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Great pictures, Roly. An amazing collection of crain engines. What would the ploughing engine be rated at by the manufacturer, 8nhp? big step up to 200hp ! Where is Old Walden, I couldn't find it on the map? sorry John its,Old-Warden aerodrome & museam,down the A1 to Biggleswade roundabout turn...

Old Walden weekend steam rally had plenty going on.

when a volvo FH16 with a 610hp motor pulled into our yard at 6-30 this morning i could smell something very hot, and smoke was coming off one of his trailer wheels,a bearing had failed welding itself to the shaft and needed gassing off, after cleaning up the shaft and assembling we finaly got loaded...

Great video David and that H D gives a loveley clear picture i
must look out for a H D camcorder,commentary was first cass too
thanks for posting

John Gaunt wrote:Great pictures, Roly. Nice of those guys to drop in and see you
Will you be at Little Casterton next weekend ?

Afraid not John,we have arranged to go with friends to Old Walden steam rally,
a pity that, i,ve never been to Little Casterton

The old D8 back in action burying chopped wheat straw 2009
taking it easy in 4th gear

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX732d8h_z4

RB

Four hot air balloons dropped in on us today,literally, :o first one just missed the fish pond and electric cables,second one paddock fence,third one more electric cables,fourth one just hopping over our telephone wire :claphands: camera was busy for a minute or two :lol: :thumbup:best thing is our ...

Sorry i,m late John i just twigged it,happy birthday and all the best for last
thursday,and i hope many many more
RB

Excellent pictures. I really enjoyed seeing these. This 463 looks like a relatively new machine, yet I don't see them listed on Cat's website. Does anyone know whether they just make to order these days? Could we be seeing the re-emergence of the (real) towed scraper? Hi Chris, Thank You! :wave: Ca...

I came across this video of this scraper with a screw attactment to help it fill, my question is how does the ejector push the soil past it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW3V8-6GPxc Edward,the ejector cant push past it,i think you have the screw working when you eject, that way theres no damage t...