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Wednesday 1st September 2010
Things have still been very busy here at Tractor Barn with the release of Farming Diaries Volume Two and now the next DVD called Working Tractors 3 Big Power Special is currently being replicated and should be available to buy in the next couple of weeks. This programme is a special instalment of the Working Tractors series featuring all very large, very powerful super tractors that put their power down to the ground through either tyres or rubber tracks.
Other news is that the Tractor Barn trailer will soon be out and about again this autumn. So far the following events have been confirmed:
Brampton Plough Day, Beccles, Suffolk - Sunday 5th September
Diseworth Working Weekend, Leicestershire - Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th September
Grand Henham Steam Rally, Henham, Suffolk - Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th September
Tractor 2010 Autumn model show, Spalding, Lincolnshire - Sunday 3rd October
National Ploughing Championships, Grange De Lings, Lincolnshire - Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th October
Monday 26th July 2010
First our apologises for not updating the website and particularly this page as much over the last month - we have been rather busy - honest! Apart from the rush of harvest which means Stephen is busy working and Jonathan is busy filming there has also been the added complication of moving house which has also lead to technical difficulties with the internet although hopefully this will be sorted soon but please bear with us as the next couple of months will find us being very, very busy indeed!
Anyway things have been happening meanwhile. The DVD Faming Diaries 2 is due back from replication any time soon and Working Tractors 3 is on the editing suite so keep your eyes peeled for these in the near future. Farming Diaries 2 is unique in that it builds on the first volume in this series which featured farm manager John Want and has proved to be our most popular programme to date by far. The new one will follow a similar format but features a year in the farming life of Stephen as a farm worker. This exciting programme also features the many changes that Stephen has seen over the years in his 19 seasons on this farm as well as looking at just some of the various makes and models of demonstration tractors he has tried out during that time. As with the first DVD, this programme gives a unique insight into life on a modern arable farm.
Saturday 26th June 2010
We thoroughly enjoyed filming for Working Tractors 3 today with some rather larger than normal machines! Stephen recorded his pieces to camera while driving a mighty Ford FW30 and an equally impressive John Deere 8440 formed the backdrop. Keep an eye out in a few months for the release of this new DVD called Working Tractors 3 - Big Power Special, a programme dedicated to high horsepower machines from articulated monsters to large rigid machines and rubber tracked crawlers.
Saturday 19th June 2010
Stephen's Ford 7810 III was able to stretch its muscles today when we used it with our newly acquired Bomford Bandit flail mower to cut a considerable acreage of grassland just over the border in Norfolk. Although the weather was a bit variable at times with some quite heavy showers we still managed to get some filming and photography done and it was even warm enough at times for the sun roof to go up! Watch out for more pictures on our gallery page and also a feature on this particular tractor in a new DVD coming out next year when we will compare it in detail with the 7840 that replaced it and the TS115 that came even later.
Wednesday 16th June 2010
Jonathan enjoyed a full morning filming at the Harper and Eede Lely Welger demonstration day held near Halland in East Sussex today. A whole array of Case IH tractors were busy at work with a range of Lely hay rakes and mowers as well as a self-loading forage wagon, Lely Welger round balers and Goweir bale wrappers. Kim Parks took plenty of photos so keep an eye on his gallery page for more pictures coming soon.
Saturday 12th June 2010
We had a fantastic time with the Tractor Barn Productions trailer at the Horham Bygones Rally in Suffolk today and an added bonus was the working field which allowed us to get some really good filming done of a variety of tractors from Ferguson TE20's to a Massey Ferguson 8130 as well as a working International peg drum thrasher. There were also lots of interesting static exhibits including a County Muli and various John Deeres as well as a couple of Chamberlains. Plus lots of classic cars and trucks, army vehicles and fire trucks.
