Today at work

Bongodog

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What decade were most of them built?
My Dad did a fair amount of this construction work throughout the 1960's, I can't remember much of it as it was slowing down in the early 70's as the grant aid moiney dried up. I recall him saying the grant aid money disappeared completely around 1975. At one point the grant money was 40%, VAT was 10% so that was half the bill covered before any tax allowances.
There was one set up I knew well similar to the one shown here that dad built most of, for the time it was the ultimate in efficiency, it was a ring fenced farm of about 220 acres, the grain handling allowed the farmer to work single handed, he combined a trailer load using his Clayson 12 foot combine, drove the 5 ton trailer load back to the yard, tipped into the pit, pressed the start button and drove back to the combine, he had a 12 ton load out bin similar to the one shown here, as lorries got bigger as he said at least it was half a load before you started augering into the lorry.
 

smcapstick

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Location
Kirkby Lonsdale
I’m lost!
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bumkin

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Mixed Farmer
Location
pembrokeshire
My Dad did a fair amount of this construction work throughout the 1960's, I can't remember much of it as it was slowing down in the early 70's as the grant aid moiney dried up. I recall him saying the grant aid money disappeared completely around 1975. At one point the grant money was 40%, VAT was 10% so that was half the bill covered before any tax allowances.
There was one set up I knew well similar to the one shown here that dad built most of, for the time it was the ultimate in efficiency, it was a ring fenced farm of about 220 acres, the grain handling allowed the farmer to work single handed, he combined a trailer load using his Clayson 12 foot combine, drove the 5 ton trailer load back to the yard, tipped into the pit, pressed the start button and drove back to the combine, he had a 12 ton load out bin similar to the one shown here, as lorries got bigger as he said at least it was half a load before you started augering into the lorry.
if you built using standard costs,and you could get it done with farm labor you could pay for the concrete with the grant also block waling the grant would pay for the materials
 
Bugger me what a difference a week makes! A Cynical man would say that the energy providers have the power to adjust the weather to absolutely freezing to coincide with their price increases. . . .

Apologies to all our readers, last week I was under the impression that we had finished at The Vale Golf & Country Club, imagine my surprise when Boss Man Chris asked me to source some 300mm twin wall perf for the Golf Club. So, an update. We have not quite yet finished as we are currently replacing an old 250mm pipe with a new 300mm pipe as well as helping out the ground staff with the refurbishment of a foot bridge. The new 300mm pipe will follow the same route as the 250 (obviously) but with the exception of a new silt trap to help prevent this one silting up. The club decided they wanted the new pipe backfilled with stone so that golfers can now cross wherever they want, we think it looks pretty good to.

Cool Hand Luke and King Kev spent the wettest and soggiest days this week installing a 100mm single wall drain at Paxford ready for the car parking for their annual point to point meet. They found several 4” clay tiles along the way which were all connected up to this new main.

Boss Man Chris and Paul spent last Sunday afternoon helping out the chap who looks after our lorries. It was a little job of collecting a “project” if you can call a steam engine a project that is. Apparently the “power steering” was out of fluid and was a little stiff, but it was soon on Big Wheels and off to its new home in Mr John’s kitchen, much to the surprise of Mrs John. . . I have been led to believe that Mrs John was almost over the moon with the new project and Mr John is now sleeping in the shed where the Engine should have been staying!

Our 15/15 drainer has been sign written and is looking tip top. I did ask if someone could just back it out of the workshop so I could get some photos but Dilly Bob said “NO”!! Well it was nearly no, it was more. “Oh, you are a one. That would be awfully distracting if I have to move everything to track the drainer out for 2 minutes just to track it in again. I am sure it’s not your best idea but don’t think you are being silly at all”. Well, you get the idea! But the new trimble laser is in and Dilly Bob was just getting stuck wiring in the new CB.

Barry Jeffrey Transport have started hauling the stone in for the drainage works for Mr David Jones on the section of HS2 that cut through his land. It’s taken several years to get this far but everyone involved is just glad it is starting. Top of that list is Mr Jones!
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Dilly Bob has been spoilt this week, well we all were really as Boss Lady Jeanette brought us all hot sausage rolls as well as the worlds greatest caramel and wafer bars. There were 8 bars in the pack and Dilly Bob managed to snaffle 9 of them!

Been a great week lads, thanks as always for the hard work and laughs along the way. Have a fun weekend and see you all Monday. Till then, stay safe and stay smiley.
 

mtx.jag

Member
Location
pembs
My Dad did a fair amount of this construction work throughout the 1960's, I can't remember much of it as it was slowing down in the early 70's as the grant aid moiney dried up. I recall him saying the grant aid money disappeared completely around 1975. At one point the grant money was 40%, VAT was 10% so that was half the bill covered before any tax allowances.
There was one set up I knew well similar to the one shown here that dad built most of, for the time it was the ultimate in efficiency, it was a ring fenced farm of about 220 acres, the grain handling allowed the farmer to work single handed, he combined a trailer load using his Clayson 12 foot combine, drove the 5 ton trailer load back to the yard, tipped into the pit, pressed the start button and drove back to the combine, he had a 12 ton load out bin similar to the one shown here, as lorries got bigger as he said at least it was half a load before you started augering into the lorry.
That’s a great bit of history,thank you.
 

Bury the Trash

Member
Mixed Farmer
30 m tall Poplar 12 m from the railway track, the split down the middle was getting alarmingly longer with movement in the recent winds, the split was aiming the right hand fork towards the line :oops:
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With only i/2 hour between trains there isnt much time to sort things out if it goes wrong.
Anyway i deemed the right fork of the stick being under huge tension too dangerous to go near with a saw, but decided to just pull it down with the rope away from the line
which went to plan .....
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then i took out a shallow dip in the other fork and then careful not too deep side cuts with no back cut at all.
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then walked swiftly away to the tractor and pulled that down with the rope also.
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is Poplar what they make matches out of ? i cant remember....
Being a farmer for me anyway, means all sorts of other skills not just sheep keeping or crop growing.
 

SFI - What % were you taking out of production?

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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