best money spent

lab man

For me tis an oneill headscoop only bought and put up the other day had cows dosed very quick an no hassle

Bass Reeves

Dromone 3 point linkage quick hitch system. takes slavery out of putting on and off implements. Expensive but worth it as you get older.

whelan2

2 clear plastic 5 gallon drums for the detergent on bulk tank. Cheap and simple but very effective.

CloughCasey1

Reseeding
Last Septembers work taken 5 mins ago
Grass growth earlier and later and a hell more of it.
Excuse my ****e camera.☺

locha

Anti Backing Bar in crush and the Dromone 3 point linkage. Both have proven themselves time and time again.

High bike

lab man wrote: »

For me tis an oneill headscoop only bought and put up the other day had cows dosed very quick an no hassle

its on my to do list for this year

893bet

Head scoop easy to fit yourself?

lab man

patsy_mccabe wrote:

This year, hope to have a monkey off my back that's been there for 16 years now. I'd love to say it has been worth it, but it hasn't.

locha wrote:

Anti Backing Bar in crush and the Dromone 3 point linkage. Both have proven themselves time and time again.

893bet wrote:

Head scoop easy to fit yourself?

Ya about 1.5 hour but i had welding etc to do but if u had the right crush gste you'd have it up in 10 .. 15 mins pm yer number ill send u a pic of it

Reggie.

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Reseeding
Last Septembers work taken 5 mins ago
Grass growth earlier and later and a hell more of it.
Excuse my ****e camera.☺

Very nice

Bullocks

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Reseeding
Last Septembers work taken 5 mins ago
Grass growth earlier and later and a hell more of it.
Excuse my ****e camera.☺

When did you graze it last? It looks mighty fair play

I says

Mains electric fencer, ofthe top of me head that I can think of.

Reggie.

Front loader on the tractor. Great yoke to save the back

feartuath

Malone post driver, I would put on to drive 1 post.

A couple of Angus dairy calves to help keep the mad limousine weanlings quiet.

older by the day

A ration bin

Muckit

Bass Reeves wrote: »

Dromone 3 point linkage quick hitch system. takes slavery out of putting on and off implements. Expensive but worth it as you get older.

I agree from a health and safety point of view the easier and safer you can make things when putting on implements the better. Forget the age thing. Nobody young or old should be trying to push or hawk implements into place. Very few 5' link boxes now or 5cwt single spinners!!

Do you have hooks on your lift arms as a matter of interest? I was going to get a system like this but opted to weld on hooks instead.

timple23

Quality cordless power tools. Namely 1/2 impact wrench and angle grinder.

_Brian

I says wrote: »

Mains electric fencer, ofthe top of me head that I can think of.

Was thinking the same thing.
Has eliminated stress amd worry about stock roaming.
Fenced off all drains so cleaned they stay clear longer.

Keeps the pigs in their pen when they are here.

CloughCasey1

Bullocks wrote: »

When did you graze it last? It looks mighty fair play

Mid November Bullocks and bare enough at that.

CloughCasey1

Reggie. wrote: »

Front loader on the tractor. Great yoke to save the back

+1

Muckit

Small money best buys:
LED lenser headtorch
Solar fencer
Geared fence reels
Anti backing bar
Injection gun for dosing

Big money spends:
Slatted shed. Can't imagine having to winter cattle without it.

Reggie.

Muckit wrote: »

I agree from a health and safety point of view the easier and safer you can make things when putting on implements the better. Forget the age thing. Nobody young or old should be trying to push or hawk implements into place. Very few 5' link boxes now or 5cwt single spinners!!

Do you have hooks on your lift arms as a matter of interest? I was going to get a system like this but opted to weld on hooks instead.

Get the balls with the guides on them and you'll have no bother hooking up. I can switch to over any machine here in about 5 mins

buffalobilly

feartuath wrote: »

Malone post driver, I would put on to drive 1 post.

A couple of Angus dairy calves to help keep the mad limousine weanlings quiet.

same here powerful handy machine

kevthegaff

Skidsteer

Justjens

'81 50B digger in '95, wouldn't be without one, still here and earning her keep.

Bass Reeves

Muckit wrote: »

I agree from a health and safety point of view the easier and safer you can make things when putting on implements the better. Forget the age thing. Nobody young or old should be trying to push or hawk implements into place. Very few 5' link boxes now or 5cwt single spinners!!

Do you have hooks on your lift arms as a matter of interest? I was going to get a system like this but opted to weld on hooks instead.

I bought it for the Case CX 80 it has hooks. The McCormick has rings. If I hold onto the two tractors I need to get a second attachment for the rear of the McCormick. Well on hooks are cheaper but you are reducing 2nd hand value of an implement. Having said that I intend to get a dromone implement hitch that I can weld onto double bale handler to keep distance from hooks to handler to a minimum

kingdom fan

Reggie. wrote: »

Front loader on the tractor. Great yoke to save the back

×1000%
Have slated sheds, fence reels, backing bars, injection gun etc. Have 2 loaders now
Can't believe I used feed weanlings with a bag on my back, & Pike tons of silage every day .....

visatorro

kevthegaff wrote: »

Skidsteer

What you buy?

ganmo

A pallet truck. Very small fry but it's very handy

Nekarsulm

24 years ago I bought a JCB digger.
Any other machine or item around the place could break down or burn up and I'd get by, but if it doesn't start, everything grinds to a stop.

boggerman1

Head scoop bought yrs ago and last spring I splashed out on the jfc milk mixer/pump.a great little piece of kit

GrasstoMilk

Feeders in the parlour 18 months ago.
Make a milking so much easier and little to no waste now. Don't know how I would have get through this year with out them.
Good farm roadways would be up there too

pms7

Reggie. wrote: »

Get the balls with the guides on them and you'll have no bother hooking up. I can switch to over any machine here in about 5 mins

Yes, I have these, just have the arms at correct width and you'd have the arms hooked on from the tractor, no need to be horsing machine around, just get out and put on top link. But I was still considering the Dromone for speed as one tractor here..

jfh

Express portable gas dehorner

Keepgrowing

Cow roadways by a country mile

kevthegaff

visatorro wrote: »

What you buy?

Mustang 2050 around year and a half ago, 5ft grab on it, does all scraping, feeding and cleaning out sheds. I'll upgrade I. A year or so but by god it's handy andaa miser on Diesel.

patsy_mccabe

A Fiskars PowerGear Hand Bypass Pruner. Bought it in B&Q for €30 a few years ago. Fierce handy to cut those overgrown briars around the electric fence. Expensive for just a small hand pruner but worth every penny.
After that has to be the battery fencer. How could any cattle farmer do without one?
Can you include the mobile phone?

jfh

kevthegaff wrote: »

Mustang 2050 around year and a half ago, 5ft grab on it, does all scraping, feeding and cleaning out sheds. I'll upgrade I. A year or so but by god it's handy andaa miser on Diesel.

looks handy, always threatened to get one, would it be heavy enough to lift a bag of fertiliser or put in silage?

B Rabbit

The Honda Foreman 450 Quad.

Grueller

Small money
Good head torch
Herdwatch subscription

Bigger money
Automatic scrapers. €2800 in 2002. Only ever had to get a ram re-chromed this year.

kevthegaff

jfh wrote: »

looks handy, always threatened to get one, would it be heavy enough to lift a bag of fertiliser or put in silage?

Feeds over 200 animals everyday keep grab low to ground when really full, super machine for cleaning and scraping, lift a cow outa cubicles also. Fills all fertilliser too

White Clover

kevthegaff wrote: »

Feeds over 200 animals everyday keep grab low to ground when really full, super machine for cleaning and scraping, lift a cow outa cubicles also. Fills all fertilliser too

Is there a side door or out the front kev?

GrasstoMilk

Grueller wrote: »

Small money
Good head torch
Herdwatch subscription

Bigger money
Automatic scrapers. €2800 in 2002. Only ever had to get a ram re-chromed this year.

What make are they?

Grueller

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

What make are they?

Dairy power

Bullocks

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

A Fiskars PowerGear Hand Bypass Pruner. Bought it in B&Q for €30 a few years ago. Fierce handy to cut those overgrown briars around the electric fence. Expensive for just a small hand pruner but worth every penny.
After that has to be the battery fencer. How could any cattle farmer do without one?
Can you include the mobile phone?

I got the Fiskars extendable geared loppers a couple of years ago (it was a savage yoke ) and some horrible fcuker took it and never left it back . No idea who but I do miss it .

Best money spent here in the last year or two was on a few strategically placed gates for moving cattle from sheds and around pens on my own

enricoh

Bought a few batteries n got a dynamo fixed n have everything on the button now.
I dread to think how many hours were wasted jump starting, looking for leads n waiting for charge to build up!

Got a dashcam for crimbo, on a backroad here that is busy as a rat run to the local school. Lunatics running late flying around blind corners every morning, its my word against theirs without it. The camera dont lie!

Sheep breeder

Best investment was a electric cattle clippers with sheep shear blades and great for clipping back ends of lambs for the winter and doing all the cattle backs.

poor farmer

Best money spent has to be Fencing for whatever type of stock you have,
security, Peace of mind, control.
2nd Best, water supply,drinkers etc.

kevthegaff

White Clover wrote: »

Is there a side door or out the front kev?

Out the front

whelan2

Best money spent also is a holiday away from the farm

Bullocks

whelan2 wrote: »

Best money spent also is a holiday away from the farm

Thats true . It's hard to beat a bit of sun

memorystick

Bought some bits and bobs from Ann Somers last year. Missus really loves it. Happy bed happy herd.