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Next up are my Silage photo's which was about 100 acres this year and was done in 4 stages, starting on the 6th June and finnishing on about the 20th July, which as a whole went well with very few troubles.

Firstly a few of my mowing photos......

And then some Tedding and Spreading photos........

Next up are a few of my baling shots, which towards the end became rather hard going, as I had been quite ill for a few weeks, so had to call in our contractor to help clear up the last 30 odd acres with me......

And finally a select few of the carting of the nearly 1000 bales, firstly with my new rig.........

Thought I had better update this thread after way too long of not finding the time for FTF. Some of the photo's are quite old now, but quite a variation in jobs I feel and I shall try and keep it brief. ;)

Firstly, breaking up some winter ploughing for maize back in April.....

Next up are a few of my photo's of the annual muck campaign in May and June, this time with the aid of a hired wooten dump trailer, where I was taking over the road to a heap in the field, to spread at a later date when required......

nice set up Blake, good to see it progress!!

whats the black thing next to the range rover, cant recal seeing it \ \

A loader I guess. \

Get that bloomin hedger out at the least....can't bare having staff about the yard.

Do you just want it for the colour then, as red oxide is a rust prevention method for metals. If so, as the others say.

I used to do the show when I was at Renault, but haven't been for years now. It is a good little show, managed to hold onto its roots in the way the Royal hasn't and is still principally a farming show.

Next best thing round here is Burwarton which, if memory serves me correctly, is the largest 1 day ag show in the country, and this is a superb show, I'll post some details....

One thing to watch at the RW, anyone running on red, customs turn out heavily to dip tanks in the car park and sting all the hill farmers running on duty free, the bloody swines, it's criminal really....

I believe that Nantwich is now the largest Simon, may be wrong.

I am planning to drive across in the morning for tommorow afternoon/evening and camp then a whole day there on thursday. Well that's the plan at least. ;)

Nice pictures buddy, you can almost smell it. ;)

Hmm doesn't suprise me and the royal Welsh is the show to go to. Still think I might pop over tommorow afternoon and stay on for the party. ;)

Yep i think i did Nick thanks very much best weekend ever i reckon nice and dry and women aplenty  ;D :o

To include Annie Mac? Because on saturday, she was broadcasting live on Radio 1, where she said she was about to be run over by a green tractor and trailer, right at the start of the show. Not you I hope.

Great way to start the week mate. Well done Will 

Tell me about it! Missed my school lessons for it aswell, so don't have to go in until Friday......let silage continue. Very pleased though, as I only had 4 lessons in 5 weeks. ;)

Passing my driving test! ;D

Interesting that Will and makes perfect sense - looking forward to seeing the MX already - what plough are you buying 4/5f Dowdeswell Contractors are very dear for everything I think - hence why even though we farm on a medium scale over here (proably small over there) we are nearly self sufficient

You trading anything for the MX Will

Some interesting bits on CB's here might have to look into that - could see it saving a bit in mobile bills

Well that's the idea. Yeah a Dowdy would be nice and the plan is to put a Quickie on the 5130 and sell the 885LP.

Mowing yet more silage. Covered about 35 acres with the Krone, so not bad going. Didn't want to get too carried away with the dodgey weather and school timetabling for rolling it up next week. ;)

yes it is

you can have greenstar/starfire on any jd tractor you like

Or any make of tractor coming to that, going by a brochure in last weeks Farmers Weekely.

I hope that route isnt a green 1  \

Nope, just involves ordering a loader.

Very interesting. What sort of money did that set you back then, as I've been 'um'ing and ar'ing' on chopping our Case 885 in for one for a while now, but have gone up a different route. \

New tractor Will - you kept that quite ;D

Interesting post this so what kind of money would you be talking about to get a system fully going per vehicle

Well to put it simply we're having a restructure with the herd, as we're fattening less and less and selling more steers and heifers as stores, so we can up our breeding cow numbers, but they're is less of a demand for keep and silage. So the plan is to become more self sufficient in food and straw for the cattle, so we're going to plough up about 75 acres to start with. So after receiving some ridiculous quotes from contractors who just said 'we farm it and you take the payment'. So we have decided to buy a newer and bigger tractor and plough and do it ourselves, so Dad has given in and has agreed to buy me whatever we need. Have chosen to go with a full spec Case MX135. ;)

As for money per rig, new your looking up to £80, used on eBay up to £50 all in.

Don't forget to SWR your new ariel mate too.... I've got a SWR meter somewhere in the garage... I'll see if I can look it out for you 

That would be superb if you could Marky.

You want to go old school Will and hit ebay for names like Rotel and York. Big boxes but awesome rigs. I had a Rotel RVC240 I think it was. You can pick up a SWR meter for under £20 and they are useful to have, it's quick and doesn't hurt to re-tune your rig a few times a year. A good base is vital, alot of these plastic roof cabs pose a problem for this. Sometimes though, through the cab roof fixing points you can make up a bar to fit across the top for your whip, beacons etc. This way the whip is fixed and earthed straight into the cab frame. Some of the TM's I have been working with have a metal frame under the bonnet so a mag mount cab be used but seeing a whip swaying around in front of you all day will drive you mad. They have their own speaker but a seperate one plugged in the back wouldn't hurt. Also, if you make you power lead removable from the rig and make up a loom for power and coax lead (ariel) in your car you can swap between the two really easily.

Hmm thanks for the advice Tris will get on eBay. As for fixing, I have been advised to put the aerials on the mirrors, which do look well I must say. ;)

I probably wouldn't be averse to that actually Will. Let me check it all works first mate and I'll let you know. It would probably suit your set up as it sounds very similar to how mine was.

Top man!

Ah ok I get it thanks Simon and do you want to sel yours? As for needing more than one to talk to someone I guessed that, but it's more for when I do man and driver for a local straw gang or when we're combining as the Lexion ad one in it when we bought it 3 seasons ago. ;)

Ah thanks for the help lads. Have bid on a few used ones on ebay to get started and I shall see how it goes. Would ne nice to get all of the tractors and trucks on the same system I must say......could potentially save a lot in phone bills.

One question though, on average what sort of range can you achieve?

Happy Birthday Blake!

Bit of a tangent, but what's the competiion like in the cattle classes there then? \

Really don't know that much about CB's but have been advised to get one when I go on with the straw gang as and when the straw job starts, when the new tractor is bought. What do I need and which recievers are any good? Also can you get portable ones to have between the car and the tractor.

Any help will be much appreciated. ;)

Does any one have one of these models that is on here? I want to knwo the dimensions of the wheels?

Width and height please......

PM or in this topic would be grrrrrrrrrreat!!!!

Yes they fit on a Farmmaster with a bit of cutting to the lower steps.

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Nice tidy outfit. Please tell me you weren't running them back to the heap singley though. \

i did'nt have that far to travel and hardly worthly gearing up alot for 28 bales