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    silage sheets

    just pricing up some silage sheets and looking at the SILOSTOP products. Have always used VISQUEEN sheets in the past and get good results with minimal waste, most waste is generally around the walls, We use a cling seal sheet and a new top sheet every year and also have new side sheets on...
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    Water in fuel -quad

    Yamaha 350 grizzly, we’ve managed to get water in the fuel tank and now she won’t start. Turns over but won’t fire up. So far- all fuel drained out of tank and up to carburettor tanks been taken off and cleaned and replaced, New clean fuel in Spark plug is sparking Heated spark plug and used...
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    JCB / Manitou

    Currently have a JCB 526/56 13 reg with the jcbT4-iiiB engine (no adblue) just crept over 7500hrs and in need of tyres soon, contemplating trading it in for something of a similar size physically and capacity wise. Either go again seen a few 526-56 jcbs newer with 2000/3000hr. Or had a word...
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    Calf Vent tubing system

    Looking into and had a quote for a calf vent tubing system, to put in our calf rearing building, The shed in question is our old dairy building and being a stone barn struggle with pneumonia in it due to lack of air flow. anybody got experience with the tube systems and recommend them , did...
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    JD perished fuel pipes

    Does a JD 6330 have a floor plate under the floor cab mat to access the top of the tank to remove the fuel line? (Asking before i start and assume it’s where it goes!) perrished line needs replacing 🤦 tia
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    Cobiotex cubicle powder

    https://envirosystems.co.uk/products/cobiotex/ Anybody use it? Care to share your thoughts on it. Tia
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    Teagle vario cultivator

    Any users on here with a Teagle vario ? Got a 2012, 250 , 9 discs,4 legs 9 discs and a packer. Does an awesome job and leaves a very good seed bed especially after 2 passes but by Christ it makes the fields rough… doing one pass with the legs down ( not deep -6 inches max) and then one pass...
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    Dandelion

    What is the feed value of a dandelion? And do dandelion’s indicate/a sign of a lack of nutrients or something? Drought conditions they obviously thrive in due to there long tap roots . They can’t be too dissimilar to chicory /plantain surely in there nutrients? Cattle graze them down as good as...
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    Clear span shed

    At what size do the steels in a clear span shed need to be bigger? Is there a more value for money shed width?, I’m sure I’ve read somewhere that column and rafter size increases at a certain point .
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    24inch Cambridge roller rings

    In need of 10 or so roller rings , anybody know of any in any dealers yards ? Or have some hidden in the nettles . Got a few that are cracking on the spokes thanks
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    Upgrade from Patchwork black box too…

    What would be a logical upgrade from a patchwork BlackBox light bar guidance system to something with automated steering for all duties on a dairy farm that isn’t going to break the bank and is good at following a straight line in very undulating fields (not short on slopes and banks here!)...
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    Kids John Deere gator

    Hello all, just thinking ahead to Christmas and what to get my 3 yr old son and most people rave about these rise on gators so just had a scroll on the internet and Cornthwaits look to be the cheapest place for one . Would I be able to claim the Vat back on it? Anyone know of it cheaper else...
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    Chickweed reseed!

    Done a full reseed end of August beginning of September after wholcrop. Sprayed off with roundup discedx2 Cambridge rolled x2 seededx2 Cambridge rolled x2 again closed gate and had a nice shower of rain a day after seeding….. PERFECT! Well to say it looks awful would be an understatement...
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    beet...

    Having never fed sugar or fodder beet , and with this year's shortage of grass silage/haylage stocks and currently down with tb going into winter, what's the general opinion on beet for cattle? be it yearlings on a straw/cake diet through to the store cattle/fat cattle and the dry/bulling...
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    rejuvenating sward with clover

    would now be a good time to direct drill some red and white clover into mainly silage fields cut 3-4 time a year to add some extra protein capabilities next year , added source of N and thicken the sward out a bit. also with summers becoming dryer the red should keep a needed bite with deeper...
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    DIY AI

    Pros and cons.... ? Where would be the best place to do the course in or around Shropshire? Did my foot trimming course with Embrionics about 15 years ago so they are one I know off. Also presume the likes of Genus, semex...ect put on courses.. Currently ring up Genus when a cow needs...
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    Hydraulic pipe, JCB loadall.

    What looks like the pipe from the hydraulic tank to the pump has sprung a leak from another pipe rubbing against it. Anybody know how to get to the other end? and is it connected to the tank as I presume? It's about 3inch in diameter and is spewing out everywhere now when off. A few...
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    Chickweed

    Been out and about walking, past few days, on the home farm and across other people's silage fields and can't help but notice the abundance of chickweed in everybody's silage fields. Grazing fields very little chickweed present but fields that are predominantly cut its like a takeover. What...
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    JD 30 series fuel issue

    got a 6330, and it started having fuel problems when the fuel tank drops below half, Has had it filters changed back in November and no issues until this year when it started spluttering one morning in Jan, and replaced again a few weeks ago to make sure its not a filter issue... any...
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    JCB loader boom wear strips

    Noticed the plastic wear strips hanging out the boom this morning along with the tin sheet packers too. Bolts have snapped/ worn . How easy a job are they to replace? Is it a take the boom out job? It's the one side on the bottom and the other side is still in with the back bolt still...
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