diagnostic software installed on the workshop laptop remotely via teamviewer. In this day and age I don't really trust anyone, the laptop is only for the workshop so hasn't got any personal stuff on it, just to be sure I will be deleting all the cookies and any...
  15. N

    Heybob wheel hight

    Hi all I’ve just picked up a PZ300 and all is working fine apart from i can’t raise or lower the wheels, iv managed to free off the sliding shoot bolts that hold it in either of the holes I just can’t get the wheel to move up or down I’m guessing its just rusted but I’m not sure if it should be...
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    Sugar beet: Capitalising on the canopy

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Effectively managing the canopy characteristics of sugar beet is the foundation of a healthy and profitable crop. In a world where the list of pest and disease threats keeps growing, CPM explores the importance of maximising the green leaf...
  17. K

    14 year old plastisol coated box profile sheets.

    I Re-clad some buildings around 14 years ago, I've noticed the coating on the edges of some sheets is peeling back, exposing the steel which is starting to rust, it's worse where it's exposed to full sun. Recommedations for treating these areas? I'm thinking of rubbing down and applting...
  18. K

    14 year old plastisol coated box profile sheets

    I re-clad several buildings on site around 14 years ago. I've noticed at the ends of some sheets the coating is peeling back exposing the steel which is starting to rust. It seems worst where it's exposed to full sun. Any recommendations for how to repair, thinking of just rubbing down and...
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    Waxoyl - combine header

    Morning TFFers A little ahead of the game but we are backing harvest into a corner and thinking about how to protect shiny surfaces primarily on combine header over winter. Bought some Hammerite waxoyl (and a hand pump operated spray bottle) which looks very thick and nasty, will this...
  20. Farmer mk1

    Owning and old combine

    Evening folks, Just wondering on a wet evening, how many people own and old combine like a 1990 machine to an early 2000 machine so like 20/30 year old machine. Do you find them reliable or just a pain as they are on the period when electrics started to come into the agriculture sector fast...
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