apologies for the delayed reply.
maxam is used for hay/silage aswell. my crops are not particularly thick so copes well. would be slower than a disc mower in a thick crop and I would think use more fuel.
you cut round and round which is pretty efficient. i used to be anal about parallel lands...
I find my Maxam mower ideal for this job. Because we have had a wet summer, my swards on light land have kept going brilliantly for the ewes and lambs on a quick skim over post grazing (also controlled docks and thistles).
Wouldn`t dare have done it last year in the dry conditions - In that...
Thanks for the replies so far.
I can`t leave it for hay due to BG. Sounds a bit dodgy to wrap it, particularly as they are not my cattle.
Blackgrass is flowering so not sure I will get away with flailing re. seed viability? Will leave quite a layer of mulch.
Typical of these schemes - will...
Just a quick one for the silage massive please.....
I have some first year GS4 ground to mow later this week (after the 5 week period is up) and need to bale it up to remove some blackgrass and brome.
It seems a waste to not wrap and feed the silage to cattle - will mayweed make it unpalatable...
Herbal Ley (i.e.GS4) works really well on the light land farm we work. In fact, with paddock grazing I believe I can get more production out this type of pasture than ordinary ley in the drier months.
two problems. two thirds of the area of this one farm is ineligible for GS4 because of some...
I didn`t know we had met!
Its not made it rain........ Got half the hay beautifully yeesterday afternoon and some more in `night rows` until Friday.
Looks like bales will be in the shed for about ten days, before they come out again to be fed to the sheep...........
oh well, gives us...
I learned to lay a hedge over 3 winters some years ago. I knew zero about hedging when I started but was lucky to fall into a job as an apprentice/assistant to a competition winner in our locality. We couldn`t lay when it was wet/too windy or frozen so probably averaged 3.5 days a week for 5...
Thank you for that little nugget of information. I lost the clip and spring from one of mine in the summer and rather hoped Mr. Mudge might fit me up with some spare parts given he charged £30 for the second one.....
I agree with this - we had a outdoor furnace in circuit with the old oil boiler. this way the house was still warm if you are not there to stoke the furnace.
I looked into it all and reached the same conclusion as @mo! - why cart all the wood into the house and all the ash out. plus you only...
Got mine out the back of the shed yesterday. No joke, the first ewe thru` kicked me in the face!
I can see why folks consider it to be a marmite machine...
It is absolutely effortless if it all goes to plan, and nothing can be more accessible for foot trimming but, you just think you have got...
2500 model arrived here yesterday breakfast time. wanted one for 2 years, finally took the plunge when topper bust and mower leaking out bed.
initial thoughts - really impressed
tough test first outing yesterday- serious rig and furrow and some laid grass. worst field on the farm. made a fair...
We only have a tiny area of arable on 2 farms. We pay a very nice lady from Frontier to come once a year and sort everything out on our behalf. She explains all the latest rules and ensures we are compliant. A fortnight later we are presented with a beautiful bundle of professional documents...
Nearly twenty years ago, I was carting little bales sold to another farm several miles from home. I will admit to having putting an extra half a course on the trailer so as not to leave a few at the bottom of my stack. The load of about 200 bales all strapped and roped and sheeted on for the...
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