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Farming Chit Chat II

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  • #3752
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


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  • #3753
    dharn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,574 ✭✭✭dharn


    whelan1 wrote: »
    who's going to tell?

    Me :D seriously if you get an invoice with say mondays date on it for replacement and submit it next year or after you renew with glass cover wont the insurance be suspicious, remember they check everything nowadays


  • #3754
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    bob charles wrote: »
    you might as well go and beat your head of a brick wall. converting one official document to another official document. Im still waiting for a tax disc for a jeep taxed 3 months ago.

    Same excuse I have on the go myself bob ;)
    In fairness to the lady in the office here she didnt charge me the fee last time for changing the cert


  • #3755
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    dharn wrote: »
    Me :D seriously if you get an invoice with say mondays date on it for replacement and submit it next year or after you renew with glass cover wont the insurance be suspicious, remember they check everything nowadays
    no if i was claiming on insurance i would wait til i paid premium for it, dunno if this would wait, my da going to deliver some angus cattle during the week over the country and am afraid of it getting worse


  • #3756
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,173 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    mf240 wrote: »
    Another advantage to baled silage.

    Is that right...we'I see who'I be laughin' next winter 'smelly hands McGinity'


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  • #3757
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    whelan1 wrote: »
    no if i was claiming on insurance i would wait til i paid premium for it, dunno if this would wait, my da going to deliver some angus cattle during the week over the country and am afraid of it getting worse
    I saw a lad got his windscreen replaced during the week there and the fitter gave him a bandage afterwards that he was to put on a crack if it happened again . He said it would hold it together and stop it getting any worse for awhile .
    Would one of those do the trick for you till october I wonder ?


  • #3758
    mf240
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,886 ✭✭✭mf240


    Muckit wrote: »
    Is that right...we'I see who'I be laughin' next winter 'smelly hands McGinity'

    The sweet smell of sucess


  • #3759
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    moy83 wrote: »
    I saw a lad got his windscreen replaced during the week there and the fitter gave him a bandage afterwards that he was to put on a crack if it happened again . He said it would hold it together and stop it getting any worse for awhile .
    Would one of those do the trick for you till october I wonder ?
    ìt has to be smaller than a 2 euro coin this is the size of 20 2 euro coins:o


  • #3760
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    whelan1 wrote: »
    ìt has to be smaller than a 2 euro coin this is the size of 20 2 euro coins:o
    20 plasters so , simple :D


  • #3761
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    moy83 wrote: »
    20 plasters so , simple :D
    will dora plasters do?


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  • #3762
    IPFree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37 ✭IPFree


    To make ye all smile! Buried the nose of trailer on previous load so I reckoned on balancing it from the back......


  • #3763
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    whelan1 wrote: »
    will dora plasters do?

    I know well your father wont drive a jeep with dora plasters on it , get him something for a man like power rangers or handy manny :D


  • #3764
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    years ago we had a lad drawing in with 390 t, rule of thumb was to keep back window closed, anyways he didnt and broke the windoe, my da who was picking up went over to lad , and he started crying , my da said he didnt know what to do:rolleyes:


  • #3765
    C0N0R
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,959 ✭✭✭C0N0R


    Just sitting in a lounge in Abu Dhabi airport enjoying the complimentary food and beer, head for a shower soon then the last flight to Dublin. Was talking to the auld lad yesterday and he was saying the silage was near in, was delighted I wouldn't have to cover the pit but a bit gutted i wouldn't be around for the Craic. Keep some of that good weather for me!


  • #3766
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    i know its off topic but who is the guy between dunphy and giles


  • #3767
    kevthegaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,084 ✭✭✭kevthegaff


    whelan1 wrote: »
    i know its off topic but who is the guy between dunphy and giles
    saddler, do ye like him whelan;)


  • #3768
    just do it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    Worst thing about having the track machine in is the subsequent workload - plumbing and fencing. Had the week off so got a s**t load done. Had a lad with me today and made the fencing three or four times quicker than if I was at it myself. So to summarise; roadway done, land drains done, reorganise some paddocks, silage done, fert out for second cut. 1 bag SulphaCAN and gran lime out on grazing ground. Digger pushed in ~120 stakes. Still some fencing and plumbing to do. Paddock system adds to those two jobs but worth it on the long run. Because of the weather been waiting two years to do alot of this work. Great satisfaction tonight seeing the whole thing coming together.


  • #3769
    darragh_haven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,433 ✭✭✭darragh_haven


    Saw a fella topping today. And it wasn't rushes, it was grass! ?


  • #3770
    1chippy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,716 ✭✭✭1chippy


    darragh_haven wrote: »
    Saw a fella topping today. And it wasn't rushes, it was grass! ?
    I'll be at the same next week, noticed a good bit of stemmy grass in a field i'm trying to get grazed off.


  • #3771
    darragh_haven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,433 ✭✭✭darragh_haven


    1chippy wrote: »
    I'll be at the same next week, noticed a good bit of stemmy grass in a field i'm trying to get grazed off.

    My topper is behind a few things in the machinery shed. I'd say that it would take me over half an hour to get it out..... if I wanted it.


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  • #3772
    andymann
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89 ✭✭andymann


    Finished 13 acres of topping today done with finger bar mower..:D
    *cue laughter*


  • #3773
    darragh_haven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,433 ✭✭✭darragh_haven


    andymann wrote: »
    Finished 13 acres of topping today done with finger bar mower..:D
    *cue laughter*

    When did you start.............. April?


  • #3774
    andymann
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89 ✭✭andymann


    darragh_haven wrote: »
    When did you start.............. April?

    Hahaha no twas about saturday!


  • #3775
    AntrimGlens
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,095 ✭✭✭AntrimGlens


    Just in from a BBQ half hour walk home finished a case of Heineken and god knows how much Bush. I'm gonna die the morra and loads jobs to do. Finished the tae leaba calls


  • #3776
    just do it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    Plumbing finished this morning. One of the big costs with a paddock system is water. Anyone any tricks for keeping JFC 30g tanks from overflowing on boggy ground?

    Family weekend so that draws an end to my time for farming. It made such a difference being at it full time for a full week. Really got stuck in. Up until this it has been a few hours in the morning and evening, an odd half day or full day here and there. A bit of fencing left to do but I can do that ahead of the cows. Once that's done can really get stuck into grassland management;)


  • #3777
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    whelan1 wrote: »
    i know its off topic but who is the guy between dunphy and giles

    My wife and two sisters asked same thing


  • #3778
    simx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,556 ✭✭✭simx


    just do it wrote: »
    Plumbing finished this morning. One of the big costs with a paddock system is water. Anyone any tricks for keeping JFC 30g tanks from overflowing on boggy ground?

    Family weekend so that draws an end to my time for farming. It made such a difference being at it full time for a full week. Really got stuck in. Up until this it has been a few hours in the morning and evening, an odd half day or full day here and there. A bit of fencing left to do but I can do that ahead of the cows. Once that's done can really get stuck into grassland management;)

    What's causing them to overflow? Unlevel?


  • #3779
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    just do it wrote: »
    Plumbing finished this morning. One of the big costs with a paddock system is water. Anyone any tricks for keeping JFC 30g tanks from overflowing on boggy ground?

    Family weekend so that draws an end to my time for farming. It made such a difference being at it full time for a full week. Really got stuck in. Up until this it has been a few hours in the morning and evening, an odd half day or full day here and there. A bit of fencing left to do but I can do that ahead of the cows. Once that's done can really get stuck into grassland management;)
    make sure you have the drinkers anchored properly, we put posts on each side, the cows are feckers for throwing them around when empty, nothing worse:cool:


  • #3780
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    simx wrote: »
    What's causing them to overflow? Unlevel?
    we also dig out a bit of a base to sit them in to keep them level, gone back to concrete drinkers around here tbh


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  • #3781
    mf240
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,886 ✭✭✭mf240


    Just do it. If you could get old slats they are good in a bog under drinkers. What I done for bog paddocks here was put a couple of big drinkers on the lane in a few places and leave it that the cows can walk to them. Never very far. Probably not practical for cows with calves.


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