NewHolland2 Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 Two pics taken while out on my bike...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted November 6, 2005 Author Share Posted November 6, 2005 Lely drill with Kverneland Power-Harrow...... :) This is usually operated by a Case MX135 with Flexi-Coil Front Packer. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 no snow your way yet then ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted November 6, 2005 Author Share Posted November 6, 2005 Naw. I was just saying that to a local farmer tonight. We don't usually get snow up here until the start of the New Year unfortunately. Could do with the school bus getting stuck or something it's alwasy a good laugh. There have been Wintry Showers on the hills further North like the Cairngorms I believe. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEBRITFARMER Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 Never good when you have snow on the Cairngorms :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 thats you two off McMaclingo'ing for the evening then ! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted November 6, 2005 Author Share Posted November 6, 2005 Never good when you have snow on the Cairngorms? ? :D Well we're in fur a bad Winter, or so they say. I hope so onyway...... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 desperate to see that school bus crash arn't you ? send us some pics :D :D are these photos from the farm you're going to be working at ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted November 6, 2005 Author Share Posted November 6, 2005 Aye, my bus was in a crash when I was in 1st year. Lorry rammed it up the rear-end as we were pulling into a bus-stop. I think the driver of the lorry got done for it too. Thankfully no-one was hurt. If it ever happens again, I'll take some pics with my phone......? :D ;) These pics aren't from the farm I'll be working at. This farm is just along the road from me, a handy wee cycle run.? ;). The Bairn 11 will ken it when I say the farmer is J & I Reid.? :) I'll try to get up to the farm I'll be working at for some pics but failing that I'll take plenty when I'm there in the Spring.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 do you know them well or was the position found for you ? what type of farm is it ? what sort of tackle do thy run what do you think you'll be doing ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted November 6, 2005 Author Share Posted November 6, 2005 Woa, questions, questions, questions...... :D 1) I know of them but they were one of the farmers on the list of placements and due to location and type of farm that's the one I picked...... 2) It's a mixed farm, with dairy cows and crops (mainly wheat and tatties)...... 3) Not 100% sure but I think they have a Ford 8210 that's usually hitched up to a Knight sprayer. Haven't been that way for a while...... 4)Depending on weather, looking after cows, maybe get out for a bit of ploughing seed-bed preparation and hopefully get a shotty in the tractor. ;) No-one else I know of put in for this post so I am almost guaranteed to get it and my teachers put in a good word for me so I just have a week or two to find out but I am very confident that I've got it...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 nice pics NH2! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted November 6, 2005 Author Share Posted November 6, 2005 Thanks FB. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 Good luck NH2 with that my school was c**p did nothing for me as soon as they found out what i wanted to do they never gave me any help with career etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted November 6, 2005 Author Share Posted November 6, 2005 Thanks MF Fan. My Guidance Teacher said she was a bit surprised of my choice but started rattling off advice anyway...... ? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 Mine was like ah thats what you want to do and went thats an easy job then so i had a go saying it aint you try doing 16 hours a day for 6 months etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted November 6, 2005 Author Share Posted November 6, 2005 Aye, I suppose ye don't know what it's like unless ye've had the experince, and that's what I want...... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 I learned the most from my mate with the 8240 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil P Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 Just an aside to this but noticed when out near Pitmedden yesterday (10 miles North Aberdeen) there were a couple of August sown OSR fields with plants in the early stage of flowering. That is not good news at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 Just an aside to this but noticed when out near Pitmedden yesterday (10 miles North Aberdeen) there were a couple of August sown OSR fields with plants in the early stage of flowering. That is not good news at all. The rape around us flowered unusually early last season.... I wish I had made a not of when it was now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted November 7, 2005 Author Share Posted November 7, 2005 Will be interesting to see what happens to it over Winter. \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenryk Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 I was talking to a local farmer and commenting on the way the winter wheat is shooting up. His concern was that it might be too soft to cope with a hard winter, due to the warmth accelerating growth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Just an aside to this but noticed when out near Pitmedden yesterday (10 miles North Aberdeen) there were a couple of August sown OSR fields with plants in the early stage of flowering. That is not good news at all. I was talking with a few farmers last night, there is quite a bit of OSR in flower already around these parts and apparently it can be a good thing as OSR tends to come back as a stronger crop if it is "knocked back", one farmer even rolls his when it has started to grow just to get a better yield and he says it works! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fendt pwr Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 It also helps cover over any cracks in the ground if it's dry to stop it drying out any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 don't often see people rolling corn crops when established nowadays or see sheep turned out on them either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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