Murray Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 very nice pics Gav ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted March 4, 2009 Author Share Posted March 4, 2009 You wouldn't get any plough to match up very well on that field Colm, un cultivated potato land so very uneven, was level enough anyway even if it wasn't matching well. Looking like it will be a Lemken plough coming home anyway 6810 doesn't know it has the drill most of the time, only putting 500kg in it instead of the 1500kg I have in it Cheers Murray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Nice pictures Gavin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
massey man Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 good pics gav and a tidy outfit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Great pics Gavvers... I could spend a day with you and learn a hell of a lot I reckon mate... How to drive in a dead straight line for a start :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51MON Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 thats easy aslong as your hearts in the job it,s easy to do eh gav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Great pics Gavvers... I could spend a day with you and learn a hell of a lot I reckon mate... How to drive in a dead straight line for a start :D First thing mate, pic a line in the hedge straight in front or use a marker pole.... or mark from poland in your case?? The resist the temptation to look backwards and by the end you shold have a straight line...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 You try that on Salisbury Plain when every other bush keeps moving and you find out it was an army truck by the time you have chased it across the top headland!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51MON Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 You try that on Salisbury Plain when every other bush keeps moving and you find out it was an army truck by the time you have chased it across the top headland!! :D or on a hilly field too ...oh and don,t focus on a cow or sheep as they move Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistol pete Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 6810 looks tidy with the duals all round. so who was on that when you were ploughing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted March 6, 2009 Author Share Posted March 6, 2009 We have a self employed chap working with us at the minute as my colleague has been off sick since the Tuesday before Christmas when he fell off the top of a grain trailer whilst trying to free the jammed roll over sheet, result was bad brusing and a crushed bone in his spine, he might be back in 6 weeks, he might not. 6810 is a damn good pulling tractor but not as tidy as it looks when you get close up, its a stockmans tractor................ :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistol pete Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 take it is the spare tractor at the moment how many tractors are yous running on your farm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted March 6, 2009 Author Share Posted March 6, 2009 Its the run about but does the potato planting and irrigation as its main jobs. We have 3 main tractors, the 6920s, 6420s and 6810 along with an old MF135 which hardly gets used except for hay turning. Most used vehicle has to be the JCB 526s though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistol pete Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 do you run your own combine as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted March 13, 2009 Author Share Posted March 13, 2009 Yes we do Pete, its an older JD, there's some pics of it in here somewhere Been pressing on with ploughing ground for spring barley this week, well since Wednesday when it had dried out a bit. Gave up ploughing today to Terra Disc in front of the drill as the field I ploughed Wednesday had baked hard so it wouldn't break up into a seed bed, the joys of growing sugarbeet on wet heavy land Couple of videos of the 6810 drilling for those that love the bark of the 6 pot lump in them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 a nice tune of that Jd Gav, do you have alot of ploughing to do yet or is that it all done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted March 13, 2009 Author Share Posted March 13, 2009 I have about 150 acres left to plough, 25 are behind spuds, 54 behind stubble turnips/Swift and the rest are behind sugar beet, all are wet fields. I then have 100 acres of ploughing to pull down for sugar beet and 150 acres of land to cultivate, sub soil and bed-form for spuds so lots to do, just needs to keep drying out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 I have about 150 acres left to plough, 25 are behind spuds, 54 behind stubble turnips/Swift and the rest are behind sugar beet, all are wet fields. I then have 100 acres of ploughing to pull down for sugar beet and 150 acres of land to cultivate, sub soil and bed-form for spuds so lots to do, just needs to keep drying out you will be flat out then Gav, The weather is good up here but the ground is taking forever and a day to dry out, dry on the top soaking down below Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted March 13, 2009 Author Share Posted March 13, 2009 Normally we would plough and press but the fields are so wet on top and hard beneath that I can't pull the press as well sensibly, having to plough well ahead of the drill as well so the fields can dry out a bit, just not drying out otherwise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belarusfan Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 6810 sounds busy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdc Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Normally we would plough and press but the fields are so wet on top and hard beneath that I can't pull the press as well sensibly, having to plough well ahead of the drill as well so the fields can dry out a bit, just not drying out otherwise We're the opposite - drying on top nicely but like jelly underneath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted March 15, 2009 Author Share Posted March 15, 2009 Its the same for us now John and once it is ploughed and dries we need to hit it hard to get it to break up, hence the Terra Disc as we don't have a power harrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Started breaking down yesterday myself - still quite wet on top but soil is nicely weathered compared to last year so breaking up nicely - hopefully Dad will give it another run today and we shall see then what it is like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted March 20, 2009 Author Share Posted March 20, 2009 Well as its been nice and dry here we've been pushing on with spring drilling, the latest bit has been cultivated then subsoiled before drilling as the plough is in a really bad way. Been giving the 6920s a workout on a 5 leg Cousins V-Form at 10 inches deep, it knows it is there thats for certain 6420s spraying the field with Round-up to kill the meadow grass before drilling 6920s and V-Form New metal needed after 8 hectares Video of the 6420s on a Kongskilde Vibroflex cultivating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted March 20, 2009 Author Share Posted March 20, 2009 We also turned the first of the cows out with their calves onto grazing rye, they were on grass for a couple of days first but we are unable to put any fertiliser on the meadows due to the area they are in so always have to look at alternitives for an early turnout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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