Today at work

[Mursal]

Will one of those telescopic bendy pipes get you away, I wonder?

I think there's a hole between two chimneys about 10' from the top.

 

[solo]

Will one of those telescopic bendy pipes get you away, I wonder?

Plugged with a dollop of compo on the vermiculite. As it flowed through the hole it pluged it hopefully. Plan b is to knock a brick out to get access to seal it. Plan a has worked so far

 

[mar]

As we race towards the end of June and the solstice has passed, some say winter is on its way but to me summer has just started. Glorious sunshine, busy, busy, busy and vitamin D levels on the rise, even for us office wallers.

A little wet spotting near Henley in Arden to kick the week off for a couple of the lads, a nice job they did too and one of them is becoming more “arty” every time he has a camera in his hand.

Onto Cheltenham Racecourse for a bit more wet spotting. A different approach was required here, working off board, low ground pressure tyres, cut and roll the turf and mind the irrigation main. The lads have done a great job so far, very tidy.

A new car park in Chipping Campden has also started this week, the topsoil was ploughed up and removed to a local farm where it was spread and levelled. Boss man was happy as unlike last week where it was like pushing boulders, this week it was as smooth as you could have wished for. Drains have started to go in, all that is left is a compacted stone base with a decorative shingle topping and the marking of the parking bays. The client is not taking any chances with this one, railway sleepers are the order of the day, should look really rather nice when finished, even I do say so myself.

Gloucester is still growing at an alarming rate, even with the lack of water, our main man is quite enjoying his mowing roll me thinks, he always seems happy at the worst of times but when you phone him when he is mowing he is positively chipper!!

The weatherman is promising a lot of sunshine and warm weather for the coming week, good ol’ boy, keep the sunscreen on lads and don’t forget your hats too. Thanks for all your hard work this week, enjoy the weekend. Me, I can almost taste the cider and smell the flowers of the beer garden.

If you get a chance could you get a photo of the base of the rams when the dump trailer is tipped up. I want to see where the base of the rams are mounted compared to the ones on my chieftain dump trailer. The tip angle is not very good and I wanted to see if there is anything better out there other than the redrock

 

[mrs mtx]

 

[roscoe erf]

knocked some grass down today

 

[Pan mixer]

Got some equine hay baled at last.

1150 bales from 7 acres - quite good really, under 10%mc bales 40 to the tonne.

 

[franklin]

Oh, so that's howmy brother gets his prize winning moos' coats on such shiney condition.

 

[franklin]

Oaty goodness.

 

[Phil P]

Few pics from this week, not had loads of jobs in as we’ve been tidying up before harvest starts.
My mates Sanderson for a tilt ram seal kit and a few other bits.

Fitted a new rad to a 6520 that someone else had stripped , they’re going to get charged double rate now!

This wasn’t a job but made me chuckle , who can spot what’s wrong here?
(It was the same place as the rad job!)

The back on the sprayer, some of the spring wheat isn’t looking to great, last sown in crap conditions then a water shortage and it’s only abuut 10” tall and starting to shoot.

The belepi isn’t looking to bad though, this is the field I trailed sowing the tramlines and putting them in later with the gps (I forgot to plug the tramliner in on the drill) I find it a bit wrong running all that crop down at this stage though .

 

[Mur Huwcun]

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This wasn’t a job but made me chuckle , who can spot what’s wrong here?
(It was the same place as the rad job!)
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Ah, one of then non counter-rotating P/H!!

How many of the bolts and brackets did you actually find for the rad job? Pissing off job but a lot of satisfaction in putting something back together that others have failed!!!

 

[Phil P]

Ah, one of then non counter-rotating P/H!!

How many of the bolts and brackets did you actually find for the rad job? Pissing off job but a lot of satisfaction in putting something back together that others have failed!!!

To be fair the only bits missing where the clips to screw the fan cowl on which have been taken away with the old rad, I’ve left him to source some clips but after seeing the ph I’m dubious as to his ability to to put 4 screw in the right place!!

 

[Bob c]

To be fair the only bits missing where the clips to screw the fan cowl on which have been taken away with the old rad, I’ve left him to source some clips but after seeing the ph I’m dubious as to his ability to to put 4 screw in the right place!!

so whats wrong with the PH ,........tines wrong way round ?

 

[Phil P]

so whats wrong with the PH ,........tines wrong way round ?

There’s a left and a right handed one on each rota so one tine on every rota is turning the wrong way.

 

[Bob c]

There’s a left and a right handed one on each rota so one tine on every rota is turning the wrong way.

bit like mower blades

 

[Phil P]

bit like mower blades

Pretty much, there’s left and right tines and you put two the same on each rota.
He’s got one of each on so as the rota is turning one time is going backwards instead of onto its warring face.

 

[ED.D]

Struggling with the grass this year, normally can’t get it dry enough and this year you turn your back on it for a day and it’s hay at 9-10% rather than haylage.
But not a bad day overall, managed 180 wrapped bales and 350 hay bales.

 

[Two Tone]

Baling Timothy Hay for the racing nags today. Beautiful, dry stuff with a lovely green colour and a fantastic smell. But not a great yield on this land which is beside a quarry. Definitely limited by the recent drought.

This stuff doesn’t leave the farm unless it’s £5 + per bale.

 

[Deerefarmer]

Shop job I started this afternoon, needs a head gasket, local farmers toy , has a claimed 180 plus hp,last gasket 130 hrs ago, I thought just a simple gasket job ,only to find last mechanic had fireringed the head and block. Holsett charger,bored out injection pump and oversized nozzles,just needs to be on something that can handle it

enjoy , Ford boys

 

[Gator]

Early start knock some more down

 

[Nearly]

The only cloud

is a cloud of dust

Greening looking, well, green.

volunteer wheat on a heavy headland that I wouldn't have got a barley seed to grow in, even if I could have ploughed it last October. Nature wins again.