Project Zetros

[Cab-over Pete]

Might be tempted…..

 

[mf7480]

How's it going? Any more pictures or a video?

 

[Cab-over Pete]

It’s going well thank you. Apart from the fact the late harvest is holding us up, but the machine goes well.

There are a few things I will need to change during winter but at the moment I’m happy enough.

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Not shiny any more. Spreading Fibrophos on a misty and humid morning soon gets a machine rimed with dust and crud.

 

[spanners and hammers]

thats a anti glare coating glad its going well

 

[Crex]

Looks the business, well done @Cab-over Pete

 

[Steevo]

Not shiny any more. Spreading Fibrophos on a misty and humid morning soon gets a machine rimed with dust and crud.

Which blends of fibrophos do you normally spread? Never used it before but looking into it for the future.

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Any blend but the 0-12-12 is by far the most common. I spread some 0-5-20 on the light land and Pgrow 0-23-0 on the heavy clays.

 

[massey765]

Not shiny any more. Spreading Fibrophos on a misty and humid morning soon gets a machine rimed with dust and crud.

beauty is in the eye of the holder, and to me i would rather see something in its working clothes than all washed and polished up

 

[Kipper]

Would this due to the wrong vehicle license category for towing a trailer?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1446800805504356355

 

[Cab-over Pete]

It would depend what the towing vehicle actually is and whether it’s registered with DVLA as a tractor or an Agricultural Machine.

 

[tomlad]

Just seen this on fb made me think of this thread

 

[PB1507]

insufficient beacons and driver not wearing a soufle . overalls covered in lime dust gives us all a bad name !!

 

[Zebbedee]

Looks very like a Multidrive to me? I would rather have seen a chain holding loadall on but looks secure to me presumably strap on rear of loadall is through puh explaining why it looks a bit low down the tyre. The main issue I would say but ty don’t seem to have mentioned is the van getting transported by a lower tax class vehicle,,tax red diesel etc

 

[hollister]

Maybe some product in the spreader blew out on the road

 

[clbarclay]

Do the police bother to give a detailed explanation to go with tweets like that, of what was specifically wrong rather than a vague statement.

 

[Steevo]

Do the police bother to give a detailed explanation to go with tweets like that, of what was specifically wrong rather than a vague statement.

They only seem interested in using/showing their power rather than educating others.

Doesn’t give a great impression or the police, or make them seem more approachable by the public.

 

[TheTallGuy]

My guesses are:
Van only appears to be secured by straps on the front wheels
Insecure loader due to the use of straps instead of chains and not positioned to adequately secure the loader in the event of the trailer tipping over.
May require C1E or CE licence category depending on how the towing vehicle is registered.
Not referred to in the tweet, but carrying the van probably ought to be done on white diesel.

 

[Andrew]

My guesses are:
Van only appears to be secured by straps on the front wheels
Insecure loader due to the use of straps instead of chains and not positioned to adequately secure the loader in the event of the trailer tipping over.
May require C1E or CE licence category depending on how the towing vehicle is registered.
Not referred to in the tweet, but carrying the van probably ought to be done on white diesel.

Straps are legal if done correctly.
You're supposed to secure the load to 100% of the eight to the front, 50% to each sides and rear. That forklift weighs about 6t?
To stop the machine moving forwards, they've used one 10t strap through the pickup hitch, effectively making it a 5t strap. So not legal for that reason, in my opinion.

Also appears to be various blocks of wood / oil cans, maybe even a spare wheel unsecured?

 

[Will 1594]

pete , what door height setting do you run for around 1000/1200 kg ha 0 1212fibro
k60 spreader
thanks