Who is the biggest silage contractor in the Republic of Ireland

countygorey

thanks.

freetoall

Sorry have to say the government.

kevthegaff

im doing 10k acres a year

keep going

How do measure, is it by the amount of gear or by the number of acres they tell you which I suspect is always over stated

Muckit

who gives a .....

Agent Smith

The Seanad talks some ****e...

st1979

Couple of contractors around me are pretty massive. I reckon they are around the 30 stone mark each. Couldn't say which is bigger. But one outfit is 3 brothers so combined they would be pretty big. Could be touching 100 stone. Hope this helps

bob charles

I could name a few with big willies aswell, as I have seen them out waving them

Manoffeeling

kevthegaff wrote: »

im doing 10k acres a year

15 square miles!

Bizzum

st1979 wrote: »

Couple of contractors around me are pretty massive. I reckon they are around the 30 stone mark each. Couldn't say which is bigger. But one outfit is 3 brothers so combined they would be pretty big. Could be touching 100 stone. Hope this helps

Ya beat me to it. I was gonna say I knew a chap in North Offaly that was 32stone but he's dead a good few years now.

Sharpshooter82

Bizzum wrote: »

Ya beat me to it. I was gonna say I knew a chap in North Offaly that was 32stone but he's dead a good few years now.

At 32 stone I'm not surprised

mf240

bob charles wrote: »

I could name a few with big willies aswell, as I have seen them out waving them

What you get up to at the weekends is your own business bob.

yellow50HX

there is a lad near here that does about 2,500 ac/year but is only 5ft 5. another guy does about 1,000ac but he's about 6ft 7.

there used to be a handfull of big SP lads round here doing between 2-3kac a year. was chatting to the lad that used to do ours and he was saying that his acerage hasnt changed a whole pile in the last 20 years but the number of jobs has. he does very few small jobs (20ac or less) as like us most guys in this bracket now use bales or wagons. but he is doing a lot more 100ac plus work.

cavandown

Neighbour of mine has baler for his own work but made 7 for another neighbour this year. How does that rate?

Sam Kade

freetoall wrote: »

Sorry have to say the government.

The amount of muck they spread is unbelievable.

freedominacup

I'd say it's a toss-up between a the pillar banks and one or two of the leasing crowds. The seem to have no bother getting lads to run the gear for them either. They have a grand cushy number the way they run things.

MFdaveIreland

John Dan ohare county Down Louth border, must be one of the biggest in Ireland, something like 5 self propelled harvesters and God knows how many john Deeres,

Sam Kade

MFdaveIreland wrote: »

John Dan ohare county Down Louth border, must be one of the biggest in Ireland, something like 5 self propelled harvesters and God knows how many john Deeres,

He should call himself Jack Dan sounds better.

whelan1

MFdaveIreland wrote: »

John Dan ohare county Down Louth border, must be one of the biggest in Ireland, something like 5 self propelled harvesters and God knows how many john Deeres,

never heard of him....anything to dessie o hare?

MFdaveIreland

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Sam Kade

whelan1 wrote: »

never heard of him....anything to dessie o hare?

They're both border foxes

countygorey

keep going wrote: »

How do measure, is it by the amount of gear or by the number of acres they tell you which I suspect is always over stated

area mown

keep going

Slightly off 1topic but what is the longest draw you've heard of with silage.heard of fella doing18 miles each way

bob charles

keep going wrote: »

Slightly off 1topic but what is the longest draw you've heard of with silage.heard of fella doing18 miles each way

multiplies of that. Have heard of one maize draw, tractors filled up to top with diesel starting the morning. Completed the first load, and ran out of diesel on the way back to the harvester for the third load. just checked on maps and a round trip of 180kms :eek::D:D


Speaking of big things. I was looking in the distance at a shed that covers 9 acres today

Sharpshooter82

bob charles wrote: »

multiplies of that. Have heard of one maize draw, tractors filled up to top with diesel starting the morning. Completed the first load, and ran out of diesel on the way back to the harvester for the third load. just checked on maps and a round trip of 180kms :eek::D:D


Speaking of big things. I was looking in the distance at a shed that covers 9 acres today

Holy sh1t :eek:

stanflt

st1979 wrote: »

Couple of contractors around me are pretty massive. I reckon they are around the 30 stone mark each. Couldn't say which is bigger. But one outfit is 3 brothers so combined they would be pretty big. Could be touching 100 stone. Hope this helps

probably the best post ever on boards:):D:p

C0N0R

bob charles wrote: »

multiplies of that. Have heard of one maize draw, tractors filled up to top with diesel starting the morning. Completed the first load, and ran out of diesel on the way back to the harvester for the third load. just checked on maps and a round trip of 180kms :eek::D:D


Speaking of big things. I was looking in the distance at a shed that covers 9 acres today

I remember drawing maize from a field in Ardee to the carrickdale hotel just before newry. Was some spin, didn't do to many loads that day anyway. Just googled it, 39km each way and was far longer cause we couldn't go near the motorway. Went cross country and got a bit lost, had to get weighed in between Dundalk and castleblaney.

yellow50HX

bob charles wrote: »

multiplies of that. Have heard of one maize draw, tractors filled up to top with diesel starting the morning. Completed the first load, and ran out of diesel on the way back to the harvester for the third load. just checked on maps and a round trip of 180kms :eek::D:D


Speaking of big things. I was looking in the distance at a shed that covers 9 acres today

did soem long draws back in the day. often did 15-20 mile round trips longest i remember was 18 miles from field to farm and 15 back (used a shorter route but with more hills, was too dangerous with a full load). soem of teh lads round here drawing maize are doing stupid milage TBH. i heard of lads buyign maize from down around cloyne and whitegate while thier farms are up around the city and out to fermoy. neighbour drove for a contractor last year that drew maize from outside youghal to around ballincollig around 40 miles each way, now thats expensive feed

freedominacup

yellow50HX wrote: »

did soem long draws back in the day. often did 15-20 mile round trips longest i remember was 18 miles from field to farm and 15 back (used a shorter route but with more hills, was too dangerous with a full load). soem of teh lads round here drawing maize are doing stupid milage TBH. i heard of lads buyign maize from down around cloyne and whitegate while thier farms are up around the city and out to fermoy. neighbour drove for a contractor last year that drew maize from outside youghal to around ballincollig around 40 miles each way, now thats expensive feed

At what point does it make more sense to tip and reload onto lorries?

Timmaay

freedominacup wrote: »

At whatst point does it make more sense to tip and reload onto lorries?

If it was our land now, I'd be filling the lorry straight from the harvester ha, fields rock hard!

delaval

freedominacup wrote: »

At what point does it make more sense to tip and reload onto lorries?

At what point does it make sense to ring a feed mill or buy straight maize meal???

freedominacup

delaval wrote: »

At what point does it make sense to ring a feed mill or buy straight maize meal???

True that. And the answer is long before you start thinking about lorries.

keep going

Why is it fellas will hop up on tractor 100 times before they would use a calculator once

freedominacup

keep going wrote: »

Why is it fellas will hop up on tractor 100 times before they would use a calculator once

It's not just when hopping on tractors is in question. Anything to do with feed calculators go out the window. Every time there is a shortage of fodder common sense is the first casuality. Silage is worth anything but fellas chopped straw at the start of last harvest('12) because it wasn't worth the hassle of trying to bale it for what was being offered. They were happier to waste time and money trying to make bales of sh1t than to buy what would do the job.

yellow50HX

freedominacup wrote: »

It's not just when hopping on tractors is in question. Anything to do with feed calculators go out the window. Every time there is a shortage of fodder common sense is the first casuality. Silage is worth anything but fellas chopped straw at the start of last harvest('12) because it wasn't worth the hassle of trying to bale it for what was being offered. They were happier to waste time and money trying to make bales of sh1t than to buy what would do the job.

yeah aggree with your there. there was laods of starw around this summer but talkign to a few lads round here they had trouble shifting it. bought enough to fill the shed, knew my second cut was going to be a bit watery so will mix the starw to it.

there is big dairy famer near here has two farms about 7-8 miles apart and draws silage from one to the other as most of one farm is taken up with grazing blocks. this year however he has moved his heifers and drystock to the outside farm (silage ground) to make room for more cows and has rented land further away again for his silage and maize. 30 mile round trip, took him 2 days to do the 1st cut eariler in the summer and the maize will be ready soon, was chatting to the contractor over the weekend and he will be hiring in a few extra tractors and drivers for the maize and for next years silage. not sure what the they will cost but i heard fugures of €250/day plus diesel each

dave7810

We deal with 5000 acres of grass a year snd about 3500 acres of maize on top of our own farm which is mixed 3500 acres with oats.wheat.barley.grass and maize.we hsve longest draw round trip of 2 hrs on the maize and grass silage for a farm in kells.we run tractors a jd 8360r, 8530, 8430, 7930, 7280r,7920, x2 7810, x2 6930 x2 7530, 6920s, 6820, 6630, 3650, 2050 2wd, fendt 820, 716, 936, 828 and 724. And a new holland t 7080 blue power. We run a lexion 600 witj 9 meter head and 760 tt with 9 meter head. I think we must be one the biggest.we based in nth co.dublin

C0N0R

dave7810 wrote: »

We deal with 5000 acres of grass a year snd about 3500 acres of maize on top of our own farm which is mixed 3500 acres with oats.wheat.barley.grass and maize.we hsve longest draw round trip of 2 hrs on the maize and grass silage for a farm in kells.we run tractors a jd 8360r, 8530, 8430, 7930, 7280r,7920, x2 7810, x2 6930 x2 7530, 6920s, 6820, 6630, 3650, 2050 2wd, fendt 820, 716, 936, 828 and 724. And a new holland t 7080 blue power. We run a lexion 600 witj 9 meter head and 760 tt with 9 meter head. I think we must be one the biggest.we based in nth co.dublin

Any jobs?!

delaval

C0N0R wrote: »

Any jobs?!

I have a job for you in the spring, driving cows though.
No more students here if I can help it

lakill Farm

dave7810 wrote: »

We deal with 5000 acres of grass a year snd about 3500 acres of maize on top of our own farm which is mixed 3500 acres with oats.wheat.barley.grass and maize.we hsve longest draw round trip of 2 hrs on the maize and grass silage for a farm in kells.we run tractors a jd 8360r, 8530, 8430, 7930, 7280r,7920, x2 7810, x2 6930 x2 7530, 6920s, 6820, 6630, 3650, 2050 2wd, fendt 820, 716, 936, 828 and 724. And a new holland t 7080 blue power. We run a lexion 600 witj 9 meter head and 760 tt with 9 meter head. I think we must be one the biggest.we based in nth co.dublin

are ye looking for an accountant:D

stanflt

dave7810 wrote: »

We deal with 5000 acres of grass a year snd about 3500 acres of maize on top of our own farm which is mixed 3500 acres with oats.wheat.barley.grass and maize.we hsve longest draw round trip of 2 hrs on the maize and grass silage for a farm in kells.we run tractors a jd 8360r, 8530, 8430, 7930, 7280r,7920, x2 7810, x2 6930 x2 7530, 6920s, 6820, 6630, 3650, 2050 2wd, fendt 820, 716, 936, 828 and 724. And a new holland t 7080 blue power. We run a lexion 600 witj 9 meter head and 760 tt with 9 meter head. I think we must be one the biggest.we based in nth co.dublin

Never heard of this outfit- where you based

What forager

Muckit

stanflt wrote: »

where you based

I think mostly in his head

maxxuumman

Muckit wrote: »

I think mostly in his head

Yes, i wonder is it Britians or Bruder.

td5man

maxxuumman wrote: »

Yes, i wonder is it Britians or Bruder.

I heard it was siku.

simx

delaval wrote: »

I have a job for you in the spring, driving cows though.
No more students here if I can help it

Did you ever get anyone after? Or was it you saying man was working for you was going?

pajero12

dave7810 wrote: »

We deal with 5000 acres of grass a year snd about 3500 acres of maize on top of our own farm which is mixed 3500 acres with oats.wheat.barley.grass and maize.we hsve longest draw round trip of 2 hrs on the maize and grass silage for a farm in kells.we run tractors a jd 8360r, 8530, 8430, 7930, 7280r,7920, x2 7810, x2 6930 x2 7530, 6920s, 6820, 6630, 3650, 2050 2wd, fendt 820, 716, 936, 828 and 724. And a new holland t 7080 blue power. We run a lexion 600 witj 9 meter head and 760 tt with 9 meter head. I think we must be one the biggest.we based in nth co.dublin

Go On, Stick up a couple of pictures there

Sharpshooter82

pajero12 wrote: »

Go On, Stick up a couple of pictures there

get to the bottom of it pretty quick then

Damo810

pajero12 wrote: »

Go On, Stick up a couple of pictures there

He's waiting for McCullough to fly over with that helicopter to get them all at once!

delaval

simx wrote: »

Did you ever get anyone after? Or was it you saying man was working for you was going?

No milker stayed, was glad as he is here 8 years and would have been hard to replace or worse still I'd have to do it!!

We are hoping not to take on a student this spring instead go for some one more mature. Very little milking assiting but mainly calf feeding and collecting from calving sheds and penning. Tractor driving and looking after tail paint and assisting at ai time. From Feb till June. Person would be free most days from 1-4pm so it would suit a dry stock farmer part time

6480

MFdaveIreland wrote: »

John Dan ohare county Down Louth border, must be one of the biggest in Ireland, something like 5 self propelled harvesters and God knows how many john Deeres,

i seen his fleet on ear to the ground , i see he keeps oldish and new machinery , seem to be a nice quiet hard working operator

MFdaveIreland

Yep, caught it today there at 1 o'clock. some fleet

simx

delaval wrote: »

No milker stayed, was glad as he is here 8 years and would have been hard to replace or worse still I'd have to do it!!

We are hoping not to take on a student this spring instead go for some one more mature. Very little milking assiting but mainly calf feeding and collecting from calving sheds and penning. Tractor driving and looking after tail paint and assisting at ai time. From Feb till June. Person would be free most days from 1-4pm so it would suit a dry stock farmer part time

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