Martyn
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- Location
- South west
2019 Silage Season
- Thread starter Bald Rick
- Start date
Tomr10
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I thats it
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Well nearly done, haven't had a season like this in years, the best is only 65 Dvalue
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
You got a gobble wagon lifting for you ?
Inspector cluedo
pine_guy
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- Location
- North Cumbria
Spotted that, didn’t put 2+2 together.
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
Can always see what one wants too
I thats it
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We've got 2, do a little bit of contract work, just friends and neighbours. It's the most relaxing way of doing it, so glad we've not got the self-propelled system any more
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
They both strautman ?
I thats it
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Yep, seem to swap 1 every third year, so keep them for 6 seasons
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
We are just looking at investing in a wagon, what models do you run, how many acres a year do you harvest ?
I thats it
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We harvest in a normal year around 2,500-3,000 acres total. Keep knives sharp and so long as it's handy going its a great system, long hauls do slow the job which is frustrating in a catchy spell of weather
- Location
- Northern Ireland
Keep the volume hose handy ??
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
we will be looking to 100 acres 5x but all within 1/2 mile of the pit, favoured option at the moment is pottinger purely on knowledge and backup of our dealer.
- Location
- Northern Ireland
Will have covered 715 acres by the time fourth cut is in, with one poettinger. Have spent a little bit keeping it good as we went along. Regular gear oil changes, lots of grease obviously, relined the brakes this year (which was a big challenge on the eight wheel chassis), changed every hydraulic pipe last year. Not much in the grand scheme of harvesters. Hydraulic motor for the floor is done and will be changed at the end of this season. Body and cribs will need a respray some of these meet few winters. Wish I'd spent as little on the tractor driving it.
What's on the front of it?
- Location
- Northern Ireland
NH t6070
Moorlands
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- Location
- West yorkshire
I’ll second pottinger relief drive a friends really nice machine to use and straight forward and reliable have run krone alongside to do along drag and actually think krone made a better job of processing grass but the machine isn’t as well built. Good to have someone else to team up with to complete long drags.
Is that a enough power?
If you do get one make sure you religiously clean the knife bank after use,damp grass left there rusts the knife holder pins,I’ve always cleaned and oiled mine after use,but someone I know didn’t and it gets expensive,well not as expensive as a forager.