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Garden

New Entrance Gates

New gates for our house made by my friend Robert. He is called upon regularly here whenever a professional is required. I took a sneeky pic of them under construction. Here is another set he made for me for the farm a few years ago. Facebook Comments

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Restorations

MF 205 Restoration

I bought this tractor in 2015 with my brother with the intention of restoring it. We started work on it in 2016 and have most of the mechnical work done, it has been on pause for a while be hopefully work will be resumed soon. A friend of mine fabricated a new quick hitch for […]

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Farm Projects

Self Fill IBC Water Bowser

This is my Self filling IBC water bowser on a custom made pallet for bale lifters. A simple Pallet made from RSJ’s to fit our Bale lifter I drill the IBC and installed a ball cock for sell filling. Water Pressure is quite low at my yard and IBC could take over an hour to […]

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Restorations

MF 135 Restoration

A few pictures of my MF 135 restoration, this was a straight forward restoration as the tractor was in reasonably good mechanical order. I replaced the radiator, front grill, lights, mudgaurds, tyres and brakes pads, installed an altenator and completly rewired. Some Before pictures: And After: Complete album can be found here: https://flic.kr/s/aHskthP6Q8 Facebook Comments

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Tractor Troubles

698T Engine Trouble

This old Girl has been busy on our farm for the past 20 years and got a mini overhaul in 2017. I Fabricated some new mudgaurds and replaced the lights. Replaced exahust manifold, gaskets and fabricated or repaired other exahust parts where needed. Replaced the Engine wiring loom . I also replaced the engine balancer […]

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Tractor Implements

Loader 3 point adapter for bale lifter.

This is a simple frame we fabricated to fit a bale lifter onto a Trima Loader a few years back. It has worked well over the years, but I’m considering replacing with a hydraulic lifter as it has its limitations such as being difficult to lift a bale that has sagged a little and the […]

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Garden

DIY Polytunnel Using Polypipe And Scaffold Poles

This is our DIY polytunnel made from old polypipe and scaffolding tubes that were lying around the yard. The Polytunnel is 32ft x 12ft. A timber frame was built inside and bolted to scafold posts and screwd to Poly Pipe for rigidity. We then stretched 1000 gauge plastic over the whole frame, we used anti-hotspot […]

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