BC Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 On the way home from work yesterday afternoon I just had to stop at a friend of mine and catch some photos of the first cut of silage. Rather late I know but his father took a stroke about a month ago and was seriously ill in hospital. His father passed on last Friday and the funeral was on Wednesday hence the delay with the silage.... never mind the show must go on his father would not have wanted it any other way. It's only hobby farming for my friend since he has a full time job outwith agricultural so for the main work the contractors are called in. They use Wilson's of Sauchen with the NH T7050 and the 3 metre chopper and a couple of NH's TM140 and TM155 with Fraser trailers from the farming division of Nicol of Skene Limited. So without further a do here is what I captured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERRY Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 super pics bill i always love to see a full blue contrcting utfit going hard at it :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 Some more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 Moving on More Blues this time rowing up in the next field Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 Now home to the pit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 Now the last for the day. I noticed on the way to work this morning there was still one park on the hill to finish and now the rain is on so heavens knows when they will get it finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 super pics bill i always love to see a full blue contrcting utfit going hard at it :D Glad you enjoyed Berry... I must admit it was a nice sight to see all the Blues together ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 Great pictures Bill, nice to see a trailered forage harvester instead of a self propelled one Yes Mark it was a mean looking set up to watch. A 3 meter chopper with 30 foot between the bouts once down the field back up and the trailers were loaded. Although the farm was not far away 2 trailers were kinda struggling to keep up with the chopper especially as the tea time traffic got busy on the main road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 I attach the link to the contractors website http://www.wilson-contractors.co.uk/main.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
painter Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 well done mate ,some great pics there even though there is a lot of blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 Personally I prefer the "Blues" to to the Massey red or John Deere green thingys ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ertlerik Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Great pictures, love to see them big blue tractors working hard Erik. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 I must admit Erilk it was a nice set up to see in action ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcb4cxkid Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 he has some realy nice kit :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Very nice pictures and great equipment. Texas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 It is funny how things change. I remember helping out at silage time 20 to 25 years ago. We were using things like Ford 4000 and Ford 5000 for carting, a IH 684 on the chopper, a Fordson major on the buckrake and a Grey Ferguson TEF20 for tramping the pit. It was enjoyable but silaging went on for days on end ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Great pics. Not a blue fan but that T7050 and Chopper looks the business. Thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 Oh it was the business Kris. It had some roar to it .... heaven know's how much diesel per hour it was burning though ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pudding Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 interesting barn arangement.........does it get deeper, do you load out of the other end? nice set up...ya not bad ion the camera pointing either hey BC........that 6.7litre motor sounds the business on song dont' it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 There must be a 15 to 20 foot drop to the bottom of the pit. The cows eat the silage from the other end kept back by an electric fence.They used to have a dairy herd of Friesans until his mother and father retired and sold out the quota. My friend and his wife now have suckler cows but they are never finshed and I really wonder why they bother with the farm these days... it must be the love of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 brilliant pics :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 Well I don't know about that MJB1 but it was a nice sight to see. Just wish I had photos to compare the set up 25 years ago ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Well I don't know about that MJB1 but it was a nice sight to see. Just wish I had photos to compare the set up 25 years ago ;D you and me both Bill \ \ \ \ the last time I was silaging the "big" tractor was an IH 674 with a 574 hydro on the buckrake and me carting with an old MF 165, unfortunately I never thought of taking photos in those days, it cost too much to get them developed at Boots ;D robbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Great pics Bill......That T7050 is a beast on those tyres...... :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pudding Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 you and me both Bill \ \ \ \ the last time I was silaging the "big" tractor was an IH 674 with a 574 hydro on the buckrake and me carting with an old MF 165, unfortunately I never thought of taking photos in those days, it cost too much to get them developed at Boots ;D robbo robbo...........574hydro on a bukerake.............pics or even better a old video? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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