Today at work

[mtx.jag]

where's the lagoon

Dug a hole to get suction pipe in

 

[Muddyroads]

Think I’m going soft. We usually take a triplet lamb off, both to ease the pressure on the ewe and to give us a few bottle fed lambs for our Lambing Sunday event this weekend, but do I really want to split these up?

 

[Will 1594]

moist but not enough

if you want to see the what its all about
watch evie gibbons On youtube tonight

 

[Lakes Nash]

Made some new oak roller bearings. Now preservation in oil.

 

[sjt01]

Preparation for re-sheeting to carry solar panels. Asbestos cement and oversheeting were too heavy for the roof trusses and purlins with the added weight of panels. Cows only in for a snack of buffer feed, so we were able to start this week. We are hoping to get the PV up so when we replace the digester roof we will still have some electricity home made.

 

[Bob lincs]

Bit of a mix today , first dollop of N on the spring wheat finished this morning, Sprayer washed and off my tractor , tractor washed , low loader loaded and off to deliver the 6m pigtail to its new owner . Had a cuppa and a chat with Andy , called in at Ben Burgess Coates on the way back picked up a new ladder for my sprayer ( I bent the last one ) with my wheel not my weight ! Another coffee with my BB salesman then back home , sprayer back on ready for the next spraying marathon . Recs for 935ac and the weather looks crap .

 

[Hesstondriver]

Early morning pull for this lady & her fresh daughter . Upside down, backwards & 1 leg back but still came out alive. Just . Now just needs some tlc and a lot of luck

. not sucking yet but getting there .

 

[Robt]

Progressing well doing this alongside emergency childcare due to a poorly nanny!

 

[davidroberts30]

Chasing down @mtx.jag

 

[sahara]

Planting Spring Oats today

Had 2 of these for company.

Flying very low and slow, I thought one was going to land at one point it was that low, awesome machines.

 

[Muddyroads]

Brought some new arrivals home

They quite enjoyed getting used to the outside world

 

[bluepower]

Brought some new arrivals home
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They quite enjoyed getting used to the outside world
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Nice looking calves, I think I might know where they came from. Hope you get on well with them.

 

[Muddyroads]

Nice looking calves, I think I might know where they came from. Hope you get on well with them.

Thank you. Not sure they’ll be competition for yours but you never know!

 

[mtx.jag]

Trying to keep ahead of @davidroberts30 wasn’t easy today

 

[sticky]

I let a bunch into what is supposed to be silage ground, red clover/ryegrass mix, but it’s a really heavy nasty field and the constant wet this winter has done for a lot of the clover.

if this spring doesn’t hurry up I’m going to get very tight for grass, I still have 156 ewe lambs in a shed with nowhere to go yet.

 

[Farmer Roy]

Some may remember me saying that I was going to get my old HZJ75 Toyota ( 1998 ) road registered again & put it back to work.
Been unregistered since 2019, but cars don’t like sitting still for too long. A few jobs to get it to pass its roadworthy again, one of the main ones was replacing all the shackle rubbers / bushes in the suspension. Less than $100 in bushes ( 6 for each corner ) & a few hours labour, all sweet. Next major item was new tyres, as sitting in the open for 4 years didn’t do them many favours.
The original tyre size in these was 7.50 x 16, the modern equivalent size is 225 / 95r 16, which is standard fitment on new 79 series Toyotas

however - a LOT of buyers of new 79’s immediately replace the steel rims & “cheese cutter” tyres with fancy alloy rims ( ) & wider tyres.

So . . . the local tyre dealer has a container full of new second hand 225/95r 16 tyres that have come straight from the Toyota dealer.
New price of these tyres are well over $300 each - they are selling these for $80 + fitting costs

Japanese made Bridgestone Dueller A/T

 

[peterinnorfolk]

Preparation for re-sheeting to carry solar panels. Asbestos cement and oversheeting were too heavy for the roof trusses and purlins with the added weight of panels. Cows only in for a snack of buffer feed, so we were able to start this week. We are hoping to get the PV up so when we replace the digester roof we will still have some electricity home made.
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Looking good! Who have you got to install the panels?? Can recommend a local firm if needed. Cheers

 

[sjt01]

Looking good! Who have you got to install the panels?? Can recommend a local firm if needed. Cheers

Doing it ourselves with professional supervision and signing off.

 

[peterinnorfolk]

Doing it ourselves with professional supervision and signing off.

Top job, look forward to seeing the finished photos

 

[Adeptandy]

pulled the trigger, rain forecast and v dry on top. AHL1 going in 🫣