batcher

took my daughter down the isle at 1pm very proud but do feel old

Got a new jobby today.Back to batching concrete again

Well charly had two days blowing in trailers then back to the yard and remove a few bits So she don't blow more like drop out the bottom leaving rows behind    About 100 acres ready for a mf 190 (heston size) bailer.And i have 10 acres for my round bailer tommorow all going well

What's it used for (I assume not for feeding elephants )?

This crop is to be used on farm's own wood burner

is that normally that thin a crop then?? the stuff i see down here looks much thicker almost jungle like, but it is not as tall, i assume it might be a different type maybe?

Most is three years old so it is first cut And seeing as it grows for 20 years and up to 20 feet tall not so bad really.I think there is only one variety

Thanks Stevo, how did the driver find it feeds? It's quite dry isn't it so much smash up without too much stress?

It did tend to bridge up at times you could hear charly bark a tad when a lump went through    Reason being farly unevan crop

Here's charly 

It do get taller

First day out with charly chopper    So i thought i would share a few pics with you    (just to get you in the mood for silage)

birds eye view

Only as passenger

is she an Albutt buckrake Steve? 8)

Yes just had a look 

Don't blame you for that one, one season was more than enough for me ;D

Looks a nice trimmer you have there now Steve, have you had much trouble with the Bomford machines?

My old falcon 5.5 will be doing her 5th season come the autum    And only one main bearing go and a couple of pipes Oh and odd pipes working loose now and again  So would highly recomed them

Pure beast lovely old girl to drive 4200 hrs on the clock sounded sweet as a nut shame i only did six loads but

i am not going to complain 

Getting some speed up

is she an Albutt buckrake Steve? 8)

Not taken a lot of notice i'm tryin to keep my distance from the foraging gang(hopefully i wont get picked)

Oh yeah, I forgot you lot sleep in the yard! 

Only when i don't get home which is a mile away 

so are you running all case tractors now then??? or do you still have the mc xtx's you listed in the first pages of the topic

Thankfully the xtx's are gone  The 185 went to germany well out the way.The 200 went to the Orkney isles within two weeks the backend went bang .The mx135 went today for the puma 155 yes all case pumas and the three mx 200s

Will have to have a walk around your yard one day  night!!!  :laugh:

So what buckrake will be going on the front then and.... will it be plumbed into the loader joystick? Great way of doing it.

Just plumbed into the normal tractor spool joystick she has got electric spools tho   And one big mother of a buckrake will get some pics soon

Your more than welcome for a look around (just give me a bell first) or you might see the boys in blue

nice steve    what front linkage is in the new puma?

Not sure on that one  i do know it's got three ton lift and wraps around the side and meats up with the loader frame to help spread the load

Not forgetting my 155 and blocky also a 155

The rest of the team puma 180 155

Puma 165

When i got back to the yard found another new toy had arrived    This is going on the buckrake .Got all the toys on her

The new puma 155

You had a new opne three seasons ago didn't you? Nice to keep them fresh I suppoose as you do do a hell of a lot of trimming with your Bombers. 

Only 1200 hrs a year 

All done now 

Went to get my new toy today    Only one small problem was in bit's

And the rest of her

The mowers would be a hand full for that tractor would'nt they stevo?

Things changed within a week of me posting that pic    They ended up on the puma 165 for the season and had no probs    Managed to do 150 acres a day on fair going on a tank of fuel 400 ltrs not bad

That's a new buy then right, the 890? You didn't run a chopper before did you? You coming down this way chopping it?  :)

The chopper was the one we did the mowing and raking for so it made sense to buy it when he packed up (time will tell) Not sure what is happening with the ele grass bical went bust last nov and a new company has taken over so everything is up in the air at the mo.What i drilled last year won't be ready for a year or two but there might be some planting or patch planting to do yet

You still keeping busy then