Smudge
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- Pembrokeshire
Today at work
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Willie adie
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
We've all been there,ie like the neighbours bull!
Willie adie
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- Aberdeenshire
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
Chonk
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- Location
- Shrewsbury
That broken shaft brings back terrible memories
What's the bale count on your machine?
Only 26500 !!!!! [emoji22] at least dealer didn't come out with the old chestnut ... " never had one of those go before ?? "
My Fusion 2 lasted till 45000 bales before that one went !!
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
Crikey, that's not many for that to let go, have a feeling ours lasted similar to your other one, around 50k bales.
Our oldest F1 had 110k on the clock by the time the top skin cut through- new skins and it is still used as a spare and about 180k on the computer I think! Can't speak highly enough of them, once you know your way around certain things, almost unstoppable.
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
Beer won't stay cold sitting there!
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
Ha - well spotted 
Steevo
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- Location
- Gloucestershire
What was it like before you got there then if you took the tile out?
Chonk
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- Location
- Shrewsbury
They would take some beating ... it's a shame really this is the only breakdown I've had and it's happened to both Fusions I've had
Made worse this time by breaking the chain [emoji22]last time the sprockets just fell on the floor and stopped it [emoji849]only replaced the chains at the star of the season as well [emoji15]
Have had a bit of an issue with the nylon roller cleaners in the chamber wearing through this time ... replaced several of them [emoji389][emoji389]
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
Been a while since I've caught up on this thread, sorry for any missed likes and all the alerts...
have been in winter mode..
scraping oot
feeding oot
lambs went away
more showed up...
still have friends though..
(hobby farmers)
bit of flooding around the district
and the kelp brew is starting to break down at last should be about another 2 months or so.
have been in winter mode..
(hobby farmers
)
should be about another 2 months or so.
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
Chains was our biggest failing point- ended up running Chinese chain that lasted twice as long and cost half as much.They would take some beating ... it's a shame really this is the only breakdown I've had and it's happened to both Fusions I've had
Made worse this time by breaking the chain [emoji22]last time the sprockets just fell on the floor and stopped it [emoji849]only replaced the chains at the star of the season as well [emoji15]
Have had a bit of an issue with the nylon roller cleaners in the chamber wearing through this time ... replaced several of them [emoji389][emoji389]
We did a few pickup bars as well, and the little rollers in the pickup cam- but serious serious bale counts by the time they let go.
My boss always wanted the guage in the red, so he could charge along to the end of the bale and still get a net on it
A bit of a dick that fella
if it wasn't for that, they would have been almost troublefree all season after the usual bearing replacements etc.. oh and the sabotaged film from Melbourne, that was really neat, some coozer in the factory had been nicking the ends of the rolls with a blade got lots of exercise that year
Where the plasterboard is missing at the bottom, so was the tile, had to remove the rest of the tile, replace and support the edges of the plasterboard, cut the pipework back and replace as it had been damaged with the hammering, drill the tile and then reassemble it all
multi power
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- pembrokeshire
at least you know how to stack balesBeen a while since I've caught up on this thread, sorry for any missed likes and all the alerts...
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(hobby farmers
What do you do with the muck you scrape out?
What about bedding?
- Location
- North West
Morning parts trip to the dealer, it always amazes me the amount of machinery they carry on stock! Few pics from round the yard.
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
Ah yes, a lad can certainly stack a bale 1 on 3...
Will roll out straw once it gets nice and mucky in there, have hopefully got some more nice pea hay to go in there to fatten some pigs in the spring. It doesn't really get wet or mucky til you put the straw in so not in any real hurry- a month from turnout is pretty good.
Scrapings just get drizzled over the compost heap out the back- now it's nice and damp, it should help keep the rain out a little. Only about every 10 to 14 days I have to scrape.
I have a deal with an arable farmer down the road, 16 big bales of pea straw/hay for a big load of bacon and pork once the pigs are done- the only one unhappy is Mr Inland Revenue.
They break it all up and go bobbing for peas- fermented peas- have you seen drunk pigs before?
it really dries it out well though, and I get bacon instead of ammonia
Chonk
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- Location
- Shrewsbury
Chains was our biggest failing point- ended up running Chinese chain that lasted twice as long and cost half as much.
We did a few pickup bars as well, and the little rollers in the pickup cam- but serious serious bale counts by the time they let go.
My boss always wanted the guage in the red, so he could charge along to the end of the bale and still get a net on it
A bit of a dick that fella
There are some cockwombles about !! [emoji35]hope some sort of compensation came your way ... apart from getting fit [emoji12]
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
Yes, I don't think we paid for most of the wrap- I think the story was a disgruntled employee on the rampage
sometimes you'd have to start the wrap 3 times to wrap a bale
we tried different gears in the dispensers, slowing the wrapper, everything, as the film wasn't obviously damaged to look at it just about wore out the wee park break switch on the Masseys 
Dave6170
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- Watten, caithness
What dealership is that? That 5125r looks smart!
multi power
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- pembrokeshire
So the floor is concrete?Ah yes, a lad can certainly stack a bale 1 on 3...
Will roll out straw once it gets nice and mucky in there, have hopefully got some more nice pea hay to go in there to fatten some pigs in the spring. It doesn't really get wet or mucky til you put the straw in so not in any real hurry- a month from turnout is pretty good.
Scrapings just get drizzled over the compost heap out the back- now it's nice and damp, it should help keep the rain out a little. Only about every 10 to 14 days I have to scrape.
I have a deal with an arable farmer down the road, 16 big bales of pea straw/hay for a big load of bacon and pork once the pigs are done- the only one unhappy is Mr Inland Revenue.
They break it all up and go bobbing for peas- fermented peas- have you seen drunk pigs before?
Don't it get very messy?
Here we would scrape out every couple of days, just the bit where they feed and bed down the rest with straw every couple of days