Jump to content

What have you been doing or plan on doing today?


Recommended Posts

10 hours ago, phil phoenix said:

Nice footage of the combine & JCBs wheels there😁

Looks to be a Kramer telehandler, a pair of Claas tractors and the fastrac but this morning there's been a second fastrac and a claas with a loader on it both pulling bailey dump trailers loaded with box muck and carting it in to the ground that got harvested last night... I'm thinking farm is split and the other farm is the beef unit 

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

10 hours ago, smithy said:

Your getting all the action up there ,we was then about to take combine out to field today and big black cloud was heading towards us and yes we got it another 6mm 🙁

That's not good Smithy.... Will keep putting you back abit...  Hopefully fingers crossed you can get back cutting again soon.... We had a bit of a explore of the local area yesterday and there were at least 4 crews cutting... All seemed to be chopping straw bar one which was being baled with a big Deere and what looked to be a big Claas Quadrant... Apart from the H&M and a West on the farm we staying on the trailer of choice round here seems to be Bailey and Harvesters are predominantly Class, but there's a dealer not far from Alford that we passed so parts and service be handy. They started again leading the box muck in at 6 am this morning so I'm wondering if it'll get spread this week and then ploughed in... When we got back yesterday they were leading grains back, Kramer was pushing them in maybe a trailer load every hour or so but had stopped by about half 10. 

Edited by Valley Axe Man
  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

22 hours ago, smithy said:

Your getting all the action up there ,we was then about to take combine out to field today and big black cloud was heading towards us and yes we got it another 6mm 🙁

your not alone mate, not seen a combine working in ages now, all parked up, few people doing 2nd maybe 3rd cut grass, was speaking to a farmer today while getting some permission to work forms done on his land,and hes got a good 200 acres of beans sat, all ready to go,prob 2 weeks early, but cant get on the land,just way to wet, which is also compounded by it being steep hills as well, most of its gone black ,but also starting to fall over due to the water weight. wont be easy to lift now he recons.

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

We started today around 2pm nice and sunny barley was 13% in one part of field and 17.4% in another part but we kept going ,got about 20 acres cut ,had to keep trailers off field and only do half tank on combine as ground is so soft . One bit on a slight hill i had to get most of it downhill as dug holes trying to go up but got there in the end . We was on land about half-hour away from farm and to make it better for wife carting i called in a mate of mine so they had trailer each and gave them time to keep pushing up . Hopefully get going bit sooner tomorrow allow i have some wet straw to go and try to turn so it can dry so big baler can come in . No photos today as was to busy ,will get some tomorrow 

  • Like 5
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Woohoo, five minutes of work, I now have the last brake light and the front indicators working on the 785! Oxidation on the contacts was the culprit. Just the windscreen wiper to get working again (l think we put back a blown fuse last week as it was working before we started cleaning fuses).

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Since Gemma sadly lost her Jack Russell earlier in the year, after having her from a pup to almost 14 years old ,she finally decided it was time to get another little 4 legged friend, so we picked him up today, born on the 11th of June whilst we were at Newby Hall tractor fest i'd like to introduce you to Hamish, a West Highland terrier/ Poodle cross, and I've already got him on the right path of what breed of tractors to keep too, afterall being a westie and native breed of Scotland there's no other real choice than one of Bathgates finest 😂

FB_IMG_1691950591887.jpg

FB_IMG_1691950599665.jpg

FB_IMG_1691950608527.jpg

  • Like 9
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.