Back To Work.

The breakfast went okay although it was a pretty strange affair with not a Cornflake or fried egg in sight. Instead we had - well I'm not sure what they were but they seemed to be something more suited to the tea time table than the breakfast table but it was very nice all the same. 

Its back to work now, its a brighter day so could get on with some usual jobs again except I have to be somewhere close to the drive as I'm expecting a water pump to be delivered any day so I don't want them taking it back because there is no one to sign for it so I'm doing some edging close by so hopefully I can here people coming on the place. 

-- Sent from my HP Pre3

Easter Breakfast.

This morning the staff from the estate have been invited to go and have breakfast with the gentleman of the big house. A kind gesture maybe but I must confess I feel more at ease tending his gardens than I do about eating his breakfast.

-- Sent from my HP Pre3

David Brown 1690

To continue the theme of free or nearly free machinery at the Farming Simulator farm shop I am going to show you a David Brown 1690. The Mod is actually a twin pack of David Browns, the second one costing I think $6000 so in the true tradition of being a so called tight farmer I haven't tried the other one yet however I can tell you that the 1690 featured today works fine although I haven't tried anything on the front linkage yet. I believe it's a work in progress still but I haven't found any faults with the way it works. So if you fancy taking a look for yourself you will find it here:
http://www.ls-uk.info/downloads/29/12171

And for a look at it in action take a look at the video.

David Brown 1690

To continue the theme of free or nearly free machinery at the Farming Simulator farm shop I am going to show you a David Brown 1690. The Mod is actually a twin pack of David Browns, the second one costing I think $6000 so in the true tradition of being a so called tight farmer I haven't tried the other one yet however I can tell you that the 1690 featured today works fine although I haven't tried anything on the front linkage yet. I believe it's a work in progress still but I haven't found any faults with the way it works. So if you fancy taking a look for yourself you will find it here:
http://www.ls-uk.info/downloads/29/12171

And for a look at it in action take a look at the video.

What Weather!

Last week we had the warmest day of the year so far and a week later we wake up to snow. I can't say that I have a lot of enthusiasm for snow at this time of the year, it just makes a mess of my plans and everything in the garden as well - plus it feels colder snow than we get in winter which I guess is because we have become used to the climbing temperatures. Well, I have some seeds and stuff to order so I think today might be the day for that job - its certainly no fun working outdoors that's for sure.

-- Sent from my HP Pre3

Claas Telehandler.

As promised last night I am going to share a few Mods that are free or cost next to nothing to acquire. All the Mods I have seen are free to download so when I mean free to buy I am talking about within the game itself from the farming shop.

Today I am showing the Claas Telehandler, I've been playing around with it a for a while and everything I have tried works okay except I can't get it to pick up a trailer so I don't think it will do that, if I find one that it will pick up I will let you know. As you will see from the video you can choose between front axle steer, rear axle steer or both axle steering by cycling with the letter 'U'. The boom extends as you would expect and it has front and rear working lights and that's about it really - simple but effective.

If you want to download it you will find it here http://www.ls-uk.info/downloads/88/16883

Below is a short demo video taken in the farming shop yard on East Peak Farms map.

Claas Telehandler.

As promised last night I am going to share a few Mods that are free or cost next to nothing to acquire. All the Mods I have seen are free to download so when I mean free to buy I am talking about within the game itself from the farming shop.

Today I am showing the Claas Telehandler, I've been playing around with it a for a while and everything I have tried works okay except I can't get it to pick up a trailer so I don't think it will do that, if I find one that it will pick up I will let you know. As you will see from the video you can choose between front axle steer, rear axle steer or both axle steering by cycling with the letter 'U'. The boom extends as you would expect and it has front and rear working lights and that's about it really - simple but effective.

If you want to download it you will find it here http://www.ls-uk.info/downloads/88/16883

Below is a short demo video taken in the farming shop yard on East Peak Farms map.

Change of plan.

Today I had planned on cutting lawns and I did made a start and managed to get the public lawns and the front garden lawn cut before the rain became to heavy. Now though and for the rest of the day I am confine myself to the indoors. At the moment I am working on a spider plant which has spent the winter in the back corner of the hot house and as a result of which has become a bit bedraggled looking. So I dragged it out last night and I am now trying to make it look a little more respectable.

-- Sent from my HP Pre3

Wellbrook Field Plan.

Over the weekend I've spent quite a bit of time getting a feel for things on the Farming Simulator. Most of my time was spent on the Wellbrook farm where I did various jobs to do with harvesting work. I also tried out a few 'Mods' and I managed to find a field plan which covers all three Wellbrook farms, this proved very useful as I find it quite a maze when traveling around the place so I put the field plan up on my PC while I played the game on my laptop so I was able to keep on referring back to the plan.

Wellbrook Field Plan

I also spent some time back at East Peak Farms, again I was working on harvesting although I didn't really finish anything off.

I've also located some 'Mods' that are free or as close to free as you're going to get and I will be sharing them through the rest of this week. I'm not saying that they are top quality or anything just that they are cheap to buy at the farming shop and from my experience with them they work okay.

I've also started a new game at Orchard farm, I must stop looking at Maps or I will be forever changing. Orchard Farm is set on the fertile Fens of England so is flat land with medium to large fields. I'm not sure how long it will hold my interest but unlike Wellbrook this farm is easy to move around on provided you can negotiate the narrow lanes with your equipment. I find I can spend more time farming on this map than trying to find how to get from one location to another. The more I play any of these games though the more I realise how much I have to learn.

Wellbrook Field Plan.

Over the weekend I've spent quite a bit of time getting a feel for things on the Farming Simulator. Most of my time was spent on the Wellbrook farm where I did various jobs to do with harvesting work. I also tried out a few 'Mods' and I managed to find a field plan which covers all three Wellbrook farms, this proved very useful as I find it quite a maze when traveling around the place so I put the field plan up on my PC while I played the game on my laptop so I was able to keep on referring back to the plan.

Wellbrook Field Plan

I also spent some time back at East Peak Farms, again I was working on harvesting although I didn't really finish anything off.

I've also located some 'Mods' that are free or as close to free as you're going to get and I will be sharing them through the rest of this week. I'm not saying that they are top quality or anything just that they are cheap to buy at the farming shop and from my experience with them they work okay.

I've also started a new game at Orchard farm, I must stop looking at Maps or I will be forever changing. Orchard Farm is set on the fertile Fens of England so is flat land with medium to large fields. I'm not sure how long it will hold my interest but unlike Wellbrook this farm is easy to move around on provided you can negotiate the narrow lanes with your equipment. I find I can spend more time farming on this map than trying to find how to get from one location to another. The more I play any of these games though the more I realise how much I have to learn.