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GH Contracting started their first cut today, starting mowing with a Renault Ares 836 on a JD 535 and a Renault Celtis 456 on a Kuhn FC 303

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Rowing up behind them was another Ares 836 on a twin rotor Deutz_Fahr rake, putting the 2 swaths into one

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Picking it up was a new Claas Jaguar 900 speedstar with a Claas Ares 657 and matching trailer

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Over view of the whole operation also showing the Claas Ares 566 and loader with matching trailer arriving on the field

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The clamping operation was taking place too far away from the field for me to get to for pictures to be taken ::) ::)

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well here we are at the last feild to be cut at ballylaw farms for our own beef herd we managed to get a day to cut our own silage as with the other contract chopping and baleing the fleet today is a fendt 818 and claas triple mowers, john deere 6410 and 30ft fella rake, john deere 7500 spfh, john deere 6920 and 12ton kane, mxu 125 and 13ton redrock and a jcb 416s on the clamp

fendt 818 mowing our last and smallest feild  :D

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john deere 6410 with fella rake starting the field

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convoy jd 7500 sp with case mxu a hired in tractor as our 7530 is still on order and jd 6920 following in the yard is the other 6920 with joskin but as the feild is beside the pit we only need two,

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jd 6920 and jane in for the first load

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jd 6920 and kane tipping at the pit with the jcb busy in the backround

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case mxu 125 geting loaded up

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case mxu 125 tipping at the clamp

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jcb pushing up the last load

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local contractor has ditched his s p forager for a couple of high output forage wagons, had a demo of one at the end of last season and was impressed enough to keep it and order another for the start of this season. first wagon to arrive on the back of a fendt 926 second wagon is getting delivered direct to the farm later on today

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back at the pit its left to the farmers own machines, a merlo multifarmer and a john deere 5720 with front mounted buckrake, and finally the wagons parked up last thing at night with just a little to finish first thing in the morning

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Hi i'm Roger,Randy Roger as my mates call me hahaha

Since i was a young fella(a long time ago now)i always loved the silage,I have been collecting a few years now and also making and changing a few bits to make them look better.

I have been taking a few pics in my spare time, so let me know what you think guys,I'm very happy with them ;D

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Did a bit of roundbaling this weekend, 15 acres of heavy grass. A contractor is also used for this job. His kit a Case CVX170 hauling a Khun mower, followed by a McCormick MTX175 with a McHale F550 round baler and a Case CX80 with a McHale wrapper.

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After much waiting, we finally were able to cut some of the hay at the new field. The weather was not great for hay cutting, but Cider Hill managed to get by with it.

First up, the John Deere 4995 cut the the hay and neatly created windrows from the cut hay.

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As the driver was about to start the fourth row, he heard a loud clap of thunder from outside. He quickly finished the fourth row, and headed back to the farm. As some of the hay cutting had been done earlier in the week, the field was finished being cut, for the time being.  :)

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Two days later after the hay had dried, Cider Hill Farms came back with their John Deere pull behind forage harvester that was acquired back in March. We picked up about half of the field with the forage harvester. As we could only fit the forage harvester on the trailer, we had to borrow a tractor from another farm. Cherry Hill Farm was kind enough to lend us their Massey Ferguson 98, a real brute of a tractor. The tractor handled the forage harvester like it was not even there.

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