smithy Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 I sprayed a old meadow of for a customer about 10 days ago so I moved in with a set of pigtail cultivators and stirred it up as it was a bit rough with rabbit holes will reseed it later on about sept/oct 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.watson Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Very nice smithy, looks like it might need the power Harrow next mate. I might be heading your way tomorrow smithy, we might be taking a couple of tractors and artic flat beds to Kenton, near Debenham to collect second hand cattle shed and straw shed from portal power at oak tree farm. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Very nice smithy, looks like it might need the power Harrow next mate. I might be heading your way tomorrow smithy, we might be taking a couple of tractors and artic flat beds to Kenton, near Debenham to collect second hand cattle shed and straw shed from portal power at oak tree farm.Yes needs a power-harrow but I will go through with pigtails again in couple of weeks when a few more weeds have germinated then power-harrow it so its ready for one more spray of roundup then the grass seed ,yes you wont be far away from me tomorrow if you are going to Debenham ,which way are you planning on going? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Now for something completely different ,have watch somebody dry-lining a wall before so I thought I would have a go today and this is how it looks ,I am happy with it for a first time job 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Why didn't ya plough the grass paddock smithy ol pal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Why didn't ya plough the grass paddock smithy ol pal?I did not want to plough it because there used to be some trees on the field which had been cleared but there was still afew roots about so I thought I would use tines instead of bending the plough 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 One for Ol, went to a talk by a woman from Massey university in NZ who's also a board member on Fonterra about dairy farming and risk management there. Very interesting talk all round. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 20150531_194117.jpg20150531_194149.jpg20150531_194053.jpgNow for something completely different ,have watch somebody dry-lining a wall before so I thought I would have a go today and this is how it looks ,I am happy with it for a first time job this your new pad then smithy?? I take it shes seen the coloured valtras now and told you to speed up finishing it ;D ;D 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodiestractor Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I did not want to plough it because there used to be some trees on the field which had been cleared but there was still a few roots about so I thought I would use tines instead of bending the plough Smithy are you sure the local football club didn't pxxs you of about something so you decided to spring tine the pitch up looks like it to me, see you soon all being well regards Goody. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Smithy are you sure the local football club didn't pxxs you of about something so you decided to spring tine the pitch up looks like it to me, see you soon all being well regards Goody. Defiantly a old meadow Graham just outside Needham Market and not the football pitch,yes see you soon looking forward to the weekend see you in France 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 this your new pad then smithy?? I take it shes seen the coloured valtras now and told you to speed up finishing it ;D ;DThat's right Sean air turned a bit blue when I showed here the blue valtra decided not to show herthe white one. Don't now what she is going to say about this weekend as I am of to France with MF135 and GOODIESTRACTOR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.watson Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Yes needs a power-harrow but I will go through with pigtails again in couple of weeks when a few more weeds have germinated then power-harrow it so its ready for one more spray of roundup then the grass seed ,yes you wont be far away from me tomorrow if you are going to Debenham ,which way are you planning on going?we made two trips to Debenham today smithy, 17 hour shift today mate. Down a12,a14 to a140 then turn of at stonam aspal. A12 was shut on the last load home due to overnight roadworks, so we went a14 to bury then to Sudbury and halstead then home. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Thanks for information Chris main roads are best with big trailers my problem from here to the A140 is the low bridges at Needham Market 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mf135 Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 That's right Sean air turned a bit blue when I showed here the blue valtra decided not to show herthe white one. Don't now what she is going to say about this weekend as I am of to France with MF135 andGOODIESTRACTOR Have you told her in doors yet? Or just give a call when in dieppe. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Have you told her in doors yet? Or just give a call when in dieppe.You now me I will just let he now I don't need any tea Friday night (or dinner sat/sun/mon) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodiestractor Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Have you told her in doors yet? Or just give a call when in dieppe. Martyn looks like Smithy is going to be on a diet for 4 days i had better take some toffees regards Goody. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Martyn looks like Smithy is going to be on a diet for 4 days i had better take some toffees regards Goody.No toffee Graham might pull my teeth out, got to go on a diet after eating your scones an cream upthe Suffolk Show Thanks Smithy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Looks a good space there Mark, looking forward to seeing it develop. For me instead of lounging around in the sun/ in a beer garden/ driving a tractor, I'm stuck inside revising for my last uni exam of the year. Just want to get finished now 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 hope your exams go well Pat,my son is up in newcastle uni,and he had his last exam yesterday,just a few weeks wait for the results 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Thanks Paul, I went up to Newcastle in February, it's a very nice uni 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 popped over for a swim this morning, and came across this wonderful parking, there must have been a good foot between the back wheel and the ground, 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPN Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Yesterday I spent a half hour as an extra in a film. I played the part of a truck driver delivering parts for a Ferguson tractor. No kidding! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MF-ROB Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Went to taste of Grampian today with Kirsty lots of yummy things to eat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 In a land far far away........... Helped a South African mate move his 700 cows from the dairy farm 7 hours walk to there winter kale on another farm. Because the price of milk is so low they had to walk top save money on trucking them. loading a truck at dawn with cows he's selling. Typical......Contractor turns up to fill the center pivot ruts with fine gravel after the pivots first year it's cut ruts in the ground so the gravel helps the pivot last longer. Passed heaps of cows already grazing kale/beet. It's not all low input/output dairy in NZ, plenty of indoor systems have poped up in the last few years milking huge Canadian Holsteins. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Nice photos Ol, always nice to see some dairy farming in another part of the world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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