Today at work

[holwellcourtfarm]

Have you got enough padlocks on that door

damn thats posh mind Pixey and Dixey cant get in there

I was going to ask if they have security issues down there.

Have none of you been reading my previous posts?

We are 350 Metres away from the 3rd largest council run "traveller" site in England

The workshop door locking arrangements are an upgrade after my chainsaws were cleared out a few years ago

There will soon be locks on the power boxes as well.

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

Did you supply the large cabinets, or did they come via UKPN @holwellcourtfarm?

UKPN supplied the 2 white boxes, the "hockey stick" and the ducting for the cable underground. The distribution board enclosure was supplied under the insurance claim along with the complete rewire.

 

[Steevo]

UKPN supplied the 2 white boxes, the "hockey stick" and the ducting for the cable underground. The distribution board enclosure was supplied under the insurance claim along with the complete rewire.

Thanks. They look super smart. Tried to find something similar to that a year or so back for a large distribution board but couldn't. Could you tell me the make if possible please?

I ended up with a large metal garden shed instead to create a 6' x 6' "walk in" enclosure.

 

[Steevo]

Energy Generators have been great too, if expensive. Nearly £9k in hire and diesel but it gave us full use of the farm, single phase and three.

Reading that through again - I think purchase would have been a cheaper option surely? Depends if you or insurance company were paying....

 

[mixed breed]

It's that time of year when the phone wakes up and people ask, you got the brusher on? It's a dry day if you fancy it?

ohh go on then.

No idea if it's legal tender and if it should be knocked off the bill,

but homemade sausage rolls and fruit cake for bait.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Like all tradesmen

Yes it pays to have at least a dozen jobs on the go at once

If you have staff then an additional 8 jobs per L.U. is about right

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Been mowing for a mate - doesn't have a mower!
So, 10 hours of mowing later... he has the baler parked ready to crack on tomorrow.
Won't be many bales in this one, 18 to 20 is my guess?
Hopefully the man can pull his baler across it!
Tractor averaged 8 l/hr mowing

Bit of spraying with the boomjet @cozzie
- seaweed, fishguts, paua guts, compost tea

Not looking so green anymore, but things are still growing.
Lambs are nuggety wee beggars, one with his head stuck through the fence and I'd guess 25kg+ via "the Armstrong scale"

Still working at "the Nuthouse" in between times.

Picking up seed mix soon and will hopefully get it in before the rains get here

 

[fredf]

Batman are very good with parts delivery my son orders on one day and delivered the next.

Tom.

Fun packed day today, trip to the dealer for some hub seals first thing. Then when I got back to the yard my first job had landed.
New blade on bucket
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Worst part is chopping the old ones off
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Looks better now though, should be good for another two years.
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Parts for the sprayer landed, all though it’s now looking like a job for next week can’t knock Bateman’s parts service, the bill came just as quick though
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Then job number 2 landed just after dinner, 6520 for hub seals.
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Then got to do it all over again on the other side! Think this is the first time I’ve ever known both inside hub seals to go at exactly the same time
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Airport tomorrow so see what exciting tasks they’ve got waiting for me there

 

[bumkin]

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Been mowing for a mate - doesn't have a mower!
So, 10 hours of mowing later... he has the baler parked ready to crack on tomorrow.
Won't be many bales in this one, 18 to 20 is my guess?
Hopefully the man can pull his baler across it!
Tractor averaged 8 l/hr mowing
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Bit of spraying with the boomjet @cozzie
- seaweed, fishguts, paua guts, compost tea
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Not looking so green anymore, but things are still growing.
Lambs are nuggety wee beggars, one with his head stuck through the fence and I'd guess 25kg+ via "the Armstrong scale"View attachment 620426
Still working at "the Nuthouse" in between times.

Picking up seed mix soon and will hopefully get it in before the rains get here

nice to see the sun shine

 

[Phil P]

Batman are very good with parts delivery my son orders on one day and delivered the next.

Tom.

Ye very good, I’d only ordered them at dinner the day before and they landed in the yard at 10am The bill landed at 11 thought

 

[Yale]

Have the waste grain and yeast from the local microbrewery.

One of the drums of yeast was tight as a .....drum so I gently unscrewed the lid.

Then it let go and splattered me and the shed,a good 15 feet up it.

Won't be doing that again in a hurry.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

nice to see the sun shine

Definitely poised for a shower of rain at some point!

 

[milkloss]

Fun packed day today, trip to the dealer for some hub seals first thing. Then when I got back to the yard my first job had landed.
New blade on bucket
View attachment 620326
Worst part is chopping the old ones off
View attachment 620332
Looks better now though, should be good for another two years.
View attachment 620334
Parts for the sprayer landed, all though it’s now looking like a job for next week can’t knock Bateman’s parts service, the bill came just as quick though
View attachment 620336
Then job number 2 landed just after dinner, 6520 for hub seals.
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Then got to do it all over again on the other side! Think this is the first time I’ve ever known both inside hub seals to go at exactly the same time
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Airport tomorrow so see what exciting tasks they’ve got waiting for me there

With our new bucket we let it wear to the edges and then put a bolt on edge on the bottom. They seem much harder and will be easier to replace as well as getting to turn it round. Was a job boring a hole through though, a carbide cutter in the mag drill wouldn’t touch it so it got the gas!

 

[Phil P]

With our new bucket we let it wear to the edges and then put a bolt on edge on the bottom. They seem much harder and will be easier to replace as well as getting to turn it round. Was a job boring a hole through though, a carbide cutter in the mag drill wouldn’t touch it so it got the gas!

It Wasn’t my bucket so if I put a bolt on edge on it they wouldn’t bring it back every couple of years for me to put a new one on . Its what I call a retail opportunity .

 

[Mursal]

Will it not be hard to keep the bolts through the gased holes tight?

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

Reading that through again - I think purchase would have been a cheaper option surely? Depends if you or insurance company were paying....

I thought that too! NFU are paying but the money could equally be used for something else.

 

[Steevo]

I thought that too! NFU are paying but the money could equally be used for something else.

Hire of equipment to insurance companies is certainly a good game to be in if you can. I had an insurance company install some "blowers" here a couple of years back to dry out a property - the hire must have paid for them 4 times over!

 

[Adeptandy]

Been on a road trip today, twas a 9 hour drive to pick up the latest edition to the pack and bring him to his new home

Boy this time, traveled well in the car

And soon made himself at home

Just had to meet the ladies now

 

[Philip Watkins]

Batman are very good with parts delivery my son orders on one day and delivered the next.

Tom.

Was it delivered with the Batmobile?

 

[Shutesy]

Been on a road trip today, twas a 9 hour drive to pick up the latest edition to the pack and bring him to his new home

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Boy this time, traveled well in the car

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And soon made himself at home

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Just had to meet the ladies now

How bigs the pack now?