Great bales of fire!

emaherx

Just came home from a days work, to start drawing in some of the bales I've been making for the last three weeks, to find this!

White Clover

emaherx wrote: »

Just came home from a days work, to start drawing in some of the bales I've been making for the last three weeks, to find this!

heated ??

sea12

emaherx wrote: »

Just came home from a days work, to start drawing in some of the bales I've been making for the last three weeks, to find this!

****e!
Arson or combustion

emaherx

sea12 wrote: »

****e!
Arson or combustion

I,ve never seen a bale remove its own net, roll its self out and spontaneously combust before

P_Cash

Over heated

Cant for the like of me see how hay was saved in this weather. Takes good temps to get that grass dry right to the core

Lucky it wasn't in shed

emaherx

P_Cash wrote: »

Over heated

Cant for the like of me see how hay was saved in this weather. Takes good temps to get that grass dry right to the core

Lucky it wasn't in shed

Em no... hay is perfect was saved without rain in great weather.

Username John

P_Cash wrote: »

Over heated

Cant for the like of me see how hay was saved in this weather. Takes good temps to get that grass dry right to the core

Lucky it wasn't in shed

We've had savage weather for hay P, so I'd say depends where you are...

Blackgrass

emaherx wrote: »

Just came home from a days work, to start drawing in some of the bales I've been making for the last three weeks, to find this!

Hardly an estate full of undesirables near by?
Know someone in essex has had straw stacks and combine burned out in field, never mind all the dirt bikes etc found in middle of crop :mad:.

Brown Podzol

emaherx wrote: »

I,ve never seen a bale remove its own net, roll its self out and spontaneously combust before

Maguire and Patterson.

Odelay

emaherx wrote: »

Just came home from a days work, to start drawing in some of the bales I've been making for the last three weeks, to find this!

Three weeks making hay? Is that normal?

btw, sorry to see the loss, did many of them go up in smoke?

emaherx

Blackgrass wrote: »

Hardly an estate full of undesirables near by?
Know someone in essex has had straw stacks and combine burned out in field, never mind all the dirt bikes etc found in middle of crop :mad:.

exactly... hit a bike myself with the mower last year luckily the bike was lying away from direction I was mowing and mower hoped over it! The town is right on top of us now.

Brown Podzol wrote: »

Maguire and Patterson.

had to google that.

TOEJOE

I had to call the fire brigade for my next door neighbour he had lawn grass in a black plastic bag in a shed smoke coming from the bag intense heat coming from the shed .

Brown Podzol

had to google that.

They'll be busy tomorrow night. St. John's eve.

emaherx

Odelay wrote: »

Three weeks making hay? Is that normal?

btw, sorry to see the loss, did many of them go up in smoke?

Not all the one field. three weeks of bailing hay and silage in 3 different fields while working full time off farm.... so yes normal enough.

3 bales set on fire. one silage bale sliced open. its not too bad. but still annoying. Still 75 bales of hay and 15 bales of silage to draw in so still some at risk, but worst fields cleared now.

farawaygrass

TOEJOE wrote: »

I had to call the fire brigade for my next door neighbour he had lawn grass in a black plastic bag in a shed smoke coming from the bag intense heat coming from the shed .

I always thought the heating of hay causing fire was an urban myth. Sure doesn't it kinda get damp and hot? But by the sounds of it you seen it happen?

ganmo

get the guards to record it, **** like this can wreck your head

_Brian

Was it Lidl or Aldi had a nature camera on deal last week. €99

Great to hide and catch lads at **** like this.

I know one group who used one to catch a serial fly tipper and council brought a prosecution.

archer22

_Brian wrote: »

Was it Lidl or Aldi had a nature camera on deal last week. €99

Great to hide and catch lads at **** like this.

I know one group who used one to catch a serial fly tipper and council brought a prosecution.

I agree those cameras are bloody good...they take excellent still pics or video once you have them set right.

emaherx

ganmo wrote: »

get the guards to record it, **** like this can wreck your head

We did, they came out as well in fairness to them, but there is not a whole lot they can do.

It can wreck your head alright. especially when you add it to a shed full of tools emptied out, a number of diesel thefts, 2 failed attempted tractor thefts (obviously by people who did not know what they were doing) and a number of dumped/burnt out cars and cars/bikes rallying around fields

_Brian wrote: »

Was it Lidl or Aldi had a nature camera on deal last week. €99

Great to hide and catch lads at **** like this.

I know one group who used one to catch a serial fly tipper and council brought a prosecution.

Its a good idea but, where would you place it in a field that would be useful.

archer22

emaherx wrote: »

We did, they came out as well in fairness to them, but there is not a whole lot they can do.

It can wreck your head alright. especially when you add it to a shed full of tools emptied out, a number of diesel thefts, 2 failed attempted tractor thefts (obviously by people who did not know what they were doing) and a number of dumped/burnt out cars and cars/bikes rallying around fields



Its a good idea but, where would you place it in a field that would be useful.

Low down on a stake in the fence where you think they are coming in..focus it on that or a bale nearest.The Cameras are green and blend in pretty well but you might still need to do a little camouflaging..just one tip try to get them in a position where the sun never shines directly into the lens if possible.

Bleating Lamb

emaherx wrote: »

We did, they came out as well in fairness to them, but there is not a whole lot they can do.

It can wreck your head alright. especially when you add it to a shed full of tools emptied out, a number of diesel thefts, 2 failed attempted tractor thefts (obviously by people who did not know what they were doing) and a number of dumped/burnt out cars and cars/bikes rallying around fields



Its a good idea but, where would you place it in a field that would be useful.

Sorry for your hassle,those kind of characters tend to be lazy so prob come in via Gate,either by opening it or climbing it if locked so set up camera in camoflauge spot beside gate.They can be well hidden.

Base price

Possibly teenagers with nothing better to do now that they are on holidays :mad:
We used to have to load round bales of straw direct from the baler and draw them home before the kids got a chance to light them or cut the strings.
I would be pulling out of the field and there could be 5 or 6 kids on the load. No way would they get off unless I produced the hunt whip.
Times change and unfortunately there are several hundred houses built on that land now.

Genghis Cant

emaherx wrote: »

Its a good idea but, where would you place it in a field that would be useful.

I knew of a situation where a trail camera was mounted inside an old wooded pallet.
Pallet left where needed, job done successfully!

Though when arson is a problem, a wooden pallet might not be the best ploy. Still, there's always a way. You just have to find what suits your situation best!

emaherx

Base price wrote: »

Possibly teenagers with nothing better to do now that they are on holidays :mad:
We used to have to load round bales of straw direct from the baler and draw them home before the kids got a chance to light them or cut the strings.
I would be pulling out of the field and there could be 5 or 6 kids on the load. No way would they get off unless I produced the hunt whip.
Times change and unfortunately there are several hundred houses built on that land now.

Normally we try and draw them out as we bale, but with the good weather we kept knocking more meadows and concentrated on making as much as possible.

It's just annoying that you work hard and there are people with nothing better to do than undo some of your work.

Even to get out of the field onto the public road you have to pass a small lane which runs along the backs of some of the houses. Got pelted by water balloons, cab door was open. It was very young kids so I got out to see if a parent was near by. Their mother was there and all she had to say was "it's just water". Because everyone loves to get soaked by water balloons when they are working. Guess it could be worse, if they were older kids they would probably just use rocks.

_Brian

We used to take/bale/sell lots of straw. This was always a problem near housing estates.
If it wasn't moved ASAP it was in big danger.

Scary how quick a 20acre field of straw on the flat burns once started.

Little ****s !!