Gav836 Posted September 27, 2008 Author Share Posted September 27, 2008 Cheers Adam, its not too bad really, still the odd wet patch in the field waiting to bung the roller table up though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 looks well gav , looks a good crop & pretty clean as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted September 28, 2008 Author Share Posted September 28, 2008 Thanks Marcus, if all this field and the other two of this variety run as well as the two headlands we've done then it will certainly be a good crop, the other variety looks to yield well as well leaving us with a few storage issues \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 you bulk store them gav or graded straight into boxes to cold store , or boxed & shipped straight out ? where i was harvesting , we had BRANSTON's potato bagging plant only a few miles down the road , so most times i'd be unloading straight into boxes to go straight there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted September 28, 2008 Author Share Posted September 28, 2008 These ones go straight through a grader and into bulkers before a short trip to a bulk store locally ready for Walkers. The Pentland Dell what we will go onto in a couple of weeks though all go into on farm bulk storage but with what the yields look like we may well have a problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 i take it you have yer own cold store ?, we had room for 1000 boxes , so any extra had to go into into storage at someone elses farm, but being on the door step of branstons most went sraight to them,. hope you dont do salad potatoes , it's a pain harvesting those Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted September 28, 2008 Author Share Posted September 28, 2008 Just a grain store that gets lined out with Quadrant bales as they only store them for a month or two. No salad spuds here, just Saturna and Pentland Dell, both go for crisping I believe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Great pictures Gav. It looks you have a good harvest. texas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted September 29, 2008 Author Share Posted September 29, 2008 Thanks Texas, it is a damn good potato harvest so far, we've just had the best first day of the season they've ever known on the farm with lifting and grading three 27 ton bulkers and filling another two 14 ton trailers as well, looking to be a big problem for storage now once our allotted space is filled at the store Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Thanks Texas, it is a damn good potato harvest so far, we've just had the best first day of the season they've ever known on the farm with lifting and grading three 27 ton bulkers and filling another two 14 ton trailers as well, looking to be a big problem for storage now once our allotted space is filled at the store could that also be down to Supergav at the wheel! ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Thanks Texas, it is a damn good potato harvest so far, we've just had the best first day of the season they've ever known on the farm with lifting and grading three 27 ton bulkers and filling another two 14 ton trailers as well, looking to be a big problem for storage now once our allotted space is filled at the store sure marky could hel pwith some for a small discount :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 Heres a couple of pictures from today, taken at 7.30am while I was waiting for another trailer, sun just starting to burn through the mist And a video of harvesting in process, hired in MTX125 on the trailer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 super pics Gav nice video aswell how long did it take you to clear that park then looks a fair size \ \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 Cheers Murray That field was started on in the middle of thursday afternoon, headlands take a long while to clear due to the shunting about, we've now had just over 2.5 days on it and are just over halfway, we could be further but with only two trailers and a slowish grader I can load them quicker than they can get rid of it so I end up having a 10-15 min wait between trailers. Theres a low bank at the end of that field between ours and the neighbours so th etrees you can see in the distance of the first picture are the far side of the neighbours field, not an overly big field, 25-30 acres I think from memory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 jee a 10-15 minute wait you must be bored, did not realise spuds take so long to do or as you say is it only because you had 2 trailers carting. How many trailers do you have normally carting spuds Gav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 Always two trailers as the grader can't cope with anymore, wasn't so bad close to the yard, 5 mins at the most, but now we're further away the travelling time adds to things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Always two trailers as the grader can't cope with anymore, wasn't so bad close to the yard, 5 mins at the most, but now we're further away the travelling time adds to things well hope everything goes well for you Gav so you can get all your spuds in i know what you can do to keep you busy. Write down all the improvements a JD needs list will go on for a while :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 Here's video number 2, finally loaded onto pb on the 3rd attempt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ertlerik Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Great pix, and nice video. Erik. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDFord Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Nice pics and a clear video How many acres of potatoes in total do you have to clear Gav? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 Cheers Mark There's just over 110 acres I think, split between Saturna and Pentland Dell, the former are on the heavier, wetter ground so we are trying to get them out before it rains again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 I bet that was glorious out there this morning Gav. I love an early morning start now and then to really catch daybreak properly over the countryside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshman Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Brillant pics and vids gav, nearly all finshed spuds down here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhysmassey135 Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 great video mate very clear, was it done with a phone or camera? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Splended video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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