spud harvest

  1. Enry

    Machinery Sale - Mr Price the man who cleared the river!

    https://www.rgandrbwilliams.co.uk/files/auction_details/Day%20House%20Catalogue.pdf Some very tidy kit - must be farming in a very big way - multiple drills and 3 SP sprayers!
  2. Zippy768

    The "I've not started yet" thread

    Thought I'd start one to make myself feel better. Was on grass most of last week, was telling myself that the wheat volunteers would had made the moisture in the WB too high anyway🤥. Plenty of rain over weekend and looks a showery week 🙄
  3. Grassman

    Total stupidity

  4. Clive

    No fungicide 2021

    nearly may and yet to use a fungicide, crops spotless clean cold, dry - could this be the first year we don’t use this group of chemicals at all ? rain could change things yet but it will need to be significant now to rebalance smd’s anyone else not applied a fungicide to wheat or barley...
  5. Brisel

    Extending a Powerguard warranty

    Can it be done? Of course I will ask my dealer, but I thought I'd seek experiences in here too. JD 6215R Autopower approaching 5 years old with Powerguard for 5 years from new. It does grain hauling during harvest, some ploughing or power harrowing then pulls a sprayer from most of the spring...
  6. G

    Maize field loader/elevator

    Anyone any suggestions or know of any items for sale that could be used at the field gate to tip a loaded trailer into that would be able to reach/transfer into another trailer on lane or roadside? Object is to keep dirty wheels in the field and keep clean wheels clean. Only for farmer use so no...
  7. martian

    FT

    https://on.ft.com/3gbtmIm In this morning's paper. You never know what you're going to find
  8. snarling bee

    Here we we go again................

    After a dry first 3 weeks of September:- 24 Sept 2019 - 26mm rain 23 Sept 2020 - 29mm rain I hope that is the only similarity. Sorry for the pessimism.
  9. Henarar

    Hedge trimming, a pain in the neck

    I have a Bomford B49 trimmer with 5 foot head and joystick armrest controls, Its a linkage mounted machine with no A frame nart wrong with the trimmer its me, the job gives me bad neck ache its been getting worse for a few years but this year its making my shoulder and across my back hurt as...
  10. P

    Reliability of Fendt tractors compared to other brands?

    If any of you have Fendt tractors as well as other makes, do you find your Fendt tractors anymore reliable / cheaper to run
  11. miniconnect

    staff smoking in cabs

    what do you do? full time staff member, had many a telling off for cab smelling of smoke over the 2 years he's been here, but has always denied it. I've always been suspicious he either smokes with the back window open and hopes I don't notice, or stands in the doorway on a rainy day to save...
  12. I

    Harvest and the virus

    So guys, we’re only a few weeks of harvest starting, what plans have you got to keep your staff healthy and harvest rolling along. The R figure is close to 1 in some areas, what’s people’s thoughts on harvest and the virus.
  13. Spencer

    Idler Rollers

    Looking at some used track units and the idler rollers are in need of rubber. Any recommendations on who to do this and approximate cost involved?
  14. Mouser

    Contractors plans

    With the covid 19 how do you plan to manage sharing machines, swapping drivers etc? Getting food on the job could be problematic too.
  15. H

    Isobus Socket

    I need to plug a Vaderstad Rapid in to my Case 7250. It has an isobus socket, my tractor doesn’t. I don’t need a screen as it’s all done on an iPad. Is there a socket available that plugs in to the drill plug just to provide 12v? Thanks
  16. F

    T6 180 re map.

    I've got a 2 yr old t6 180 which is just a bit underpowered to cope with the single row bedtiller. Was thinking of getting it remapped to give me another 10% hp. Will it stick the extra load? Am I mad? I know I'll be told to buy a bigger tractor but I like the t6 size. Its hand on the sprayer...
  17. W

    Whats your machinery line up.

    These are my 3 tractors for 2500 acre arable and a few sheep. I love the simplicity and yet have enough tech to do everything I need. 8530 7930 6930 Lowest hours 4400 highest has 6500. but I will keep rebuilding them as nothing else really floats my boat.
  18. P

    “Covid19”, impact on crop harvest staffing world wide?

    As harvesting of crops is a continuous process around the planet,whether the crops are harvested by machine or gang labour. How are you all managing or going to manage,wherever you are farming in the world , unless lockdown restrictions are lifted soon, and that does not look very likely? If...
  19. Bald Rick

    Behaviour of the Public (well some)

    Listening to the radio news whilst pushing slurry about, I heard an angry senior police officer berating those who had left their homes for a jolly beside the sea. He was raging, rightly in my view, about how some were treating this crisis as a holiday. Add that to the emotional video of the...
  20. S

    Massey 6480 error code

    Hi there got the Bosch pump and I injectors done up mechanic fitted back on tractor all going well but after a few days has thrown up error code 1077 and these four lights on dash a know that error code is for injector pump but what is the for lights for she is going like a bullet train to can...
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