dave the farmer

happy new year from hawthorn farms. well at the end of november 2014 i did a deal wiyh our local john deere dealers.R hunt of tilshead,wiltshire.for a new jd m962i trailed sprayer,with 36m booms,auto height control and auto section shut off.2014 really was hard on our 36m rogator.with some 1200 acres some 65 miles away and the catchy weather we seem to have more of less good days to spray.and also timeleness with getting the products on the crop.with a combinible cropping of 6000 acres for 2015 and a possible 1500 more acres of arable land for 2016.And the 2250 acres of maize for livestock silage.i think this will be a good buy.i looked at getting a 2nd rogator,but the £200.000+ was hard to justify at the momment with other projects ongoing. i also have been looking for a replacement for our claas challenger 85e tractor. a yr 2000.with 12,000hrs on her.i looked at a 2nd agco challenger and a case quadtrac.again cost,so a deal has been done on a john deere 9560R on super singles, this is a lot cheaper than the other to.i will keep the claas 85e for the chaser bin. a new combine header will also be in use on one of our jd s690i tracked combines for harvest 2015. in april 2014 i sold one of our own farms.woodland farm was a 680acre farm.with 400 acres of arable,200acres of grass and 80acres of woodland.this sale will help with future building projects.

quadtrac 600 and new besson 14 furrow plough.getting the muck spreaders ready for nxt year.new automatic soil sampler on jd gator.new venture for hawthorn frms.spray operator with face shield,and protective gear.spraying the last of the astro kerb on our rape grd.for weed control before christmas.sprayer washed out and winterized.and put away for nxt year.

Hawthorn farms wish every one a safe and happy Christmas.dave the farmer.

Thanks for that tip graham.yes I do us rapeseed on my layout.will go get some poppie seed.

hegde cutting with the 7930.jd 3350 on feeder wagon,nxt to new cubicle shed.fastrac off to contract farm in hampshire, to load out wheat.rape out frm on floor store.new roof on dryer shed.rape out from hopper bin.

Thanks graham.good you are back on the forum.thanks again for the dryer system. Thanks light land.thanks tractorboyjules,got more 2 do in loft.more pics to come this week.dave

a few bins,all ventilated,thanks for all the comments,graham hubard from kent built the cubicle shed, calf shed, calving shed,the main dairy shed and the on floor grain store and the dryer system.planning to expand the beef,sheep and pig and dairy units in numbers nxt year.

the base for the new bin storage.a lorry on the new weight brigde.putting down stone in front of new dryer shed

thank you.been real busy up in the loft lately.got a new pig unit in my garden shed.will get some pics up soon.

a few pics.new calf feeder.meadow farm new cubicle shed.360 off to start grain bins groundwork.a bit of digger work.its been busy on hawthornfarms this autumn.some 4900acres of land has been planted,with 300acres of rape failed due to dry weather and flea beatle.we have got planning permission for another 1500tonne on floor store.we are also in talks with greener for life on a anaerobic digestor at meadow farm.and also looking into a solar panel system on some sheds and possibly on some land.at the moment the farm crew are hedge cuttin,muck carting,and doing grounds work for grain store.also cartin slurry to a number of our above ground slurry stores we have around our own farms and contract ones too.

Fendt 936 with tri axle bailey grain trailer.going past works farmyard.3rd time this week I've seen it.

Really like the top down and the carrier,and the rolls.that strom kit looks good.

Saw case Steiger 450 on duals pulling a kinze 1050 chaser bin on tracks,a case 385 quadtrac on a Brent chaser bin ,a new holland 8970 on a chaser bin , a ford 9880 on a disc tine cultivator.

i ask graham if he could make me a dryer/cleanerset up.he has also made my on floor store back in 2007 and the big dairy unit.really pleased with them all.will get new pics up in 2wks time.thanks for the comment.dave

thank you tractorboysjules1977.graham makes some excellent buildings.

new grain dryer/cleaner set up.and a new cubicle shed for the dairy unit.both made by graham.neither are set up properly got some bits and bobs to change,tracks to make up and gates and bin fixings to do.

new grain store/dryer /cleaner set up,made by graham.pics to follow

muck on grd 4 winter beans,the team ploughing in maize and drilling wheat rightbehind.culti press on mt865.a bit of post emergence spraying on our lightground between showers, a lot of spraying to catch up on.bowser with pipe work/honda type water pump,chemical induction bowel

hi ol.there are some around,my bosses bother in law had one. a 3m one.got wrecked over time.they run a jd 6m 740 disic type drill.i ve used it,good in poughed/worked ground.blocks up in very trashy grd. a few vaderstad rapids,and horsch co and protons around and a amazone direct drill nxt door dave

hi mathew.yes the lorry is 1/32 scale hard to find these days.the case is a standard britains puma 210 on demo.thanks jdeere6910.

hi ol and niels. we only got her in june,and we haven"t had any wet grd to drill yet.we still have 62 acres of wheatt to drill this autumn.32acres of failed rape grd and the rest as a 2nd wheat.no we didnt build her.moore uni drills have been going since the 1970s. this is our 3rd one. the 2nd one we had was 24 yrs old we we stopped using it.still works.you can direct drill or drill into min till grd or ploughed grd that has been worked.we dyna drive then carier then drill.sumo uk now sell them for moore i think.check out www.sumo1.com dave

thanks tectorr.the lorry is a new ray one and the bale trailer was a box trailer i cut down.thanks alex.it is a 10m one.looking forward to toytrac.hows the spud lifting going on.dave

contractors spreading sewage cake after rape,2 jd 6190rs and bunning spreaders,cat 360 loading,6820 and 7530 working it in.quadtrac 480 and 7m topdown on wayhome from work.off to do some drilling with our moore/horsch uni drill on the 7530.spraying post emergence on rape.

thanks,dan did a excellent job.£75.it was.its a siku abbey slurry tank. everything else was new.dave

hawthorn farms 2 new kv ploughs and packomatts.one on a britains 6150r and the other on a jd 7810. new albut toe tip grain bucket 4 jcb 416s new simba culti press.dave towse./richard western 18000 ltr water bowser,12000ltr clean,6000ltr mixing.three oaks farm models claas jag 980 and 10 row jd kemper header on maize.only 300 acres left to do of our own,another 1000 extra to do.