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Started drilling DK Camelot Oilseed Rape as well today, first outing for the 6 metre Horsch drill we are specifically using to direct drill rape straight into stubble, up until now we used to cultivate with the topdown and drill with the rapid but with this setup we are looking to reduce compaction by saving a pass as well as diesel, improve establishment of the crop and be more efficient saving time. Here is Steve calibrating the machine on the demo Challenger before setting off
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Updates for Aug 20th
Started combining some winter wheat last saturday before being rained off at 11am, restarted on monday, at Oakley we swath all the straw unless the weather is a bit unsettled, the manager doesnt like wet straw on the ground. Cadbury Park Farm has all the straw and bales it using a Fendt 828 and Krone big pack square baler, the manager asked them to bale and haul bales away right behind the combine as he has itchey feet about drilling rape. Here is Cadbury Park Farm's bale clearing setup, there own Jd6210R's with Bailey flat and they have borrowed Oakley's JCB TM310 and Richard Western flat
Mark had to give them a hand to put the lade back on our trailer
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yes you do, well spotted sean!tidy layout there alex, do I spy a may and sons wagon in getting grain to??
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Thanks Dan, yes you will have to come over soon, im getting there now, working on a farm entrance at the momentAlex,
great builds, the layout has come since we last spoke. i will have to pop out soon.
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im glad iv inspired you, at the end of the day thats what its all about, getting ideas and making them your own, i look forward to seeing your potato store on hereI am busy making a potato store just now but the next project is a grain store you have given me some great ideas and I will be happy if mines is half as good as what you have built
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Thanks to you all for the kind comments, iv throughly enjoyed every minute constructing it so far, more still to come. Iv really got into the forum too, posting updates and making friends with likeminded people, its a great hobby!
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Some small updates this week, Tim has put the hedgecutter on ready as the combine is nearing the end of rape it will be onto winter wheat next with a quick turnaround to plant next years rape in behind so we try and tidy the hedges up first
As Steve cant drive his tractor and the combine at the same time Maurice takes over and has been pulling the topdown through the rape fields to get any seed to germinate, these can then be sprayed off before wheat is drilled in october
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no a chap from Ireland made it, did a first class joblove the bowser Alex,did you make it?
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Iv designed the grain handling so that grain is tipped into an underground tank through mesh which comfortably takes a 28t artic load in what i call the tip pit shed which has a high roof to accommodate tipping trailers, it is then augured out and if needs be can be put into two silos say if changing crops/varieties or wanting to segregate loads if wetter for example, then on into the fully automatic variable drier
After drying, grain comes out the bottom of the drier and up through the wall of the store and onto one of two conveyors to either the front or back of the store where it then falls onto a cross conveyor and out through one of three hatches into the selected bay
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Its been a busy week down here on the farm, we finished harvesting the first 200 acre block of early winter oilseed rape last friday and as the grainstore wasnt quite ready so we hauled up to Cadbury Park Farm which is about 20 miles away and managed by Jack Pollard, its about 1000 acres growing wheat, barley and potatoes, jack is the chap who has lent a hand building this diorama and has some kit hiself which will feature in some posts i make as both farms help each other out, anyway we started harvesting again yesterday after rain stopped play and now all grain is going into the new store, Cadbury Park Farm is starting on their barley tomorrow so today we have had 6 tractors and trailers on the road along with 2 lorries to bring back the rape stored there, this is now out of their way ready for their barley.
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Really coming on leaps and bounds now Alex
Thanks James, its been along time in the planning, im just glad its all coming together now, still alot to do though, after iv completed the grain store im going to work on the farm entrance. Then an unloading bay shed for potatoes, farm office and then im calling it a day building wise! Time to enjoy it and minor tinkering!
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Many thanks, well i tried to base it on a 47 000 tonne store, it doesnt look quite as big as that but the grain is stored at a much higher depth, im now building an automated drier so the grain comes out at a consistent 15% allowing larger depth storage without spoiling issues, the drier also helps as i store for other farms in the area all grain comes out at 15% by sensing the % moisture before entering the dryer it automatically speeds up or slows down to achieve this, this means no over drying resulting in grain weight loss and only using the precise energy you need for a 15% sample, this will save the farm around £40,000 a yearMighty fine set up there Alex!
Very impressed with the whole layout, what size would the grain store be in real terms?
regards.
JEP
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Mark has fitted the row crops back on his tractor now and topped the first field of potatoes before falling back on rolling in rapeseed