Farming Chit Chat

was delayed with a lambing this morn and when i went to do the milking found there was no water supply

sent oh to call youngest son who had been at a 21st party last night

sometime later a very pale 19 year old was observed with tool kit heading slowly in the direction of the pump house

about an hour later heard the welcome sound of the reserve tank over the dairy filling up

rang him to know that had been the problem and he said .... some water rust blocking the valve of the cut out switch , what ever fecking eejit put it on last time used too much pts tape and rust formed on the excess tape blocking the inlet valve on the back pressure

ummm "didnt you service that pump before you went back to college"

if he lives to 100 that's one mistake he won't make again :D

snowman707 wrote: »

was delayed with a lambing this morn and when i went to do the milking found there was no water supply

sent oh to call youngest son who had been at a 21st party last night

sometime later a very pale 19 year old was observed with tool kit heading slowly in the direction of the pump house

about an hour later heard the welcome sound of the reserve tank over the dairy filling up

rang him to know that had been the problem and he said .... some water rust blocking the valve of the cut out switch , what ever fecking eejit put it on last time used too much pts tape and rust formed on the excess tape blocking the inlet valve on the back pressure

ummm "didnt you service that pump before you went back to college"

if he lives to 100 that's one mistake he won't make again :D

Best lesson learned is the hardest earned.

I thought you were taking things easy, snowman, doing a bit of forestry and leaving the milking for the young lads?

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Iv got an interview with munster cattle breeding group Thursday, only time I did an interview before was to get into mountbellew and that was kind of a formality!! Bit nervous now.

good luck with it, no bother to you

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Iv got an interview with munster cattle breeding group Thursday, only time I did an interview before was to get into mountbellew and that was kind of a formality!! Bit nervous now.

Best of luck with that,,.. sounds like a dream job and would be well suited to you Red.

Muckit wrote: »

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Iv got an interview with munster cattle breeding group Thursday, only time I did an interview before was to get into mountbellew and that was kind of a formality!! Bit nervous now.

Best of luck Just being nosy so don't feel obliged to answer......Are you hoping to get a technican job? Or higher up the ladder? :rolleyes: Curiosity killed the cat !

Milk recording technician muckit. Bottom of the ladder for me!!

snowman707 wrote: »

yep only working 90 hour week now:D

the eldest fellow most likely will take over the home farm and the dairy herd, he needs a bit of time to find his feet and would like to travel a bit first

Ha. Part time farmer;)

So it will be a while before we see snowman708 so:pac:

just do it wrote: »

Best of luck, your interest will be obvious to the interviewer so I reckon you are a shoe-in!

I know him from when I done the diy ai course anyway so should be a big help, I often met him in the mart and spent a quarter of an hour talking to him . Fingers, legs, toes and arms are crossed all the same hoping for the best

Sent a 15 year old MAU cow to the mart today. 605 kgs 930 euro:). I'll miss her though but she well paid for herself

Going for hay tomorrow, so had the great idea of cleaning the trailer with the power washer, only take an hour, right? Jesus I am half the day at it :pac: But any hay going into that trailer will be cleaner coming out than going in Must fix the on board lights too, got a light board on it at the minute and it's doing my head in, hateful things.

dar31 wrote: »

What's the rest of the country like, absolute cracker of a day here on east Wicklow

Mild down here bright but very cloudy and no wind. Great day for spreading if the fields can hold a tractor. Will find out soon

€2.80 a bale for hay in Maam Cross this morning, nice enough hay for sheep, bales weren't too bad either, not tight packed but they were longer than normal.

Got a call when I came home, friends brother spotted my lamb in the hill. Headed back and picked her up handy enough.

Good day so far