Straw

[Strawgalore]

If I start pulling racks out yes I'm over length , @DieselRob if you only stack quads 5 high the numbers never will add up. !

 

[DieselRob]

28 + 24 must be over length as you say?

I really aren't qualified to comment on legal lengths of hgv's but I'm assuming 28+24 is now legal with the drawbar as short as it will go as this is how they run them now and when they sent for test previously. 28 plus 32 was an awesome rig though but completely illegal

 

[DieselRob]

If I start pulling racks out yes I'm over length , @DieselRob if you only stack quads 5 high the numbers never will add up. !

Aye but how much higher can you go? Unless you're paying another £5/t over market value I'm not buggering about stacking them on edges

 

[Strawgalore]

@DieselRob always edge the trailer !

And 28+32 is a mans outfit

 

[Hilly]

agree but cant understand farmers that leave perfect good straw bales lying around for days in field and ruining a perfect bale ?. maybe its a time issue ?

Trying to understand the mind of the farmer is quite a task !

 

[cherylA]

There must be plenty of good straw available , after all it hardly rained in september , all ours was perfect .

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@DieselRob , 80 quads is done with an identical set up as you speak, but due to men in power with tape measures and hd bales I have had to cut numbers , 71 is the norm ,

 

[DieselRob]

@DieselRob always edge the trailer !

And 28+32 is a mans outfit

Tell that to the man with the tape measure!

 

[Derrick Hughes]

All the guys I know are cutting their wagons down, Vosa has put a complete stop to anyone over length

 

[cherylA]

Good year for straw this year ...on top of the world our youngest after collecting bales

 

[Strawgalore]

Luckily enough iv not had the chance , it's an argument I'd rather not have. @DieselRob

 

[Derrick Hughes]

My only agenda is to try and improve the job for us all, if you think things are perfect don't bother reading 20 pages

 

[Strawgalore]

@Forage Trader I do think that the way you run your job gives you great power over the average Strawman but that asset also makes you more vulnerable ,
There's a lot to be said for being the man that does the job !

 

[Derrick Hughes]

@Forage Trader I do think that the way you run your job gives you great power over the average Strawman but that asset also makes you more vulnerable ,
There's a lot to be said for being the man that does the job !

To a degree yes but I have some big suppliers who do a 100% job, for the rest well that's my job to get around it to make sure it's right, you get what you pay for it suppose

 

[Strawgalore]

I wonder what @bigjackshaulage thinks of all this ?

 

[strawtrader]

I think that it's not really rocket science. You get to know your customers, you take the best stuff to those wanting/needing the best and charge them at your highest rate for your trouble (by trouble I mean you've used 2 different moisture meters to check that moisture is less than 0%, a bathroom mould and mildew detector and a yellowishiness chart on every bale after cutting and re bailing every bale just to make sure). Then, to the customers that just want something cheap for old daisy to stand and relieve herself in, or that are tightfisted and have a strawdestroyereaterblower 5000 you take the poorer quality stuff and charge them a lower rate accordingly. Then for the majority, you try to find competitively priced straw that averages less than 16%, provide a reliable service, hope you get paid, hope the customer calls you again next time, and have fun doing it....IF VOSA don't catch u...having fun that is

 

[onthehoof]

So as as seller putting quads in a sale what is the best number of bales to put in each lot?

 

[Hedge Hunter]

?? do you mean you have some that is going to be spare from this years crop , or have spare grass to make for 2015 season , how can you predict what you have , maybe drought or might pee down all season

yep,it will be 2015 grass.to be fair its not stopped growing this year so may get 2 cuts in 2015.
as for the weather the grass here always grows...

 

[Derrick Hughes]

So as as seller putting quads in a sale what is the best number of bales to put in each lot?

ST IVES, put in as one lot and let the buyer take what he wants, selling fixed numbers is a pain, does help if you have a few spare to make up loads

 

[roscoe erf]

A lad in Yorkshire took the rozzers to court on sheeting and won, which is just as well coz it's a farce !

i was always told to sheet up when ripping through a high traffic area

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Hard to get anyone to sheet, did a deal with the one in the picture, he bought the sheets, I pay him extras for the time he uses them, one yard we go would not let him through the gate if it's unsheeted and raining