- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
35mm in 38 hrs here, would have liked to lift 3rd this week
2019 Silage Season
- Thread starter Bald Rick
- Start date
- Location
- Northern Ireland
I'm living in the possibly vain hope of doing third this week. It came ready a week early last week when I was on hols and had the weather.
- Location
- Northern Ireland
Forecast for us is dry from Wednesday on. But even at that it'll be a very hard week to make silage. Met office humidity forecast doesn't drop below mid eighties at any time this week. Forecast is poor for next week.
BDBed
Member
- Location
- Melton Mowbray
Well I think carpet silage might be the only bit of silaging that we get done this week.
Some chat of high pressure next week?
- Location
- Northern Ireland
Not that I can see. I'm seeing a dirty great low coming in.
Weathers far from ideal, but I'm taking a punt on a bit this evening and we'll see if I get caught by a shower overnight. Rest of the week looks bearable.
Pardon the docks
Weathers far from ideal, but I'm taking a punt on a bit this evening and we'll see if I get caught by a shower overnight. Rest of the week looks bearable.
Pardon the docks
Skintagain
Member
- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
I bet you bolloked him when he told you about it in first place
- Location
- Northumberland
Errm - no comment
We’ve had 32mm of rain in the last 24hrs did you not get some of it?
- Location
- Northern Ireland
Got 28mm in the 24 hrs from Sunday morning to Monday morning.
How much you cut? And got to cut?
ollie989898
Member
Get a degree and then smash loads of stuff up, you'll know plenty then!
ollie989898
Member
I bloody told you so!
People should listen to me more often: I've got a degree you know.
Was your demo one of the new liebherr ones? I have yet to drive one of those, both the ones I use regularly are Kramer built, as controllable as a Merlo but with the hydraulic grunt of a Manitou. Cheaper than a JCB, too.
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ollie989898
Member
Ive know wholecrop yield 16 tonnes an acre. I reckon you could get more in triticale.
- Location
- Northern Ireland
Circa 150 acres. Looks like I might bring back one or two extra fields that I released for heifer grazing after second cut, before it gets out of order. They've had a quick graze, but would still be big enough to run the mower over them now. Mowing in progress.
Ducati899
Member
- Location
- north dorset
I bloody told you so!
People should listen to me more often: I've got a degree you know.
Was your demo one of the new liebherr ones? I have yet to drive one of those, both the ones I use regularly are Kramer built, as controllable as a Merlo but with the hydraulic grunt of a Manitou. Cheaper than a JCB, too.
Yeah one of the new type ones,only thing I didn’t like was the visibility with the bonnet being so high but other than that it was a cracking machine
What machine is that?
Ducati899
Member
- Location
- north dorset
ollie989898
Member
The newer Kramer has the exact same problem, it's almost like the cab/seat is sunk down 4-6 inches too low, whereas the earlier one you can see over the side nicely. Was there a mirror or camera placed so you could see well? The newer Kramer has mirrors sited so you can see all around you, I presume this is from the mother regs.
Was the cab layout and engine grunt ok? CVT transmission isn't it?
Is that one still made by Kramer? Cos they don't make them for claas any more do they? What size machine was it?