JET
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I have an aitchison direct drill
Dad thinks I'm mad
- Thread starter JET
- Start date
- Location
- Lleyn peninsula
Where in north wales are you ,ive got family that farm on the lleyn can only grow spring corn their sea burns it off over the winter!... As for combines whats the roads like to get one their and how many acres to cut. Used to be lots of cheap combines round here £500 and would work 20 years ago then scrap went up...….
JET
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Harlech area
thats the problem we are about 2hrs away from abersoch area thats with a 50k tractor
- Location
- Lleyn peninsula
JET
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None that i know of
Import one of these, and get ahead of the game... Perfect for small fields. I still think there should be a market for trailed units, but what do I know, it's much more ego stroking to have a £1/2m Lexion 
Good luck with the project. If the worst comes to happen, you can always wholecrop it, as you say.
Good luck with the project. If the worst comes to happen, you can always wholecrop it, as you say.
And this model is perfect for Wales, with tracks AND added weather protection!"
Nice looking sample too....
Nice looking sample too....
ShooTa
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- Location
- Denbighshire - In the vale of Clwyd!
good to know that theres a few DD's up here.
We all eventually turn into our fathers but it's only experience that gets us there!“Dad thinks I’m mad”
I used to try to drag Dad ‘out of the past’ on a regular basis when I was younger.
Fast forward 30 years, with an 18 year old nipping at my heals (and trying to teach me how to suck eggs), can I just say @JET, maybe your dad has a point
im not sure about the pink brolly
@JET, ask your dad who he got to combine the crop when he tried it in the 90’s, when your Grandad told him he was mad
(Grandad having tried it himself in the ‘50’s
).Livestock farmers should be compulsory made to grow 20 acres of corn. After a few years of struggling to plant it in the spring, enduring the mandatory drought in May, and the almighty palaver of trying to harvest in August ( which has turned into the wettest month of the year ), they'll be happy to buy in grain @ £500/ ton, and straw @ £1000 / ton.
Try it by all means though.
Try it by all means though.
Tubbylew
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- Location
- Herefordshire
Aye, and arable farmers ought to be made to cancel their skiing holidays and puddle about feeding sheep all winter, only to find a few have dropped dead/wandered off, if your really lucky you'll find them on deaths door, perform a dramatic rescue, throw a dose of money at the vet, and the feckin things will still die.Livestock farmers should be compulsory made to grow 20 acres of corn. After a few years of struggling to plant it in the spring, enduring the mandatory drought in May, and the almighty palaver of trying to harvest in August ( which has turned into the wettest month of the year ), they'll be happy to buy in grain @ £500/ ton, and straw @ £1000 / ton.
Try it by all means though.
glasshouse
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- Location
- lothians
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Go for it. Buy one that is pre electronics. Once you have got it sorted out it will usually last forever on a small acreage. Maybe though a couple of years of pain getting to that point but stick with it and it will serve you well.
You need to try and find an old genuine combine at a retirement sale. One that is hopefully operational. 80 or 15 series NH or class senator or dominator.
Are you handy with spanners? Your main problem is it won't breakdown until crop is ready and you are out cutting. It might be worth trying some early for crimping then you will get two shots at harvest timing.
Are you handy with spanners? Your main problem is it won't breakdown until crop is ready and you are out cutting. It might be worth trying some early for crimping then you will get two shots at harvest timing.
MF 168
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- Location
- Laois, Ireland
Unless your planning on getting into big acres I'd be watching out for a clean 10ft cut machine. You'll get them for small money and most have no electronics at all apart from a couple of lights. I started out with a Massey 520 which I still have and use on one piece of land away from home thats up a very narrow road that the bigger combine won't fit up. The 520 cut over 60 acres for me last year to give you some indication of what a small combine can still do.
ollie989898
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Drill spring oats and wholecrop them. You don't want to get involved to heavily in combining stuff if you can help it. At least they will grow and you can tell the old man: 'told you so'.