tractorboyjules1977

balers and handlers just setting off to bondip , ilchester for Oakley farms to start baleing wheat straw 500 acre block to start off with, weather permitting ! hope to get a good chunk done before dark !!!

with a quieter couple of days and most of customers baleing up to date , just waiting for the nod from Oakley before we start baleing wheat . time for a service on the john deere self propelled before they go off wholecropping 50 acres of peas and barley , also just started tidying up some hedges around the stubble grounds , and the farm drive

top job , magnum looks nice on the jf

with all the barley cut , baled and hauled away time for the combine to be parked up and refuelled serviced ready for 400 acres to come off , the first loads of barley ready to be hauled off dwn to riverside feeds , then time to get in and rip up the barley stubbles , busy times still at orchard ,

thanks brendan , amazing what you can find and put together from your parts box ! really pleased with how it finished up

thanks , yeah she suits the umbilical kit , plenty of weight and grip when the going gets tough , reel on the back and slurry pump on the front

were well into the barley at the end of the second day 30 acres dwn , the grain shed starting to look a bit better now weve got some corn to put in , the balers running straight behind the combine just in case weather decides to turn ? , the umbilical kits about to go off to neighbouring farm to empty there dirty water out there slurry pit ,

cheers hes not quite finished id thought I try and have a go at making one , try keep some regular updates if I get the time !!!!!

thanks james , yeah kits coming on brilliant try and keep kit turning over and up to date , few more additions to come and go !

finally the combines just started cutting the barley , only just done 10 acres yesterday to make sure everythings working as it should , hit the remainder next week , just got the direct header on the john deere to start blowing whole crop today 150 acres to do around farm then on to customers farms , all weather permitting ! also looks what turned up new piece of kit our dangreville 16 tonner with fine spreading kit attatchment

combine header in for a look over and getting grain shed brushed out , also pressure washing grain trailers ready to start cutting 100 acres of barley start of next week , now the balers have slowed up just finished haylage only got a few fields of hay around the farm before we get in on the straw and crack on over to Oakley when we get the green light

thanks very much , yeah try to make em look as close to the real thing as possible , adds a bit more realism ?

yeah , there be back in workshop for a once over ready for harvest !

combine now serviced and ready to get in to the first lot of barley hopefully in a weeks time , Both balers been going great guns banging out plenty of bales non stop , the boys just gotta get the remaining bales around the farm stacked away , just put the topdown in the workshop ready for a full service when we get a wet day !

just arrived today claas uniwrap , means we can get rid of the wrapper but keep the claas rollant for a 2nd round baler , also 2 loads of nitrogen fertaliser arrived ready for spreading on the eaten off cow paddocks

thanks chaps im very leased with how they came out , another 2 in the pipeline , watch this space !!

some new additions to the fleet just in time for end of first cut silage , and all the fleet now all stickerd up, new to the fleet 2 12 tonne west silage trailers and 2 12 tonne marshall silage trailers , and a new jd 6210r , keep the kit looking spic and span !!

very impressive line up and perfect weather for it alex

silageing now in full swing ! foragers going great guns and no breakdowns as yet , now time for the first bales of the season ready to be baled up

cheers , we allways try to get some manure out the slurry pit or from field heaps straight after picking up , leaving a 6 week gap hopefully before 2nd cut comes round again ,

the boys are out around the farm getting some manure back over some of the silage grounds

orchard contractors might be able to meet some of your requirements , we currently running with 2 claas quadrants and 2 jcb tm310s and 1 jcb 416 for all loading duties ! we also running 3 rear discharge spreaders all year round , plus wre only up the road just food for thought !!

Silageing on the go now , first fields cut around orchard farm before the fleet hits the road

looking nice alex , how many combines you running now ? where you get your decals done ?

The last load of spuds getting ready for planting , weather permitting !!