Farming Chit Chat

whelan1

my husband was pulled over in a garda check point yesterday... was told to replace windscreen of lorry- there was a big crack in it this few years- so he rang a*toglass , they said €400 inc vat.. rang another crowd mc carthy windscreens and they have just fitted the windscreen for €180 inc vat:eek: now he was not going through the insurance as it would feck up his no claims bonus, so it pays to shop around

reilig

whelan1 wrote: »

my husband was pulled over in a garda check point yesterday... was told to replace windscreen of lorry- there was a big crack in it this few years- so he rang a*toglass , they said €400 inc vat.. rang another crowd mc carthy windscreens and they have just fitted the windscreen for €180 inc vat:eek: now he was not going through the insurance as it would feck up his no claims bonus, so it pays to shop around

Insurance is the worst for over-pricing I think. Mine was up for renewal in July. They sent out out the letter in mid june to demand €505. That was €100 more than the previous year - I'm getting older + the car is worth less so i though it would at least have stayed the same if not dropped. Anyway, within a week of the renewal date I rang them up and told them that I could get it for €390. It took the lady on the phone about 3 seconds to come back at me and say that they best they could do it for was €400. I said ok, it would save me doing the paperwork for a changeover. Then I asked her why she didn't give me that price in the first place? She said "insurance costs what you are willing to pay for it" !!

bob charles

Suckler wrote: »

Can anyone tell me how much a 7-tonne digger would consume per hour/per day - I've got one booked for the week but just want to work out how much I'll have to fork out in diesel. It'll be mainly clearing/digging drains, scrape off topsoil and stoning up a yard/road way around the place. I realise this would be a rough estimate but just looking for a guideline. cheers.

around 8 ltrs an hour, currently got a machine going at over 30 per hour

pakalasa

Took the teaser bull to the factory. He killed out just short of 400Kgs and U- 2=. He made €3.50/Kg.
He came straight off the grass with no meal and was a bit short of condition. He was over 24 months, but under 30.
In 2009, he was the worst weanling I had. He was Ai bred (Saler - Rio) and out of a Malibu (mbu) heifer with little milk.
Could I have done better with price, I wonder. I didnt exactly shop around.

bbam

bbam wrote: »

Have department vet calling today to inspect for a pig herd number. Was a bit worried he wouldn't be impresses about us having pigs already. But he was fine on the phone.
"Lucky" I'm off work with bad back again to meet him.

Well inspection done and all well..
We don't have the fanciest set up but he was happy we were meeting all criteria.. Didn't mind we had the pigs already and thought they were happy out..

Of course it was hooping down with rain, pigs just love mud

To be honest he spent as much time talking about a field of sucks along the lane than about the pigs..:)

Nice chap..

snowman707

whelan1 wrote: »

my husband was pulled over in a garda check point yesterday... was told to replace windscreen of lorry- there was a big crack in it this few years- so he rang a*toglass , they said €400 inc vat.. rang another crowd mc carthy windscreens and they have just fitted the windscreen for €180 inc vat:eek: now he was not going through the insurance as it would feck up his no claims bonus, so it pays to shop around

you are usually allowed 1 claim per year for glass breakage without affecting your NCB , may be different on a truck though

whelan1

snowman707 wrote: »

you are usually allowed 1 claim per year for glass breakage without affecting your NCB , may be different on a truck though

yup this is with quinn direct, i read the small print, ncb will be affected

The_Conductor

whelan1 wrote: »

yup this is with quinn direct, i read the small print, ncb will be affected

Feck- thats one of the reasons I didn't go with their cheaper quote......

JohnBoy

On holidays in northern france this week, really nice rural part of normandy. loads of tillage around the place, some nice machinery and even nicer cattle.

It's amazing how little is invested in concrete here. I do wonder if they've any concept of nitrates at all.



just logged in to say hi, must post some pics next week when back at work.

Tora Bora

JohnBoy wrote: »

On holidays in northern france this week, really nice rural part of normandy. loads of tillage around the place, some nice machinery and even nicer cattle.

It's amazing how little is invested in concrete here. I do wonder if they've any concept of nitrates at all.



just logged in to say hi, must post some pics next week when back at work.

Your employer will be delighted, with your renewed dedication to your job, after your holiday.:D

leg wax

the lads from the bb society came and my cow and calf are going ploughing just have to get calf tb tested on monday and cow blooded.

bogman_bass

have you pics of them leg wax?

leg wax

only the old photo thats in the photo thread.not good enough to bring across to here.

Muckit

leg wax wrote: »

the lads from the bb society came and my cow and calf are going ploughing just have to get calf tb tested on monday and cow blooded.

Fair play and well deserved. You've right good stock from the pics I've seen before. They're BB X's I take it? Did you get onto the Society?

leg wax

yes let them know that i had them if they were interested to come and look.

leg wax

i see icbf are looking for someone to fill a job ,might suit someone here ,look up the web page.

Grecco

does anyone know of any good farming TV programs on for this winter. I used to be able to get farming Sunday on Satellite but my dish isn't picking it up any more. I wonder is it still on?

Bodacious

leg wax wrote: »

i see icbf are looking for someone to fill a job ,might suit someone here ,look up the web page.

That would be a class position for someone to be able to combine the day job ie the IT software etc with their interest in cattle/ meeting farmers/ technicians etc

pakalasa

ICBF vacancy. Here's the link;


http://www.icbf.ie/publications/files/handheld_position_Sept11.pdf

whelan1

i cant copy and paste but theres a bb weanling for sale on dd in galway , he's a smasher

5live

Just reading that the Dept of Ag is facing an 18% cut in funding for next year compared to a 4% cut in funding for the other depts in the agreement with IMF. Just goes to show that FF and de greens didnt forget that agriculture existed in the last few years:rolleyes:

Tipp Man

5live wrote: »

Just reading that the Dept of Ag is facing an 18% cut in funding for next year compared to a 4% cut in funding for the other depts in the agreement with IMF. Just goes to show that FF and de greens didnt forget that agriculture existed in the last few years:rolleyes:

Unbelievable - the 1 area of the economy doing well

bob charles

Tipp Man wrote: »

Unbelievable - the 1 area of the economy doing well

And you reckon agriculture wont keep thriving with a reduction in spend in the Ag house. Officialdom is whats holding back agriculture. Think of all the bullsh*t literature that the dept sends out. 13 pages of crap when you get a TB reactor all that could either be sent via email. Yesterday received a notice of four pages and on one page there was only one line. Just simple things like that. Also slaughter permits for restricted herds, a complete joke of a system thats keeping allot of asses on chairs

whelan1

bob charles wrote: »

And you reckon agriculture wont keep thriving with a reduction in spend in the Ag house. Officialdom is whats holding back agriculture. Think of all the bullsh*t literature that the dept sends out. 13 pages of crap when you get a TB reactor all that could either be sent via email. Yesterday received a notice of four pages and on one page there was only one line. Just simple things like that. Also slaughter permits for restricted herds, a complete joke of a system thats keeping allot of asses on chairs

the checking on twins drives me mental:D

Tipp Man

bob charles wrote: »

And you reckon agriculture wont keep thriving with a reduction in spend in the Ag house. Officialdom is whats holding back agriculture. Think of all the bullsh*t literature that the dept sends out. 13 pages of crap when you get a TB reactor all that could either be sent via email. Yesterday received a notice of four pages and on one page there was only one line. Just simple things like that. Also slaughter permits for restricted herds, a complete joke of a system thats keeping allot of asses on chairs

Oh don't get me wrong they're a useless shower if ever there was one and i agree 100% that beaurocratic bull is holding back agriculture big time.

However I feel that despite the cutbacks there will still be the endless form filling and ridiculous systems like you mentioned and there will be people there to enforce these rules. What will end up happening is that SFP payments will get later and later, queries on SFP or whatever will take longer and longer. Basically they will demand the same from us but what we will get will be worse and worse service.

5live

Tipp Man wrote: »

Oh don't get me wrong they're a useless shower if ever there was one and i agree 100% that beaurocratic bull is holding back agriculture big time.

However I feel that despite the cutbacks there will still be the endless form filling and ridiculous systems like you mentioned and there will be people there to enforce these rules. What will end up happening is that SFP payments will get later and later, queries on SFP or whatever will take longer and longer. Basically they will demand the same from us but what we will get will be worse and worse service.

You hit the nail right on the head there tipp man

Bizzum

whelan1 wrote: »

i cant copy and paste but theres a bb weanling for sale on dd in galway , he's a smasher

He caught my eye too. A page or two earlier ther was a super looking Part X BB in Westmeath if I remember correctly too.

leg wax

saw him nice animal cant find whelans one .

whelan1

leg wax wrote: »

saw him nice animal cant find whelans one .

go to the livestock section go to galway , its under show calf , its on 19 hours

leg wax

whelan1 wrote: »

go to the livestock section go to galway , its under show calf , its on 19 hours

thanks for that prefer the part calf:D everyone has a show calf these days and the picture does not do him justice