Feeding silage while maintaining good OH relations!

Muckit

The smell of silage doesn't go down too well with herself... well it can smell a bit like puke, so l wouldn't blame her!

So how do you tog out for the job? Where do you store your work clothes?

If l leave stuff in the back kitchen it is all fired in the washing machine which drives me soft as although there may be a bit of a silage bang off it, I don't feel it's dirty after being used once.

If l leave stuff in shed, it's damp.

First world problems eh

severeoversteer

there has to be some sacrifice area for the willies and the stink clothes for me there is a shed about 30 feet from the house so I have it there and in the jeep

have to say the bale shear cut down on the smell significantly as the fresh bales are the most pungent

still have to clean out water troughs and all that but the smell isn't near as bad as it used to be when bales were opened manually

have loads of pairs of cheap jeans so I change them whenever I get told off !

Mad4simmental

I use full wet gear nearly every day and gloves. It was expensive at nearly €200 for the jacket and €80 for the trousers but you don't overheat in them like other gear.

Love it as you can get as mucky as you like and turn the hose on yourself in the evening and your dry as a bone when you pull them off.

Henwin

we hav a spare room where I have a closet with farm clothes, my husband keeps his overalls, jackets, waterproofs in the van and ill wash them once a week- too stinky for inside.

orm0nd

severeoversteer wrote: »

there has to be some sacrifice area for the willies and the stink clothes for me there is a shed about 30 feet from the house

:eek::eek:

severeoversteer

orm0nd wrote: »

:eek::eek:

sorry !

typo
meant to say Wellys !

:rolleyes:

although I suppose the shed does offer me some privacy for some other activities:D

bit cold though:o

_Brian

Back hallway here for overalls, coats, wellies, boots etc. coats hang over radiator Downstairs toilet there for washing up and washing machine in there too.

Herself doesn't wash work/farming stuff so I just lash them in machine an odd time.

Miname

There's a neighbour who made an insulated box with a low energy using heater in the bottom. Wellies boots and oil skins go into it and are lovely and warm every time he goes out. Very simple but very effective. My own situation is I leave my work clothes In the homeplace where my parents live and head home smelling half normal for the missus.

Bullocks

My clothes dont usually get too bad with a smell but in saying that the wife does lash everything in the washing machine if it looks anyways dirty (even bedsheets are done every second day no matter what ) .
She used drive me mad taking clothes I left on the ground and putting them in the wash so we came to the arrangement that before she takes any dirty clothes she has to leave the equivalent clean clothes out where I can get them first . My end of the deal is I get her a bottle of perfume every 2/3 weeks - that fukcing Jo Malone has me robbed !

Gloves are the best job for silage , your hands should be all thats coming into contact with the bales really .

Feckthis

I do most the washing myself. Keeps me happy as I can keep the farm clothes for 1 or 2 days before there being washed.
If it's up to her there washed straight away after I take them off.
Must invest in some good wet gear and gloves.

KatyMac

I use disposable gloves as I work part-time in an office and don't want my hands to look or smell yuk. I have a farming jacket that can nearly stand on its own, but never sees the inside of the house and nothing else really come in contact with silage

marzic

I see the brother using(and re-using) disposables or heavy marigold types - non absorbant. He has the overalls in the shed but the smell still gets through to inside clothes - he dont have an OH so... maybe too drastic

Kovu

Wellies and heavy overcoat in the shed with the oil burner. So they don't get too damp.

Or just find an OH that farms with you. You don't notice it if you're wearing it

whelan2

Kovu wrote: »

Wellies and heavy overcoat in the shed with the oil burner. So they don't get too damp.

Or just find an OH that farms with you. You don't notice it if you're wearing it

when i was on work placement i threw my body warmer etc in where oil burner was one evening and a fire started:eek:

Kovu

whelan2 wrote: »

when i was on work placement i threw my body warmer etc in where oil burner was one evening and a fire started:eek:

.................merde.:pac:

just do it

Get OH to feed them

freedominacup

whelan2 wrote: »

when i was on work placement i threw my body warmer etc in where oil burner was one evening and a fire started:eek:

Was that in a boiler house just outside the back door? If it was I was within an ace of starting a fire in the same place the previous year.

whelan2

freedominacup wrote: »

Was that in a boiler house just outside the back door? If it was I was within an ace of starting a fire in the same place the previous year.

in kildare, used to just throw the gear into the boiler house in the evening time

sh1tstirrer

Muckit wrote: »

The smell of silage doesn't go down too well with herself... well it can smell a bit like puke, so l wouldn't blame her!

So how do you tog out for the job? Where do you store your work clothes?

If l leave stuff in the back kitchen it is all fired in the washing machine which drives me soft as although there may be a bit of a silage bang off it, I don't feel it's dirty after being used once.

If l leave stuff in shed, it's damp.

First world problems eh

Just ask her does the mart cheque or milk cheque smell

Reggie.

Wellies, work boots and all work wear is left in the back porch. I get a "look" otherwise :rolleyes:

freedominacup

whelan2 wrote: »

in kildare, used to just throw the gear into the boiler house in the evening time

I was thinking of a place in Merseyside.

whelan2

freedominacup wrote: »

I was thinking of a place in Merseyside.

had to do placement for greencert when i came back from england:rolleyes:

DarByrne1980

we had a back porch where we changed outa silage gear before goin into the main part of the house. we had two of dose huge plastic bins with covers and we fecked the clothes into dem and closed da lid. ONce the clohtes werent too wet that worked grand.

Western Pomise

Wearing gloves while working with round bales saves a lot of the possible smell.

keep going

What do ye be doing with the silage, rolling in it or what.even on days I rol back the cover theres no smell

Kovu

keep going wrote: »

What do ye be doing with the silage, rolling in it or what.even on days I rol back the cover theres no smell

Ah sure tis the modern times keep going. It's not a roll in the hay any longer, it's a tumble in the silage

TITANIUM.

Muckit wrote: »

The smell of silage doesn't go down too well with herself... well it can smell a bit like puke, so l wouldn't blame her!

So how do you tog out for the job? Where do you store your work clothes?

If l leave stuff in the back kitchen it is all fired in the washing machine which drives me soft as although there may be a bit of a silage bang off it, I don't feel it's dirty after being used once.

If l leave stuff in shed, it's damp.

First world problems eh

Hahaha, good man Muckit. There was me thinking that I was the only one.
Every time I come in for a cup or in the evenings she's onto me "take them off I'll wash them". My response is usually "not atall sure im grand and have you any of my other work clothes that you washed dry yet?"
I suppose it doesn't help that im anasmic and can't smell a thing!!!!!!

braddun

use petroleum jelly wipe under both nostrels,cant smell anything

Deepsouthwest

Western Pomise wrote: »

Wearing gloves while working with round bales saves a lot of the possible smell.

Can't wear gloves here as dirtiness and roughness of hands is a clear indication of how hard one works in these parts!

sh1tstirrer

Deepsouthwest wrote: »

Can't wear gloves here as dirtiness and roughness of hands is a clear indication of how hard one works in these parts!

I remember being on a placement farm with the farm apprenticeship board years ago. My hands got very cracked and sore from milking the woman of the house said she would buy ointment for them she asked her husband did he need some as well he said that his hands were tough and he was well used to it :rolleyes: A few days later I was passing the milking parlour and I spotted your man inside rubbing udder cream to his hands

freedominacup

Deepsouthwest wrote: »

Can't wear gloves here as dirtiness and roughness of hands is a clear indication of how hard one works in these parts!

Around here it's a clear indication of how much of a gob$hite you are.