I stand next to it and take a pic. Why not? Round here you *have* to be into tractors, guns and trials motorbikes, in no particular order. We have ploughing matches here...!
😆 I guess it's a bloke thing then!
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You can imagine my excitement last summer when the missus and I were out with the wee one in her bike trailer and we dropped in to see our pal and his new MF. He was far more interested in my Alpine 160, and insisted my daughter and I went for a spin while he farted about on the bike.
I asked him how fast to go when harrowing and he said "if your head hits the cab roof you're going too fast." Classic.
What a day!
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Can I ask a question? I would love to take pics of tractors but am rather concerned that I could be mistaken for a stalker.Are you all using powerful lenses or do you hide in a hedge or what do you do?
Thanks.
Don't be shy 🙂 Just get in there and take the pic 🙂
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This must trump all, exotic tractor !!
Was out with my daughter today and we saw a new, shiny Massey Ferguson which I was admiring surreptitiously so not to be outed as a geek.
Thought I had been caught out as my daughter cracks up laughing. Lucky escape for my (limited) street-cred though as it turns out her friend is called...
Maizey Ferguson!!
Guess her dad is a true tractor geek!
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Spotted this group of tractors on the road out of Kamloops to Vernon and my first thought was tractor trumps 🙂
There were loads of them, some looked as if they're still in use and others just abandoned.
I have more photos which are on my Flickr page if you want to look?
Matt.
That PTO shaft is going to kill someone 😥 get a cover on it.
Im in North Norfolk at the minute so be prepared to be trumped the lot of you
I'm heading out to the field in the next couple of weeks. Will try to get some snaps of the monsters that tend the wheat belt out here 😯
Couple in a field I saw today.
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Load of tractors and combines working around me at the moment.
Old Case with my bike in this one.
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Loving the above^^^^
From Exmoor yesterday...
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Whats with the relatively tiny hopper thing on the back ?
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Always wanted to join in this thread, I even took this picture on holiday just to join in 🙂
I give you a Lamborghini!
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Today whilst out and about...not on bike.
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Muker - Probably spreading slug pellets.
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'Ellio, ello, ello. 😀
@billy
Zetor ? or Z Cars ?
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The local eccentric has loads of old machinery rotting away.
Breton beach tractor.....
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Chaps - guess what I saw today? A 2013 Tractors calendar - how cool is that? 8)
Now, not too far from me is a John Deere 'showroom'. Do you think it would be OK to rock up and ask to have a sit on these machines? They can only say 'no', can't they?
Apologies for not photographing any tractors, only have a basic camera so action shots are just not possible!
I'm sure they will let you sit in it. Better still ask to take it for a test drive 🙂
Kuco - lovin@ the forestry prep'd dozer. Your green thing earlier is definitely an MB trac, there is one down by Glyncorryg with winch and roof mount timber crane.
So excited to see this thread still going, must update it with some more from work.
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From a Guinness World Record Quadtrac occasion! http://www.quadtracrecord.co.uk/
Bit of catch up, we had this in at the beginning of the year
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along with this, which was upside-down a week previously
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Love seeing Harvesters would love to have ago in one, disappointed work wouldn't let me go to the forestry show this year.
Check this thread later guys - I've got loads of pics to post up. 8)
[b]redthunder - eat your heart out!!![/b]
A little C_G pootle turned into the amazing day. As soon as I saw this, my bike was thrown into the side of the trail and I charged into the field.
Wow, I found myself talking to the tractor owners, asking questions, did they mind me taking some photos. Apparently they were practising for a competition tomorrow and fellow tractorists from Dorset and Hampshire would be joining their fellow Wiltshire contenders.
Enjoy. 8)
[b]redthunder - eat your heart out!!![/b]
A little C_G pootle turned into the amazing day. As soon as I saw this, my bike was thrown into the side of the trail and I charged into the field.
Wow, I found myself talking to the tractor owners, asking questions, did they mind me taking some photos. Apparently they were practising for a competition tomorrow and fellow tractorists from Dorset and Hampshire would be joining their fellow Wiltshire contenders.
Enjoy. 8)
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Now I plucked up courage to ask whether I could sit inside the tractor and the delightful owner (all of at least 80 years old) asked whether I would like to drive it!!! 😯
I was rather nervous so just sat inside and here it is:
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I'm still grinning. 😀
So did you drive it?
No cos I'm a wimp. 😳 It was bad enough getting in their way when taking pics. They were all lovely and there was even a lady tractorist. 🙂
@CG
EPIC!
This thread has gone to a new level :-)))
Lol, glad you approve! 😀
Apparently there will be around 70 tractors tomorrow and some of them actually drive on the road to get there. 😯
You should have had ago CG 😀
I know, just overwhelmed with the number of tractors!
May go there tomorrow except I don't want people to think I'm a stalker. There will be even older machines, some of today's were 60 years old. 😯
CG just bloody go, my father in law collects old tractors and he would talk to a wall all day about them given the chance.
So the opportunity to talk to a real lady person who showed an interest & take pictures would make his year never mind day.
The tractors at my work... 8)
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Lol at MrOvershoot. 😆
Presumably you don't show any interest in your f-i-l's tractors??!!
skidsareforkids - nah, they belong in the sky don't they? 😉
I show a slight interest but you have to be careful or he will start into the most minute tech detail about them!
Anyway did you go?
There was a tractor fest in Skaer (brittany) when were holidaying a few moons back, seemed an excuse to dress up in overalls,get greasy and then drink and eat all day and night--
No I didn't go, had other stuff that needed attending to. But I will endeavour to find out where others are held so I can incorporate a bike ride.
Yes, it's definitely a blokey thing with male-bonding, get away from wifey etc. I really wanted to talk to the lady tractorist but, blimey, she sure was in the zone!
There was a tractor fest in Skaer (brittany) when were holidaying a few moons back, seemed an excuse to dress up in overalls,get greasy and then drink and eat all day and night--
And your problem, caller?
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skidsareforkids - nah, they belong in the sky don't they?
Most of the time yeah! There are incidents from time to time tho... When we are going full-tilt each plane can spray up to 6,000 acres in a day. Because a John Deere can't work at 110mph 😉
John Deere can't work at 110mph
Depends who's driving 😉
Not a tractor, but a plough, although not a regular plough that you would see attached to the back of a John Deere.
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Kuco - you didn't miss much at APF, unless you're a tree climber or like 600+ horse chippers.
"home-made, propelled, log lifting and winching trailer?"
That explains the lack of guard ..
but as previously, that needs a guard on it
The two combines AND header on the low loader was abmitous
"Because a John Deere can't work at 110mph "
Guessing not the UK?
I always wonder how you can switch on/off in the right place and/or follow where you've been, ie so you're not overdosing? Its not like/I guess there are no tramlines for planes or GPS that can 'work' for sprayer-planes?
That and how does the 'draft'/wind effects of a plane effect the evenness of the spray?
"Whats with the relatively tiny hopper thing on the back ?"
For spreading slug pellets
Though normally it'd be used attached to something else doing another job like a sprayer or maybe a seed drill/piece of cultivation eqpt/rollers. Else if on its own, then maybe something with less compaction that a tractor, such as a quad-bike
Here are a few, Ill thin them down a bit by biasing the mishaps:
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Not a tractor, but in my (to be) dining room, a 19th century Thresher. Dad didn't want to throw it out...
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My 2 .5yr old son loves tractors. They have to be green or blue though.
We saw two combine harvesters on the road the other day. He flipping loved it!
"Because a John Deere can't work at 110mph "
Guessing not the UK?
I always wonder how you can switch on/off in the right place and/or follow where you've been, ie so you're not overdosing? Its not like/I guess there are no tramlines for planes or GPS that can 'work' for sprayer-planes?
That and how does the 'draft'/wind effects of a plane effect the evenness of the spray?
Nope, I now live in the U.S. in Kansas. A LOT of open space... Pretty much everything out here is agriculture related. I love it! Must get a picture of some of the more conventional tractors to post...
Anyhoo, the spray planes do have GPS. There is a lightbar in front of the pilot that guides left and right to what has been sprayed already. It's a little like a Tron version of the guide lines on a back-up camera screen. There are automatic spray systems that open and close the booms when the plane is lined up, but they are not popular as spraying is so wind dependent that everything is a lot more tactical than that... A good pilot can be accurate within about 2 feet. My father-in-law's party trick is dropping water right up to a person/truck and stopping short right in front of them. It's crazy impressive!
Drift is a huge part of spraying, as it is used to direct spray away from roads, houses and sensitive crops. With the size of some of the fields here winds can be different directions from one end to the other, so it is very complex. Generally we only spray in winds below 12mph and in temperatures below 105ºF (the spray hangs in the air when the ground temp is too high). One of our competitors killed $300,000 of wheat a few years ago when he sprayed when it was too hot and the chemical drifted over half a mile. We have to be extremely careful! I know an awful lot of pilots from racers and stunt pilots to airline pilots and instructors, and they all have huge respect for good crop dusters...
One from this morning- it's a Lamborghini!
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Some people take oneupmanship just a little too far...
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And a tractor about a mile underground in the wilds of Scotland:
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Saw these nice red, shiny McCormicks at Slide Rock near Sedona Arizona & thought of you lot. Apparently they were used in the orchards there a few years ago.
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Wow^^
Dispersal auction today..
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Can i play?
I'm sure it fits in the rules somewhere.
I bring to the table a 1928 Ruston Hornsby AP engine, churning out a whole 6hp. le 6hp.
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For sale if anyone fancies it..
Massey 35 here too and a slightly more modern McCormick GX50. 😉
Todays sights.
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Came across this old David Brown whilst visiting my friend's sister's farm to pet her new foals.....
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Home brew lights. (Not yet upgraded to Crees 😉 )......
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Ooooh, just been getting up-to-date. Wow, some machines here and, seriously, what's that one doing in the street? 😯
I never thought I'd see myself getting excited over tractors. 8)
Barn find in a secret location:
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Also found an old front loader cabless digger thing but the sun is behind it so will try and take a snap later.
P.S Sorry for the rubbish phone photos.
Three of the 9 Massey's a work colleague owns...
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Tractor fun
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Photographed this morning near Wotton-under-Edge, Glos. Don't think it's moved in a while.
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Really happy that this is still going. 😀
I never thought I'd see myself getting excited over tractors.
It bit me as well 🙂
I was thinking of this thread earlier as there was a collection of old tractors at the pub next to the Thatchers brewery. Was driving so couldnt get a picture.
Only just discovered this; my contribution is after a ride around Grassmere in 2008; just snapped it 'cos it looked kind of cool.
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It bit me as well
I'm blaming you redthunder! 😉
@cg
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Brings me up-to date ...
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**PS this was in Aldi... I wasn't allowed to have it 🙁 Stomps feet.
