I've an old set of Opico grass harrows that I bought secondhand a few years back. They've always been a bit of a pig to unfold, I have to give them a bit of a pull which isn't ideal really. It's a single acting hydraulic ram to fold them up with an accumulator on the otherside. Could I remove...
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While the rain didn’t let up from dawn until dusk, the first day of January’s LAMMA machinery show was busy throughout, thanks perhaps to the now-established indoor venue and the fact few arable farmers could do much else except workshop...
Been scratching my head for a while now… which is best? Had tine harrows i the past, tines don’t last that long but great for ripping out dead grass etc.. what about a chain? Are they any good for smashing up manure on fields?
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Been looking around but can’t find what I am wanting. Would love a roller with hydraulic shatter boards like my Vaddy Rolex with seed plates spreading grass seed then hydraulic tines then Cambridge roller .and hydraulic seed fan and hopper of course . I can find close to but not I’m that...
Our old shivvers in bin system is getting pretty worn out, all the safeties get bypassed most years to keep it going,
In the next couple of years I'm likely to be alone for cutting, carting and drying and planning an efficient labourless drying operation. On floor is an option, and fairly...
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Some may know already but as well as my day job I am part of a small family farm. We currently don’t have a telehandler or any way other than an auger to load our wheat ect. Which is very old fashioned and hard work. The lorry drivers also hate it 🤣 We have a fork truck for...
It was summer last year when we really started to share our ideas about conservation agriculture with our customers, during an event at West Yeo Farm.
Farmers and contractors joined us to discuss an increasingly popular farming technique; direct drilling. Many of our customers hadn’t adopted...
We’ve run batch driers for 20 years, currently running a 25t Mecmar with a 25t bin, and it’s been a good servant, but it’s worn the main auger / tube out in 8 years, £36k estimate to refurbish the drier (!!) and we do need more output now, so looking to change.
Handled just over 4000t this...
The build up to harvest is always mixed with a bit of trepidation and excitement, this year was no exception, Harvest 2022 was our first harvest following direct drilling with the Opico Sky Easy Drill. After the hard work and cost of growing a crop, there’s always a bit of uncertainty of how...
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With the move of France’s SIMA international farm machinery exhibition to a November date in ‘even’ years, manufacturers were spoilt for choice when it came to unveiling new developments, with Italy’s EIMA in the same month. With both...
Is a 3 point linkage post hole borer any good in stoney ground?
Or am I better off hiring in a mini digger and auger?
Got some post and rail to do and chance to buy a 3 point linkage auger at auction (if its cheap enough). Thinking I might get the auger for similar to hire price.
But are they...
I have just put up a grain shed and am now looking to get quotes for the tunnel and wooden floors. Am based in Leicestershire and looking for recommendations on which companies to contact? Thanks
Advertised my mobile on FB marketplace, as all arable is in stewardship and hadn't used it for years.
Had 4 enquiries, all exporting to Poland.
Had two dryers in the drag and mine and a fully dismantled 12t in the lorry.
Seem to have got it down to a fine art, but reliant on the farmer having a...
What options are there for cleaning seed for our own use, we would be looking to clean 20 to 25 ton a year of wheat barley oats and beans.
We grow everything for a feed and although we aim to have clean crops sometimes end up with an odd wild oat or a bit of sterile brome in the sample which we...
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