Today at work

[Robert K]

After plenty of bits of feeding stock in the rain including these keen heifers.

Spent a happy afternoon in the workshop finishing a gate and welding up a drain cover and reflecting that, with about 3 weeks hard work, my workshop might be as tidy as @Robert K 's for about 10 minutes.

The brand new Dead wagon turned up with the fancy hooklift to empty the dead bin and minimise mess, pity he came on the unit when he knows that he should have stayed on the road

It's fairly tidy because of all this rain were having [emoji6]

 

[Robert K]

Sprayed winter barley. Glorious day. Good day to be above ground.

Burnt straw i couldn't get with baler, where combine getting stuck. Filled in ruts with grubbers. Hopefully get started winter ploughing soon. Surprised how dry it was.

That's alot drier than here wouldn't even travel with the quad here

 

[Robert K]

Another day of rain so thought I'd clear this mess up

 

[Chae1]

That's alot drier than here wouldn't even travel with the quad here

Will get some pictures of other field i sprayed. Wasn't very pretty.

 

[Chonk]

Started the day by finding a wetter spot than I thought it was ... needed help from the winch man to get out

Dug the last row of spuds for 2019
Then time for a quick swill before tomorrow’s wheel changing session

 

[grim]

Sunday shift planting spuds

 

[Chonk]

Sunday shift planting spuds

Haa opposite ends of the spectrum... how much have you to plant ??

 

[grim]

Haa opposite ends of the spectrum... how much have you to plant ??

About 400 acre mainly seed with some crisping ones as well

 

[TripleSix]

Last week, a few jobs.

Bucket brush refurb.

Had a go at contract picking spuds on Thursday, done nowt since

Got the new shed roofed yesterday.
This has cost us around £100 in total so far.
Used second hand tins and purlins.
A big thanks to @simmy_bull for those.

 

[Pan mixer]

Getting too old and unbendy to dig out the bottom of silt traps by hand as I have always done.

Why haven't I done it like this before?

Actually the last time I did them I probably didn't have this digger.

Wondering about a new lid on this one.

Fortunately I made one yesterday.

The excitement lasted until the end of the daylight today. I know how to live....

 

[Steevo]

Nice L plates!

 

[v8willy]

Past while

cleared off for a bit

only tractor I seen in 10 days

back home

slug pellets with a view

first it's been fit to plough, driest land we have

First bit drilled yesterday.....be soaking now.

 

[solo]

Getting too old and unbendy to dig out the bottom of silt traps by hand as I have always done.

Why haven't I done it like this before?

Actually the last time I did them I probably didn't have this digger.

Wondering about a new lid on this one.

Fortunately I made one yesterday.

The excitement lasted until the end of the daylight today. I know how to live....

It is worth fabricating a large “bucket” to drop into the clean pit then you can just lift it out to empty with loader? Better than shovelling and less likely to damage the pit with the digger.

 

[oldoaktree]

Autumn miss rolling up the valley this morning

 

[Pan mixer]

It is worth fabricating a large “bucket” to drop into the clean pit then you can just lift it out to empty with loader? Better than shovelling and less likely to damage the pit with the digger.

On a smaller drain this is a good idea but with these big fellows the metal would deteriorate very rapidly like the drain cover which was 10 mm

 

[Filskat]

Fine day for clearing a drain on dads hill croft

 

[GeorgeK]

Cleaning out a cupboard came across this

0.0468% morphine hydrochloride... Happier animals back then! A swig would probably take the edge off this weather too

 

[davidroberts30]

Cleaning out a cupboard came across this

0.0468% morphine hydrochloride... Happier animals back then! A swig would probably take the edge off this weather too

Any indication of age of that??I found a old 1 last week

its as old as me?

 

[GeorgeK]

Any indication of age of that??I found a old 1 last week

its as old as me?

Yup that's when you could get the good stuff! Minimum 60 years old as that's when the chemist shut. Nip into town, load up on morphine and dynamite and have a good time

 

[davidroberts30]

lifting beets