Silage Season 2018

[holywell farmer]

He was comfortable with the trailer on his right hand side so I guess it is whatever suits the driver? Mind, I would not want trailers running close to uncollected swathes if it were me.

Lovely stuff though and I reckon my girls will be like this when they get a taste:

Anyone made any round bales yet ?

 

[The Agrarian]

It's the correct side, but he's going in the wrong direction.

 

[DairyGrazing]

It's the correct side, but he's going in the wrong direction.

Why would you load on the opposite side to the controls? The driver would be looking over his left shoulder with all the controls in his right hand?

 

[The Agrarian]

Because that's how it was done in the olden days of the trailed harvester! must go clockwise.

 

[Mouser]

Why would you load on the opposite side to the controls? The driver would be looking over his left shoulder with all the controls in his right hand?

Makes you go faster, looking over left naturally pushes right shoulder and forward=increase forward speed

 

[Ducati899]

Decent trailer driver should load their own trailer so shouldn’t make a difference what side you load [emoji6]

 

[O'Reilly]

Decent trailer driver should load their own trailer so shouldn’t make a difference what side you load [emoji6]

Some chopper drivers don't like that. I loaded corn before I ever did silage, so I tried to load myself, until I overheard some grumbling.
The half hour that I once spent driving the chopper, I loaded on the right, but it wasn't as taxing as I thought, so the left should be easy too. doddle really, especially compared to bouncing your butt off running a trailer.

 

[farmer pickles]

Why would you load on the opposite side to the controls? The driver would be looking over his left shoulder with all the controls in his right hand?

Filling to the left allows you to follow the swaths the way it was mowed and keep the trailer men from driving on swaths iywim. Anyway combines onload on the same side.

 

[ColinV6]

Just have a camera on the chute and no need to look over any shoulder

 

[Beef farmer]

Just need a few dry days

 

[Cuthbert]

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You need to protect your shaft, very important especially now with this weather, you never know when you might be in a wet hole

 

[Milkcow365]

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[Headless chicken]

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I’m going to have to steal my daughters wellies tomorrow I think. Ours is coming off next dry spell no matter what. Get it cleared and start again

 

[yin ewe]

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Can you get wellies for mice cos you could still see one running through ours!!

 

[Greenasgrass]

Can you get wellies for mice cos you could still see one running through ours!!

I know how you feel

 

[Sparkymark]

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Time to get a bigger pair of wellies Thomas!

 

[Princess Pooper]

Gonna need a hovercraft to silage at this rate, cows back in at lunchtime as poaching so bad, wet and cold, ideal staggers weather too.

 

[Ballygreenan]

Gonna need a hovercraft to silage at this rate, cows back in at lunchtime as poaching so bad, wet and cold, ideal staggers weather too.

The first person that comes up with a hovercraft with a PTO will make a fortune!

 

[jimmer]

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new ley jealousy

 

[ollie989898]

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We want to see pictures with that beast in action.