Beet spray quick question

[Sonoftheheir]

Would floatation tyres on a Bateman hurt beet for the first weed spray?

We’re on 45cm rows, 72” track 580 or 560 tyres I think.

Beet are at two true leaves.

 

[davidroberts30]

Doubt it
I go through mine(20inch) on rowcrops on 72"inch
Yes I wander and trample a few but by lifting time you cant tell

 

[Brisel]

I've done that in the past. The plants did look hurt for a while but they recovered. I've normally had rowcrops on by then so not a regular occurrence.

 

[Flat 10]

I wouldn’t poor little things

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Thanks for the replies, I ran down a headland to see the damage. Didn’t look too bad TBF.

Still spud planting atm, but if we get much rain today, I may get time to change them.

Weeds and beet have grown no end this week!

 

[robbie]

I wouldn’t poor little things

Senior parties around here have kittens if beet get run on. And as for drilling on floatations.......dont even go there!

 

[Flat 10]

Anybody suffering from beet flea beetle damage? I have one block suffering. Not happy, the spraying due to the neonic ban might start here.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Anybody suffering from beet flea beetle damage? I have one block suffering. Not happy, the spraying due to the neonic ban might start here.

Haven’t even worried about that one yet!

 

[Brisel]

Anybody suffering from beet flea beetle damage? I have one block suffering. Not happy, the spraying due to the neonic ban might start here.

I've seen a few images of cotyledon shot holing on Twitter but nothing serious.

 

[Brisel]

Senior parties around here have kittens if beet get run on. And as for drilling on floatations.......dont even go there!

What's wrong with flotation tyres? Are they just against anything running on the rows?

 

[Flat 10]

I've seen a few images of cotyledon shot holing on Twitter but nothing serious.

Well I will monitor mine but it’s at first true leaves and being hammered.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

I’ve changed the wheels only took 2 hours!

 

[Flat 10]

I’ve changed the wheels only took 2 hours!

Windy now!

 

[Brisel]

I’ve changed the wheels only took 2 hours!

The Mercedes F1 team do that in 2.5 seconds

Park it in central Lowestoft - the scallies would have the old wheels off in that time

 

[traineefarmer]

What's wrong with flotation tyres? Are they just against anything running on the rows?

We do the first two sprays with floats to firm the tramlines before going on to row crops. No noticeable beet damage and less row movement than if we go straight in with row crops.

We drill with a 2WD drive tractor with floats on the front. Seems to work out ok.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

The Mercedes F1 team do that in 2.5 seconds

Park it in central Lowestoft - the scallies would have the old wheels off in that time

The Bateman seems so precarious on the front when jacking up. Especially from floats to the higher rowcrops. We have a slug Pelleter on the front too so the over hang is quite a bit to the jacking point. 3 chep pallets and a sleeper with the bottle jack pushed down as far as possible to get it underneath.

I put a forklift under too and jack stands, worries me so much, by far the most dangerous job in the farm I reckon.

Not good when you just have to go a little higher and the pallets start to creak!

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Windy now!

Ready for the morning

 

[Will 1594]

Spray or drill at an angle ,put you own tramlines in ,then you dont waste a row ,if you wander ,makes no odds lifting either ,run down ours with 580- s

 

[robbie]

What's wrong with flotation tyres? Are they just against anything running on the rows?

Just against running on beet.

One or two locally use tramlines but the majority still use rowcrops. Many are still dead against wide wheels for drilling, one chap who drills for several neighbouring farms has two tractors ready to go on the drill one on 650's the other on skinnies and he'll swap between the two tractors when moving from farm to farm to suit the farmer.

 

[alomy75]

I’ve tried drilling on rowcrops but now drill with 650’s. Found the rowcrops sink so much with an 18 row drill that despite not being run on, the wheeling rows have so much more surface area to dry out (sides of the rut). With wide tyres and track eradicators you can’t tell a wheeling row once it’s up