Wayne D Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Really like the trucks all stickered up, very smart looking. Good job! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 You have to have one of the few layouts that can make these wagons look small. They look right at home there! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted August 20, 2017 Author Share Posted August 20, 2017 Harvest Log Day 16 & 17 Saturday and Sunday have been 2 half days harvesting, we got going about 3/4pm on Saturday and stayed out until 11pm to finish off Atherstone. First thing this morning we moved up to Bondip and made a start before once again the heavens opened. We have given up on laying straw down now that Knott Oak Dairy, Simon Madge and Orchard have had there allocations and with 200 acres wet on the floor to try and dry enough is enough so chopping the lot. We have roughly 800 acres of wheat left split between 2 blocks and then 1000 acres of spring beans. We had Claas out today to change over the tank lid valve which has been playing up-probably due to excessive opening and closing with all the storms of rain! Ross has moped up the last of the winter barley in store 2B down to ABN and this weeks job is to return Reylands barley back after drying as well as hauling field grain if we cut any. On the farm front we have 2 days of Topdown left at Yarlington and starting to drill cover crops tomorrow. Mark is going to top the first lot of spuds tomorrow but has discovered a problem with his front hub, Redlynch will be out tomorrow to look at the seal. Midweek we may have a crack at digging some Shepody, not quite sure how we are going to do this as the harvester driver is also the chaser bin driver! 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave the farmer Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Crackin lorries there Alex. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted August 21, 2017 Author Share Posted August 21, 2017 Thanks Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Some Impressive kit there alex , must say i was surprised to see so much crop still stood adter 2 weeks away flying into exeter on saturday , some very poorly looking stuff still stood , and in what had been cut , how badly cut up the field looked from baling and removal, certainly not a good year 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorboyjules1977 Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Got a bit sticky dwn yesterday afternoon m8 !! Good to see wheels just about still turning 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COWBOY Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Excellent updates as always, your Lorries look fantastic. Where did you get the destoner? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weblet375 Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 As always Alex v good update. Lorries look fantastic hope it all goe well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted August 21, 2017 Author Share Posted August 21, 2017 12 hours ago, Tractorman810 said: Some Impressive kit there alex , must say i was surprised to see so much crop still stood adter 2 weeks away flying into exeter on saturday , some very poorly looking stuff still stood , and in what had been cut , how badly cut up the field looked from baling and removal, certainly not a good year Certainly right there, what's left is very poor, dull and damp, it's depressing, even the spring beans are taking longer to ripen. We have been lucky with baling so far, made a mess up at Yarlington but that's now cultivated, we do have 200 acres on the floor though. Still it's pitched off a bit today so going drilling cover crops, need to keep the drill going now or OSR is going to be late! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted August 21, 2017 Author Share Posted August 21, 2017 12 hours ago, tractorboyjules1977 said: Got a bit sticky dwn yesterday afternoon m8 !! Good to see wheels just about still turning Ha, the wheels weren't turning on that 724 this morning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted August 21, 2017 Author Share Posted August 21, 2017 6 hours ago, COWBOY said: Excellent updates as always, your Lorries look fantastic. Where did you get the destoner? 3 hours ago, weblet375 said: As always Alex v good update. Lorries look fantastic hope it all goe well. Thank you fellas, the destoner was a one off build by BOR. Fingers crossed for a dry spell now into September Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted August 23, 2017 Author Share Posted August 23, 2017 Harvest Log Day 18 The first real day of chaos today with so much going on. Starting digging Shepody potatoes for McCain down at Horlicks. We have about 5 days of digging but it's very slow with green damp haulm causing issues as normal. We have lost 5 members of the grain gang over to the spud crew for a bit now but managing using 2 of the lorries and the unimog for grain. So got combining again at 2pm and moisture started at 19.5 and rapidly went down to 16, clearing another 160 acres which completes all of the old side of Bondip, very sticky underfoot now though. Looking like it could be a full day today with a nice 50 acre field for starters, we won't finish here but will break the back of it. We are also now on drilling a cover crop mix on ground ahead of next years spring beans, keeps bio diversity over winter and prevents soil erosion, yesterday was direct drilling into rape stubble and today is into wheat stubble. Rolling this in will be a split shift, one of the grain guys pre combining and then one of the spud guys will take over when finished later in the afternoon as they can only dig x3 lorry loads a day/x9 trailers. OSR drilling starts tomorrow. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weblet375 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Alex that drilling rig looks a fair piece a kit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted August 23, 2017 Author Share Posted August 23, 2017 28 minutes ago, weblet375 said: Alex that drilling rig looks a fair piece a kit. It's a hefty thing to haul about, steering axle on the cart helps, but it's very long, pulling it behind the rapid lift sets it back even further, double gateways everywhere! However it's all needed for CTF and boy can you cover some ground, 200ha a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpinefocus Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Nice looking Trucks mate, what scale are they? i only ask as up against the claas they look 1/32 but i didnt think you could get the new DAF in 1/32? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted August 25, 2017 Author Share Posted August 25, 2017 Harvest Log Day 19 & 20 Things now ticking along nicely, had another good day at Bondip and finished there yesterday and moved up the road into the last block of wheat at Camelot East, by Saturday fingers crossed wheat will all be in the shed and bring the combines back towards home. Spring beans are pretty much there now so Sunday we'll have ago. A break from digging spuds until Sunday as no loads booked in until Monday, briefly cultivated the areas that got hammered by yesterday's farming and direct drilling cover crop there today. OSR drilling definitely will start tomorrow, a massive chunk to get in this year 2000 odd acres so long hours ahead for Phil. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted August 26, 2017 Author Share Posted August 26, 2017 Harvest Log Day 21 Winter Barley ✅ Oilseed Rape ✅ Winter Wheat ✅ Spring Beans....are go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Oakley Farms Posted August 28, 2017 Author Share Posted August 28, 2017 Harvest Log Day 22 & 23 Spring beans are going well in this glorious bank holiday weekend weather. Over the last two days we have been working close to base clearing Boxstone block and today up behind the farm. We have had to manage today with one grain trailer and the chaser bin as the rest of the guys have been finishing off the last loads of Shepody potatoes before joining us on trailers. Tomorrow we are off to Speaks with the truck drivers back off bank holiday we can travel further from base. Bit of a workload to catch up on now with OSR needing rolling in, drilling still ongoing, hedge trimming, and now have some ground clear for this next years wheat so primary cultivations can commence, haven't got a tractor for this as we are awaiting another Challenger so one is coming tomorrow to help us out. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted September 4, 2017 Author Share Posted September 4, 2017 Harvest Log Days 24, 25 & 26 Well since the last update its been stop and go regarding harvest and drilling. With only one full day it's very much catch what you can when you can, however we managed to finish Speaks and Osbornes. Now we have 2 blocks of our own to finish at Bay Hill and Moolham, 270 acres in total and that will be a wrap, everyone is determined to try and get this done in one very long day when it comes. We have 700 acres of OSR left to get in, going to start again tomorrow on this job after a lot of rain the weekend. I'm not too worried about this at the minute as our best yields come from crops drilled 5-10th September so that's the target, tomorrow being the 5th. We have a baby challenger on hire whilst we still wait for our new one, he isn't quite bit enough for the job on the 12 m Carrier but we have to make do. A few other jobs have been going on during the wet spell, spreading slug pellets and servicing the Krone up ready for maize around the corner. Tomorrow Orchard contractors are in for a few days to spread sewage cake on Speaks and Osbornes, Mark is going to load with the slew and Chris is going to incorporate straight away with the Carrier, going to change over to the 938 though for a faster forward speed. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weblet375 Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Good update Alex, farm up the road has a 775e cat a few weeks back there class axion caught fire on wheat carting duties, so they used.the cat for rest of harvest on a Richard western 16 tonner. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted September 6, 2017 Author Share Posted September 6, 2017 The 775E isn't big enough for us, just about manages on the Carrier handling secondary cultivations but with only primaries to do at the minute and being a wet season she is taking some pulling at the minute. We haven't got as much drilled as we'd of liked-rained off again yesterday, cracking on late tonight until midnight. Tomorrow looks like our window to clean up the last of these beans, rain coming in Friday, I'd like to get the rape in before then but with 360 acres still to do between now and tomorrow night we will need to keep that drill running 24hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share Posted September 8, 2017 Harvest Log Day 27 Well folks that's combinable crop harvest for 2017 all done! It was a 1:30am finish last night and some of it done in the drizzle but it's in the bag! 3am and the drill rolls back into the yard after managing to finish the OSR into a somewhat sticky Yarlington, so all in all it's good to have the pressure off slightly now and settle down into the next harvests with maincrop potatoes starting Monday and maize starting to the middle of next week. I had conformation yesterday that both the new maize header and the Challenger are arriving next week just in time. The next plan is to tie up some loose jobs including some secondary cultivation work on hybrid rye grounds so this can have some round up, finish rolling and pre em the rape and apply slug pellets. Once that is complete we have a few cover crops left to drill which is now late and won't establish fully but I don't want the soil bare over winter, some of this will be oats so that's fine and then primary and secondary cultivations ahead of drilling wheat towards the end of the month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted September 18, 2017 Author Share Posted September 18, 2017 18.9.17 Most of the odd jobs cleared up now including the cover crops, just a few slug pellets left to spread on 2 blocks of rape, slugs horrendous this year down here, due to things being a bit stretched at the minute just debating to do this at night with the tractor and spinner rather than the gator to speed things up. Today we started the maize harvesting campaign, a bit late in the day for a start after getting the kit out the shed and over to Yeabridge for 40 acres, time the maus was in place etc. So this is the first year for us harvesting our own maize and using 6 metre CTF, we have had to purchase a new header, 7.5 metre, 10 row, will be used at 6 metre with overlap so cuts 9 rows at 8 row centres. This is working but we have gone wrong on headlands by drilling up close to the hedge, and not allowing for the overlap thus offsetting the first set of wheelings. With a narrower header as it came with a 9 metre 12 row it's a little more tricky to open up fields-we don't have a hitch on the back of the Krone so everything gets blown over the top as we can't fit alongside the header, today this has been hard with the big tri axle ejectors so we have made up one of the root crops for silage to help this. Still trying to dig potatoes and carry on with cultivations so staff are thin with one one harvester, three on trailers, one in the grading shed on the forklift, one on the Krone, 2 on ejector trailers, one on the maus, and 2 lorry drivers and the final one on primary cultivations, leaving at the moment nobody free to spread the last of the slug pellets, round up off the rye ground, start drilling, run seed and fertiliser and rolling....nightshift anyone? 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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