GarethM
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Everything posted by GarethM
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The 15 L x 24 is the front rim.
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Possibly 250 rectangular idiot blocks or even a dozen round shapes ?.
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Plus said something about encouraging wild flowers for making hay, mowing regularly won't help those if anything the opposite and create monoculture. Grazing wildflowers over winter definitely would, as it gives a bit of free fertiliser and moves the seeds around the field.
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I don't judge colour, not really into the whole bleeding green, red, blue etc.
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Why have I got a mental image of us all gathered around singing an ammended platoon song in my head ?. This is my tractor. There are many like it, but this one is mine.My tractor is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life
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For a father in law who lives on the opposite sides of the country, in a care home up three flights of stairs in the middle of a major city centre ?.
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Have to see what metric sized tyres are fitted at the moment as I have a feeling they're just low profile tyres on the standard rims.
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Do I have to stand up when we introduce ourselves to the tractor addiction club ?.
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Self confessed tractor tart ?
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If it was me, I've had faulty coils on old tractors I would replace the valve & coil. If it's not moving completely it will get hot and burnout the coil again, the max current draw is during the initial moving the thing, the holding it open uses very little. If it's getting hot it's not moving fully, be that physically or a fault elsewhere on the electrics, but as it's burning out it could be an under voltage when everything else is in use.
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Did you replace the whole solenoid valve or just the coil ?.
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Think I'd rather the Aldi special than buy anything off Facebook. Vintage doesn't mean it's better, collectable maybe but a definite it's going in the collectable scrapman pile when it breaks. Buy once, cry once as the saying goes.
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Whilst never as good as a oil stained phone directory of paper, digital ones on eBay aren't bad. www.Agrimanuals.com do paper ones. That and finding a decent website for part code searching, makes ordering easier.
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I upgraded my McCormick front rims years back to help with loader work. When I checked the manuals there was a table showing what combination was possible I could only fit wider as they were 24" max. W10x24 > W12x24 increased the load by 150kg a tyre and they don't squash down as much. Daft question but are those tyres currently fitted 420/70R34 & 340/70R24 ?. As they're lower profile, mine are 420/85R34 & 340/85R24, mine sit 44" & 60" tall
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That's the front 🙂, W15L X 24" You might even be able to just update the tyre instead of changing the rims.
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A picture of the inner dish might be good, a lot of tractors used UK made GKN rims. That and find the manual to see what the combinations of rim & tyre, there should be a W number also which helps fit uprated tyres sometimes.
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True, I've gone soft in my old age. It takes me long enough to flail off 40acres several times a year to demand the creature comforts of a seat, radio and a cab to keep away the bugs of late night mowing.
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2.5 acres in my book is sheep territory, but small diesels are pretty bomb proof providing you do your basic maintenance. In all honesty it's more the low down grunt factor Vs the noise of a petrol. Something like a stand on might be more suitable, plenty of USA types on YouTube flying around on them.
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Probably best looking for a ex council diesel Kubota, four hours of petrol mowing on a 24hp must be best part of £20 Vs £5 on diesel.
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I'd hate to load anything with my 2m wide bucket, even heaped up it's not much more than 0.7 M3. The tractor could handle larger, but to be honest I would prefer to take longer than snap an axle. Wasn't sure if the firm's had a time penalty deal like most concrete companies.
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How big a bucket would you need to load a lorry tho?. Guessing they would want it loaded in 15-20 minutes.
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I'm not sure if it's going to be dog rough or definitely stolen at that price. Bite the bullet and get a 261, for firewood processing it's pretty hard to beat.
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4m is pretty much tractor loader territory. Telehandlers are a bit of a one trick pony for farm work tho, as they don't have a PTO or 3 point so unless it's pallet forks and loading it won't get used.
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Opinions wanted please - Where are all the arborists?
GarethM replied to KateH's topic in General chat
Mike has pretty much described what you would want as a co-owner or someone to take over when you're wanting to retire. But that's the reality of most industries going forward, you can't just keep workers in a state of illiteracy like the Victorians. It's inevitable employees with a bit of skill and nous will leave to setup on their own, it's just a case of getting the right salary balance. Pay enough for them to stay or risk them competing for the work you could have done together. -
Just playing devil's advocate, as providing you've set the blades correctly there aren't many variables. Could it be this beast ?. Wadkin FM Planer Thicknesser WWW.WADKIN.COM
