Mouser
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Anybody seeing these torrential downpours?
Northern Ireland Milk Price Tracker
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Have had one nine seasons. Have fixed two inner punctures. Can't remember how many outside wheels I've fixed. Most of them were on outside left, where all the screws and nails end up in the roadside edge gravel. That's what I find anyway.??
Wishful Thinker
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Hopefully get things bouncing now
Mouser
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Few spots here is all so far.
Would you recommend the extra wheels? Mine isn't bogie so not sure if it would be feasible.Have had one nine seasons. Have fixed two inner punctures. Can't remember how many outside wheels I've fixed. Most of them were on outside left, where all the screws and nails end up in the roadside edge gravel. That's what I find anyway.??
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Horses for courses.
Happy enough here. It does carry better than the traditional set up. Proved that with having a lighter torro in the same field making marks when ours didn't. Tractor will leave more of an impression than the wagon.
Not overly handy getting the inside wheel out, but its doable. Track width is 9', which might not please everyone, and initial cost is higher. Oh, and if you happen to get it stuck, it's as much fun getting it out as a laired roller on a 135 with bald tyres.
Happy enough here. It does carry better than the traditional set up. Proved that with having a lighter torro in the same field making marks when ours didn't. Tractor will leave more of an impression than the wagon.
Not overly handy getting the inside wheel out, but its doable. Track width is 9', which might not please everyone, and initial cost is higher. Oh, and if you happen to get it stuck, it's as much fun getting it out as a laired roller on a 135 with bald tyres.
Suckndiesel
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Have had one nine seasons. Have fixed two inner punctures. Can't remember how many outside wheels I've fixed. Most of them were on outside left, where all the screws and nails end up in the roadside edge gravel. That's what I find anyway.??
You probably have good tyres on it, there were light crossply tyres on the 8 wheel zg so they weren’t that puncture resistance to start with, tried the tyre sealant stuff in them but it just leaked out through the punctures, one of the back centre ones had 7 nails and screws at one point! They were not handy got off.
it's not over
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Does anyone here turn your old lorry tyres into side walls
Ballygreenan
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I'd be interested to find out too.
Suckndiesel
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Did you ring your man in portglenone?
it's not over
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- thunder rd co.antrim
Yes. He only will sell sidewalks. Wont do tyres on farm. £30 =25 sidewalks. I've about 800 lorry tyres. Cant buy walls and have these sitting
Ballygreenan
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- Tyrone NI
You may get the Stanley knife out!
Suckndiesel
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- Newtownards
£1.20 a sidewall probably only covers their costs to cut and deliver them and they still have to get rid of the tread part.
it's not over
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Where the money in cutting tyres. Surely they're paid to take tyres
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Back Row Man
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With the post brexit trade agreement talks not going very well, in the event of a 'no deal' do the arrangements set out on The Northern Ireland Protocol still apply?
it's not over
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One big fly in the ointment is the eu wont take milk from a tb herd if it's in a third country
Back Row Man
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That can be worked with, awkward for the collection operation, but it's not a disaster.
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We’ve a lighter crop than normal here but still not bad tops of hills burnt up and lots of seed heads now but we’re going to mow at the weekend and just go again and hope for some more bulk next time round wetter ground really flying it tho as per the picture
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Growth poor here too. Grazing is totally snookered. Silage ground has some cover. Enough for a pathetic cut soon when it looks dry overhead. Some fields well headed and not going to improve.