Tunes on the tractor

lakill Farm

So modern farming often leads to long days in the tractor/digger etc. most of the more modern tractors have more than just the wireless or the sound of a straight exhaust out front

So have you upgraded the radio in the tractor ? and what type of music would you listen to ?



All Fiat Agri drivers can ignore this :rolleyes:


Put in a Bluetooth radio a few months ago into the mini digger and tractor to be able to take calls but also rigged up an ipod for just farm use. There is every type of ****e on it to be fair. Dubliners to Abba to U2 and Faithless from trad to pop to dance spanning from 1960s to last week . Normally use spotify as a few of the girls in the office use it daily so we have premium accounts

Limestone Cowboy

I just listen to maniac 2000 on repeat....

GiantPencil

The brother plays 'Hit The Diff' non-stop whenever he's in the tractor. Wouldn't play it outside of that though, has to be when he's in the tractor!

selectamatic

Mike Denver: "the day of my return" is a great one for tractor work.

patsy_mccabe

I said

Tinnitus

whelan2

Lad doing work here at the minute has rte gold on the radio. Great station. Never heard of it before. Everything from the pogues to Whitney Houston.

Ms. Chanandler Bong

whelan2 wrote: »

Lad doing work here at the minute has rte gold on the radio. Great station. Never heard of it before. Everything from the pogues to Whitney Houston.

It's like 2fm before the gobsh1te from iradio took over :pac:

Cattlepen

Boys from the bush by Australian country artist lee kernaghan

The part time boy

Radio in my tractor not worked over a year now. Must fix it allough i not in it offen enough to think about doing it. All though its a killer when i go at slurry

lakill Farm

The part time boy wrote: »

Radio in my tractor not worked over a year now. Must fix it allough i not in it offen enough to think about doing it. All though its a killer when i go at slurry

My old radio wasn't working because the aerial was broken off before I bought it. Only so much American anthems CD's I could listen to

So when the lad was out fitting the GPS to the tractor I got him to fit a new aerial and change the radio

kollegeknight

The odd time I have the earphones in on the 135 or the 785- a bit of Kevin bloody Wilson, the likes of "I've had an absolute c**t of a day"

Although I listen to AC/DC a lot when drawing in bales.

discodaveirl

kollegeknight wrote: »

The odd time I have the earphones in on the 135 or the 785- a bit of Kevin bloody Wilson, the likes of "I've had an absolute c**t of a day"

Although I listen to AC/DC a lot when drawing in bales.

KBW what a man, seen him live in the Black Box in Galway in April, an all round dirty basward...

Just a standard casette player in the tractors, cd player in the track machine.. Tbh id use either the radio or ipod majority of the time.... then i would be either mid west, 2fm or in the past few weeks radio one.. I find like the tv when there nothing on one station its the same on each

Limestone Cowboy

kollegeknight wrote: »

The odd time I have the earphones in on the 135 or the 785- a bit of Kevin bloody Wilson, the likes of "I've had an absolute c**t of a day"

Although I listen to AC/DC a lot when drawing in bales.

Have a few of his songs on the USB stick in the tractor aswell actually, a filthy devil.

The part time boy

Actally not too sure what wrong with mine . Power went to top of cab . Radio and fan for heating . Fuse was gone so replaced it . Power went again few days latter ans fuse is ok

Timmaay

Broad mix of tunes here, mostly EDM and some older dance classics, however more recently I've been listening to alot of instrumental ambient /post rock. If I know I'm gonna be stuck on the tractor for several hrs I'll have afew Ted talks ready.

Only an fm radio in the parlour, and getting sick of listening to the muppets on 2fm ****e on about celebrity gossip etc (only station with half decent tunes I can get in the parlour), need to upgrade that to a radio with BT or an aux at least, however that would mean the effort of having playlists etc ready ha.

foxy farmer

For me there's no better place to be on a Saturday evening than on a tractor listening to Jenny Greenes Electric Disco. If I'm out at silage with the lads we'd often text in a request for some old achool dance/ trance.
I took 2 cds out at silage last yr. ACDC Thunderstuck Live and Scottish Police Pipe Bands. Got some quare looks if anyone came into the cab while the bagpipes were on. Fight nearly broke out for ACDC cd. My own tractor only does tapes (feck that). Led display gandered and will only select 4fm when autotuning.

carrollsno1

foxy farmer wrote: »

For me there's no better place to be on a Saturday evening than on a tractor listening to Jenny Greenes Electric Disco. If I'm out at silage with the lads we'd often text in a request for some old achool dance/ trance.
I took 2 cds out at silage last yr. ACDC Thunderstuck Live and Scottish Police Pipe Bands. Got some quare looks if anyone came into the cab while the bagpipes were on. Fight nearly broke out for ACDC cd. My own tractor only does tapes (feck that). Led display gandered and will only select 4fm when autotuning.

Royal scots dragoon do a few nice tunes as well ðŸ˜

carrollsno1

Timmaay wrote: »

Broad mix of tunes here, mostly EDM and some older dance classics, however more recently I've been listening to alot of instrumental ambient /post rock. If I know I'm gonna be stuck on the tractor for several hrs I'll have afew Ted talks ready.

Only an fm radio in the parlour, and getting sick of listening to the muppets on 2fm ****e on about celebrity gossip etc (only station with half decent tunes I can get in the parlour), need to upgrade that to a radio with BT or an aux at least, however that would mean the effort of having playlists etc ready ha.

2fm would have been my first preference for the morning milking handsdown, even hooked up the phone to the radio in the parlour for it when working in the uk. Then in the evening milking was grand until that liberal g#b****e came on then is that who ruins it for you as well. A good wallop of a cows cleanings wouldnt go astray on him.

George Sunsnow

whelan2 wrote: »

Lad doing work here at the minute has rte gold on the radio. Great station. Never heard of it before. Everything from the pogues to Whitney Houston.

Yeah I have that on in the parlour
There have been a few complaints though from the Beat 102/Spin set

visatorro

Newstalk mostly in the tractor and parlour. Can only get Rte or newstalk in the parlour. Most of the time I'm not listening to it anyway, it's just on
. Was in tractor for a while today and haven't a clue what was said. Would listen to most music. Have never downloaded any to USB.

The Ted talks are on Newstalk, I dunno if it's just American but I wouldn't be overly gone on them.

Muckit

I don't really listen to music in the tractor, wouldn't really be in it for long enough nowadays. I fitted a BT unit in it a few years ago though.

I'd like my music in general but don't listen to half enough of it. V broad ranging taste over many genres. Good music is good music. Depends on mood as to what l listen to. Rock, pop, trad ballads, dance.. even some classical! (Pavarotti -Nessun Dorma...)

At the mo I'm very nostalgic for Bon Jovi's earlier stuff. 'Runaway', 'born to b my baby' etc.. God great sing-a long rock classics.

I love electric disco with Jenny Greene now that I'm over the hill for niteclubs!!

Ballad wise, Luke Kelly ('The sun is burning... '), Liam Clancy, Johnny McEvoy, Christy Moore would be what I'd reach for

Timmaay

visatorro wrote: »

The Ted talks are on Newstalk, I dunno if it's just American but I wouldn't be overly gone on them.

Think that's the ted/npr radio hour on a weekend only? Agreed, very hit and miss, the ted talks I was on about I get straight from the ted talk app or website, they are alot more global than the npr ones, tedtalks I find a great way to broaden your horizons, I try to listen to afew every week.

kollegeknight

discodaveirl wrote: »

KBW what a man, seen him live in the Black Box in Galway in April, an all round dirty basward...ch

I bet he loved that venue. I've seen him a few times in the Olympia and most recently in the cork opera house.

You definately have to leave your pc hat at the door.

kollegeknight

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Have a few of his songs on the USB stick in the tractor aswell actually, a filthy devil.

I find DILLIGAF and c**t of a day are on repeat in the van if it's a high stress week at school.

Blaring on the way home after my first day back.

Muckit

kollegeknight wrote: »

I bet he loved that venue. I've seen him a few times in the Olympia and most recently in the cork opera house.

You definately have to leave your pc hat at the door.

I must live in a cave... had never heard of him til now! Reg D Hunter pretty good l think. Roisin Dubh great comedy venue

Pidae.m

I still only listen to the same songs I listened to in my late teams, I'm a big Spotify & podcast fan so don't listen to choonez on the radio much 'cept for stevie g on Friday nights.

foxy farmer

carrollsno1 wrote: »

Royal scots dragoon do a few nice tunes as well ðŸ˜

I have a cd of them too. They often include a brass section which im not a huge fan of. Too much pomp and regal notions for an oul mucksavage like myself.
Amazing Grace (no1 in British charts in 72)
Abide with me
Going Home
The Little Drummer Boy

Just 4 tracks that wouldn't really be the most uplifting tunes while out spreading shyte or topping.
Enough of my rambling. Carry on.

carrollsno1

foxy farmer wrote: »

I have a cd of them too. They often include a brass section which im not a huge fan of. Too much pomp and regal notions for an oul mucksavage like myself.
Amazing Grace (no1 in British charts in 72)
Abide with me
Going Home
The Little Drummer Boy

Just 4 tracks that wouldn't really be the most uplifting tunes while out spreading shyte or topping.
Enough of my rambling. Carry on.

Over the hills and far away or the gael are grand ones

oxjkqg

Radio's... working..in tractors? MY GOD

whelan2

oxjkqg wrote: »

Radio's... working..in tractors? MY GOD

I put. New radio in my case tractor, but I keep forgetting it's there

ABlur

whelan2 wrote: »

I put. New radio in my case tractor, but I keep forgetting it's there

I put a new radio in my Case but cab is so noisy I can't hear it!! Plus I bent the aerial going into the shed and can only pick up rubbish like Clare FM now.

kowtow

carrollsno1 wrote: »

2fm would have been my first preference for the morning milking handsdown, even hooked up the phone to the radio in the parlour for it when working in the uk. Then in the evening milking was grand until that liberal g#b****e came on then is that who ruins it for you as well. A good wallop of a cows cleanings wouldnt go astray on him.

Have newstalk (mornings) spotify or bbc radio 4 (in the evenings) in the parlour always but really need a waterproof bluetooth set up of some sort as have to keep dragging a big dewalt radio in and out of the pit.

I know there are waterproof parlour radios - look like marine car stereos to me - but is there a more modern waterproof bluetooth setup which would drive 4 speakers, two in the pit and two in the dairy?

blue5000

lakill Farm wrote: »

So modern farming often leads to long days in the tractor/digger etc. most of the more modern tractors have more than just the wireless or the sound of a straight exhaust out front

So have you upgraded the radio in the tractor ? and what type of music would you listen to ?



All Fiat Agri drivers can ignore this :rolleyes:


Put in a Bluetooth radio a few months ago into the mini digger and tractor to be able to take calls but also rigged up an ipod for just farm use. There is every type of ****e on it to be fair. Dubliners to Abba to U2 and Faithless from trad to pop to dance spanning from 1960s to last week . Normally use spotify as a few of the girls in the office use it daily so we have premium accounts

I'm ignoring this, mainly because the skylight leaks and has destroyed the radio:o F-in I-talians.......

Timmaay

kowtow wrote: »

Have newstalk (mornings) spotify or bbc radio 4 (in the evenings) in the parlour always but really need a waterproof bluetooth set up of some sort as have to keep dragging a big dewalt radio in and out of the pit.

I know there are waterproof parlour radios - look like marine car stereos to me - but is there a more modern waterproof bluetooth setup which would drive 4 speakers, two in the pit and two in the dairy?

http://www.farmradios.com/products.html

The diy cheap solution would be to get a car radio and the 4 speakers, not waterproof and you'd need some sort of panels to mount the speakers on.

patsy_mccabe

Ye're all very fancy with radios in the tractor.

lakill Farm

blue5000 wrote: »

I'm ignoring this, mainly because the skylight leaks and has destroyed the radio:o F-in I-talians.......

Ah Blue, the distinct sound of a Fiat 110-90 roaring up the road and waiting and waiting and waiting to see it pass.

other distinctive noises are them older scania 143 lorries, Subaru Impreza and the hum off a self propelled lifting grass on a summers evening. all sounds of music I like

whelan2

lakill Farm wrote: »

Ah Blue, the distinct sound of a Fiat 110-90 roaring up the road and waiting and waiting and waiting to see it pass.

other distinctive noises are them older scania 143 lorries, Subaru Impreza and the hum off a self propelled lifting grass on a summers evening. all sounds of music I like

OH keeps getting lads taking photos of his lorry. Lads taking videos of it driving by etc. He said a lad yesterday in Tullamore was like a child going around it, was it you?

blue5000

lakill Farm wrote: »

Ah Blue, the distinct sound of a Fiat 110-90 roaring up the road and waiting and waiting and waiting to see it pass.

other distinctive noises are them older scania 143 lorries, Subaru Impreza and the hum off a self propelled lifting grass on a summers evening. all sounds of music I like

They're a ba5tard on a Sunday morning, everyone knows you're out and about. No memes yet for a scania 143.

lakill Farm

whelan2 wrote: »

OH keeps getting lads taking photos of his lorry. Lads taking videos of it driving by etc. He said a lad yesterday in Tullamore was like a child going around it, was it you?

no I wasn't in tullamore

I got a lad to pick up 7 pallets of paving bricks from cork on a backload a few years ago. he arrived in one of them Scania and the purr was just awesome.

When I was offloading the pallets I asked him to leave her ticking over .

He had to go up the road to turn . I was going to ask him for a spin

And the shocking thing is , im not into lorries

Waffletraktor

kowtow wrote: »

Have newstalk (mornings) spotify or bbc radio 4 (in the evenings) in the parlour always but really need a waterproof bluetooth set up of some sort as have to keep dragging a big dewalt radio in and out of the pit.

Listen to radio4 / news talk (off the ball) in reverse here during week and usually 5 live at weekend. Stream YouTube vids too.

_Brian

At most a few hours on a Saturday so it's usially just Today FM.

discodaveirl

blue5000 wrote: »

They're a ba5tard on a Sunday morning, everyone knows you're out and about. No memes yet for a scania 143.

Close enough..

Mooooo

kowtow wrote: »

Have newstalk (mornings) spotify or bbc radio 4 (in the evenings) in the parlour always but really need a waterproof bluetooth set up of some sort as have to keep dragging a big dewalt radio in and out of the pit.

I know there are waterproof parlour radios - look like marine car stereos to me - but is there a more modern waterproof bluetooth setup which would drive 4 speakers, two in the pit and two in the dairy?

If you have an old hifi radio., just go to a hardware shop and get a length of cable for speakers and put the speakers somewhere in the pit and leave the radio in the machine room or somewhere. Did that with old parlour here worked fine. Never thought of it when the lads took apart the old parlour and it got thrown put must do it again

Floki

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Ye're all very fancy with radios in the tractor.

Don't worry patsy they'll all be deaf by the time they're fifty.





I SAID DEAF AT FIFTY.

Limestone Cowboy

Another good one for the long days at silage. https://youtu.be/6UEUUKr8w1Y

Nekarsulm

Listen to lots of music types, but usually rock orientated. Springsteen, Steve Earl, Warren Zevon, Mark Germino, Rory Gallagher, Planxty, Horselips,Thin Lizzy.

If you think 90 series Fiats are noisy, 1980's era SAME's almost demand you wear ear muffs.

lakill Farm

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Another good one for the long days at silage. https://youtu.be/6UEUUKr8w1Y

That's the sort of cow diarrhoea that justifies paying for Spotify

If that was on the radio at silage I'd rather be covering the pit

Limestone Cowboy

lakill Farm wrote: »

That's the sort of cow diarrhoea that justifies paying for Spotify

If that was on the radio at silage I'd rather be covering the pit

Different strokes for different folks I guess, have a mix of everything on the usb from ac/dc to Tiesto to Eminen to Christy Moore.

MF290

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Another good one for the long days at silage. https://youtu.be/6UEUUKr8w1Y

Had to laugh at the video in the mart and all the lads waiting for him to hurry on to feck

whelan2

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Different strokes for different folks I guess, have a mix of everything on the usb from ac/dc to Tiesto to Eminen to Christy Moore.

Young lad off to Tiesto in Belfast today....