Light Land Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Arh fair play mate,bit of a pig in a poak then hey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 As requested here's a step by step of setting up a pull with the irrigator. 1. Irrigator is dragged along the headland from the previous run once legs are lifted and pipe disconnected. We use a bar on the liftarms for this as its quicker than lifting the stand everytime. 2. Put down the legs on the irrigator once its inline with the tramline 3. Take irrigator off tractor then take the irrigator out of gear 4. Press the Start button 5. Move the tractor round and hook the bar on the liftarms under the lug on the gun 6. Start pulling the gun across to field and stop when about 30m off the other end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 7. Once pulled out go back to the irrigator and put it back into gear 8. Connect tap and pipe between irrigator and pipe valve 9. Press the pre-irrigation button so the gun doesn't start to pull in until the headland the other end of the field has had 15 mins of water Computer now shows start and finish time. 10. Turn tap on then hope the irrigator starts working.......50/50 chance as the pump often cuts out, Usually involves frequent trips back to the yard and to the other irrigator before it decides to run! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 Heres a few pictures of the pump set up Pipes and pressure regulating set up, underground pump so not much to see of that Pump control panel Pump control panel lights, yellow one means its running, any red ones and the fun begins This is whats called a Murphy Guage, its what controls the pump and will cut the pump out if there is a problem or when the gun has pulled in to the irrigator. The left had needle is the low pressure cut out at 6 Bar so in the event of a blow out the pump cuts off. Right hand needle is the high pressure cut out set at 14 Bar so if needle hits that when the gun pulls in the pump switches off. Middle needle is the operating pressure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richo Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 The step by step guide to moving the irrigator is very interesting, thanks for that. I often see a massey round here with a linkage mounted bar offset to one side and wondered what it was usd for, now I know. One other question that i thought of when walking the dog past a working irrigator drum today was that as more pipe is wound on the diameter increases so the pull speed will also increase. Does the drum speed slow or is the difference in water application not enough to wporry about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted June 22, 2009 Author Share Posted June 22, 2009 Glad I could help unravel a mystery The pull speed doesn't alter as, in our case, its set to retract at 42m/hr so regardless of how many wraps are on the drum the computer will control everything to make sure that the application rate stays at 15 mm or 18mm of water depending on which reel it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Gav do you use a trailer for the pipes like your other job??, any pics if you can? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richo Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 The pull speed doesn't alter as, in our case, its set to retract at 42m/hr so regardless of how many wraps are on the drum the computer will control everything to make sure that the application rate stays at 15 mm or 18mm of water depending on which reel it is Very clever then. Thanks for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted June 22, 2009 Author Share Posted June 22, 2009 Gav do you use a trailer for the pipes like your other job??, any pictures if you can? We do (short of sky hooks can't think of another way of moving 9m long pipes about :D) Will see what I can do, its nothing special just a heavily modified ferguson trailer, got to have it into the workshop to weld it up anyway. This is why we keep the back window shut when pulling a gun out, done this most of the way down the field on one pull today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Put any N on the spuds before irragation Gav? wash it in like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhysmassey135 Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Looks complicated but great pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted June 24, 2009 Author Share Posted June 24, 2009 Looks complicated but great pictures Thats what I thought until I started doing it, its the re-programing of the computer thats the complicated bit :D Put any N on the spuds before irragation Gav? wash it in like. They've long since had all of their N Ol, some before planting then a little just after they were through before the first irrigation pass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Interesting...what others do with the same crop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted June 28, 2009 Author Share Posted June 28, 2009 A couple of pictures of how the Saturna fields look at the minute, these are the first and second fields that we planted, lots of top on them and the first field is in full flower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted July 2, 2009 Author Share Posted July 2, 2009 Here's the only two pics I got at the Norfolk Show today, first is a rather large spayer and the second is a local contractors new 434S with toe-tip bucket, was talking to its driver today, he was dribbling over it :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MODELFARMER Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Gav is there not some serious tramping to the crops where you are driving between pulling the reel along then hooking up to the actual jet to pull it to the other end of the field? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Was it Gunthers that you did muck spreading with for a winter Gav? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted July 3, 2009 Author Share Posted July 3, 2009 Yeah, done a maize season with them. They've been out here today doing some wholecrop and grass silage for us, no pictures though as they were too far away for me to go to the field Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 now theres a name i have heard before in gunthers, sure i was introduced to one of them at the norfolk show by my uncle a few years back(10 plus was last norfolk show i did) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted July 8, 2009 Author Share Posted July 8, 2009 Heres a few pictures from Cambride Machinery Sale this week Couple of general ones of the tractors Nice line up of 6610's, V reg one struggled to £11600 2002 6810 Autopower that made £12000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Heres a few pictures from Cambride Machinery Sale this week Couple of general ones of the tractors Nice line up of 6610's, V reg one struggled to £11600 2002 6810 Autopower that made £12000 Shame. Some of the best tractors ever made.......... How many tractors in total there Gav? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshman Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Wow, never been to a big sale quite like that. Loads of farm sales and machairy sales none anything as big as that. Seam like a bargin there mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share Posted July 16, 2009 Our neighbour managed to get combining again today so I've baled my first straw of the season, seems to be a lot of it as well. Neighbours combine is a 2001 Lexion 440 which is shared with another local farmer who owns the Claas Ares 836 and trailer in the pictures. If all goes to plan the straw should be going to Bernard Matthews for the turkey huts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 so you have started silly season then gav :D how many acres to cut and bale this year then?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MODELFARMER Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 what size of sward is that? what speed can you push her to?, hate the sight o the JD belt balers look so odd, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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