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    Homemade lifting Jib

    Has anyone made a lifting jib to go on a telehandler? Any pictures would be great! Ideally not on pallet forks
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    Terram

    What sort of price should we be paying for 4.5m x 100m rolls of terram/geotextile? Any suggestions of suppliers? Thanks
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    2” outlet to hosepipe

    Struggling for water pressure for the pressure washer where it is set up. Have a sprayer tank next to it with a 2” outlet. Is there any way to put a reducer from one to the other?
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    PCL tyre inflator coupling

    Have brought a new MK4 PCL tyre inflator but the end it has come with has to be held on. Can I get a attachment which can be clipped on to the valve so doesn’t have to be held? TIA
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    Tyre pressures

    4.2t Tractor on 540/65’s on the rear and 480/65’s on the front. How low could I drop the pressure in these? Towing rolls on soft reseeds, nothing mounted. Thanks
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    Concreting in posts

    Have got some feed barrier posts to replace as have worked their way loose over the years. What’s the best way to concrete the new ones in? Could do with having stock back in the pens asap. Would post mix be strong enough? TIA
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    Cracked New Concrete

    Laid a 600m2 pad of concrete within panelled walls outside mid September. Within 2 weeks this was the extent of the cracks. In terms of preparations, clay floor vibration rolled within a inch of its life, plastic sheet, A393 mesh with steel chairs at 1m spacing. Concrete pumped in and pokered...
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    Fall on panelled clamp

    Looking at building a silage clamp using rsj’s and panels on the inside face so no lip from the rsj. 12x50m long with a 1% fall so 0.5m of fall back to front. What’s the best way to put the panels on a slope? Thought about setting them in to the concrete slab to stop effluent but then will lose...
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    Channel for 100mm panels

    Looking to put some 100mm panels at the end of a run of cubicles to make a new crossover. What would be the best sized metal channel to use to hold them in? Thanks
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    40ft artic bale trailer

    Can 40ft bale trailers be sourced without air? Not got air on any tractors and 25ft trailers on super singles are getting tedious! What would be the minimum hp needed? Say 3 high 4x3's at 400kg so 12 ton. Thanks
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    Lagoon Ramp

    Looking to dig a clay lined lagoon 5m deep (2.5 in ground and 2.5 banked up). Will want to tanker out of it as well as umbilical so was planning on a concrete ramp. What gradient would be needed to allow full tankers to draw out off the slope? Might have to change dimensions of lagoon to suit...
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    Livestock Handling Equipment: Unknown -

    Livestock Handling Equipment: Unknown - Category: Livestock Handling Equipment Manufacturer: Unknown Price: £500 Condition: Used Description: IAE crush for sale. Front and rear foot blocks, belly band, all gates removable and fitted with a new wooden floor. £500. Ring 07903482099...
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    Milk Vending Machine

    Considering installing a milk vending machine about a mile away from the farm next to an A road. Will be pasteurising the milk for definate as while tb isn't an issue currently, don't want to build a customer base to then get tb and have to stop. Is anyone vending milk or know of anyone who is...
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    12.5/80-15.3 Wheel

    Have a repaired tyre and want to put it on a rim as a spare for harvest. Does anyone know where I'd be able to buy just the wheel? 6 stud. Thanks
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    Multi Cut Silage Varieties

    Tried 35 day cutting intervals with the silage this year, very pleased with the quality but quantity is lacking so far. Mowing 3rd cut end of the week. We've reseeded in the last few years normally with 3yr cutting leys but have found they are going up to head too quickly at this time of year...
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    Steels and rebar

    Looking to shutter a new silage clamp. Thinking I'll pour the walls a foot wide with rebar drilled through the steels every foot and a single layer of mesh tied onto that. What spec steels and mesh will I need? Presume A393 mesh but unsure of what thickness bar and steels. Thanks
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    Silage, Lime and Slurry

    Hi all, We are hoping to cut silage ever 35 days this year for the first time and we also need some lime on the silage leys due to some very low PH's! Would there be any risk of the lime tainting the silage? Would you still umbicial slurry onto those fields having lime? Will be using Limex...
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    Silage Clamp

    Currently have a planning application in for a 40x15x3.5m silage clamp and am considering shuttering the walls. Based in the Midlands What thickness of wall would people recommend? Would we need to put steels in it? Would prefer not to because of the silage effluent. There would be 332.5 m2 of...
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    Piping Ditch

    Hi, I'm a new member on here looking for some advice on piping a ditch on the farm. The ditch runs between our silage clamps and a new shed and we are hoping to pipe it to make moving machinery round the yard easier. A builder piped a small section with 300mm diameter 2.5m long precast pipe...
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