Light Land Posted May 27, 2006 Share Posted May 27, 2006 Had go at making my own onion lifter. Lifter will up root a 6 rows of onions on a 1.3mtr bed and leave them to dry at 1mtr wide so you don't need row crop wheels on your digging tractor. The rubber flaps and round bars at the back keep any from rolling out of the row. Model is made from wood,and 1mm wire,it's a bit rough but over all I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted May 27, 2006 Share Posted May 27, 2006 Interesting looking piece of kit fp, anymore pictures of it?? Does anyone in the UK grow onions in quantity or are they imported?? \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JC Posted May 27, 2006 Share Posted May 27, 2006 Cheers Ol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted May 27, 2006 Author Share Posted May 27, 2006 I decided to grow onions on my carpet farm because I already have a digger to harvest them and trailers/boxs to store and handle the crop because of growing spuds.Onions cost less to grow than carrots.Only thing to watch is onion's need lots of water at the same time as sweet corn and beans.Onions alway's leave you with a clean seed bed to drill wheat into with out much tillage so what you spend on more water would off set what you spend on trying to get a trash covered paddock ready with out burning. I do go on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 Fantastic Oli, that's a great wee piece of kit and looks the business with the Fendt on row crops...... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 Interesting looking piece of kit fp, anymore pictures of it?? Does anyone in the UK grow onions in quantity or are they imported?? \ Loads of companies in the Uk grow onions Doc... Quite a few in the Fens... although the Spanish do send many many onions over here during their season (curently finished) - Chillian, Dutch and NZ Onions available in the UK now (UK season also finished (store)) - to give you a guide I buy 25kg UK onions for about ?1.50-?2.50 per sack... Chillian is currently costing me ?9.50 for a 20kjg sack Also UK Onions are by FAR the best flavour and strength - Big Spanish type onions are watery and horrible Hey... can I be the FTF Onion correspondant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 Loads of companies in the Uk grow onions Doc... Quite a few in the Fens... although the Spanish do send many many onions over here during their season (curently finished) - Chillian, Dutch and NZ Onions available in the UK now (UK season also finished (store)) - to give you a guide I buy 25kg UK onions for about ?1.50-?2.50 per sack... Chillian is currently costing me ?9.50 for a 20kjg sack Also UK Onions are by FAR the best flavour and strength - Big Spanish type onions are watery and horrible Hey... can I be the FTF Onion correspondant How long will onions keep for?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted May 28, 2006 Author Share Posted May 28, 2006 Depend's alot on what breed you have,fast growing red sweet onion's often don't keep for long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallclaas Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 Nice scratch build there Fendt P you'll have them all growing onions on their 1/32 farms now! Onions make you cry :'( :'( Had to find use for that smiley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 nice work Oli :) , now have you got my address ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 How long will onions keep for?? There's me asking to be Onion correspondant and I don't really know the answer to that question... I would say about 6-8 months for most white (yellow) onions... early Spanish onions have no skin set on them and won't last very long at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starbrush Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 nice machine there, have you got an onion topper to go in front ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civilpek Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 very impressive looking conversion Oli, i mean ive never seen a real one of them but that looks almost real looks like theres another conversion expert on the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 impressive Oli keep up the good work..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted May 29, 2006 Author Share Posted May 29, 2006 Thanks guys,your input helps no end. Long sunshine hours help set the skins and take away the need to top them before lifting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 Never seen a real one but it's a modest looking little model Ol, quite a nice little pice of kit mate. I'd be happy with that, something a bit different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 Only just found this, was wondering what the machine was in your avatar pic :D Excellent work Oli, looks like you have spent some time on it with the detail etc :o ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted May 29, 2006 Author Share Posted May 29, 2006 Thank you all,I'll give it a PTO when I find some yellow paint and a gear box oil cap with a lid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 very nice oli,not sure why this just appeared as a unread topic though how long did that take to make then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted May 29, 2006 Author Share Posted May 29, 2006 Hard to say,I did a 10 mintues here and there for 2 weeks. like all ways I was working to an olly plan aka off the top of my head \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 Hard to say,I did a 10 mintues here and there for 2 weeks. like all ways I was working to an olly plan aka off the top of my head \ Well it was a good plan, it all came together in the end as usual! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 Well it was a good plan, it all came together in the end as usual! Thats it, A-Team Ol !!!!!! He does share a resembalence to Murdoch aswell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerstarâ„¢ Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 Ol, well made that, seems like alot of effort went in to that, why isn't the 514c on the front Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted June 13, 2006 Author Share Posted June 13, 2006 Because it's not on row crop wheels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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