Today at work
- Thread starter Penmoel
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- NSW, Newstralya
that’s how our bags are
They have a drawstring opening, with an internal “sock” with another tie around it.
I’ll get a better photo
My donkey died at the same time as there's and this seemed a good time to join forces 3 years ago, lesson learned, won't be doing that again.
Sorry I do feel your pain,just something my grandad used to say.My donkey died at the same time as there's and this seemed a good time to join forces 3 years ago, lesson learned, won't be doing that again.
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- NSW, Newstralya
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
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
And I have just cut the top out of this bag, that I’m mixing the seed into, to make it easier to fill & to see how much is in it
Tomr10
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Can they be re used as you dont have to cut them
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- NSW, Newstralya
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.
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
New Puritan
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- Location
- East Sussex
- Location
- southern riverina Australia
International acco "butterbox"
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- NSW, Newstralya
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
Out of interest, do you struggle to find people to shoot them? Is the poison a case of time saving or whats the reason behind your preference for using it as opposed to trapping/shooting?
mrs mtx
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- Pembrokeshire
full thelwell mode
they just go flat out everywhere now
small boy helping with water for the horses
then it all went wrong
he found a lady bird
he mucked out two stables
I baked some gluten free cakes for my friend
GeorgeK
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- 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
- Location
- East Sussex
Think you found the issue!
mrs mtx
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- Location
- Pembrokeshire
today we set them free
That’s as close as he’d get to them
Ducati899
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- Location
- north dorset
After nearly 24 years of being here and always having owls in a Ash tree down on the meadows we had a owl chap in yesterday to have a look at what was in the tree and put some rings on them if we managed to see them... turns out it’s hollow right to the bottom and we found this lovely pair
