Gav836 Posted April 30, 2013 Author Share Posted April 30, 2013 6810 and Grimme GL32B planter with Reekie bedtiller applying pesticide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 You've done fine job with the camera Gav,nice update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MF-ROB Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Looking good Gav never seen anyone plant spuds into ground that hasnt been ploughed before hand you have some nice soil there to not to many stones to worry about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted July 10, 2013 Author Share Posted July 10, 2013 Been a while since I posted any updates in here so here we go...... Last years potato crop finally went at the end of July, not exactly stress free for everyone but luckily I missed most of it due to being on holiday. We have a new toy for unloading the store so that we don't damage any of the ducts with the forklift. It's a dutch made store scooter which is self propelled and electrically powered, just steered by using two small joysticks and driven in and out of the heap to pick the spuds up. We've also had to have a new irrigation pump control panel installed as the old one drew too much electricity to be able to use it at the same time as the fans and chillers in the potato store. The new one is an u to date "inverter" type which removes the need for the clayton pressure equalising valve by regulated the pump to the speed it needs to run at to operate just the one or both irrigators. It also removes the possibility of someone having a heart attack when the old panel engages with a sound like a shotgun going off, no matter how much you prepared yourself it got you everytime!! The old panel The new touch screen one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted July 10, 2013 Author Share Posted July 10, 2013 I've also had a new toy delivered, its goodbye to my old furrow press, aka "The spawn of satan", and hello to a nice shiney new Lemken one that's slightly wider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted July 10, 2013 Author Share Posted July 10, 2013 Its also that time of year where the weed beet are showing with a vengeance, I was tasked with weed wiping Friday but in the end also put the hoe on the front to try and get the smaller ones that were between the rows. Before After Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 So they call it a store scooter with you? Nice to see one abroad. All in all you have a very Dutch store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted July 10, 2013 Author Share Posted July 10, 2013 That seems to be the most popular name that's been used for it. There's a reason for that.......everything on the inside of the store IS Dutch designed, just waiting for Omnivent to come and sort out the complaints we have with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Hopefully Omnivent will sort you out. Usually are not a bad bunch to deal with? Have you got the ACT-40 computer in there as well. Is your storage shed the odd one out or are there more in the area? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted July 11, 2013 Author Share Posted July 11, 2013 No, we've only got the more basic one, ACT-25 I think as there are only two areas to monitor. Any problems we've had so far have been dealt with reasonably quickly, some of the problems are through having the store built to a price though from what I can make out reading between the lines One of the neighbouring farms also had one build last year, a 4000t, 4 bay store with two bays on the left and two on the right along with a covered yard between them. There's is underfloor ducting though which seems much better in my opinion, easier to work with! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Aha I see, thanks. The ACT-25 isn't to bad as well. Do Omnivent all the sales, installation and service themselves or have a UK representative? Underfloor ducting is indeed a lot easier, more storage space etc.. but costs more than you'd think. It does here anyway as you have to put concrete poles underneath everywhere. As long as you don't load with a telehandler the arcs are fine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted July 11, 2013 Author Share Posted July 11, 2013 That is some of the problem, all sales and service staff are based in Holland with engineers spending 2 weeks here on a rota basis from memory. I did unload some with the teleporter without damaging the ducts but then I'm a more gentle operator than the other chaps are........bit of scrap metal laying about and panel beating to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted July 28, 2013 Author Share Posted July 28, 2013 We started combining here on Friday afternoon, we'd been waiting for our new combine to arrive as we could have gone a day or so earlier. The grass seed was just fit to cut and we wanted to get it before we got the rain they were talking about, we've managed to get the stuff what was still upright but there's still 10 acres of laid stuff to combine. It seems to be yielding well both in seed and wrapped haylage bales but is a pig to get out of the combine tank as it bridges everywhere and needs a man with a stick to poke it out every tank full. Half the problem is everything has paint on it still so the crop can't flow very well. On with the pictures, this is our new 2013 13 reg John Deere W540 with 618r header which replaced our 19 year old 2058. Its a much better combine and you can actually get crop to feed in the front better! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MF-ROB Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Nice one Gav best of luck with it and I hope dose well for you hope you have many happy hours cutting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.watson Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Nice combine gav. Hope you have a good season with it mate. Lets hope the weather stays settled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Haven't you got vibrating motors set up in the tank to help empty it Gav? I agree it is still a pain though, especially when the sample is a little dirty and the seed a bit moist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Some very interesting reading on this thread & some nice kit you have there on the farm , but whats happend to the potatoes shovel i had to used i know the real name but we cant find the right spelling for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted March 25, 2014 Author Share Posted March 25, 2014 After several months of searching I'm now leaving my current job to go and work for a hedge and verge cutting contractor based near to where my partner lives. The relationship between myself and the farm manager where I am now has been strained for a while now for various reasons, he's been acting as if everything is normal but I can't forgive or forget his last outburst at me, it wasn't the first time either. From mid May I will be driving a 2011 John Deere 6230 fitted with a Bomford Falcon 6 meter reach hedge cutter for 10 months of the year in future now doing a task that I've always enjoyed and working set hours so I can actually plan my life outside work. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Wait..........you have a partner! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.watson Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Good luck with the job gav mate, you have got a deere to drive- lovely jubbly. Do yourself a favour on your last day, smash the manager one in the chops and sit him on his backside. This will make you feel good about having to move on to pastures new. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted March 25, 2014 Author Share Posted March 25, 2014 Not my style Chris as tempting as it may be at times. Looking like a friend of mine will be taking my place so keeping on good terms here as he may need my help with how to operate one or two of the machines I use. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Shame to hear that Gav but probably for the best eh? Good luck with the new job and do keep up posting some pictures every now and then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 na be a tad more subtle gav, pour some sugar in his fuel tank , or stash a fish under the bonnet of the case , then drive away thinking of pastures new :laugh: :laugh: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 10 months on a verge trimmer? Will we all have to stand on your left to hold any chance of a conversation with you soon then? Gav, this side is the left mate.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted April 24, 2014 Author Share Posted April 24, 2014 Yeah, 10 months using a hedge cutter starting on verges in May, June and July before moving onto hedges from July onwards. Thanks Tris, always have had trouble with that one..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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