maintenance

Looking at possibly replacing our Marshall rotary 7 cubic yard spreader on bn2 tyres. Options are another rotary spreader 7-10 cubic yard or a secondhand 6 ton rear discharge. Want our own for convenience so hiring one is a no go. Dislike the muck brought onto the road and the muck covered...

The Opportunity: Do you enjoy working with agricultural and land-based machinery? We have a number of service technician roles available. A fundamental role within the company, you will be part of a dedicated team that will commission and provide repair and maintenance work on the machinery...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Rural thieves are targeting classic Massey Fergusons and exporting them overseas due to the simpler level of mechanical maintenance, according to Wiltshire rural crime team. The rural crime team said it is aware of farms being targeted, in...

Anybody remember him from the other forum? A font of all knowledge on that forum, believe he worked on a large Hampshire estate and Lime Quarry mining 'Hampshire Diamonds'. Anyway this appeeared on Facebook, no idea how old it is but wondered if it was part of his operation...

I currently have a Freelander 2, which I am very happy with, that might be about to come to the end of its life. I am pondering what to replace it with. I don't need to tow more than 2t so another Freelander is an option but I think I would prefer something heavier/more capable so I keep my...

Forecasters say 6pm onwards for our area its starting to ramp up the wind and wet now

We would like to switch to robot milking. It would be Lely & we’re not interested in any other brand. The cost of new robots is putting us off in terms of investment. Is it viable to set up a 2 robot unit / 120 cows AYR calving with second hand robots How much can be saved with older robots...

My hydraulics have quit raising discharge door and unloading table on TMR mixer. It is also whining when using front end loader. Any suggestions on a fix?

Brother is looking at different feed pushers. Lely seems to be the most popular when looking around the different robot farms but are they necessarily the best or is it worth looking at the likes of Joz, Wasserbauer, DeLeval…. Anyone with experience with any of the above (or others I may not...

Our handler sits out in the cold and with the current run of weather is needing an extra battery/jump start to actually get it to fire up. Im thinking there must be a proprietary item that you could plug in overnight to keep the battery 100% for the morning. Its not for me so much as anyone who...

Public Accounts Committee report into flood resilience and flood defences Written by Defra Press Office There is widespread reporting today on a new report from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) into flood resilience and the government’s defence flood programme. It claims that flood...

Currently feed our cows in an old brick trough built against the wall of the shed. The current trough is way too high and they struggle to eat the last 25% and feeding inside the shed is a PITA. Planning to pull the trough and wall out as part of some shed upgrades and put some locking yokes in...

So for nearly 10 years I’ve fed the same blend and ingredients with just an alteration in inclusion to get desired protein from one bin through robot and oopf. It worked well and did 9200/9300 Just 6/7 good quality ingredients. No extras. I did used to feed regumaize 44 ad lib in winter which I...

Evening all, I know it's been asked on here alot so please forgive me. I am going to be getting some sort of recreational Tillage device for spring grass maintenance. I will be using it for removing old thatch and spreading the lumps of FYM/ sheep dung around. Removing poaching from cattle...