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Looking for a bargain? Curious to know where all that 'Wreckers Yard' machinery ends up when the flames finally go out? Emily Padfield visited Hewitt International, the salvage company used by the NFU Mutual.
Posted: 12 September 2008 | Full ArticleIt's always the simple jobs which cause the unexpected to happen, as is the case with this Ford 7810, which was happily going about the job when ...
Posted: 04 September 2008 | Full ArticleSilaging is such hot work that a dip was in order for one Valtra and wrapper...
Posted: 03 September 2008 | Full ArticleWhile hauling bales, this 7830 came to an unfortunate end.
Posted: 31 August 2008 | Full ArticleWet weather has caused a number of mishaps this harvest...
Posted: 29 August 2008 | Full ArticleKeenan feeder catches fire during morning feeding
Posted: 27 August 2008 | Full ArticleWhile towing this 14t trailer up a hill in the Cotswolds, the driver of this John Deere 6620 stalled the engine, leaving him without brakes.
Posted: 26 August 2008 | Full ArticleAlthough dessicating wheat might help to dry out the crop it can't combat the wet sticky holes that are developing in fields across the country as the rain continues to come down. On the 4th August Farmers Weekly's West Midlands Barometer farmer Andrew Blenkiron went out to spray off Soissons milling wheat with glyphoaste at 2-litres/ha. Unfortunately the 24m Cleanacres sprayer dropped into a wet hole tipping over on a precarious angle. A JCB telehandler was required to gently lift the axle as the New Holland TL90 crept forward. It's not been a good year
Posted: 13 August 2008 | Full ArticleWhile heaping up hardcore for a concrete crusher this excavator managed to slip from the top of the heap.
Posted: 11 August 2008 | Full ArticleOne of the latest disasters to appear in our Wreckers Yard gallery is this County crawler.
Posted: 23 July 2008 | Full ArticleWorking on some serious slopes in the Welsh valleys, this County crawler turned up its nose at the prospect of more ploughing.
Posted: 21 July 2008 | Full ArticleMowing came to an abrupt and fiery end on Saturday 19th July at Sobraon Farms, Barholm, Stamford, Lincolnshire, when an electrical fault under the dash of this Massey Ferguson 3070 set it alight.
Posted: 21 July 2008 | Full ArticleThanks to Dermot Clery of Ireland for sending in these pictures. It seems Dermot and his friends are truly adapt at getting machinery stuck - well done chaps!
Posted: 10 June 2008 | Full ArticleThis Saskatchewan farmer was a little too keen to ensure all available land was cultivated.
Posted: 30 May 2008 | Full ArticleThis normally diligent operator was cutting grass when he backed up to the ditch to get some of those pesky nettles, only his desire to get more than he could cost him his modesty. Thanks to neighbour Nigel Wright for sending these pictures. It's a shame he was unable to get one of the operator scrambling up the bank through the nettles.
Posted: 28 May 2008 | Full ArticleWelcome to the first ever intalment of Wreckers Yard's top video picks.
Posted: 07 May 2008 | Full ArticleThanks to Rob Pugh of Rob Pugh Agri Contractor's Llanboidy, Carmarthenshire, Wales for sending in these pictures of a McCormick MTX150 tractor and slurry tanker after a small accident. We would love to know more details, but what we can say is that no one was hurt, and that's what really matters. If you have a picture worthy of inclusion on Wreckers' Yard please email it along with a brief note explaining what happened to fwmachinery@rbi.co.uk
Posted: 07 May 2008 | Full ArticleIt is often the most familiar objects that deceive us. This bale of silage proved too much for this farm loader.
Posted: 01 May 2008 | Full ArticleThis self-parking trailer ends up finding its own way home
Posted: 24 April 2008 | Full ArticleFendt 818 and 20 tonnes of grain gets bogged down to its axles
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