tractorboyjules1977

Some line oup of kit there Dave , keep up the good work !

Nice update Dave , good to see your busy 

Just a quick update as we're all flat out , were well into 2  cut silage now and flat out with the balers , hay , haylage and silage ! The foragers back in now just getting readyed with the wholecrop header , should be on barley wholecrop from next week , around 450 acres across various customers, looking at what wholecrop we are probably about a week away so looks like we're be going from 1 to the other , a total of 1700 acres wheat to chop for customers and another 120 acres of our own , starting to look like we shall need extra trailers for the longer journeys to keep the forager wheels rolling !, looking forward we've stopped tanking dirty water just because it's too hot on the surface of the grass grounds , so looking at the weather for end of next week maybe a break for showers , hopefully get these grasses growing fast again !

Nice work there Gary 

38 minutes ago, Dusty Dan said:

Extremely nice layout!  I am impressed.

Thank you corky , much appreciated

After a cracking couple weeks of weather it's still all go , potatoe planting finished machines washed off and packed away for another year , 2nd app of fert on wheat grounds all completed and spraying duties all up to date ! The silage team flat out working 13/15 hour days to keep up with the work load , so far getting towards 2000 acres covered , nearing the end of 1st cut now , prob be some 2 nd cuts only a couple weeks away , with that said we've managed to get our own 350 acres underway , a bit behind but nearly all young leys so nothing gone too seed , just a few acres of old pasture ground we've decided to put in the clamp ! So far so good , nothing new on the tractor line up still deciding what deals tick all the boxes !!!

Looks like it's all go Dave , keep it going 

9 minutes ago, Paul Palmer said:

all looking good Julian

Yeah Paul , chugging on steadily !!! 

All spring drilling now complete with 500 odd acres drilled in the last 2 weeks , comprising of 3 drilling outfits job now done ! Today managed to get over some of the wheat with the sprayer , trying to avoid the heavier lying fields till it starts to dry after 2 days of rain at the end of last week, In the workshop the maize drill is in for a service and the 1 at of the power harrows also in for a going over , looking like the maize will start in a couple of weeks ,just deciding whether to put area acres of beet in later this week if the temp starts to warm up !!  The cows now finally out by day just holding off keeping them out by night , bit chilly around here at the moment for that , Over the wknd a trip down to Smarts Agriculture to pick up a tidy 2nd hand bailey dilate trailer , too good a deal to let go in time for the silage season .

Good to see you busy Dave ! 

16 minutes ago, Ferret90 said:

Looks exellent Julian  

Cheers ferret ! Much appreciated

With the 1st week of march out the way  and a few good weeks behind us seems like we're on top of things lately , most of last week  taken up with 4 spreaders out and loading shovel out either up at Orchard Dairy emptying out the solids in the lagoon or around a few local customers getting rid of field heaps , must say the weather has been on our side so has been ideal for traveling to and from field , Back at Orchard HQ the 1st application of some p&k being applied to a few acres of sickly looking wheat fields ! Yesterday back down to a bang with the weather , ideal workshop time with the scraper tractor in for a good service and Smarts Agriculture  have been in sorting out the knackered boom on the JCB telehandler , good chance to catch up maintenance wise !!! 

Trying to juggle jobs left right and centre , not enough tractors and not enough drivers at the moment , with the weather being kind to us at the minute trying to keep  on top of things in case the weather changes . We've got 350 acres of ploughing booked in ready for spring operations , trying to keep the plough moving so dieseling in the field saving on trips back to the yard !! , the cultivator ready to go out with 200 acres in front of him , Just thinking of going out with the sprayer to burn off few overgrown stubbles before we hit it with the cultivator , At least hedge cutting nearly finished only a few more days left and we should be nearly all wrapped up , unless the phone rings again !

Christ Dave you expecting some serious snow !!!! , Keep us posted .

Looking good Sean , keep up the good work 

48 minutes ago, Ferret90 said:

Looks exellent Julian, like the slurryKat  

Cheers ferret , cheap but does the job ! 

Spot on  update Dave , happy Christmas 

That time of year again after a busy few weeks leading up to the Christmas period , time for the gates to close for a few well earned days off , hedgetrimmers back in the yard , wash off and grease up ready for the new year , last load of beet for today going up to the Dairy unit to see them through the next few days , the umbilical getting ready to pull out and return to the yard , back in the yard just enough time for the boys to sort out the security light before everyone potters off for Christmas , From all of us at Orchard we wish you a very happy Christmas 

Busy few weeks at Orchard dairy , finally the new silage pits are finished and the new concrete yard , after months of planning and building to bring the yard more up to date providing plenty of room , on the cow side the arrival of a further 45 cows into the high yielders , now pushing the numbers up to  where we need them and keeping the stockman team on there toes , Back at HQ both hedgtrimmers now hitched up and ticking along nicely day in day out 

Nice update Dave , catch up down j24 track Sunday ? 

Nice update Gary , hope health and safety aren't watching !!