No quitten we're whelan on to chitchat 11

Brother in law 55 died suddenly last year 18th December, now sister in law 53 isn’t expected to make Christmas, just waiting on a hospice bed now for her. My wife’s only two siblings. Mam also passed away in the spring

been hard time

Know the feeling - my best pal past away this time last year, only 53 and left behind a wife 10 years younger:(

Went to ring an ad on DoneDeal, hit call, then call on a small pop up but nothing happened. Has anyone else has similar

Charged up a battery overnight and stuck it into the fathers uncles (my grand uncle? Is that a thing?) 135 earlier. I'd say the engine turned for 5 seconds and she started. First time since 2011 the tractor was going. He parked it in the shed, with topper on it back then and hasn't moved since (he's since died). Couldn't believe it started so easy. Hardly a puff of smoke out of her. Delighted with that. He bought it new in 1967 or sometime around then and was the only tractor he ever owned. Was never overworked. Cab is rotten. Mechanically though all seems 100%. I'm over the moon really.

Was talking to a guy with 2 165s, 2 is the older version with the 65 engine while the other is the last model, says there’s a difference in the 2, the older will go the the latter would get stuck

Ya can if ya no where to look or have the right box😁😁

Hi, we're upgrading the handling facilities a bit. Well overdue.

We've an outfarm, mother's old place, very seldom require a crush there but I guess when you need it you need it.

My question is do any of you have any experience of the mobile crushes? On a 3 point linkage afaik.

Cannot beat a 135. Great having a relatives one too. Years that you have a surplus, parts can go against tax that year. The manual to repair it is very much step by step. Drop me a pm- I think I’ve a digital copy of one somewhere,

our 135 is a pure work horse- wide wheels and it floats on the wet land. Many a place I’d jump off and get stuck myself.

when I’ve a few Bob I want to get another one for vintage drives on a Sunday

Local department vet passed away on Friday. He was 89. He was a great character. My dad had him up for cancer treatment a few times. On one occasion he told my dad he reckoned one of the nurses fancied him. My dad nearly crashed the car..

Building ( roofing) question.

I have an old farm building, probably dating from the 1880's that the roof is collapsing on.

Front side is bad, as the photo shows, the back is still intact but the trusses/couples are badly bowed.

Would you A) Strip the lot and replace with a black box profile sheeting, hopefully the stuff with a pvc "grain effect" finish, or

B) strip the lot and re-slate the front side and clad the rear.

Can you even do that, or will the weight difference cause it problems?

It's part of an old yard, and if money was no object I'd re-roof the lot with new couples, battens, felt and reuse all the slates I could.

Worth looking into the restoration grabts surely. Have cousins in Wexford who availed of the grants they were on the FJ with it saw it in person myself and it really crowned the place.

It will be big enough money either way, would definitely look at getting a grant on it. Would guess you will need to strip it all down, run a ringbeam of concrete around the top of the walls to stop them crumbling any more and then a new wall plate, new timbers and new sheeting, slates would look the best but again cost may mean you will be using the tile / slate effect cladding.

Great finish to the Formula 1 earlier, I haven’t had much interest in it in over 20 years at this stage but this season brought a lot of people back into it I’d say.

There hasn’t been as good a last 5 minutes since Offaly v Limerick in 94😂😂