Recent content by David1985

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    Used ride on mower advice

    The idea of the robot is it cuts all the time so nothing to pick up. My cousin sells them ABA Groundcare covers Dorset Somerset and part of Devon. Pretty sure he said they got over 500 out and about now.
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    Used ride on mower advice

    Robot mower, cheaper to maintain and you dont have to cut it.
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    Scram Africa '24 - picture heavy !

    Enjoy your adventure will follow with envy.
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    How many hours in a standard working day?

    Work on dairy farm here standard day is 5-5 break is from 11ish to 1 ish. Night shift take over at 5 finish at 7 back at 8 45 and done by 2 30. Some staff do 6 days a week some do 5.5 and most do 5. Boss is flexible within reason. Previous farm was large arable and 200 cow dairy Mon to fri...
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    Cubicle sand dispenser

    Very good IMO we got one at work spreading about 100t a week for 750 cows. Will need spinners and deflector plates done every 18months or so and the auger every 2 years or so. Easy enough to do but they use odd size nuts and bolts. Best advice is rinse it out after use as sand builds up and...
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    Lamma 2024

    Went today thought it was pretty good tbh, my son has autism and he told a JCB rep that the paintwork and stickers really let them down. Poor chap tried to defend it but my son wasnt letting it go. The chap said it was due to the time of year the machine is made. So my son asked him what time...
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    Ambic dip cups

    We use 4 blue and 4 yellow ambic foam cups with the older style fuel filter type thing. They prob last 4-5 weeks milking 650 cows 3 times a day, with many different users. We get them in batchs of 10 or 12 as the supllier has deals on that you get 2 free.
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    Lamma 2024

    I shall be going, the boy hasnt forgiven me for not taking him last year. Hes managed to get the day off school for it. "Educational visit"
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    Top tips on searching for, interviewing and hiring new people

    Recently been part of the process of hiring a clerk for our parish. Im on the parish council, we used a set of questions for all of the applicants and scored them out of 5, 3 of ua did the interviewing and was surprising how close we scored them on each question. One of the questions was, Why...
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    The Ineos Grenadier thread

    Test drove one at bath and west show today on the off road course. Think might have to wait a few years as farm worker wages might take a while to save up. The sales person said most spec to 80k
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    Old Fullwood milking machine

    Could be vains are stuck in the vaccuum pump, sometimes flushing the pump with diesel can free them up.
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    Tanning a cow hide

    Anyone had a cow hide done lately my mrs has a favourite cow at work she wants to do, it’s likely she’s going to have to go on sooner than expected so if anyone has a contact be very helpful. David
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    HP Requirement for trailed straw chopper?

    Sometimes a bit less is worth more as the tractor will die down a bit rather than the shear bolt snapping on a Sunday morning blocking it up.
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    Best tractor aircon

    Ford 8210 bubble cab coldest air con I’ve used.
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    Kelvin's Farm on BBC

    Painful to watch
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