Today NOT at work

[Ukjay]

sh!t i bet that cost

Wasn't as bad as I expected, but still more than I wanted to pay for giving the nags running water ?

 

[Ukjay]

Knock at the door,

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Great, more work ??

And finding we have the wrong 1/2 connectors delivered. Should have been 25mm but received 20mm...

 

[teslacoils]

Half hour walking the stewardship mix searching for thistles. Found one of each species. Boy added some extras from the verge. Made mini bouquet for Mrs teslacoils.

 

[Tomr10]

Wife wants a outdoor bar

 

[Robt]

Took the afternoon off to help father get his new to him hedge cutter fitted to his little tractor . Lovely lit bit of kit. Bought as seen and not seen it running. Runs like a sewing machine . Whisper quiet

 

[Bald Rick]

Took the afternoon off to help father get his new to him hedge cutter fitted to his little tractor . Lovely lit bit of kit. Bought as seen and not seen it running. Runs like a sewing machine . Whisper quiet View attachment 890157View attachment 890158

Don’t like to point this out but those are fences not hedges ...

 

[nelson]

Took the afternoon off to help father get his new to him hedge cutter fitted to his little tractor . Lovely lit bit of kit. Bought as seen and not seen it running. Runs like a sewing machine . Whisper quiet View attachment 890157View attachment 890158

don't think i would use it with out a cab

 

[Highland Mule]

don't think i would use it with out a cab

Absolutely! And where’s the ROPS?

 

[milkloss]

Absolutely! And where’s the ROPS?

As long as the loader is in the air....... be fine.

 

[Robt]

don't think i would use it with out a cab

A frame is being fabricated on the left and back to stop debris! I have promised to call H&S if he doesn’t fit it!

 

[fieldfarmer]

A frame is being fabricated on the left and back to stop debris! I have promised to call H&S if he doesn’t fit it!

Remind me who started a thread about Farm Safety and how all the accidents are avoidable and now showing us a picture of a tractor like that being driven?

 

[Robt]

Remind me who started a thread about Farm Safety and how all the accidents are avoidable and now showing us a picture of a tractor like that being driven?

I know! I’ve never said I’m perfect! He wanted to fit it himself hence I took the afternoon off to help him. You actually raise a very valid point. Father is 75 and has pretty much zero awareness of the danger. He has grown up and worked in farming all his life. Accidents to date:
12 inch scar on shoulder from chainsaw
6 inch scar on thigh from chainsaw
Fell from the top of a loaded sugar beet trailer and knocked himself out for a while
Fell from the Vaderstadt drill onto the tractor rear linkage. Two broken ribs
Countless chemical in eye.
And these are only the ones he has admitted to..... he intends to keep working his small holding until the day he dies. I genuinely think he is beyond training now. We all also have someone we know like him. Has a heart of gold and will worry about all the miles I do yet his own safety is a different thing!

 

[topcat2006]

I know! I’ve never said I’m perfect! He wanted to fit it himself hence I took the afternoon off to help him. You actually raise a very valid point. Father is 75 and has pretty much zero awareness of the danger. He has grown up and worked in farming all his life. Accidents to date:
12 inch scar on shoulder from chainsaw
6 inch scar on thigh from chainsaw
Fell from the top of a loaded sugar beet trailer and knocked himself out for a while
Fell from the Vaderstadt drill onto the tractor rear linkage. Two broken ribs
Countless chemical in eye.
And these are only the ones he has admitted to..... he intends to keep working his small holding until the day he dies. I genuinely think he is beyond training now. We all also have someone we know like him. Has a heart of gold and will worry about all the miles I do yet his own safety is a different thing!

TBH he is from an era where I'd you do something silly and hurt yourself it's your own fault. Nowadays most people are mainly concerned about who they can sue for a big payout when something like that happens.

 

[fieldfarmer]

I know! I’ve never said I’m perfect! He wanted to fit it himself hence I took the afternoon off to help him. You actually raise a very valid point. Father is 75 and has pretty much zero awareness of the danger. He has grown up and worked in farming all his life. Accidents to date:
12 inch scar on shoulder from chainsaw
6 inch scar on thigh from chainsaw
Fell from the top of a loaded sugar beet trailer and knocked himself out for a while
Fell from the Vaderstadt drill onto the tractor rear linkage. Two broken ribs
Countless chemical in eye.
And these are only the ones he has admitted to..... he intends to keep working his small holding until the day he dies. I genuinely think he is beyond training now. We all also have someone we know like him. Has a heart of gold and will worry about all the miles I do yet his own safety is a different thing!

I agree and wouldn't want him to stop his smallholding/ hobby because we all know someone like this and it is their only interest that keeps them going but when things go wrong they are lumped in on our statistics and it makes our industry look worse than it is. If the guy in prison for the PTO problem that was mentioned earlier is the one I think it is he was a smallholder with a machine that was used once or twice a year but it still went bad for his helper.

 

[Highland Mule]

I know! I’ve never said I’m perfect! He wanted to fit it himself hence I took the afternoon off to help him. You actually raise a very valid point. Father is 75 and has pretty much zero awareness of the danger. He has grown up and worked in farming all his life. Accidents to date:
12 inch scar on shoulder from chainsaw
6 inch scar on thigh from chainsaw
Fell from the top of a loaded sugar beet trailer and knocked himself out for a while
Fell from the Vaderstadt drill onto the tractor rear linkage. Two broken ribs
Countless chemical in eye.
And these are only the ones he has admitted to..... he intends to keep working his small holding until the day he dies. I genuinely think he is beyond training now. We all also have someone we know like him. Has a heart of gold and will worry about all the miles I do yet his own safety is a different thing!

My sympathies, but the morally correct thing is to take the keys off him, or at least quarantine all the implements with blades and moving parts. Mine is allowed a single furrow plough, a drill plough and a cultivator, behind a tractor with a cab.

 

[ColinV6]

Decided I just wanted to get out for a drive today, despite questionable weather and the fact it’s now filthy. Had great fun, ended up at Keilder water.

 

[Chae1]

Wife wants a outdoor bar View attachment 888868

Who's going to work behind bar!?
A dwarf or a child.

 

[Tomr10]

Who's going to work behind bar!?
A dwarf or a child.

Perfect height that for me at 6ft

 

[Tomr10]

Who's going to work behind bar!?
A dwarf or a child.

Stood on my decking which is a little more than 2ft raised

 

[Chae1]

Stood on my decking which is a little more than 2ft raised

Was going to say that, looks like pictures been taken from higher up which makes it look shorter. Is the bottom part pallets?