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Re: 1990s Cotswolds England aka Charwell Map
Posted: Sat May 29, 2021 2:25 am
by Phila
Re: 1990s Cotswolds England aka Charwell Map
Posted: Sat May 29, 2021 10:52 am
by Feirmeoir Eireannach
Absolutely loving all the Fords lad, I think this may be my favourite one yet lol, great work keeping this going.
Re: 1990s Cotswolds England aka Charwell Map
Posted: Sat May 29, 2021 9:02 pm
by Phila
Thanks. Had to grit my teeth buying blue...
hardcore MF fan boy.
Re: 1990s Cotswolds England aka Charwell Map
Posted: Sat May 29, 2021 10:58 pm
by Feirmeoir Eireannach
We all have our favourites haha, Ford is my true love, we used have all Fords when i was younger but now its Case and Newholland we have, you'll be pleased to know we do have a Massey 185, savage little yoke to stay running. Lol
Re: 1990s Cotswolds England aka Charwell
Posted: Sun May 30, 2021 2:12 pm
by Phila
I started driving tractors on MF135 aged Er... let’s just say too young ! And MF178, through MF590... awful tractor... My first proper ‘one driver’ tractor was a 2wd MF699 with a five furrow one way kverneland plough and 3m power Harrow. On the ‘family farm’ , not ours but where my Dad worked 35 years. The contracting and working elsewhere so some Fendts, a season on a 200hp Fiat with a 5 furrow reversible Dowseswell in VERY heavy clay and 4m Dodeswell power Harrow , which was BIG in those days. And before I stopped working for living and got a non-farming job I got to use a big JD think a 4760.
Re: 1990s Cotswolds England aka Charwell Map
Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2021 6:45 pm
by Phila
Re: 1990s Cotswolds England aka Charwell Map
Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2021 7:00 pm
by Phila
Re: 1990s Cotswolds England aka Charwell Map
Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2021 7:02 pm
by Phila
Now the shed builders are in to take down and build new shed. Pics of new set up to follow once built.
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Re: 1990s Cotswolds England aka Charwell Map
Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2021 10:14 pm
by Phila
Straw contractor , old Volvo loader, typical lorry/trailer set up so it can get down tight lanes and into small yards. And in a wet field we could pull the trailer around by tractor and then cross load to the truck.
Re: 1990s Cotswolds England aka Charwell Map
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 6:43 pm
by Phila
Sad news heavy metal fans: time to trade in the V8 MF2745. Love it but now aged (role play: I'm letting kit go after going down to zero and repairing three//four times), and I need 4wd and a bigger HP as my acreage grows. So hello new MF 8160 which is a 200hp version of the second hand 8140 I have. The 8160 becomes main plough and heavy pull tractor, the 8140 moves to discs and powerharrow lead beast.
(I've just XML tweaked the existing 8140 to 200hp, which is why badge still says 8140 not 60 as I'm too dim to make the graphics change.
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Re: 1990s Cotswolds England aka Charwell Map
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 6:53 pm
by Phila
Re: 1990s Cotswolds England aka Charwell Map
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 11:02 pm
by Phila
Grassland maintenance - light harrows and roller . Btw anyone across a working weeder for grass that is harrows or a roller ?
Re: 1990s Cotswolds England aka Charwell Map
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 11:07 pm
by Phila
I have small grass field in a awkward spot that is not worth cultivating. I planted fruits trees and put some free range chickens , feeding them home grown wheat. Put in a standpipe mod and using old water tank to irrigate trees.
(any one think of a way to auto water the trees? the clever spray irrigation system mod does not work on trees).
Re: 1990s Cotswolds England aka Charwell Map
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2021 10:56 pm
by Phila
Re: 1990s Cotswolds England aka Charwell Map
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2021 7:32 pm
by Phila
Winter work...
Load of logs on way off the farm - £50k thanks!
Automated feeding of my outdoor chickens! Really wanted a much smaller auger trailer or single axle gravity with a few ton capacity - in UK you see them sometimes towed by ATVs fpr free feeding sheep pigs and chickens... If any knows of such a mod...