Pingu Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Well this week I spent the week at what will be my new job starting to learn the ropes with fair bit the week spent on JD 7530 and 4000litre berthoud sprayer as that will be my main job so learning how to use sprayer etc But is very nicely run farm also running Claas ares 697 which is fitted with GPS and N senser for altering amount N applied and GPS for shutting boom sections off in right place. With similar GPS going to be fitted to what will be my deere for steering and boom control. Main other tractors are Case MX 285 and Cat Challenger MT865 and a Claas lexion 600 with most kit bought ex demo or second hand so dont get big depreciation hit but the 7530 is brand new 09 plate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted April 18, 2009 Author Share Posted April 18, 2009 Bit more spraying was on rape all weekwith fungicide mostly a mix of proline and amistar,getting used to the deere but having a gearbox that you cant use for engine braking at road speeds will take some getting used to after running the fendt. What rape leaves on the paint work :'( In the sun this week In front the workshops after deere had oil leak fixed and quick blow down The control box The Case MX 285 one the nicest tractors I have ever driven so smooth and one the nicest engine notes known to man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted April 18, 2009 Author Share Posted April 18, 2009 Then just one showing the other tractor with magnum the Claas 697 with N sensor, GPS and Fert spreader behind which has adapted hydraulic measuring unit to work with the N sensor Then little picture showing how tight lanes are up to one the farmsand this is the widest of 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted April 18, 2009 Author Share Posted April 18, 2009 A video of spraying I know little drizzle on window but this stuff only takes half hour to dry and this was last field Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Nice looking farm your working on Phill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Very nice equipment you are working with Pill. Texas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Nice pictures Phill, good to see you're keeping busy mate........ What size is this place compared to your last job? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted April 20, 2009 Author Share Posted April 20, 2009 Cheers chaps Erm its around 2500 acres are combined so similar acres but are looking to expand having had fair few local farms come up for contract recently so have applied, that is main reason for having the big cat and 600 so they have extra capacity to expand comfortably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 oooh seems an age since you were called MF fan mate, no masseys for a while eh ? all fendt , case & JD ,large ones at that ! hope you're going to happy in the new job phill, & keep the pics coming chap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted April 20, 2009 Author Share Posted April 20, 2009 oooh seems an age since you were called MF fan mate, no masseys for a while eh ? all fendt , case & JD ,large ones at that ! hope you're going to happy in the new job phill, & keep the pics coming chap Cheers Yer sadly no massey's in a while still have soft spot for them But will keep you all informed with pictures as go full time in June so be plenty pics come end harvest and probs alot more of the sprayer with that being my primary role can see me getting used to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted May 30, 2009 Author Share Posted May 30, 2009 Well I've been back at work for last 10+ days before go full time and leave college in 2 weeks ;D Well got there weds afternoon and jumped on bowser and help them do 720 acres in 13hours And then I did some more T2 spraying on the Turs afternoon with some bowsering in morning so I got used to using it Then after bank hol weekend of topping on quad had togo do a glider field with a nice bit of overkill and yes that is 300hp on a 4.5m topper I am now discovering North essex is far from flat heres pics of the flatest field of 250 acres spring barely on a farm with a fair few reducing 75 to it's knees and from 17k to 3k up the hill :o At the yard on one the contract farms with a well worn PTO shaft after the local deere engineers having updated the software on computer for the beacon but didnt adjust the hydraulics so at 100% it was really 70% and wiped out the shaft and caused damage to gearbox was not happy and there paying for new gearbox and shaft (wasnt me driving was day before i arrived) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted May 30, 2009 Author Share Posted May 30, 2009 Then a few pictures when I was out doing T3 sprays yesterday and today when I remembered camera and had to unblock nozzles etc really starting to enjoy spraying and can clear acres did 180 in 4 and half hours that includes 3 fill ups on 2 different farms 5 miles apart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eurodeere Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 Great pics, keep them coming and good luck with the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted May 30, 2009 Author Share Posted May 30, 2009 Great pictures, keep them coming and good luck with the job. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
painter Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 nice pics lad ,sounds like you are enjying the work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted May 31, 2009 Author Share Posted May 31, 2009 nice pictures lad ,sounds like you are enjying the work Cheers and yer loving it much more enjoyable then college be glad to leave miss people not the place But a few videos I took while bored topping and spraying Last one shows what kind of speed we spray at and what I do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeredriver Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Nice 1 mate love all the pictures makes it a lot nicer to run on tramlines ehh i do all our spraying over here no tramlines hope you dont get hay fever when your in the rape fields Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted May 31, 2009 Author Share Posted May 31, 2009 Nice 1 mate love all the pictures makes it a lot nicer to run on tramlines ehh i do all our spraying over here no tramlines hope you dont get hay fever when your in the rape fields Cheers Defiantly how do you work it without tramlines outta curiosity having never done it? just guess work or GPS Nah luckily not hay fever suffurer was glad for that fact Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeredriver Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Foam bout markers but i do have gps guidance and mapping i run a 3 wheel Terra gator spraying at 15mph got a vid on you tube if your interested?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted May 31, 2009 Author Share Posted May 31, 2009 Foam bout markers but i do have gps guidance and mapping i run a 3 wheel Terra gator spraying at 15mph got a vid on you tube if your interested?? Defiantly mate never seen terra gator sprayer, what width booms you run? How do they travel as I quite often have to backoff at 17k not 15mph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeredriver Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Mines an old one i have 75ft booms but you can get them up to 90 ft now they ride pretty nice really even though are fields are rough as hell and we have some steep banks i have to slow down a lot too I have had it on 2 wheels even on 1 wheel on the odd occasion its a v8 cat diesel turbo engine and a 10 speed crash box wagon transmission kind of crude but it does the job i have 200 more acres to spray as soon as i can get it done this week that will put me up to about 7000 acres so far this spring here is a a picture of it and my bowser 6400 gallons of fertilizer and 4 IBC's of chemical for maize ground ops i forgot the you tube link theres another uploading now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted May 31, 2009 Author Share Posted May 31, 2009 Nice set-up there mate always interesting to see machines from other side of the pond so to speak But looks like it does the job well with those acres sprayed already I wouldn't know how many my 75 done this season I've done 1400 on it so probs around 5000 acre mark I think. Do you run a replacement policy with it or just keep going till no more economic sense to keep running it as that's were on as my sprayer as its 10 years old and done around the 100,000 acre mark now we think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeredriver Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 It was a big change for me to get used to all the open space over here i can tell you I am from chester Uk really our bigest field was only 20 acres there the bigest one id ever been on was 50 that changed when i came here ;) my boss bought that machine at an auction for $2700its a 1986 year so what its 22 years old we will just run it until it dies or he comes home with another bargain we have another machine just like this one too but its pretty well retired just does a bit every now and then My boss's brother does contract spraying he has 2 more just like this also i did about 1200 acres of contracting this spring with mine helping him out your machine looks tidy for it age i would never thought it was 10 years old its done alot of acres too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted May 31, 2009 Author Share Posted May 31, 2009 I've had similar not as bad moving here It's no were near as built up and hills are a bit of a culture shock and taking some getting used to But defiantly getting the acres covered with the terra though mate ever miss England and its little quirks farming wise? But that was a bargain then to say least this is one I just missed out on this is what the Magnum replaced and wasn't sold until recently and I put an offer in as to say it floated my boat is an understatement but had already been sold as boss only wanted 4k for this Steiger Panther 325 but missed it :'( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeredriver Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 4 grand the tires are worth that :o :o i miss England sometimes but more the people to be honest Theres way more to offer a person here cost of living is cheap and theres plenty of foot holds up in the world if your willing to work hard This year i leased some land of my own 25 acres of arable and 80 acres of grass thats why im looking at buying a tractor where abouts in essex are you i did the harvest season in Harlow about 13 years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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