michael N123
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On a euro or chilton headstock there’s plenty of room to push 4 bales worth of net wrap if you crowd the grab right down after you’ve put the bale down
Why do people insist on having cabs full of crap
- Thread starter aloadofbull
- Start date
i can never find anything in my cab
Breakthru
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- Location
- Scottish Borders
If you drive a van in undesirable "areas", first of all don't drive a newish one.
Secondly make sure it is dirty and the cab window is full of papers envelopes crisp packets and most of all a large! dog bowl half full of water. Just top it off by a Star, open the door and throw it in so it scatters. Nobody who reads that and doesn't chuck it out the window has anything worth stealing.
On the M4 travelodge out of a row of two vans and four cars it was the only one that still had both quarter windows in the doors and wasn't broken into. Even though what was in the back was worth 5X the value of the van.
Sometimes crap is valuable and the thought of Rover in the back is the icing on the cake.
Secondly make sure it is dirty and the cab window is full of papers envelopes crisp packets and most of all a large! dog bowl half full of water. Just top it off by a Star, open the door and throw it in so it scatters. Nobody who reads that and doesn't chuck it out the window has anything worth stealing.
On the M4 travelodge out of a row of two vans and four cars it was the only one that still had both quarter windows in the doors and wasn't broken into. Even though what was in the back was worth 5X the value of the van.
Sometimes crap is valuable and the thought of Rover in the back is the icing on the cake.
- Location
- North West Wales
Not sure where an employer would stant if an employee was injured in a tractor accident due to tools or toplink etc in the cab. The employer must ensure that any employee is competent to operate any machine and provide training records. The City and Guilds and Lantra tractor driving qualifications both have questions about keeping cab and cab floor free from any obstructions and why. Same goes with the Tekehandler, sit in ATV, 360 excavator ect quals.
holywell farmer
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- Location
- holywell, north wales
Think that got in farmers weekly, they said drove it back to yard and tractor was playing up no surprise!
davedb
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- Location
- Staffordshire
I try to keep mine clean but when tanking and pumping slurry it’s impossible to keep the floor and pedals clean, but the only thing on the floor is gloves, I made a big toolbox for everything else
turned the diahatsu over, in the footwell was a heavy duty 20 ton jack, the handle, 2 bottles of coke and a 20 inch set of stillsons.Mate if mine put a massey 390 on its side when a petrol can for a chainsaw that was sat on top of a load if bale net behind the seat slipped off and went under the pedals so he couldnt stop. Went up a bank instead of hitting another tractor that had stopped on the road in front of him.
Tedding hay in our little ford 4600 years ago went down a steep ish but and the tractor went sliding down the hill and and bounced to a stop at the bottom of the hill in some ruts. Only damage was to the back of my leg were a drawbar with a ball hitch on it bounced off the mudguard (that has a toolbox on it why the hell wasnt it put IN the box?) And hit me in the back of my calf. It bloody hurt (even tbough it doesnt sound like something that would be painful really does it) amd bruised quite badly. All dad had to say was well at least at least it hit you and didnt break a window with it
I always throw bale net and wrap out when it starts to build up but the loader tractor is by no means clean. But why the hell would you leave it all there its a bloody pain. Dad (and a loy of other people i know) leaves it there then conplain that they cant see to hook up to trailers and things
The look he gave me when i put an airline on the cab the same time as i did the radiator was a mixture ofit took less time than it would take you to rant about it but ok ill just complain about the crap in the cab instead
when i got oreitated again the doc was ripping at the canvas roof to get me out which with the broken mirrow was most of the damage
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
Actually, the tractor is not too bad.
Can't say the same for the quad trailer though. One wheel is larger than the other due to a blow out and the tyre place not having a match....but it works. There will be the portable generator, probably a chain saw, various coils and bits of wire, the usual fencing tools - mal, pinch, rammer, etc., - a few rotten fence posts, a bucket with spare nuts and bolts, you name it. If it isn't on the bench, it's in the trailer.
Can't say the same for the quad trailer though. One wheel is larger than the other due to a blow out and the tyre place not having a match....but it works. There will be the portable generator, probably a chain saw, various coils and bits of wire, the usual fencing tools - mal, pinch, rammer, etc., - a few rotten fence posts, a bucket with spare nuts and bolts, you name it. If it isn't on the bench, it's in the trailer.
Ali_Maxxum
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- Location
- Chepstow, Wales
Have thought about putting a very small tool box on the mower, but after one fell off in some silage grass that had also been tedded and taking an hour to fill a 10ton West, that was enough to put me off.
holywell farmer
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- Location
- holywell, north wales
You should see state some hire 360 cabs get into ,
michael N123
Member
Mines standard on my Fella it easily holds 2boxes of blades a few of them protection shear plate things and plenty of tools
There’s also a separate bit behind the box to hold the blade changer tool
Weasel
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- Location
- in the hills
geez
I'm an arable farmer & a contractor & I make sure I give my cab a clean out twice a year, whether its needed or not . . .
A bit of soil? Arable boys don't know dirt
Weasel
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- Location
- in the hills
ollie989898
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Can we move this on a bit in a different direction, the other thing that gets my coat-tails: dungers who drive around with the back window open all the time. Do you enjoy being deaf/hot and covered in dust all the time??
Don't get me started on people who fill up with diesel or play with oil or grease without wearing gloves and then go on to cover the wheel or controls in murk.
Don't get me started on people who fill up with diesel or play with oil or grease without wearing gloves and then go on to cover the wheel or controls in murk.
dowcow
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- Location
- Lancashire
Because sometimes hearing something going wrong before it actually goes wrong will save you a lot of time. You will never hear the tines of the rowing up machine striking treasure if you're sat there listening to the radio with the back window shut.
Windows do get shut during a loud or dusty operation.
Storeman
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- Location
- South East Englandshire
I was taught to fill up at the end of the day, reduce the risk of condensation inside the fuel tank.
never do important jobs when you are tired
this goes for all jobs .
i remember the first cab tractor on the farm .
the hot shot driver did did half a lap of the paddock before he saw the fert spreader he was supposed to be towing
Walterp
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- Location
- Pembrokeshire
This applied to metal tanks - tanks are now almost exclusively plastic and do not cause the same condensation risk.