Today at work

[norfolk n sheep]

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Topping catch crop ready for spring barley today, before the snow!!

No sheep your way?

 

[davedb]

Be careful with that. As soon as the pump primes you could suck in the tanker in a second.

No you couldn’t a slurry pump won’t create that much vacuum

 

[Massey mad]

Collected this last weekend from @grainboy, sister caught me in the photo
View attachment 760972 Now need to add this to run the hydraulic fan from the pto
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Very nice rig we've always wanted to have our fan on that sort of set up. What tractor is it 3100 or 3600?

 

[R.B.H]

Very nice rig we've always wanted to have our fan on that sort of set up. What tractor is it 3100 or 3600?

Thanks It's a MF3645 Going for running the fan off the pto as short of spool valves and it will struggle to work the fan and other fuctions at the same time

 

[Massey mad]

Thanks It's a MF3645 Going for running the fan off the pto as short of spool valves and it will struggle to work the fan and other fuctions at the same time

Great idea! She'll fly with the drill in nearly any conditions we pulled one with 125hp in nearly all conditions.

 

[Phil P]

Not many pics today sorry, another telehandler (3200) in for a service and some other jobs sorting.

Daily parts trip to the dealer for bits for the telehandler and some bits for some upcoming jobs. They also have a really good brew machine (which is free) also did a spot of window shopping while i was there

Got back to the yard to find a mate was dropping a machine off for a repair job later in the week, however not much work got done from that point on had a couple of brews and a good natter though

 

[mtx.jag]

Another day,another tower
Was proper Baltic today,don’t envy the guy that was up on the platform mixing

Edit..I do realise the platform is wonky but he assured me it was 100% safe and had relevant safety rails etc,just before the internet police turn up

 

[kingfisher]

What are you going to do to it after to establish the barley?

It was spayed off 10 days ago, and hopefully straight in with Claydon when conditions right, probably in about 4 weeks.

 

[sirclip]

Collected this last weekend from @grainboy, sister caught me in the photo
View attachment 760972 Now need to add this to run the hydraulic fan from the pto
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I don't get it. Definitely my drill, but why can't you run the fan straight off the tractor hydraulics. Went on four different tractors here with no bother.
Anyway, good luck with it. It was my favourite bit of kit, and my favourite job.

 

[kingfisher]

No sheep your way?

Not many, would have been nice, I’ve got about 160 acres still to do, but the benefits as a green manure on this light land should still help.

 

[R.B.H]

I don't get it. Definitely my drill, but why can't you run the fan straight off the tractor hydraulics. Went on four different tractors here with no bother.
Anyway, good luck with it. It was my favourite bit of kit, and my favourite job.

It's more to do with the tractor than the drill, our Massey has open center hydraulics so when it's pumping oil for the fan it slows or stops the tractor lifting it's three point linkage.
If i had a John Deere of the same era it would probably work it no problem.
Also if i convert the drill to run on less spool valves it will also go on our back up drilling tractor as well.

 

[Flat 10]

It was spayed off 10 days ago, and hopefully straight in with Claydon when conditions right, probably in about 4 weeks.

Would it bung the claydon if you hadn’t mown it?

 

[oil barron]

No you couldn’t a slurry pump won’t create that much vacuum

The pump itself can’t suck air. But if you have the valve to the tower and the valve to the tanker open at the same time sucking a high volume of slurry from the tower acts as a Venturi and can suck a vacuum on the tanker.

 

[oil barron]

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Another day,another tower
Was proper Baltic today,don’t envy the guy that was up on the platform mixing

Edit..I do realise the platform is wonky but he assured me it was 100% safe and had relevant safety rails etc,just before the internet police turn up

It’s OK the guarded PTO would soften his fall

 

[solo]

Not many pics today sorry, another telehandler (3200) in for a service and some other jobs sorting.
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Daily parts trip to the dealer for bits for the telehandler and some bits for some upcoming jobs. They also have a really good brew machine (which is free) also did a spot of window shopping while i was there
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Got back to the yard to find a mate was dropping a machine off for a repair job later in the week, however not much work got done from that point on had a couple of brews and a good natter though

That 3200 is in mint condition for its age.

 

[Phil P]

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That 3200 is in mint condition for its age.

It’s a one owner machine from new and although it is well looked after and tidy anyway it has been re-sprayed. It belongs to the same guy as the 3220 that was in last week.

 

[Bald Rick]

It's all in the preparation:

Yesterday -

and today we lay the scrape passageways:

 

[davedb]

The pump itself can’t suck air. But if you have the valve to the tower and the valve to the tanker open at the same time sucking a high volume of slurry from the tower acts as a Venturi and can suck a vacuum on the tanker.

Ah I was thinking they are connecting up to the pump to prime but I see what you mean now

 

[oldoaktree]

Customer wants some longer logs so he’s getting a dumpy bag at 30 cm and wants to try another at 50cm ones which is what I use .
Bit more than a f on than I expect but not overly much.

 

[wuddy]