Selectamatic
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Selectamatic's Farming Thread.
- Thread starter Selectamatic
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- Owaka, New Zealand
Never - can you have too many good old tractors?So did I, I've not just grown out of them yet!!
Too many by far!
Saves losing lynch pins if you maintain a good tractor:implement ratio
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- Owaka, New Zealand
PS, how did you get on with dryness in your new shed, was it just a condensation issue with the weather cooling down?
Boohoo
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- Newtownabbey
You can never have too many!So did I, I've not just grown out of them yet!!
Too many by far!
Selectamatic
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- North Wales
I reckon so, yes.
99% of the time everything is bone dry in there, it's just occasionally some dew on them, weather I have concluded.
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
Good stuffI reckon so, yes.
99% of the time everything is bone dry in there, it's just occasionally some dew on them, weather I have concluded.
am pleased it was as easy as all that, I'm picking as the covered area's soil dries out it will be less noticeable by next winter.Looking good up there
what a strange 12 months it has been for weather though
Selectamatic
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- North Wales
Good stuff
Looking good up there
Terrible Pete, I'm itching to get some seed in the ground, but it's sodden, and it was bitterly cold today, and snowing!!
We were very lucky last year, what harvest work we did we had to steal it in between weather as we could.
Still, could be worse, we're still here to complain about it!
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- Owaka, New Zealand
Perhaps not the time to confess it is 22 degrees here, and a beautiful day.....Terrible Pete, I'm itching to get some seed in the ground, but it's sodden, and it was bitterly cold today, and snowing!!
We were very lucky last year, what harvest work we did we had to steal it in between weather as we could.
Still, could be worse, we're still here to complain about it!
I see my friends up the valley have managed to get their harvest this year, last two years they have failed to get their barley or wheat
As you say, at least we are here and soldiering on, no point putting seeds in to rot, nature will let you know the right time for everything
Any daffs yet?
Selectamatic
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- North Wales
Plenty in the sheltered places, a few coming to flower in the more exposed places.
Just looked back in my diary, it was early April when I put the seed in in previous years, so perhaps I'm just a bit keen...
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
It is quite common, that keenness issue
I bought some ewe lambs from a friend, and we were a bit dismayed at the weights being back from last year, but it turns out we were 3 weeks earlier
Your seeds will be right in the bag for now!
I bought some ewe lambs from a friend, and we were a bit dismayed at the weights being back from last year, but it turns out we were 3 weeks earlier
Your seeds will be right in the bag for now!
Selectamatic
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- North Wales
Perhaps not the time to confess it is 22 degrees here, and a beautiful day.....
I see my friends up the valley have managed to get their harvest this year, last two years they have failed to get their barley or wheat
As you say, at least we are here and soldiering on, no point putting seeds in to rot, nature will let you know the right time for everything
Any daffs yet?
Lucky sod!
+1oC here and snowing like chuff.
Now might not be the time to tell you, but someone has stolen the steering wheel and dials from your car!!
Philip Watkins
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- Back in Shropshire
That's because it will be on the same side as ours.Lucky sod!
+1oC here and snowing like chuff.
Now might not be the time to tell you, but someone has stolen the steering wheel and dials from your car!!
Philip Watkins
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- Back in Shropshire
Selectamatic
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- North Wales
That's because it will be on the same side as ours.
Oh.... aye... perhaps...
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- Owaka, New Zealand
holywell farmer
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- holywell, north wales
Looks. Good rig
Ray996
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- North Scotland
Does anyone know why there is two different lengths of lift arm on an early 885 David brown ?causing bit of confusion with mate of mine as what to fit.one set is 30 and quarter inches ball centre to centre,other set is 33 and half ,tractor on 32 inch wheels,ex beet harvester skid he building up for ploughing matches,
Selectamatic
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No, I never knew there was...
I recon you have a mismatched pair, one 885, one 990 perhaps?!
I'd go to measure them for you, but I'm not near home for a while.
new one on me
Boohoo
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- Newtownabbey
According to the online parts catalogue 885 arms are 30-1/2 inches long and there wasn't an option for extended arms, 1190 and 1194 are the same. 990/5/6 arms are either 35-1/2 or 38-1/2 inches long
Edit: Could the longer arm be off an 880? The parts catalogue doesn't say what length 880 arms are, but they have a different part number
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