smithy Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Had 2 loads barley leave farm so space for spring barley to go into as wheat has filled other spaces ,small heap of wheat is off a bit that the rain over last few weeks had put down and had started to grow so got it seperate at moment 20230818_100659.mp4 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Just been and done a few bales for the horsey folk 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Glad you getting on a bit Smithy, your Major Weeks trailer Combo looks the part and trailer looks in good condition, many folk were quick to fault a week's as the drawbars were easily weakened and bent at the step joint just in front of the headboard.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Whilst Hamish is waiting to visit the vets for his booster jab he has to be carried about but to get him used to sounds and sights and smells as well as travelling in my Defender we had half an hour with him up at the shed to introduce him to the tractor collection.... I'm hoping another Leyland fan in the making 😉 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 12 hours ago, Valley Axe Man said: Whilst Hamish is waiting to visit the vets for his booster jab he has to be carried about but to get him used to sounds and sights and smells as well as travelling in my Defender we had half an hour with him up at the shed to introduce him to the tractor collection.... I'm hoping another Leyland fan in the making 😉 I am sure he will grow into a fan 😅, and as for your defender i am sure it dont smell that bad 😂🤣 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 12 hours ago, Valley Axe Man said: Glad you getting on a bit Smithy, your Major Weeks trailer Combo looks the part and trailer looks in good condition, many folk were quick to fault a week's as the drawbars were easily weakened and bent at the step joint just in front of the headboard.... The Weeks belongs to Eric ,i borrowed it a few years back to hold some seed corn in ,its got rust on it as its spent a bit of time outside up at erics woodyard ,i have had it undercover for last 3 years .we had 2 or 3 weeks with wooden sides that i can remember off back in the 1960/1970 . I will have a look at drawbar area just in case ,the trailer support that goes though drawbar has been bent so i just use a good block of wood 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 After i had done a few bales yesterday i went of and done a few roadside hedges and grass around the inside edges ,cant do hedge on inside till 1st September unless i am planting Rape or grass seed 🫣. Bit sticky out on fields this morning as got 16mm rain overnight 😩 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirTainly Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 Quick visit to the Tern Valley Show. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirTainly Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 And in the afternoon, got invited to the Minsterley show. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil phoenix Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 Harvest update. A few more recent pictures. Including a brand new New Holland CH 7.70 hybrid combine. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 Yes its yellow underneath the dirt ,dont like washing combine as water sit in bearings etc ,but i have just given it a clean down ready for spring barley ,got in running while in yard to shake water out ,with a couple of days cutting to go it should dry it out so i can blow it down ready for winter storage 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil phoenix Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 Unfortunately I passed a burnt out TX 34 in a wheat field today, only its rear end was untouched. Fortunately the remaining wheat crop was still ok. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justy 46 Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 Great day out at the West Cork Vintage Working Event near Clonakilty.. VID_20230820_130657.3gp VID_20230820_162751.3gp 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 Dry for wheels to travel so put side-arm mower on and done a few field edges Sunday afternoon 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 The bay we emptied last week i have filled again with spring barley and that has completed my grain harvest all no rest for combine as this afternoon and tomorrow i am cutting wheat for a neighbure 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 This is my mate colin getting to one of his fields and then in the field 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger82 Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Second cut silage today 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 One of the 4 fields wheat we cut this afternoon ,this one slopes in 2 directions ,no good way of cutting ,so nip up bum and go for it and turn slowly on the ends ,combine was crapping along on steepest bits ,i have cut this one before so was aware how steep it is only did half tanks to help ,once at top you can see for miles .anyway by 9pm i had done last field so combine can be cleaned down and put away 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 Thats not steep smithy you should see the fields they cut down this way 😆😆😆😆 currently sat in lisbon , Portugal having a few drinks , now heading north after 2 weeks off and not seen one single tractor even in southampton docks when we left 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 18 hours ago, Tractorman810 said: Thats not steep smithy you should see the fields they cut down this way 😆😆😆😆 currently sat in lisbon , Portugal having a few drinks , now heading north after 2 weeks off and not seen one single tractor even in southampton docks when we left I on the other hand Sean, have been in Northern Ireland again today. There is a tractor around every corner and on every stretch of road. I think that every single tractor in the province was out in the field today trying to get the crop in before it rains again. I can also assure you that the Irish like their blues, I think around half, if not more, of the tractors that I saw were a shade of blue. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 19 hours ago, Tractorman810 said: Thats not steep smithy you should see the fields they cut down this way 😆😆😆😆 currently sat in lisbon , Portugal having a few drinks , now heading north after 2 weeks off and not seen one single tractor even in southampton docks when we left Yes Sean i have seen some of the field your way , my photo dont show its steepness ,combine was sliding sideways on part of it and if going uphill wheels was slipping a bit on chopped straw . I have seen on you tube combines in USA sliding on real steep land 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil phoenix Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 All done Smithy? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil phoenix Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 (edited) A few more miscellaneous pictures of harvest 2023. Edited August 25, 2023 by phil phoenix 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirTainly Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 Bought a new to me mower for doing the orchard! Got home to a mouse in the kitchen which the terrier had ignored, only for him then to bring in a dead bird! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 12 hours ago, phil phoenix said: All done Smithy? Yes Phil, i finished mine on monday evening , my mate Colin with the m/f finished on monday as well . Which ever one of us finish first normally go to are mates "Podge" and cut his 20 acres of wheat in 4 fields ,Colin had some barley straw to bale so i went to podges Tuesday afternoon and got that wrapped up by about 9ish . Colin finished his bailing and got them carted the next day , i have wheat straw on 1 field awaiting the big balers but we had heavy shower ,thunder and lightning on Thursday morning so thats put them behind , i am running around getting bit more grass around edges done and few roadside hedges while we await 1st September 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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