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Farmer Roy

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Arable Farmer
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NSW, Newstralya
How do you tie the ton bags off like that?

Looks easier than trying to tie them off with drawstring like I do with part bags.

If you leave that outer drawstring done up, it effectively chokes that inner sock, giving you good control of the outflow.
If you let that outer drawstring go, then you lose control, but the flow is much quicker if you know you are going to be dumping the whole bag
We only get 1 tonne bulka bags ( that’s all I’ve ever seen anyway ) & they all have a similar opening in the bottom
They mainly get used for seed & starter type fertilisers.
Any large quantities of N are always handled in bulk in trucks

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Farmer Roy

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Arable Farmer
Location
NSW, Newstralya
Can they be re used as you dont have to cut them

until a few years ago, the fertiliser bags ( but not seed ) had a date tag on them & a refundable deposit, & they were reused by the fertiliser companies.
However, that has now ended. Our sun & UV levels are very harsh on plastics, & bags that were left in the sun tended to perish too quickly, presenting safety issues I guess, regardless of the date on them.
But yes, they are reused a lot on farm.
The new bags aren’t as heavy duty as the old returnable ones though & you do have to be careful to keep them out of the sunlight if you want them to last very long.
 

Farmer Roy

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Arable Farmer
Location
NSW, Newstralya
What's that old truck @Farmer Roy ? It looks north American but it's right hand drive.

It’s an International Acco, C1800 ( I think that’s the model ) so yes, North American, but they were assembled locally, in Victoria I think.

lots ofNorth American trucks here, but right hand drive
affectionately known as “butterboxes” for some reason, maybe the body shape ?
they were very common here in the day, came in a wide variety of weights & engine styles

edit - I see @cows sh#t me to tears beat me to it:ROFLMAO:
 

GeorgeK

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Location
Leicestershire
Electrics on the drill weren't working so I immediately sprang into action avoiding the issue, replacing the discs and coulters, fixing an oil leak, couple of bearings and so on. This was before Christmas. Incredibly despite spending several months in the healing shed the electrical gremlin stubbornly refused to go away and I was forced to fish out the screwdriver with a light bulb in it and get technical. After many hours of random prodding and poking discovered a fuse in a junction box had corroded. Always kept it under cover can't understand it... Now let's give it a damn good pressure washing get that dust off
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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


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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