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12 ton Richard Western trailers , yes we have a JCB 418 and a compactor on the pitWhat size trailers? You still push up with 418? 3 plenty here for up to a mile cart.
12 ton Richard Western trailers , yes we have a JCB 418 and a compactor on the pitWhat size trailers? You still push up with 418? 3 plenty here for up to a mile cart.
Land is to steep for trailers any bigger, no matter how big the tractor is on the frontAh right, big savings going to bigger trailers with steering axles. Tyres last for ages and 3 would do.
No it is allHave you got to pay a subscription for the software on the chopper for the weight and d/m content ?
In what way? Can't get up hills or worried about falling over?Land is to steep for trailers any bigger, no matter how big the tractor is on the front
Depending on the deal you have doneWe’ve just got a new 960 and the telematics is only free for a year then it’s subscription I believe ?
Can not pull then up the hill and stopping them coming down , it is not flat in the bordersIn what way? Can't get up hills or worried about falling over?
What size have you gone for?Depending on the deal you have done
I was interested to see if there were other people doing it as it is very common in the States
Ah right, big savings going to bigger trailers with steering axles. Tyres last for ages and 3 would do.
Not be illegal hauling grass, be lucky to have 10ton in them.Bigger trailers = higher, possibly illegal weights on the road though?
Yes I know, no one cares about that bit.
I’m sure it was stepsideGraham Parkes won the Contractor of the year in '97 I think,Stepside from near Cardigan won it in more recent times.
too dry?Sounds much better way of doing it. Pay our contractors per acre, rate the same regardless of crop.
We're bucking the trend and going back to 2 big cuts of silage. 3rd cut always seems a bit of a waste of time up here.
No not really. Lack of if anything. First cut normally early June, 2nd cut mid July. Third cut ends up in September.too dry?
By the hour is fair - last time I checked the minimum wage was defined on a per hour basis (although by weight would suit some of the fat f**ks around here)I don't think it works for UK conditions.
A lot of times in the States and here in NZ silage is bought off other farmers and I think is paid by the ton, with DM being a factor. It needs to go over a weighbridge though to be accurate and in the states (when I was there anyway) samples had to be taken, tested with drying ovens etc and recorded. Distances from each paddock were taken to as haulage had a mileage component. You really need an extra person to run the scales and keep good records too.
The whole team would also stop and wait for the moisture to be right, instead of blazing on regardless because the weather was good, not something likely to happen in the UK.
Personally I think by the hour for everything is the fairest way in the UK (including mowing and raking) That way the well set up, large, smooth paddocks, big yards, easy filling pit farms are rewarded while the rough, paddocks everywhere, tiny yards and way too small silage shed farms pay more.
Same for slurry pumping too.
similat here, out of interest whats your average annual rainfall up there? will be a good arable area aberdeenshire?No not really. Lack of if anything. First cut normally early June, 2nd cut mid July. Third cut ends up in September.
If i could get first cut mid May. Might be worthwhile. But springs normally later in arriving up here.