Recent content by DangerRanger

Having done contact potato carting when I first left college on my first year or two working at home, it seemed to me a good way to prematurely wear out tractors and tyres. I think there is a good reason that a lot of the big potato growers hire in tractors and use contractors for the carting...

I just use 3 meters in the gps and it works perfectly.

It is an AGI-4 and the strange thing is the phone signal is good and lots of satellites but it continues to stay in float RTK.

I run topcon x35 and it’s suddenly really unreliable because it keeps dropping out and going into float RTK. When it goes into float it’s actually worse than the old EGNOS signal and it stays in float for hours then suddenly RTK comes back on for a short time before dropping out again. Any...

I often joke to friends and family that ‘I identify as a flexitarian’. It wouldn’t surprise me that most meat eaters would consume up to 80% of their food from plants. I bet a beacon sandwich is 50% bread and therefore mostly plant based.

Mzuri’s are well engineered, easy and very reliable way to start direct drilling. There is lot of grease nipples but it does give the option to grease or not. Seed depth control is the best in its class. Power requirements are about 50-60hp/m and in my experience grip is more important than...

Thanks for that, I’ve done some research and looked at the charts. I think I should be safe with the minimum pressure of 17psi with header on and tank full in the field. I should also be good on the road with header off and tank empty at faster speeds.

It’s a good point you make about knowing the axle weights but I don’t have a weighbridge and the combine would be too wide to fit on all weighbridges locally. The axle weight would be different with the header on as well, I could add the plated combine weight to the plated header weight but I...

I’ve got a tucano with 680/85R32 Michelin CEREXBIB on and I wondering what is the lowest pressure I could sensibly run them at to maximise traction on banks and for floatation? They are currently set at 20 psi, if anyone is using the same tyres on a combine I would be interested to hear what...

I’ve got 77 good NC mules I was planning to sell in the autumn but would part with them now. PM me if you are interested and I’ll send some pictures and more details.

Doesn't soya naturally contain phytoestrogens? Which makes it good for menopausal women but less good for pre teenage and teenage boys?

I’ve been companion cropping since 2017. I’ve found that I needed to cut the nitrogen to about 160kgN/ha to reduce the risk of lodging but yields have been very variable mainly due to CSFB and pigeons. I’ve come to the conclusion that it doesn’t hurt yields and if you are sparing with the...

I use a plasterers mixer to mix buckwheat, Berseem clover and fenugreek with OSR.

Wouldn’t it be ironic if the Euston Estate had their Farm assurance suspended following the circulation of these pictures.