SPN Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 1 hour ago, Paul Palmer said: so under plastic earlier then,i must admit,the contractor i work for has never drilled before May,or not than i can remember,just looked through all my pictures of the farm work and allways seems to be May,early May i must admit I remember my Grandfather not getting the maize in the ground until June one year. With tongue in cheek I asked him if that meant it had to be called Joonze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorboyjules1977 Posted April 25, 2017 Author Share Posted April 25, 2017 14 hours ago, Paul Palmer said: you dont usually drill maize until early May anyway,if its under plastic does that make a difference to the timings of drilling Julian? Seems to vary around the country , we'd been drilling maize towards the end of April for 4 or 5 years now , the farm up the road has been been drilling for a week or more under plastic , but apparently they have got around 800 acres to go in !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 7 hours ago, tractorboyjules1977 said: Seems to vary around the country , we'd been drilling maize towards the end of April for 4 or 5 years now , the farm up the road has been been drilling for a week or more under plastic , but apparently they have got around 800 acres to go in !!! Yes does seem to vary,thanks for replying Julian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FendtFarmer Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 10 hours ago, tractorboyjules1977 said: Seems to vary around the country , we'd been drilling maize towards the end of April for 4 or 5 years now , the farm up the road has been been drilling for a week or more under plastic , but apparently they have got around 800 acres to go in !!! Up hear in yorkshire we have planted our maize on the 21st may for the past three years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorboyjules1977 Posted May 2, 2017 Author Share Posted May 2, 2017 After the long wknd back to reality and the day to day work ! Walking around with our nutritionist this morning we've decided against cutting grass this week , the sugar levels not quite up there yet , with a better and warmer week forecast for next week were deciding to hang on a bit longer to maximise the end product , however the boys have been out to a few customers wanting to cut earlier to turn around for maize grounds , on that note we have gone on and the boys are powerharrowing in front of the drill , so far so good and things ticking on nicely ! Still got some stubbles to rip up so thats the next job for the fastrac 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorboyjules1977 Posted May 17, 2017 Author Share Posted May 17, 2017 Little update , maize drilling nearly all done and dusted , a mere 350 acres left to go in , so far the total we've drilled well over 1300 acres ! We've been on with the forager over the weekend just picking up little bits here and there , we were gonna go hard this week but at the minute just as all systems are about to go the weather decided to relieve itself and hasn't hardly stopped raining since Monday evening , so all silage equipment back in the yard !! With a bit of time on our hands today the 1st of the redrock 12 tonners has just made its way out of the workshop , after a total renovation job , with a bit of luck the 2 be one will be finished for next week , good couple of guys from a local farmer and 2 more handy additions ! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 another good update Julian,like the redrock 12 tonner,your work Julian? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorboyjules1977 Posted May 18, 2017 Author Share Posted May 18, 2017 13 hours ago, Paul Palmer said: another good update Julian,like the redrock 12 tonner,your work Julian? Cheers Paul , yeah he came up well , just a few more bits to finish off , lights & mesh .No Kane trailers around here but a fair few redrocks ! Not too shabby for a £17 trailer !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 7 hours ago, tractorboyjules1977 said: Cheers Paul , yeah he came up well , just a few more bits to finish off , lights & mesh .No Kane trailers around here but a fair few redrocks ! Not too shabby for a £17 trailer !! it does look great Julian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne D Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 As said the Kane conversion looks good. I've been meaning to buy a new Kane classic and try replacing the rear door with proper mesh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Smart looking outfit for grass there, like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorboyjules1977 Posted May 28, 2017 Author Share Posted May 28, 2017 Latest update ! Silage 2017 in full swing now after a couple of in different days , last week we managed to clear 7 customers farms totaling around 800 acres running both foragers and teams , this weekend back at Orchard chopping through our own , yesterday all grass which was mowed Thurs/Fri was spread after heavy thunder showers through the early hours of sat morn , afternoons job crack on and rake up in front of the forager which started picking up around 4 yesterday afternoon , after a few problems with the forager and a visit from Smarts Agri sorting out the issue , we were soon underway again ! hoping to finish off early this evening leaving the chaps to have a well earned break tomorrow , 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne D Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Nice fleet, good to see the silage underway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 nice work Julian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorboyjules1977 Posted May 29, 2017 Author Share Posted May 29, 2017 Thanks chaps much appreciated ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorboyjules1977 Posted June 28, 2017 Author Share Posted June 28, 2017 With all 1st cut silage well and truly behind us and the 1st signs of 2 nd cut not too far away ,a chance for the balers to get into gear last week , with both square balers in full flow , baling up a mixture of haylage & hay a total of 400 acres all done and dusted in the last 10 days for various customers . The round baler & wrapper also been out over the weekend , totaling around 190 acres all wrapped up back around the farm and rented ground . A wet day today saw the lads on hauling bales back to orchards rearing units . A phone call from Oakley's saw 2 of the lads off down there helping Alex and the lads hauling out compost . A slight change in the foreseeable future for us as discussions are ongoing about a perhaps change in tractor brand , mainly due to the niggles we've had with the fastrac, which we are locked in talks with smarts over ! we've already decided to get rid of the 936 which was up around 10000 hours and the 818 which was up over 13000 hours , these 2 went at the beginning of the week , meetings with smarts Agri , redlynch , buglers & g& s crooks will continue as to see what is on offer , so exciting times ahead !! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorboyjules1977 Posted July 7, 2017 Author Share Posted July 7, 2017 Just a little update now we're finally back up and running , the workshop gradually getting filled over the last week , with both foragers back in for a service , the krone getting all prepared ,as is the X disc header ready for the start of wholecrop , with a lot of 2nd cut silage now off ,both umbilical teams out and about on 2 nd cut silage grounds , An early finish today as a few of us are off down to Dorchester to have a look around Smarts Agri open day !! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorboyjules1977 Posted July 18, 2017 Author Share Posted July 18, 2017 Whole crop well underway now nearly all our own cut , just 35 acres left , still 160 acres to go for the AD plant to go with the moisture levels now starting to fall a must for us to get this wrapped up quicker sooner than later ! The combine came out yesterday to start winter barley , with 3 trailers running the combine wheels getting pushed hard ! 1st load yesterday tested at 13% so this has gone straight in to the tipping pit , anything coming off higher than 14% ish will go into the shed with all eyes monitoring what happens !! Looks like a late 1 with all the thunder showers forecast , must keep on rolling !!! A total of 150 acres to come off then probably go straight into the rape ! Everything been stretched to the limit at the mo , so we've got 1 of smarts 6210r's on hire to help with the work load ! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Good to see harvest underway up the road, hope to catch you up tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorboyjules1977 Posted July 18, 2017 Author Share Posted July 18, 2017 7 minutes ago, Oakley Farms said: Good to see harvest underway up the road, hope to catch you up tomorrow Yeah so far so good ! Full steam ahead !!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorboyjules1977 Posted July 30, 2017 Author Share Posted July 30, 2017 Harvest 2017 going reasonably well at the minute , with all the barley now cut and baled up , attention now turning to rape , yesterday with all the rain we managed to get the combine back to the yard for a top up with diesel and also brought back the bowser at the same time for a refill , the headers gone straight into the workshop ready for fitting the side knife , with all this done yesterday evening combine rolled down to the 1st field of rape late this afternoon ! With the balers back from baling all Oakley's straw we decided to shoot off and bale 16 acres of silage ,with tractors running thin on the ground at the moment the old jd came off the straw chopper to do a bit of hauling !!! Looks like another unsettled week weather wise gonna be a stop and start one we reckon !! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Had some heavy storms now! Beginning to get a little worrying now! Hope the Claas combine is treating you alright Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne D Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Very nice, square bale grab on the JCB looks good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorboyjules1977 Posted July 30, 2017 Author Share Posted July 30, 2017 17 minutes ago, Oakley Farms said: Had some heavy storms now! Beginning to get a little worrying now! Hope the Claas combine is treating you alright We haven't had none up the road mate , u must be catching it all down the road !!! Purring like a kitten ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorboyjules1977 Posted July 30, 2017 Author Share Posted July 30, 2017 16 minutes ago, Wayne D said: Very nice, square bale grab on the JCB looks good. Thank you Wayne , not too bad for a 20 minute job !!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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