Today at work

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Oasis! :cool:

Shot back home today to flick out some more silage and was shocked how it's come away down here.
Good green pick everywhere (y)
Think I will wrap up silage feeding soon and sheet her over, but won't count my chicks, 3 inches of rain has grown 3 inches of grass and that doesn't go far with the stocking rate!
You saw these pics in the Southern hemisphere farming thread but for everyone else, this was my day. Woke up to a ferocious storm
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Then went and surveyed the damage, had to clear some branches off fences and irrigation lines and checked cattle. If you look carefully in this photo you can see a JD tractor and pto pump hiding behind a pile of fallen limbs, we were blessed it didn't get flattened. Some of those limbs are 18-20" through, snapped like pencils.
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Two of my neighbours had pivot irrigators blow over, and about 2000 residences were without power for most of the day.
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We got about 11mm out of it so that makes for a change from what has been the norm here this year.
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Since I had no power and couldn't do office work I went and looked at a trailed Horwood Bagshaw header that's for sale locally and then went into town. Then cause the power was coming on and off the alarm at our fire brigade kept going off so I had to reset that. By then it was time to get the girls to bed and have a romantic Valentine's dinner with my wife.:happy::love:
 

simmy_bull

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Location
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Had a couple of days at the airport this week, not much exciting happening though.
Re-fitted the pump on the de-icing rig and all seems well.
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Retrieved a new gritter! The supplier had neglected to fit one the the hub nuts when they build it up[emoji848]. Managed to put the hub cap on though[emoji849], it almost did one full lap of the car park before falling off[emoji23].
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Bit of a straightening job on the new ranger, someone let the door go in the wind which bent the check strap which then got hooked on the runner for the window and bent that to so the window keeps falling out. [emoji30]
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Few other bits as well, the other de-icing rig decided to star drinking the oil from the pup (must be feeling left out!) so new diaphragms ordered for next week.
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Ps. if anyone is looking for a big compressor (70cfm) I’ve got one listed in the classifieds. Thanks. [emoji106]
@TripleSix have you seen the compressor?
 
Got involved in fabricating some posts to mount concrete panels on in a shed that will have a drying floor fitted, posts to provide a 1m wide plenum.

Built to the customers design.
I would've done it slightly differently, but it should work ok.

Had the 350a MIG turned most of the way up...

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Ended up plasma cutting a new lid for the carcase incinerator because the old one was so rotten that the chimney had fallen off...

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Shovelhands

Member
Location
Sunny Essex
Got involved in fabricating some posts to mount concrete panels on in a shed that will have a drying floor fitted, posts to provide a 1m wide plenum.

Built to the customers design.
I would've done it slightly differently, but it should work ok.

Had the 350a MIG turned most of the way up...

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Ended up plasma cutting a new lid for the carcase incinerator because the old one was so rotten that the chimney had fallen off...

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Why are the panels going to be off the floor:scratchhead:
 

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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