Farming tip of the day

[multi power]

fancy rotrary parlour near where i used to work, pipe not in tank, parlour would not let them milk, somebody just pressed over ride button, so all the expencive gadgets n milk still down the drain
here its possible to milk without pipe in tank but not wash with pipe in tank

 

[Sandpit Farm]

never say to a farmer, "now really, I should be wearing gloves for this..." when trimming a cows hoof with a newly sharpened knife. You know what happens next....

(and I do it for a living!!)

 

[Samcowman]

I wonder how long it would take you to get on here. It was a bit daft. Lol

 

[Sandpit Farm]

I wonder how long it would take you to get on here. It was a bit daft. Lol

Yes thought I'd check it out and found this thread interesting. I have lots of stupid things I've done that I could have chosen from....

I could have mentioned the time we had manually extract a cow from my hydraulic crush because the 'electrics had blown'. Not straight forward! It was as we were packing up that we found that the switch was in the 'off' position!

 

[Sandpit Farm]

If you slip a disc in your back while shearing a Dorset tup, don't drop to hands and knees in front of him...

 

[Sandpit Farm]

Also, when a farmer asks you to shear a load of ewes, don't assume they are ALL ewes. The hand piece may discover they're not!

 

[sleepy]

Also, when a farmer asks you to shear a load of ewes, don't assume they are ALL ewes. The hand piece may discover they're not!

Ouch

 

[Samcowman]

Yes thought I'd check it out and found this thread interesting. I have lots of stupid things I've done that I could have chosen from....

I could have mentioned the time we had manually extract a cow from my hydraulic crush because the 'electrics had blown'. Not straight forward! It was as we were packing up that we found that the switch was in the 'off' position!

You say we found it............. It was a bad morning

 

[Sandpit Farm]

You say we found it............. It was a bad morning

Well ok .... You found it! I did have some common sense but I lost it somewhere!

 

[12 Angry Men]

This is more a staying alive tip.

It was posted by someone on another forum back when it had a library of reference, which is where i saw it.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Take the wife out for lunch

 

[Clive Tee]

When you've finished harrowing your field with a 6 metre harrow, switch off your favourite Led Zepellin track before you reach the gate. It helps to remind you to fold it up

 

[Sussex Martin]

When putting round bales in the shed to bed the cows, make sure you lift the loader enough so it doesnt catch the gate and pop it off into the yard and let the cows out

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[DRC]

Tell the student not to lift the boom that high with a full bucket.

 

[Stoxs]

Tell the student not to lift the boom that high with a full bucket.

HOW?
the boom wasnt even out very far, that would handle that bucket out there. do you know what he did? or what went wrong?

 

[DRC]

Think it was out further but tried to push himself out and made matters worse so panic set in!

 

[Paddington]

Always keep your legs together when feeding horned sheep at troughs.
(I'm still limping)

 

[llamedos]

When sawing tips of horned sheep, dont let go till you have done both. (still got the lump on my shin bone after 5yrs)

When you employ a shearer who almost severs the jugular of the first ewe, because "they arent used to anything heavier than swales" tell em to bugger off and get someone who can do the job. 2 tups with severed pizzles got them packed up and back in their land rover PDQ

 

[caveman]

When you are helping the local contractor and he delivers you to the job in a transit crewcab, dont forget to shut the rear nearside door, which you just exited, before he drives off.

 

[grumpy]

When sawing tips of horned sheep, dont let go till you have done both. (still got the lump on my shin bone after 5yrs)

When you employ a shearer who almost severs the jugular of the first ewe, because "they arent used to anything heavier than swales" tell em to bugger off and get someone who can do the job. 2 tups with severed pizzles got them packed up and back in their land rover PDQ

don't saw get a set of loppers and bang off in one go with no stress