Big thumbs up to w r Chapman, folkingham area.

[Boomerang]

I was walking a headland field path near folkingham the adjacent field was being sprayed by w r Chapman, ( dont know them ). Name was on the rear of sprayer . The driver stopped spraying and waited for us to pass safely by ,and continued to wait for an elderly gentleman who was some 100m behind us.
It's rare for such courtesy to be shown , pa1 2 6 qualified myself , its best practice I know , but often not followed .
So thank you to the driver and to wr Chapman a great example to all
Thanks

 

[Barleymow]

I always stop to let people on footpaths pass

 

[yellowbelly]

I always stop to let people on footpaths pass

So do I but the flippin' donkey's not always so keen......

 

[Agrivator]

So do I but the flippin' donkey's not always so keen......

But it's a short boom with little spray drift.

 

[Al R]

So do I but the flippin' donkey's not always so keen......

DDT or Atrazine?

@SIABOD50 not sure who sprays for them now but it used to be Bruce B....n, spoke to him a lot on SDUK years ago, unsure if he’s still with them?

 

[quattro]

I always stop to let people on footpaths pass

So do I but it does pish u off when they don’t acknowledge it

 

[Boomerang]

DDT or Atrazine?

@SIABOD50 not sure who sprays for them now but it used to be Bruce B....n, spoke to him a lot on SDUK years ago, unsure if he’s still with them?

It was a Chafer self prop, with w r Chapman written on the back.

 

[bobk]

So do I but it does pish u off when they don’t acknowledge it

That's because they're self righteous twits

 

[yellowbelly]

DDT or Atrazine?

It's only Atrazine - that's why, you'll notice, I can use my 'protective headgear' as a throttle

 

[Hindsight]

I was walking a headland field path near folkingham the adjacent field was being sprayed by w r Chapman, ( dont know them ). Name was on the rear of sprayer . The driver stopped spraying and waited for us to pass safely by ,and continued to wait for an elderly gentleman who was some 100m behind us.
It's rare for such courtesy to be shown , pa1 2 6 qualified myself , its best practice I know , but often not followed .
So thank you to the driver and to wr Chapman a great example to all
Thanks

I am about to send them this link. Thank you. I know the family really well. Very professional outfit.

 

[snarling bee]

Round here you don't have to wait, they have usually run off in the other direction with a handkerchief over their face.
Spreading fert is the opposite, quite happy to get peppered with granules.

 

[farmerphilly]

Round here you don't have to wait, they have usually run off in the other direction with a handkerchief over their face.
Spreading fert is the opposite, quite happy to get peppered with granules.

Have you ever spread beans? Apparently they sting a bit! A chap near me had the bright idea of pacing a field out for his spreader man never again!!

 

[Barleymow]

Have you ever spread beans? Apparently they sting a bit! A chap near me had the bright idea of pacing a field out for his spreader man never again!!

Face away from spreader is best

 

[Chopsy Varmint]

So do I but it does pish u off when they don’t acknowledge it

That's because they're self righteous twits

It may be that they don't understand what you're doing and that you've stopped for them instead of for some other mechanical or farmery reason. The lack of knowledge about what farmers do and how farming works is huge for some folk.

 

[DrWazzock]

I always stop and let people get past. Often they either stand there looking waiting for you to set off again or come over and have a go anyway.

 

[sjt01]

Round here you don't have to wait, they have usually run off in the other direction with a handkerchief over their face.
Spreading fert is the opposite, quite happy to get peppered with granules.

We once had an insurance claim that a car needed repainting on both sides after passing on the road when we were fert spreading the other side of the hedge. We thought it was ridiculous, so did the insurers, so it went to court for arbitration. There they claimed that the granules had bounced off the kerb and removed paint from the far side of the car! The judge believed them, and the insurers and we left the court shaking our heads in total disbelief at what we had just experienced.

 

[Brisel]

I was walking a headland field path near folkingham the adjacent field was being sprayed by w r Chapman, ( dont know them ). Name was on the rear of sprayer . The driver stopped spraying and waited for us to pass safely by ,and continued to wait for an elderly gentleman who was some 100m behind us.
It's rare for such courtesy to be shown , pa1 2 6 qualified myself , its best practice I know , but often not followed .
So thank you to the driver and to wr Chapman a great example to all
Thanks

I used to run a farm just down the road from them & they used to do a bit of contract spraying for us. They are a great bunch of folk. Your post has just reinforced that view.

 

[Boomerang]

That's because they're self righteous twits
Harsh

It may be that they don't understand what you're doing and that you've stopped for them instead of for some other mechanical or farmery reason. The lack of knowledge about what farmers do and how farming works is huge for some folk.

I used to run a farm just down the road from them & they used to do a bit of contract spraying for us. They are a great bunch of folk. Your post has just reinforced that view.

Unfortunately in this modern selfish world we live in . Folk are very quick to complain and criticise. But very slow or most often don't bother to thank or praise the good guys .
Thought this guy deserved some thanks .

 

[Chopsy Varmint]

Unfortunately in this modern selfish world we live in . Folk are very quick to complain and criticise. But very slow or most often don't bother to thank or praise the good guys .
Thought this guy deserved some thanks .

Rightly so. Praise where praise is due is an excellent and useful training method for people, dogs and horses to encourage good behaviour.

It seems to be a 'thing' these days that people will complain and criticise through ignorance, most probably because they've been brought up to think they are each a very special little person. That said, I think it's well within the farming community's grasp to educate ignorant folk who are using the countryside more for leisure. Just a simple sign on a field margin footpath to say what's growing would be a start and a nice change from 'keep out, private, and get orf my land'. Pique their curiosity and maybe they'll start making connections between their food and the real world next time they're buying veg, bread or sugar.

Two examples of the ignorant: one woman on a well-used path outside Cambridge had no clue that the 'weeds' in the stubble field were a direct-drilled cover crop, seeds bought and deliberately planted.

And then there was the bloke chucking a ball for his dog into a beet field who thought the farmer should have harvested the 'beetroot' by the end of September.



I bet most non-farming urban folk would think the shredded AD maize bouncing all over the lanes is going to feed livestock

 

[Ramrod]

I am about to send them this link. Thank you. I know the family really well. Very professional outfit.

Sorry to steal your limelight, had already sent it