Today at work

[grainboy]

Started demolition of this,

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

No people in the area with a set of wheels that fit? How about a used to of (maybe crappy) radials?
I suppose I do not have a concept of the distances involved in your parts so I might be far off.

independent tire joint had a couple of new bkt 23.1x34s Fitting it now. 2.5k.

 

[Lowland1]

Poor creature. Looks a big bu99er too ?
I guess you could genuinely start a thread with how to move a dead giraffe tho ?

Such graceful creatures. Nature is amazing but cruel too.

It's like squid game with everyone having numbers!

We were trying to get his legs in a better position so we were trying to stretch them out and straighten them and it took three of us as they were so heavy. We picked him up with the forklift to try and get him to stand without so much weight on them but then he wouldn’t hold his neck up that was the hardest bit compared to a cow. However he must have been very old as his teeth were completely worn down. My wife had sent me a video of him in a Lucerne field sitting down and eating which is very unusual so he must have been pretty old. He died last night.

 

[Pigken]

We were trying to get his legs in a better position so we were trying to stretch them out and straighten them and it took three of us as they were so heavy. We picked him up with the forklift to try and get him to stand without so much weight on them but then he wouldn’t hold his neck up that was the hardest bit compared to a cow. However he must have been very old as his teeth were completely worn down. My wife had sent me a video of him in a Lucerne field sitting down and eating which is very unusual so he must have been pretty old. He died last night.

What is the life expectancy of giraffe in wild there. And does he now just get left to nature. Thanks for sharing.

 

[JCfarmer]

Sad but at least he lived a long life.
What will happen to the carcass? Let nature take its course or interfere and bury him?

 

[Lowland1]

Sad but at least he lived a long life.
What will happen to the carcass? Let nature take its course or interfere and bury him?

Dragged it out to the swamp where the hyaena and others will eat him. If we left him where he was we’d have too many scavengers around our workers.

 

[Lowland1]

What is the life expectancy of giraffe in wild there. And does he now just get left to nature. Thanks for sharing.

What is the life expectancy of giraffe in wild there. And does he now just get left to nature. Thanks for sharing.

Could be twenty plus years we don’t have anything here that will eat them so they are pretty safe. They are an endangered species.

 

[grainboy]

It’s coming down,

 

[JeepJeep]

George the giraffe went down and couldn’t get up. We tried but he was too far gone.View attachment 1000596View attachment 1000597View attachment 1000600View attachment 1000598View attachment 1000599

Man in Jeep Fleece there.. Does he run one?

 

[Lowland1]

Man in Jeep Fleece there.. Does he run one?

No

 

[sahara]

@Lowland1
Was George a wild animal, in the sense that he could go where he wanted? I don't imagine that he was a pet! But from your posts it looks like he was a frequent visitor to your farm, and that he had semi domesticated himself (as much as a huge Giraffe ever can!) by hanging around the farm and helping himself to your Broccoli!
Its clear that you and your farm staff cared about him,
Was he a solitary animal or was he part of a group?
Sorry If I'm being nosey, your farm and its very wild wildlife is really interesting!

 

[delilah]

Caught myself a crock of gold with the loader .

 

[Pan mixer]

Weakened to the row the cattle were making.

Backs and tails next.

 

[Hesstondriver]

We were trying to get his legs in a better position so we were trying to stretch them out and straighten them and it took three of us as they were so heavy. We picked him up with the forklift to try and get him to stand without so much weight on them but then he wouldn’t hold his neck up that was the hardest bit compared to a cow. However he must have been very old as his teeth were completely worn down. My wife had sent me a video of him in a Lucerne field sitting down and eating which is very unusual so he must have been pretty old. He died last night.

Just wondering how old he could be ? Any idea

 

[JCB_JCR]

Finished extracting gearbox out of the freelander this morning, after clutch fluid decided to disappear into bell housing...

 

[Lowland1]

@Lowland1
Was George a wild animal, in the sense that he could go where he wanted? I don't imagine that he was a pet! But from your posts it looks like he was a frequent visitor to your farm, and that he had semi domesticated himself (as much as a huge Giraffe ever can!) by hanging around the farm and helping himself to your Broccoli!
Its clear that you and your farm staff cared about him,
Was he a solitary animal or was he part of a group?
Sorry If I'm being nosey, your farm and its very wild wildlife is really interesting!

We farm on an estate owned by an Italian industrialist when I first came here about 200 acres out of 36000 was cropped the rest was grazing for cattle and wildlife as they liked to hunt. Hunting was banned close to 20 years ago and there's been pressure on him to develop the farm or have it taken away so now there's probably 3500 acres cropped some is rented out and some is farmed in hand ( we rent 1200 acres) . Population pressure in our area ( Naivasha ) means wildlife cañnot roam as easily as it did so animals tend to stay where they are safer which for the giraffes is around the lake shores where there are fewer fences and plenty of trees. On the Estate animals are safe from poaching so we've got plenty of them. With regard to giraffe there are a couple of groups of around 20 in each however George was an old solitary male who evidently decided the quiet life was for him so he was around our centre pivots and around the yards at night as he liked the hibiscus trees in the yards. He was accustomed to people and machinery but still a wild animal however whenever we met him we'd talk to him so when we got to him weirdly he wasn't aggressive and took water and Lucerne but wouldn't take acacia branches due to his teeth I think. Yesterday whilst going to do some mowing I met another solitary male around one of pivots which means I think as George has gone another is taking his territory.

 

[Lowland1]

Just wondering how old he could be ? Any idea

Could be 20 plus you'd have to be a wildlife expert but my Vet wife reckoned he was fairly fit but old and getting up was getting harder and harder so where previously he could skip cattle fences now he couldn't and over he went.

 

[JohnD]

Could be 20 plus you'd have to be a wildlife expert but my Vet wife reckoned he was fairly fit but old and getting up was getting harder and harder so where previously he could skip cattle fences now he couldn't and over he went.

increase the 20 years and this just about sums me up

 

[Lowland1]

increase the 20 years and this just about sums me up

They don’t do Shackleton high chairs for giraffe unfortunately.

 

[glasshouse]

We farm on an estate owned by an Italian industrialist when I first came here about 200 acres out of 36000 was cropped the rest was grazing for cattle and wildlife as they liked to hunt. Hunting was banned close to 20 years ago and there's been pressure on him to develop the farm or have it taken away so now there's probably 3500 acres cropped some is rented out and some is farmed in hand ( we rent 1200 acres) . Population pressure in our area ( Naivasha ) means wildlife cañnot roam as easily as it did so animals tend to stay where they are safer which for the giraffes is around the lake shores where there are fewer fences and plenty of trees. On the Estate animals are safe from poaching so we've got plenty of them. With regard to giraffe there are a couple of groups of around 20 in each however George was an old solitary male who evidently decided the quiet life was for him so he was around our centre pivots and around the yards at night as he liked the hibiscus trees in the yards. He was accustomed to people and machinery but still a wild animal however whenever we met him we'd talk to him so when we got to him weirdly he wasn't aggressive and took water and Lucerne but wouldn't take acacia branches due to his teeth I think. Yesterday whilst going to do some mowing I met another solitary male around one of pivots which means I think as George has gone another is taking his territory.

I thought kenya didnt like white people owning land?