There goes half a tonne of barley!

Bald Rick · May 30, 2020

Northeastfarmer said:
You say half a ton of barley...I say 75-100% of a lamb

And I say 242 litres of milk or the daily production of 8 of my jersey cows

An Gof · May 30, 2020

DeeGee said:
Actually I ran it up on water in the yard as I always do. Just thought it added a bit to the story. Perhaps not?
The sprayer is always kept parked up on pallets in a concrete floored shed all the year round and is in immaculate condition - or it was until I knocked off the nozzle - this is the first time I have ever forgotten to fix a problem on it.

I appreciate the way the story might have sounded to you, but please don’t assume old machines are just dumped in the nettles and left there until they are needed in ten years time.

Well that is NOT what you wrote initially but your “story” was powerful enough to create an image in my mind ?? , thank you for the clarification. However the damage can be done if someone with an axe to grind reads your original post on a public forum in isolation.

holmes65 · May 30, 2020

Dont have a Hardi myself but I do use this company for nozzles etc. Always found them to be good.

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DeeGee · May 30, 2020

An Gof said:
Well that is NOT what you wrote initially but your “story” was powerful enough to create an image in my mind ?? , thank you for the clarification. However the damage can be done if someone with an axe to grind reads your original post on a public forum in isolation.

Yes ok point taken: you never know who might be lurking in the shadows. (Besides Baldrick, obviously).

Deutz631 · May 30, 2020

Dave W said:
Hardi parts! They're genuine only these days. Can't even get them through kramp etc.
But...
That's £60 nett. Less £6-10 carriage. Less the seals. The nozzle bodies were under £20 each.
Wouldn't say that's excessive for genuine parts.

You can get them trough granit. But not in each country. in belgium you can't get them trough granit. Germany and the scandenavian country's you can.

https://www.granit-parts.com/e/cate...uer-Feldspritzen/HARDI-Feldspritzen?locale=de

ewald · May 30, 2020

If you can repair anything with genuine parts for less than £100 I reckon you have escaped lightly!

Bald Rick · May 30, 2020

DeeGee said:
Yes ok point taken: you never know who might be lurking in the shadows. (Besides Baldrick, obviously).

Well I am lurking now that I have recovered from reading “I believe money is for spending ..” in your OP.

Meds not working @DeeGee ?

Kildare · May 31, 2020

An Gof said:
Too be honest I have no sympathy for the OP. This is exactly the sort of situation that does great damage to our industry in demonstrating our professional use PPP’s.
I am sorry to sound so blunt but the people who drag a sprayer out of somewhere, hitch it up, fill it with chemical and then arrive in the field having started it up to find chemical pouring out because a nozzle body is missing shouldn’t be considered responsible to do the job. In fact they undermine the rest of us. I’m ready for the flaming ....... but do people never cast an eye over a machine before using it?

Can you see the whole story is in jest to amuse us. [emoji1]

grainboy · May 31, 2020

Seems bit like the Media / paparazzi has gotten hold of a story, and blown it out of proportion, with a few inaccuracies,
And everyone reading it, believe what they read.
Bit like politics really,

7610 super q · May 31, 2020

The worst may yet be to come. The sprayer pump will blow up, rendering it fit for the scrap heap. You will then have the excruciating angst of looking at 2 expensive holders on the workshop shelf for the next 30 years. And dear god you will have tried to find an alternative use for them. They are sort of plumbing fittings right ? They must have a use somewhere ? Maybe if I hacksaw this piece off......

Tim G · May 31, 2020

Bald Rick said:
And I say 242 litres of milk or the daily production of 8 of my jersey cows

It could be worse, heard of someone who'd have needed 600 litres to cover the bill last month.

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