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Regarding security - I myself had 4 attempted breakins during January last . Each attempt failed even though they were breaking the cement corrigated roof off the garage to try to get at the bike collection . I have 3mm steel security fencing wired across under the corrigated roof and i use a wireless door sensor with a wireless pir detector , they run to the house alarm which is zoned so that at night when activated the garage and a pir in the garden covering the entrance are live . These do not sound an alarm , they dial my mobile which wakes me . Handy when i am away as well as i get the call - hang up and phone the neighbour to get them to take a look . And best of all the system with 7 pir's and 5 door units was less then £60 off the well known auction site , This was 6 years ago , and they are still available today at under £60 with a built in mobile phone dialer now as well that uses it's own sim card . But for a cheap option ( i used this for years before the wireless security system was installed ) A std 230v pir security light can have power wires run out from the bulb terminals so when illuminated the wires feed a socket with a 9v games adaptor pluged in .( multi meter required to determine the live and return ) The 9v can power a wireless door bell push switch with the push contacts soldered across .In effect having it turned on waiting for power . This instantly sends the ring signal to the interior bell sounder every time the light is activated . So again you can be in bed and the bell ringing will wake you to alert of any intruders . Though cats are a problem , especially around the full moon ? but it's worth it .

Hi All This is the first time the horticultural tractors have taken part in this match here are some photos there were over seventy entries and all classes it was well attended The match was the only one in the past few weeks not cancelled by the bad weather

I seem to remember that you could do this in our country when I was a kid, unfortunately no longer. It is an ongoing war, enhancing security at every opportunity and reviewing the situation when attempts are made. I really do find it a depressing situation and don't see it getting any better. What makes my blood boil is when you contact the boys in blue and the first response is “would you like a crime number for the insurance company”, followed by “very little we can do sir”. I know police intelligence are two words that are often not used in the same sentence, but you would have thought that the person who was let out of prison for this type of offence and has no apparent income but drives a van, is worth keeping an eye on. Anyway back to the task in hand. The job of getting everything back into the workshop turned into a nightmare. I knew that I would need to find an alternative location for the three tractors on the top of the stand but I was confident that everything else would drop straight back in place. This wasn’t the case for some reason but I did get it sorted, even though I had a bit of a sense of humour failure at one point. Seems mad that it took me two full days to empty the workshop, dismantle the stand and put everything back but it is at least a step in the right directions. No further progress until next weekend. Iain

This is my most recent new toy, a gravely tractor with loader. I am very pleased with it as everything works and it is a strong tractor. Unfortunately the rear fender is missing and some has attacked the unit with red oxide. My plan is to restore it eventually and put some better tyres on the rear for traction. Here are a few pictures. Harry

Very cool find!

I would love to buy this, all the good tractors are always too far away

Regarding the scumbags -Appologies for the long reply . My lorry ( 1994 VW LT35 ) has eneded up being stored 15 miles away from my home following 5 attacks on it by neighbours , the leader being a convicted armed robber , who is also an alcoholic .He sat in his van drinking 2 1L bottles of wine then went with a blank firing pistol to try to get more wine for free from the local shops ,this led to him being beaten up in the 3rd shop he tried to rob . He would get off his head on drink and drugs and run around naked , peeing against fences and fighting . This went on for 4 years , with my tyres being slashed 5 times and paint stripper thrown over the truck , my son then aged 4 was almost killed when he was sat in his baby chair in the truck ( above the battery ) and when started the battery set alight due to the wires running to the crane being pinned ( nail shoved through them where they ran up the back of the cab ) I had to dive out , run around and drag him out as the flames came up around him . [ Our Fred ( son ) was well known up and down the country as i picked up and delivered engines , he loved the Redcarr and Northampton Corus steel works with all the forklifts , trains and trucks to watch with his favourite run being from Perkins in Peterborough cross country to Henor ( Merriman plant ) in Nottingham .] The trouble ended with one of his friends climbing up to the daughters bedroom window at 12:30am trying to get to the cctv camera , but he slipped and fell into the garden , Oh i enjoyed myself once i had one of them on my property .He was carted off in an ambulance with head and neck injuries and concussion .The police told me to say i had not hit him , i refused to do this and made a complaint regarding the situation with nio charges being briought against me ! The police on every occassion did nothing as due to the criminal justice act , the damage was less then £5000 so the CPS were not bothered ? . But this affected me personaly and on a business level . I had resorted to violence and dragged him unconsious round to the neighbours house and told him enough was enough and i had had enough . He moved , his wife left him and the woman next to him who was the gob of the trouble causing moved to Brighton . Nice place to live once again now . Another occassion saw a local druggy shoving his way between me and the wife and daughter ( aged 2 at the time ) as we got shopping out of the car boot , he went across the rd and sat on a wall , 2 policemen came running around the corner and one ran straight into the daughter and knocked her to the floor , he bent and picked up a syringe with exposed needle and full of a brown liquid ,He proceeded to roll it around in his fingers - i asked why he had done this as it could have been finger printed , He told me it wasnt worth it as it would cost £80 .MMMMM . I walked into the house and came out with my .22 rifle in it's gun bag ,the 2 policemen then took notice . Asking me my name to which i pointed out that unless they suspected i had carried out a criminal act they had no reason to ask me . I showed them the magazine in my pocket to prove the gun was not loaded in a public place and off i walked . They went to my house and asked the wife what i was doing , she told them they were out of order and i had gone vermin shooting ! I had the lad , screaming as i dragged him off down the lane when 3 riot vans full of police arrived . The sergent asked what i was doing and i told him i was going vermin shooting , he wanted me to say i was going to shoot the lad , but i stuck to the vermin shooting line with the police in the back of the lead van laughing as i wound the sergent up with my answer . The druggy errupted in screams as the sergent appologised for his lads telling me the £80 wasnt worth it and that i should let him go till they had left the area , a quick kick to his head and he was off like a rat . Only into a headge row nearby , seeing me walk over and grab him again as the vans drove off , seeing the sergent return and explain to us that i had to let him go till they had gone out of sight , so i explained to the little smack rat that if i found him in MY village after 6:30pm i would kill him and i reluctantly let him go . The sergent thanked me and they drove off . The lad left the village as instructed , leaving his children in the custody of his parents due to socail services going to take them away from him ? oooh i wonder why ! . But drugg abuse makes ordinary people do some amazingly stupid things even when they know what the outcome of these acts will be . But this is the reality of life in England .You have to handle it yourself and any security measures that help me catch them in the act just make it more fun . Piccy is our Fred at Corus Redcarr aged 4/12 he's now 11 ..

Unfortunately we are not allowed to shoot the poor deprived unfortunates, who would rather steal than do honest work.

This is unfathomable to me. I leave my tractors and garage open every day all day, even when I'm not home, I have never even had a key for my house in 20 years. People do not come up on peoples land around here, if they do, they know they may be on a missing persons list that no one looks at.

They make a 3.50-8 tri-rib and the 3.50-8 tube is for that tire. The 4.00/4.80-8 tri-rib takes a 4.00/4.80-8 tube. I wouldn't put a 3.50-8 tube in a 4.00/4.80-8 tri-rib, they're tubes, not balloons.

Just to clarify the problem I believed I had with the Tubes for these narrow tyres, here's a link to a previous thread on it- -LINK- . Regards

Unusual fenders by the look of it. Look like a two gone job in either red/white or yellow/white depending on the model. i attach a photo of the fenders being raised!