smithy

Just done another bit ,every body must be eating dinner as only 5 cars while on this bit ,also just had one hell of a storm/cloudburst again like yesterday 

Narrow bit of road i thought i would get done this morning ,still a few cars about and some cant wait for you to let them by ,and some in the big 4×4 need the hole road 

Nice few photos there Paul , sky looks ok in some then a bit black in others hope you missed any rain , we had a tidy downfall about 3pm till about 4.30ish , i was was about a mile away from farm on field wheels was so dirty i had to go across 4 other fields to get back to farm otherwise would have made a mess on the road , is that little Dave's JCB in photo  

12 hours ago, phil phoenix said:

All done Smithy?

Yes Phil, i finished mine on monday evening , my mate Colin with the m/f finished on monday as well . Which ever one of us finish first normally go to are mates "Podge" and cut his 20 acres of wheat in 4 fields ,Colin had some barley straw to bale so i went to podges Tuesday afternoon and got that wrapped up by about 9ish . Colin finished his bailing and got them carted the next day , i have wheat straw on 1 field awaiting the big balers but we had heavy shower ,thunder and lightning on Thursday morning so thats put them behind , i am running around getting bit more grass around edges done and few roadside hedges while we await 1st September 

3 hours ago, weblet375 said:

Saw a big spreader putting on digestate. It had a red cab and yellow body think it was called vredo or something. 

There is 2 of them working around me putting on the digestate, while i was combining next to road on Tuesday one come up from behind me so did not get photo there was a jd pulling a lowloader with a 360 on for loading it 

19 hours ago, Tractorman810 said:

Thats not steep smithy you should see the fields they cut down this way 😆😆😆😆

currently sat in lisbon , Portugal having a few drinks , now heading north after 2 weeks off and not seen one single tractor even in southampton docks when we left 

Yes Sean i have seen some of the field your way , my photo dont show its steepness ,combine was sliding sideways on part of it and if going uphill wheels was slipping a bit on chopped straw . I have seen on you tube combines in USA sliding on real steep land 

One of the 4 fields wheat we cut this afternoon ,this one slopes in 2 directions ,no good way of cutting ,so nip up bum and go for it and turn slowly on the ends ,combine was crapping along on steepest bits ,i have cut this one before so was aware how steep it is only did half tanks to help ,once at top you can see for miles .anyway by 9pm i had done last field so combine can be cleaned down and put away 

This is my mate colin getting to one of his fields and then in the field 

The bay we emptied last week i have filled again with spring barley and that has completed my grain harvest all no rest for combine as this afternoon and tomorrow i am cutting wheat for a neighbure 

Dry for wheels to travel so put side-arm mower on and done a few field edges Sunday afternoon 

Ground looks a bit soft by wheel marks but all seem to be travelling ok , looks a great day out and a good lot of Blue tractors 👍

4 of my mates came over back in June and went around the collection ,i should have went with them but i had other things on ,they spent a week over there driving around . They was sending me photos back most days of where they had been and yes the collection is outstanding 

Yes its yellow underneath the dirt ,dont like washing combine as water sit in bearings etc ,but i have just given it a clean down ready for spring barley ,got in running while in yard to shake water out ,with a couple of days cutting to go it should dry it out so i can blow it down ready for winter storage 

After i had done a few bales yesterday i went of and done a few roadside hedges and grass around the inside edges ,cant do hedge on inside till 1st September unless i am planting Rape or grass seed 🫣. Bit sticky out on fields this morning as got 16mm rain overnight 😩

12 hours ago, Valley Axe Man said:

Glad you getting on a bit Smithy, your Major Weeks trailer Combo looks the part and trailer looks in good condition, many folk were quick to fault a week's as the drawbars were easily weakened and bent at the step joint just in front of the headboard.... 

The Weeks belongs to Eric ,i borrowed it a few years back to hold some seed corn in ,its got rust on it as its spent a bit of time outside up at erics woodyard ,i have had it undercover for last 3 years .we had 2 or 3 weeks with wooden sides that i can remember off back in the 1960/1970 . I will have a look at drawbar area just in case ,the trailer support that goes though drawbar has been bent so i just use a good block of wood 

12 hours ago, Valley Axe Man said:

Whilst Hamish is waiting to visit the vets for his booster jab he has to be carried about but to get him used to sounds and sights and smells as well as travelling in my Defender we had half an hour with him up at the shed to introduce him to the tractor collection.... I'm hoping another Leyland fan in the making 😉

I am sure he will grow into a fan 😅, and as for your defender i am sure it dont smell that bad 😂🤣

Just been and done a few bales for the horsey folk 

Had 2 loads barley leave farm so space for spring barley to go into as wheat has filled other spaces ,small heap of wheat is off a bit that the rain over last few weeks had put down and had started to grow so got it seperate at moment 

Had a few late night now weather is better , Jasmine done a few evenings carting back to barn .I have finished my wheat now just got some spring barley to cut allow they talk of rain later today 

I cut a 1 acre field for a friend ,he feeds the wheat to his chickens ,he normally gets his Nuffield out with a water tank on a trailer for me to empty into but he not been well for a time so i got my major and weeks trailer out ,i can run it down to him at a later date 

Had these sent to me ,its on my field they have baled the straw that i turned 

We got going again yesterday ,ground a bit soft but got better as day went on 

2 hours ago, Valley Axe Man said:

Good to see that you been able to get on a bit Smithy... But like John says you've similar weather to us of late..... 

Supposed to be dry here till about 3pm this coming Friday , hope to make a start around 11ish this morning , got a mate on standby to help out on trailers   

11 hours ago, jmd said:

I thought you might have a bit better weather than what we have here in the north west Smithy, but it looks very similar a bit moist 

 

This last 4 or 5 weeks we have 2 dry days then a wet day , back on Friday July 14th it rained all day 20mm in total and stayed wet that weekend then Saturday 5th August we had 44mm which really made the ground soft and then these little showers like we had yesterday just add to it  

Into more wheat yesterday ,ground still bit soft but trailers running around ok ,got wife in one and granddaughter in the other one 4 mile trip each way ,nice bit of wheat ,we cut till 11pm last night to finish field we was on as rain was forcast and yes this morning it is a touch wet