Dodgy beetle grain rejection

[Blaithin]

If the bit I think you mean is part of a barley hull then this beetle is huge!

Beetles are probably twice the length of the bottom of a barley. The piece of hull looks to be less than half so it’s scale is about right.

 

[organicguy]

If the bit I think you mean is part of a barley hull then this beetle is huge!

I think you can do a special kind of search for matching pictures on the inter web thingy. May be worth a look!

 

[ajd132]

Many of these tips now need to get in the real world and invest in some proper storage instead of using lorries as temporary storage. It’s ridiculous.

 

[Tractor Boy]

I think you can do a special kind of search for matching pictures on the inter web thingy. May be worth a look!

I had thought about trying that

 

[kiwi pom]

Many of these tips now need to get in the real world and invest in some proper storage instead of using lorries as temporary storage. It’s ridiculous.

That wont happen unless all you farmers stop selling to them or back the hauliers in getting detention pay.
How many actually complain to the buyer about the wait time?
What receiving hours do these places have?

 

[chaffcutter]

We used to get waiting time if it was due to a breakdown or genuine holdup but really had to fight for it.

Occasionally a trailer would come back for a wash absolutely crawling with bugs, cleaning the inside of the sheet was a pain as was along the top of the side where it fastens on. Sometimes this had actually had a load accepted, but usually it had gone back to the farm it came from.

 

[Drillman]

All Maltsters are crooks, they reject loads as and when it suits them, for various spurious reasons.

we know they do it and they know we know but not a lot we can do about it really.

for 2022 I voted with my feet and won’t be growing malting barley. Frontier seem to be unable to shift it in a timely manner either which makes matters worse.

 

[ajd132]

All Maltsters are crooks, they reject loads as and when it suits them, for various spurious reasons.

we know they do it and they know we know but not a lot we can do about it really.

for 2022 I voted with my feet and won’t be growing malting barley. Frontier seem to be unable to shift it in a timely manner either which makes matters worse.

I wouldn’t grow spring barley if we didn’t have central storage, ergot allowed levels have tightened. Colour sorters running 24/7 for numerous crops.

 

[Tractor Boy]

Well guess what. The rejected load was reloaded along with the rest of the contract and all went through the same malster with no further problems.

 

[7610 super q]

Good news. But what a waste of everyone's time, and diesel.....

 

[Tractor Boy]

Good news. But what a waste of everyone's time, and diesel.....

Yep. And overall a haulage charge of around £15/t for that 30t. Who do they think can afford to just write off £450 for no reason!

 

[tullah]

Yep. And overall a haulage charge of around £15/t for that 30t. Who do they think can afford to just write off £450 for no reason!

Surprised the weighbridge didnt raise an eyebrow when same lorry went through an hour or so later.

 

[Tractor Boy]

Surprised the weighbridge didnt raise an eyebrow when same lorry went through an hour or so later.

It didn’t. That load came back to farm and more loads including that went over the next few days. The haulage cost was the price of delivery and then returning it to farm.

 

[solo]

Merchant should refund the extra haulage. Similar happened to me a few years ago and all additional charges were waived.