Straw - whose is it?

[Midnight plough boy]

This isn’t a whinge from me, but in a few hours time the village Facebook page will have gone nuclear as straw is currently being carted through the village on chasers.

Local farmer has rowed up his straw, and it’s being baled by a local contractor who buys it off the farmer, although he stacks it in a big stack on said farmer’s land until it’s taken away on 3rd party lorries.
The edge of the roads are already a good 6” deep in straw, and drains are now blocked.

Whose responsibility is it to tidy this up? Farmer, as he won’t have been paid for the straw as it’s being carted through the village so still technically owns it, or contractor as he’s agreed to buy the straw, is carting it himself although he doesn’t technically own it yet?

I suppose to be pedantic, each chaser load should be sheeted before leaving the field as a jobsworth VOSA employee may see it as a loose load?

 

[teslacoils]

Contractor.

 

[Werzle]

Majority of straw chaff wouldnt fall off loads if people cut hedges back and overhanging trees. If the hedges are not trimmed back atleast 1 ft from the edge of the highway to a height of 20ft i would point out to anybody moaning its not my fault. Drought will have made the straw chaff up worse this year too

 

[TripleSix]

Contractor is making the mess, it's their responsibility.

 

[Grassman]

It's the responsibility of the driver of each tractor hauling it

 

[Flatlander]

It would be the contractor hauling it but will likely end up being the farmers trying to appease the neighbours after contractor and straw are long gone.

 

[Jo28]

Best solution is to chop it

 

[Flatlander]

Best solution is to chop it

Being a dry year too the nutrient level could be a lot higher in the straw. Incorporated early into the ground will have it breaking down long before winter. Next spring that soil will be mellow. Long term you’ll be lovin the organic matter rather than pissy neighbours.

 

[kfpben]

You seriously have people moaning about a bit of straw in the village?
They must be fun when sh!t spreading, moving animals down the road etc…

 

[Kidds]

The edge of the roads are already a good 6” deep in straw,

Sounds like you need to go behind them with a baler.

 

[bobk]

For the sake of pedantry it's who's ,

 

[Kidds]

For the sake of pedantry it's who's ,

No it isn't.

 

[bobk]

No it isn't.

I'm having a bad day .

 

[nails]

You seriously have people moaning about a bit of straw in the village?
They must be fun when sh!t spreading, moving animals down the road etc…

I suppose it isa bit of a fire hazard atm and to be honest why someone would want straw all over their garden. The people hauling it should get off their arse and sweep it up. You mention sh!t spreading which i prefer to call dung cart but the same applies, if you leave a lot on the road you have to clean it up. This is nothing new, we used to clear up the road after dung cart in the 70,s . Why any one thinks they can turn the road into a slurry pit and think it is O.K. Smacks of arrogance.

 

[Werzle]

Trailers should be cleared of chaff before going back on the road empty to fetch the next loads.

 

[nails]

Trailers should be cleared of chaff before going back on the road empty to fetch the next loads.

Yes when it was little bales, we always used to drag the last one round to sweep off the bed

 

[kfpben]

You could easily be carting straw several miles though, through a couple of villages. Just not practical to sweep every bit up.

I honestly haven’t heard anyone in my village ever complaining about a bit of straw in the verges. I confess I declined to joined the village WhatsApp though aka the village moanfest so maybe they’re in there having a good whinge.

 

[7610 super q]

Put the postcode up on here. Those wat don't like paying for straw will be around to collect it.

 

[Lincs Lass]

each chaser load should be sheeted before leaving the field as a jobsworth VOSA employee may see it as a loose load?

We get it 6 days a week going through town ,Couple of dozen of loads a day going into the burning plant ,no sheets or nets ,every garden for a mile has it in the flower beds ,drains are all ways blocked on the road side

 

[Boysground]

You seriously have people moaning about a bit of straw in the village?
They must be fun when sh!t spreading, moving animals down the road etc…

Thats nothing, my guys have been stoped by locals and told it’s illegal to haul a trailer full of muck through a village, nothing fell off into the road.

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