Farming Chit Chat sticks it to six.

blue5000

I don't think anyone whoever had one of them IW dp12s with wheels under bought a second one. Another problem with them is the body can bulge with cattle, then when you take it off to use it as a flat trailer it's impossible to line up the bolt holes putting the cattle body back on.

KatW4

_Brian wrote:

See a poor lad lost his life in a tractor accident late last night..

Very sad RIP.

Kovu

_Brian wrote: »

See a poor lad lost his life in a tractor accident late last night..

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/man-dies-after-tractor-strikes-ditch-in-cork-681533.html

I know some of these contractors are working savage hours now with the backlog of stuff to be saved..

Jesus, only 25 years of age. Makes ya think RIP.

Kovu

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

5yr-old cow in Louth tests positive for BSE

https://twitter.com/darraghmccullou/status/608958310121926656

lakill Farm

was moving a few yearlings on Tuesday onto silage ground to eat the headlands. Decided to go with the tractor and cattle trailer and my auld lad was with me. So only doing 25kph, not my usual 40kph plus, as he was bouncing around on the passenger seat and bang. the cattle trailer came off the hook of the pick up hitch and skidded up the road.

shocking lucky as nobody was on the road at the time, driving or walking.

it travelled 35 yards before it stopped . that's 100 foot

will be getting a bit welded to hitch on tractor. as eye on trailer is only about 12 months old

_Brian

lakill Farm wrote: »

was moving a few yearlings on Tuesday onto silage ground to eat the headlands. Decided to go with the tractor and cattle trailer and my auld lad was with me. So only doing 25kph, not my usual 40kph plus, as he was bouncing around on the passenger seat and bang. the cattle trailer came off the hook of the pick up hitch and skidded up the road.

shocking lucky as nobody was on the road at the time, driving or walking.

it travelled 35 yards before it stopped . that's 100 foot

will be getting a bit welded to hitch on tractor. as eye on trailer is only about 12 months old

Is there not a need for either safety chain or break away cable on all trailers with a DGVW over 750kg's ?

whelan2

Kovu wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

5yr-old cow in Louth tests positive for BSE

https://twitter.com/darraghmccullou/status/608958310121926656

5 years old is very young for Bse isn't it. Has it been confirmed yet?

lakill Farm

_Brian wrote: »

Is there not a need for either safety chain or break away cable on all trailers with a DGVW over 750kg's ?

I don't know its a 16ft x 8ft tractor one. was only bought to see would I even use it compared to jeep and trailer.

will update next year or finances allow and have one with brakes etc

_Brian

_Brian wrote: »

Is there not a need for either safety chain or break away cable on all trailers with a DGVW over 750kg's ?

Actually no.. just checked the RSA website and it only applies to agricultural trailers manufactured after 1/1/16

Kevhog1988

_Brian wrote: »

Is there not a need for either safety chain or break away cable on all trailers with a DGVW over 750kg's ?

I run them on every trailer no matter what. Once saw a pin type ball hitch break going down a hill with 16ft trailer full of mares & foals. Fella who owned it was white as a ghost as he had just passed 3 local kids cycling at the top of the hill

lakill Farm

theemigrant wrote: »

I run them on every trailer no matter what. Once saw a pin type ball hitch break going down a hill with 16ft trailer full of mares & foals. Fella who owned it was white as a ghost as he had just passed 3 local kids cycling at the top of the hill

issue is sometimes its 6 of 1 and 1/2 dozen of another

issues with trailer coming into back of tractor maybe as well as other road users safety

Suckler

lakill Farm wrote: »

issue is sometimes its 6 of 1 and 1/2 dozen of another

issues with trailer coming into back of tractor maybe as well as other road users safety

+1

Chain will only hold so much and bigger trailers could just drag tractors in to a bigger mess rather than the tractor being able to control the trailer. Sometimes the drop of the draw bar is enough to bring it to a gradual halt.

orm0nd

Suckler wrote: »

+1

Chain will only hold so much and bigger trailers could just drag tractors in to a bigger mess rather than the tractor being able to control the trailer. Sometimes the drop of the draw bar is enough to bring it to a gradual halt.

if I live to 100 I will never use a safety chain , was passenger in a jeep when trailer came off, the chain yanked the jeep rear & we finished up jack knifed across the road into the path of oncoming traffic ,

trailer brake with lockable break away cable is the safest option

Kovu

whelan2 wrote: »

5 years old is very young for Bse isn't it. Has it been confirmed yet?

Very very young. I hope it's just a strange case that appears similar at first glance. Brain tumour or something.

Buford T. Justice XIX

Herd test this morning at 10.30. Still no vet.

Nekarsulm

Sounds like our lassies. 11 am somehow turned into 2.30

Kovu

Cows wouldn't come in this morning to be read off test. Think I ran about two miles up and down the hill as they scattered everywhere.
Came in like lambs once they were knackered though, not five minutes later the vet arrived bang on time.

AND WE'RE CLEAR. :D:D

I can't feckin' believe it, was sure we'd go down as we're surrounded by reactors but only one cow had any sign of a lump at all.
Dad is happy, he gets to keep his 'clear since testing began in 59' status.

awaywithyou

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Herd test this morning at 10.30. Still no vet.

give him/her a ring?

Limestone Cowboy

Kovu wrote: »

Cows wouldn't come in this morning to be read off test. Think I ran about two miles up and down the hill as they scattered everywhere.
Came in like lambs once they were knackered though, not five minutes later the vet arrived bang on time.

AND WE'RE CLEAR. :D:D

I can't feckin' believe it, was sure we'd go down as we're surrounded by reactors but only one cow had any sign of a lump at all.
Dad is happy, he gets to keep his 'clear since testing began in 59' status.

That's a long time without a reactor! 3 or 4 years is the longest we have ever been clear in a row I'd say.

Kovu

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

That's a long time without a reactor! 3 or 4 years is the longest we have ever been clear in a row I'd say.

We had two inconclusive a few years back but they came clear in the second test. Have never had a full reactor thank feck.

Buford T. Justice XIX

awaywithyou wrote: »

give him/her a ring?

I had just posted and she drove into the yard:pac:

Now the waiting begins:(

Reggie.

Kovu wrote: »

Cows wouldn't come in this morning to be read off test. Think I ran about two miles up and down the hill as they scattered everywhere.
Came in like lambs once they were knackered though, not five minutes later the vet arrived bang on time.

AND WE'RE CLEAR. :D:D

I can't feckin' believe it, was sure we'd go down as we're surrounded by reactors but only one cow had any sign of a lump at all.
Dad is happy, he gets to keep his 'clear since testing began in 59' status.

Great to hear. Bet it was a tense time tho

Kovu

Reggie. wrote: »

Great to hear. Bet it was a tense time tho

Very. Dad is being sent off on holiday a happy man

KatyMac

Kovu wrote: »

Dad is happy, he gets to keep his 'clear since testing began in 59' status.

We've managed to be clear the same length. If anything was inconclusive even the tiniest bump they were moved asap. I've even got badgers, and they must also be healthy! Long may it last!

Kovu

Neighbour seen a badger looking a bit 'off' in one of his fields a few days ago, around 2pm. Should he contact the dept perhaps?

Dehorned the last of our calves this morning, quietest one of all was little Kovu the limo bull, the ch and the blue kicked and buckleapt and lay down and roared and tried their utmost to both kill me themselves and get their mothers to kill me :pac:

Birdnuts

Kovu wrote: »

Neighbour seen a badger looking a bit 'off' in one of his fields a few days ago, around 2pm. Should he contact the dept perhaps?

:pac:

No harm to let them know. This time last year one turned up in bad shape on one of our fields next to the main road. Was at deaths door with a nasty head injury that was more than likely caused by a glanching blow from a car bumper. Anyways to end his suffering I disbatched him with a rifle after clearing it with the local NPWS person. Though my place in the West is not a TB area, some people from the Dept collected the body later for analysis. DIdn't hear anything back so I guess he tested negative

Reggie.

Birdnuts wrote: »

No harm to let them know. This time last year one turned up in bad shape on one of our fields next to the main road. Was at deaths door with a nasty head injury that was more than likely caused by a glanching blow from a car bumper. Anyways to end his suffering I disbatched him with a rifle after clearing it with the local NPWS person. Though my place in the West is not a TB area, some people from the Dept collected the body later for analysis. DIdn't hear anything back so I guess he tested negative

Lets say the dept found TB. Would they look to retest ye then?

Kovu

Reggie. wrote: »

Lets say the dept found TB. Would they look to retest ye then?

Dad was speaking to a cousin of his earlier, dept walked his land after he went down, found two dead badgers. They went off for pm examination.

I'll let you know how they fare out.

A cow called Daisy

311th and last bale in. With what left from last year don't need a second cut.

My mam's anniversary is today It a good few years now and I knew ones that have been born and died since she died, but still think of her regularly. Have a few things to do, milk early and visit grave

ellewood

Kovu wrote: »

Neighbour seen a badger looking a bit 'off' in one of his fields a few days ago, around 2pm. Should he contact the dept perhaps?

Dehorned the last of our calves this morning, quietest one of all was little Kovu the limo bull, the ch and the blue kicked and buckleapt and lay down and roared and tried their utmost to both kill me themselves and get their mothers to kill me :pac:

HA Never taught of it that way when ya have a calf in to dehorn

Mammy, mammy where the feck are ya mammy this bollox is sticking a feck g hot iron into me head and it's not nice can ya come in here and puck or kick the head off this tool cause he's wrecking me head
Mammy - I'm nearly there I'm just about in under this feck in gate and as soon as I get in there I'll wipe that smile off his stupid looking head
Ahh too late mam jezus me head me head, have ya any nurofen mam?
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