Things you drive at work.

[busta]

Anyone else on here drive an interesting vehicle at work, preferably not a car?
This week i have been mostly driving this:
Sorry, not a great photo, i'll get some better ones if this thread catches on.

Theres a lollypop for anyone who can guess what it does.

Bernie

[spdpug98]

busta said:

Theres a lollypop for anyone who can guess what it does.

Bale's (spelling) hay

Can I have a lollipop

[busta]

Wrong im afraid.

[philelmer]

Its primary function is to serve as an interesting fulcrum for a thread in Readers' Cars.

Is it a rolling greenhouse?

[L100NYY]

Does it carry tarmac to be than spread on to a new surface?


OOOOOH I want a lollipop!

[bmwdrivernigel]

It must be a seed spreader/chucker type thingy , if there is such a thing?

[J1mmyD]

It's a harvester of some sort. Not corn ... and neither is it anything too delicate seeing as it's blowing them through into the hopper at the back. It's way too small for grain, but that's what it looks most like.

Is it a pea harvester?

[F.M]

I drive 7.5 tonners... not interesting...or yellow..

[puffpuff]

I think it harvests maize (sweet corn).

[cossiemetro]

i was going to say a pea harvester aswell

[trooperman 4x4]

I drive a Vauxhall Vivaro with BT on it and its Faster than my work mates Transits

[rich 36]

is it for collecting dwarves & midgets from side roads




type thing






I'll get me bandy net

[Furyous]

7.5 tonners at the moment, but hopefully within the next 6 weeks anything up to an artic !
Taking me HGV licence for Rigids, along with a Hiab ticket.
Hope to get a nice job for a timber/builders yard, working normally 7-4 for decent $$$
Oh,and thats clearly a harvester of some sort, not maize or corn tho ? Unless its some farm bastard special.
Cheers

F

Edited by Furyous on Saturday 16th September 22:58

[busta]

puffpuff, J1mmyD and cossiemetro are all close.

Its actually a herb harvester, used for harvesting mint, tarragon and rosemary!
Its imported from the states where they also use them to harvest beans and maize although this ones been modified a bit with a combine header. Im impressed someone spotted the fan for blowing the crop to the back of the tank!
It also tips into lorries using two huge hydraulic rams and quite a cool linkage thingy (very impressive to watch) like this:


From tomorrow night i'm working nights on it harvesting mint which is always a rather pleasant job (30 mins work, 2hrs sleep, 30mins work, 2hrs reading evo, 30mins work etc etc)

So anyone else got any interesting vehicles? I can find more if people want to see them.

Bernie

[Furyous]

Years ago, I used to drive one of these:


And when that went away, one of these :


Pulling one of these:


I miss farming loads, but not the shedload of hours for £2.50 a week.[/pic]

[busta]

Saw one of these working the other day but with one more furrow! Very impressive sight!

We used to have 2 TX36's (with consecutive number plates which I always thought was cool). Things have changed since the days of £2.50 an hour though. Its now about £2.75

[Furyous]

Stop it !

I saw one of these the other day, Im sure it was pulling more furrows than this !!!

[puffpuff]

busta said:

puffpuff, J1mmyD and cossiemetro are all close.

Its actually a herb harvester, used for harvesting mint, tarragon and rosemary!

Aaaah.... I'd assumed the cutting head/bar thingy was at its working height a few feet above the ground hence maize. Interesting machine though, I bet you smell lovely....

busta said:

From tomorrow night i'm working nights on it harvesting mint which is always a rather pleasant job
Bernie

And all I do is reach to the window box for mint leaves....

[Phil Dicky]

trooperman 4x4 said:

I drive a Vauxhall Vivaro with BT on it and its Faster than my work mates Transits

The View you Vivaro drivers usually get of my daily drive

[rich 36]

I knew this,




This remoinded me of something I'd seen elsewhere...

I give you the

'prairie dog hoover'








its the colour I suspect.