Today at work

[GOODYSMATE]

Bit of recent work last couple of weeks, clearing a block of ground for a customer with tree shear and then ditching, the land has been poorly managed the last 30 years and now has been bought by a new owner. It was my first time ditching, and still getting used to using the Engcon but pretty comfortable now with it. View attachment 1169673View attachment 1169674View attachment 1169667View attachment 1169668
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looks like you are doing a good job

 

[Pan mixer]

Pig manifold drinker needing a little maintenance after 22 years in the pen. Hard to find 80 x 80 x 8 mm at the time.

 

[Flossie]

After giving a good forecast all week on Sunday, it changed to crap once we'd committed to sheep jobs 🫣 Booked an amount of lambs in for Monday kill, but obviously we have to round them all up and go through them first so we know numbers.
Took the combi clamp and hurdles down the road yesterday. 120 through which was enough. Bunch of softies that wouldn't flow through the race Makes a change from Blackies that fly past your head I suppose. Couldn't find any sheep fiddling trousers so got wet legs
Brought them home......

Today was non-stop. An Angus bull and a sexed heifer (from bought in cows) to wake up to, then four in to Dunbia. Slight cock up in that we were booked in for next Wednesday rather than today (who knew?) but they didn't turn me away luckily.
Quick visit to docs with a swollen knuckle/stiff hand. Been on Naproxen for a fortnight hoping it's some kind of RSI, but it's no better, so X-ray and blood test next week.
Back for 80 lambs out of another field. Got very wet. Brought them and all the gear home.
Not sure how many tomorrow, whatever's at home that hasn't been through. Probably get wet and smell like a wet dog all over again 🫣

 

[Bob c]

out and about in the Cotswolds, only place i can travel on at the minute.

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that looks like edge hill, upton house area

now i see petes reply

 

[Gerbert]

Whoops. Changing milkliners on the robot kind of slipped my mind. Should be changed at 4000... Didn't notice any change in performance so hey.

 

[Steevo]

Bit of recent work last couple of weeks, clearing a block of ground for a customer with tree shear and then ditching, the land has been poorly managed the last 30 years and now has been bought by a new owner. It was my first time ditching, and still getting used to using the Engcon but pretty comfortable now with it. View attachment 1169673View attachment 1169674View attachment 1169667View attachment 1169668
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Tidy job there! Would never guess you were learning the ropes.

I’m surprised the sides of the ditch are so vertical - is there not a risk they will slip in?

 

[TheEarlOfMoray]

Preparing for drilling spring barley. Different tractor so changing pipe brackets etc.

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How do you see over that on the road?

 

[Cab-over Pete]

spot on. always look over the edge and think hell that's along way down. picture doesn't do it justice

You’re right, it doesn’t. It’s a very steep drop.

The place at the bottom of the hill there used to be owned by a couple from North Yorkshire who kept long wool sheep of various breeds. Smashing folks but they suddenly sold up and moved away.

I’ve spread lime at the bottom of there on most farms, and done most fields along the top of that road from FN Piles Engineering along to Edgehill.

Just behind you as you took that picture is probably the steepest bit of ground I’ve seen cropped. I’ve supplied lime to the farmers there but they won’t let us spread on it. They drove up to my yard and collected my old trailed spreader. They hooked it on to their CAT crawler and spread it themselves.

Dad spread lime on it once and flopped the old BigA onto its side when spreading on the bank. Typical Dad, he wasn’t too flustered by it!

Just along from there towards Warmington is a nasty bit of ground with a track so steep linking the top and bottom blocks that I drive along the road, go down the neighbours hill field and then cut back through a gap in the hedge to spread in the customers bottom field!

 

[AndersonAgri]

Tidy job there! Would never guess you were learning the ropes.

I’m surprised the sides of the ditch are so vertical - is there not a risk they will slip in?

Thank you, boss is happy and so is customer so i have to be doing something right!
I would agree with you, but its on clay ground so the banks are holding up well,some of the first ones i did have only had minimal slip where the topsoil was lose. the customer wanted tight steep ditches and its the only V bucket in the yard that would fit the 13 tonner, and thats been adapted from an old 8 tonner bucket, one day i might get a nice shiny new one with a wider profile one can only hope

 

[CPF]

out and about in the Cotswolds, only place i can travel on at the minute.

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We’re on the opposite side of the valley, from where you took the picture of the view , mark .
It nice to see my surrounding area from a long distance away. Opposite where you took the picture from ,the field is named camp field
the road is named camp Lane.
A lot of architects has been found in there it’s where the some of soldiers stayed for the battle, of Edgehill, which took place below where you are looking ,to the left nr kineton .
In campfield a few years go ,the badges dug up a very nice sword, which is now in a museum.

 

[CPF]

Join Great view there!

Nice to have a view without massive new housing estates sticking out like a sore thumb.

There is. The new Milton Keynes at Lighthorne / Gaydon “big new housing estate “going up .
Mate sold his farm for it ,along with his neighbours joining in .
It’s next land Rover, Jaguar and Aston Martin factorys right next to the m40.

 

[Agriimark]

You’re right, it doesn’t. It’s a very steep drop.

The place at the bottom of the hill there used to be owned by a couple from North Yorkshire who kept long wool sheep of various breeds. Smashing folks but they suddenly sold up and moved away.

I’ve spread lime at the bottom of there on most farms, and done most fields along the top of that road from FN Piles Engineering along to Edgehill.

Just behind you as you took that picture is probably the steepest bit of ground I’ve seen cropped. I’ve supplied lime to the farmers there but they won’t let us spread on it. They drove up to my yard and collected my old trailed spreader. They hooked it on to their CAT crawler and spread it themselves.

Dad spread lime on it once and flopped the old BigA onto its side when spreading on the bank. Typical Dad, he wasn’t too flustered by it!

Just along from there towards Warmington is a nasty bit of ground with a track so steep linking the top and bottom blocks that I drive along the road, go down the neighbours hill field and then cut back through a gap in the hedge to spread in the customers bottom field!

Ive got to go and look at some ground along there that leads down to the motorway, steep in places i have been told

 

[CPF]

Ive got to go and look at some ground along there that leads down to the motorway, steep in places i have been told

I have combined lot land around there, when you go over the ridge on top of hill you have put your feet on the windscreen to stop yourself from siding out of the seat.
My son-in- law ,he hates doing my fieldwork on the hills he’s flatland farmer.
Just be
Careful they will catch you out .
The top soil will slip off the iron stone just below the surface and the way you will go.

 

[Chae1]

How do you see over that on the road?

Had it 10 years now and been alright.

Have you ran over any more cars recently!?

 

[Agriimark]

I have combined lot land around there, when you go over the ridge on top of hill you have put your feet on the windscreen to stop yourself from siding out of the seat.
My son-in- law ,he hates doing my fieldwork on the hills he’s flatland farmer.
Just be
Careful they will catch you out .
The top soil will slip off the iron stone just below the surface and the way you will go.

ahh could be interesting then on the vredo. booms don't contour and pump rpm and flow rate is governed by your forward speed.

 

[mtx.jag]

Had it 10 years now and been alright.

Have you ran over any more cars recently!?

Sounds like there is a story here

 

[Agriimark]

wouldn't happen to be these fields would it @Cab-over Pete
i was nervous in the truck never mind anything else

 

[JWL]

We’re on the opposite side of the valley, from where you took the picture of the view , mark .
It nice to see my surrounding area from a long distance away. Opposite where you took the picture from ,the field is named camp field
the road is named camp Lane.
A lot of architects has been found in there it’s where the soldier some of the stayed for the battle, of Edgehill, which took place below where you are looking ,to the left nr kineton .
In campfield a few years go ,the badges dug up a very nice sword, which is now in a museum.

I did my middle year student bit at Upton many years ago and ended up years later working there. Some of the best times I had as student was working with the old shepherd Bill Jones, he was the closest person I ever came across who could have been Ronnie Barker. He resembled him and his humour was definitely along the same lines. His stories would keep you entertained for hours, he had been in the Home Guard back in WWII, being local from the Dassets he knew everyone in the area. One of my favourites was him telling about being around the camp on October 23rd on patrol, he swore that he heard horses and men moving about and a couple of Home Guard who were on duty who were more townie were petrified after claiming that they saw Royalists looking bloodied and dishevelled moving around in the mist.
I might have spent an hour or so on the night having a look but anything I might have observed may have been disturbed by the hour or so I had spent waiting in the Tower

 

[Cab-over Pete]

wouldn't happen to be these fields would it @Cab-over Pete
i was nervous in the truck never mind anything else

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Looks like it. For the Lewis family?

Pictures never do justice to steep land.

Conway is quite correct and has way more experience of it than me, but once that top soil starts to slide you’re in a whole world of pain!!

It’s very rare to ever miss any ground, you just have to approach it from numerous angles!

You may know Bob Whittaker. He reverses up the worst bits and then spreads it coming back down! Theory being, if you can’t reverse up it, why would you drive up it!

 

[Agriimark]

Looks like it. For the Lewis family?

Pictures never do justice to steep land.

Conway is quite correct and has way more experience of it than me, but once that top soil starts to slide you’re in a whole world of pain!!

It’s very rare to ever miss any ground, you just have to approach it from numerous angles!

You may know Bob Whittaker. He reverses up the worst bits and then spreads it coming back down! Theory being, if you can’t reverse up it, why would you drive up it!

not sure on whos ground, just sent the pin drop to look at it. dropping in from the top loaded at 44 tonne isn't tickling my fancy if im honest however i certainly wouldn't get up it loaded either. The field that heads down to the motorway looks fine. and yes the picture makes it look nothing, no room for error halfway along that track before it just drops off.