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rancher · 23-09-2012 07:21AM

Odelay wrote: »

Well worth trying once, even just for the crack.

However what one lad can do in 100hrs an experienced operator who knows how to plan his work will do it in 30-40hrs. Diesel is expensive! we have one machine munching through 35lts per hr and that is on economy setting. Moves mountains though.

I winter sheep in a cattle shed, straw bedded on cattle slats, hire a micro digger to clean it out, really enjoy that few days, wouldn't like to chance anything heavier on 35 yr old slats and its the only thing that fits in the 6 ft high doors.
Surprised to hear about the diesel, a ten ton has been on self drive hire with a few neighbours and the one thing they noted was its economy.

Kovu · 23-09-2012 07:04PM

Was anyone at that SIM sale in Mohill yesterday. I really wanted two of them but totally out of my league money wise!!

Richk2012 · 23-09-2012 07:09PM

Kovu Murr wrote: »

Was anyone at that SIM sale in Mohill yesterday. I really wanted two of them but totally out of my league money wise!!

What sort of money were they making???

just do it · 23-09-2012 11:17PM

just do it wrote: »

Track machine left the farm yesterday after nearly 7 full days:eek:. About 5 days of that was for me. He's a great lad so I'm happy to see him pick up a few other bits for neighbours just because they saw him in my place.

The downside - a load of fencing to put back up:rolleyes:. I'll post a few photos in due course....

Some photos over on the photo thread. I forgot to say he tested a spot close to the shed that I reckoned had potential for well. He reckons it will do the trick but before ploughing on he wants to wait for the water table to drop and try again. He did one for himself recently so knows what he's at. So the plan is open it again after a dry spell when the water table has dropped and let it fill. Empty it with the slurry tanker and time how long it takes to fill again. That gives you the daily flow rate and then decide if it's worth it. Now all we need is a prolonged dry spell;).

just do it · 23-09-2012 11:33PM

kevthegaff wrote: »

i think its around 35-40 euros an hour for a 13 tonnes, i have to get a lad meself in for a couple of days. Often thought about buying one myself

whelan1 wrote: »

€600 per day:eek:

€300 per day was the charge and worth every penny of it. It's great to have a trustworthy fella. I was away most the time he was there. He hit water pipes twice and fixed them up with philmac fittings - he always keeps a few in the digger.

I'm glad I was able to kick-start a bit of work for him as he'd a very quiet summer. Does a good bit of work for farmers but has had plenty lads say to him they'd planned to get him but didn't because of the weather.

As for hiring a self-drive, I think it's a fools economy. Diesel is now dear and the 13t working on my place drank just shy of €100/day. My main trench is 700m long with only a slight gradient. You want a skilled man to get that right!

whelan1 · 24-09-2012 08:11AM

what a crappy morning.... lashing rain and cold and dark:mad:

snowman707 · 24-09-2012 08:20AM

whelan1 wrote: »

what a crappy morning.... lashing rain and cold and dark:mad:

looking at the radar images on line you are getting the brunt of it

slightly misty here and dark

looks like to morro will be a wash out FFS :mad:

FarmerWatch · 24-09-2012 08:29AM

whelan1 wrote: »

what a crappy morning.... lashing rain and cold and dark:mad:

We had a touch of frost over the weekend! :eek:

snowman707 wrote: »

looking at the radar images on line you are getting the brunt of it

slightly misty here and dark

looks like to morro will be a wash out FFS :mad:

Ah great :rolleyes:, but then the ploughing is usually swimming in a field, sure we wouldn't know it without a bit of muck!

Black Smoke · 24-09-2012 08:37AM

whelan1 wrote: »

what a crappy morning.... lashing rain and cold and dark:mad:

East coast getting the worst of the rain this time. Here in the west, rain not too bad yet, but darkness was really noticable this morning. Did the herding at 6.30am, with the flash lamp:( Then off to the day job. It will be 6.30pm when I get home, and wont have too much daylight to get a few bits done.

dasheriff · 24-09-2012 08:53AM

Misty and dirty here too just after opening the pit,Iv half the cattle in hoping to keep the other half out for a while yet but the place is boating..:(

bbam · 24-09-2012 09:14AM

Black Smoke wrote: »

East coast getting the worst of the rain this time. Here in the west, rain not too bad yet, but darkness was really noticable this morning. Did the herding at 6.30am, with the flash lamp:( Then off to the day job. It will be 6.30pm when I get home, and wont have too much daylight to get a few bits done.

Definitely getting more use of the winter clothes and flashlamp these days..
Was out this morning at seven and it was near dark and lashing rain.. Two calves the wrong side of the ditch :mad:
Its our own field so there they stay until I get back thisevening..
The bawls of them watching the others eat at the trough !! :rolleyes:

JohnBoy · 24-09-2012 11:07AM

Ruts...

what should I do to deal with post silage rutting?

it's not terrible given the year we had, but I dont want this year's damage ending up in next year's silage.

will rolling in the spring be enough or should I be doing something more now?

Black Smoke · 24-09-2012 11:15AM

JohnBoy wrote: »

Ruts...

what should I do to deal with post silage rutting?

it's not terrible given the year we had, but I dont want this year's damage ending up in next year's silage.

will rolling in the spring be enough or should I be doing something more now?

Get the whole family out, and gove them one each:cool: http://www.google.ie/imgres?q=shovel&start=279&num=10&hl=en&biw=1680&bih=933&addh=36&tbm=isch&tbnid=pSbL1sSCdcTetM:&imgrefurl=http://nointinjunkies.wordpress.com/2011/07/24/one-handle-on-a-shovel/&docid=eSO8QBXO1GAFzM&imgurl=http://nointinjunkies.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/shovels.jpg&w=1800&h=1350&ei=fUBgULflMI6ZhQfkmIB4&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=1378&vpy=485&dur=848&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=196&ty=112&sig=118245169698702385738&page=6&tbnh=136&tbnw=183&ndsp=56&ved=1t:429,r:45,s:279,i:146

Juniorhurler · 24-09-2012 12:02PM

Jaysus, some morning here. Had to be in work for 9. I had a cow in under the calving camera last night and was waking every so often to look at her on the telly. At 5.30 the blister was appearing so I got up and had the breakfast, giving her a bit of time.

Down at the shed at 6ish and did a few jobs as she wasn't a lot further along. About 6.45 got a bit concerned and burst the blister myself and put the hand in, two big back feet coming first. Turned out she was savage tight. Good pull before she sat down, knocking the head off the jack on the way and sat on it with calfs two legs hanging out. To get the jack head out we rolled her over on her back and pulled again. Out pops the calf. BB bull calf that she would have calved alone only for being backwards.

Went to wash the jack, came back and the cow had tried to get up, was obviously staggery and bloody fell on the calf totally covering it. We rolled her off again, thankfully the calf was alright.

Just goes to show that you need to be around when they are calving. I mean this calf should have been born no problem only he was backwards.

Anyway made work at 9.05. You'd need to love farming to put up with these mornings.:D

bogman_bass · 24-09-2012 12:05PM

JohnBoy wrote: »

Ruts...

what should I do to deal with post silage rutting?

it's not terrible given the year we had, but I dont want this year's damage ending up in next year's silage.

will rolling in the spring be enough or should I be doing something more now?

a run of a land leveler is probably the best job

Kovu · 24-09-2012 07:52PM

Richk2012 wrote: »

What sort of money were they making???

Anything from €1270 to €2200:eek:
The two I fancied were €1710 and €1650.

pgodkin · 24-09-2012 08:44PM

Hi all

pgodkin here, i have been lurking here for the last couple of months, trying to get back into the swing of things, i was reared on a small farm in wexford where we had everything at one stage but mainly settled on pigs.... when i went off to college all that quietened down and now am based on the outskirts of dublin (Dublin 15) as i work in dublin (transport based). Im looking to get back into farming latter on as both me and the wife really want to get out of the city and move back to the countryside and all we both still work have something small on the side!

Only problem is i have seemed to forgot a lot of stuff, so have been spending the last couple of weeks here trawling through the internets getting back up to speed with things! I am also looking for some on the farm training, in the form of work, my job at the moment is based around a four on four off shift.

I have a degree in Transport, Logistic's & business based mainly in transport but am slowly speclising in Six Sigma

If anyone here is looking for help pm me, as said above im based around dublin 15 but will travel out thanks

just do it · 24-09-2012 09:43PM

pgodkin wrote: »

Hi all

pgodkin here, i have been lurking here for the last couple of months, trying to get back into the swing of things, i was reared on a small farm in wexford where we had everything at one stage but mainly settled on pigs.... when i went off to college all that quietened down and now am based on the outskirts of dublin (Dublin 15) as i work in dublin (transport based). Im looking to get back into farming latter on as both me and the wife really want to get out of the city and move back to the countryside and all we both still work have something small on the side!

Only problem is i have seemed to forgot a lot of stuff, so have been spending the last couple of weeks here trawling through the internets getting back up to speed with things! I am also looking for some on the farm training, in the form of work, my job at the moment is based around a four on four off shift.

I have a degree in Transport, Logistic's & business based mainly in transport but am slowly speclising in Six Sigma

If anyone here is looking for help pm me, as said above im based around dublin 15 but will travel out thanks

Welcome to the farming forum, you'll get plenty advice on here. I took back the family farm 4.5yrs ago and found this forum great. Ask as many questions regardless of how simple you think they are. Farmers like to talk/ type you know

Now can I just clarify this, you are offering free labour?! Watch out you don't end up spending 20hrs/week picking potatoes in North County Dublin for a jam sandwich and a cup of sugary tea:D

redzerologhlen · 24-09-2012 10:02PM

just do it wrote: »

Welcome to the farming forum, you'll get plenty advice on here. I took back the family farm 4.5yrs ago and found this forum great. Ask as many questions regardless of how simple you think they are. Farmers like to talk/ type you know

Now can I just clarify this, you are offering free labour?! Watch out you don't end up spending 20hrs/week picking potatoes in North County Dublin for a jam sandwich and a cup of sugary tea:D

Feck it..if he had posted a month ago he could have given me a hand bagging the turf...be a great educational experience

Bizzum · 24-09-2012 10:07PM

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Feck it..if he had posted a month ago he could have given me a hand bagging the turf...be a great educational experience

Jaysus Redzer, Ya make it sound dirrrrrrrty!:D

Mac Taylor · 24-09-2012 10:49PM

Not exactly farming related, but I got my tickets for Croke Park on Sunday
Taking my eldest lad to his first All-Ireland:D:D

bob charles · 24-09-2012 11:05PM

real feel to winter about today. bringing animals in pretty quickly as with the wind here today grass will be gone in a couple of days. bloody yard is starting to get full and its only mid september

redzerologhlen · 24-09-2012 11:22PM

Did anyone read the thread in AH about suicide, makes for some chilling reading I tell ya.

whelan1 · 25-09-2012 07:31AM

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Did anyone read the thread in AH about suicide, makes for some chilling reading I tell ya.

unreal... also listening to the news last night the amount of stabbings, shootings etc , what is this country coming to, not a day goes by without someone being murdered

kevthegaff · 25-09-2012 07:54AM

whats the AH?

reilig · 25-09-2012 08:11AM

kevthegaff wrote: »

whats the AH?

After Hours Forum

reilig · 25-09-2012 08:15AM

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Did anyone read the thread in AH about suicide, makes for some chilling reading I tell ya.

I don't read it cause I have to deal with some aspects of it in work. I'm glad to get home at the end of the day and get out for fresh air - even if I am to the top of the wellies in muck. Life has changed an awful lot since the 1980's. The biggest change has been in the last 4 years. So many people were flying so high with not a care in the world and suddenly found themselves crashing back to reality with idilic financial situations and personal lives smashing like glass.

It's a scary world to be bringing up young children in!

Manoffeeling · 25-09-2012 08:21AM

reilig wrote: »

I don't read it cause I have to deal with some aspects of it in work. I'm glad to get home at the end of the day and get out for fresh air - even if I am to the top of the wellies in muck. Life has changed an awful lot since the 1980's. The biggest change has been in the last 4 years. So many people were flying so high with not a care in the world and suddenly found themselves crashing back to reality with idilic financial situations and personal lives smashing like glass.

It's a scary world to be bringing up young children in!

+1

bbam · 25-09-2012 08:34AM

My god this last period or rain is hateful. We have young stock in and out and I'm throwing as much straw under them as if they were in full time.

They are out grazing when they can but it's not pleasant going. Much more and I'd house them for my sake if not their own.

Black Smoke · 25-09-2012 08:44AM

bbam wrote: »

My god this last period or rain is hateful. We have young stock in and out and I'm throwing as much straw under them as if they were in full time.

They are out grazing when they can but it's not pleasant going. Much more and I'd house them for my sake if not their own.

I weaned everything over a month ago now. Calves are in good grass with nice shelter. Throwing them meals morning and evening, and they are usually waiting for me, as they hear the gate opening.
This morning I had to root them out from under the bushes and march them to the trough, in driving cold rain.
Im thinking of putting in a bale of hay or straw to them this evening

Suppose hay would be better than straw, or would it?

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