Today at work
- Thread starter Penmoel
- Start date
- Location
- Near Colchester
That looked just like what happens after beavers have been playing for an hour or two - the before picture I mean.
That beech hedge on the drive is always a tester but you have it a lovely short back and sides
I’m no sheep expert…..but there’s a few there on the right that look to be missing a head!
It’s my new breeding coming out. Headless ewes so headless lambs at birth…much better lambing ease but more labour pouring feed into their gullet everyday and thru have a tendency to wander off and get lost
Just need to go a bit further and breed them legless to stop them wandering of, and the added bonus of no lamenessIt’s my new breeding coming out. Headless ewes so headless lambs at birth…much better lambing ease but more labour pouring feed into their gullet everyday and thru have a tendency to wander off and get lost
- Location
- LINCOLNSHIRE/KENYA
Harvesting grass seed in a rather scenic spot.
Hilly
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Pigs this morning , they know how to keep comfy
Steevo
Member
- Location
- Gloucestershire
It’s my new breeding coming out. Headless ewes so headless lambs at birth…much better lambing ease but more labour pouring feed into their gullet everyday and thru have a tendency to wander off and get lost
I’m not sure I see the difference….don’t all sheep wander off and get lost?!
One big benefit I can see of the headless breeding could be they are less likely to hang themselves on netting wire. Only 99 other ways to commit suicide!
sticky
Member
- Location
- Near Stratford upon Avon
It’s wet again,
this cock bird has started visiting he must know the season has finished.
- Location
- Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
You aren’t the only one fiddling with his combine today.
Very wet day here, so I got on with something I have been putting off for ages.
Many will remember the catastrophic time I and @CPF had combining our Winter Linseed last year which seriously almost sent into a nervous breakdown!
Honestly, the only thing that kept me sane was realising that I will never grow or harvest the f’ing stuff again.
I finished harvesting the wretched stuff on Sunday September 3rd. I normally like to put the combine away having at least blown it down. The crop fought me and my Combine right to the end and I’d had enough.
Even taking the header off the last time, I had to spend half an hour under the front axle cutting wrapped Linseed straw away from the traction shafts between the gearbox and the final reduction drives.
There were many alterations we had made, especially to the header to make it feed the retted Linseed in. I spent a day just before Christmas setting it back to normal. I felt so much better having got it back to normal.
However, there was another unwrapping job that needed doing and I did it today: The Straw walkers front crank.
I knew it was going to be a bar-steward and I tried shutting the top sieves right up, laying some plywood on top and attacking it with a penknife. Hopeless!
So I attached a sharp knife to an aluminium pole and worked away from the back of the sieves, which had some effect. Then I made and put a hook on another pole and hooked a lot of it off.
I found it best to twist the pole to try to create a straw rope as I pulled it backwards.
Finally I was able to crawl back in and get the last bits off by hand.
I had to rotate the walkers a bit occasionally so as get a better grip. It was very stiff to try to move the belts by hand so I had to start the engine and put the drum in gear to loosen everything up. Unfortunately it threw the Straw flow beater belt off. I knew I wanted to take the cover off the Rotary Separator under the back of the grain tank to check it.
So I did this, pulled some crap out reattached the straw flow beater drive belt.
Steve, my harvest helper, @CPF and I have intimate knowledge of doing this procedure several time last harvest.
Hopefully never again!
Now this is done, I’m begging to look forward to using her again this coming harvest, which I had wondered if I’d ever look forward to again.
Stick to your simpler TC @Lowland1 !
And don’t try growing Linseed, or get dragged in to harvesting it for somebody else.
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ganderman
Member
- Location
- South lincs
A horrible day here , the beet haulier turned up last night they were pleased they were on all concrete today
- Location
- Sticky out bit by liverpool
A few from the past week
tidying ditch spoil and reads which were a pain in the wind
And removed the gear boxes off the meri crusher after getting nylon netting in both ends. Fortunately only a few hours and a new seal later and it's back up and running
And removed the gear boxes off the meri crusher after getting nylon netting in both ends. Fortunately only a few hours and a new seal later and it's back up and running
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Martyn
Member
- Location
- South west
I’m a bit disappointed as I had suggested he carved you some animal sculptures into your drive hedge, to demonstrate his great competence
yes, found them, not found um down to 5mm to tap m6 but your link does , thanksHave you tried the versadrill taps, use them with impact driver, very quick
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the first picture shows hole which have laser cut at 4.5 opening out 5mm for taping
in hindsight holes to big so was drilled with solid carbide drill , did not take that long 330 holes drilled before 8 am, then back in office to sort next part
All roof box on order but with 2.5mm holes 1200 holes
on the 2nd the picture using auto reverse taping head on the mag drill
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Hilly
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Nice volvo , what model is it ? Any good ?
ganderman
Member
- Location
- South lincs
I don’t know I will try and remember to ask tomorrow. All it does is load sugar beet for six months of the year and the driver could thread a needle with it.