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Dampintheattic · 01-07-2013 02:00PM

just do it wrote: »

You're right, but that will change

I'm in the same boat with a few years. Servicing 14 acres divided into paddocks, and at times paddocks into smaller paddocks (strip grazing).

I'm still, pulling and dragging one water trough, and a few a couple mof hundred meters of pipe, to keep things going.
Jazuz, but we love hardship:p

ABlur · 01-07-2013 02:06PM

I have a few of half inch pipe with a tee on the end off the trough. Put a straight joiner in then when I'm moving it then.

Redz would you put up a pic please. Brain is dead today just can't visualise your setup!

Muckit · 01-07-2013 02:45PM

ABlur wrote: »

I have a few of half inch pipe with a tee on the end off the trough. Put a straight joiner in then when I'm moving it then.

Redz would you put up a pic please. Brain is dead today just can't visualise your setup!

He has a short length of pipe (probably about 3') out of ballcock of trough, with a tee joiner on the end.

On taps into the main line then (which I assume he has overground) by opening a straight joiner and removing centre of it and putting in T from trough in it's place

You need a stopcock at the beginning of the main run so as to be able to turn off water. It's grand when starting off, but I wouldn't like to be at it all the time.

I see on youtube a lad in states that uses quick release couplings so that he doesn't have to turn off mains, now that's when you'd be in business;) Simply pull out, then push into the next point.

hugo29 · 01-07-2013 02:54PM

Muckit wrote: »

He has a short length of pipe (probably about 3') out of ballcock of trough, with a tee joiner on the end.

On taps into the main line then (which I assume he has overground) by opening a straight joiner and removing centre of it and putting in T from trough in it's place

You need a stopcock at the beginning of the main run so as to be able to turn off water. It's grand when starting off, but I wouldn't like to be at it all the time.

I see on youtube a lad in states that uses quick release couplings so that he doesn't have to turn off mains, now that's when you'd be in business;) Simply pull out, then push into the next point.

jayus lads life is too short for that crack:D, just bite the bullet and put in the few extra drinkers

Dampintheattic · 01-07-2013 03:06PM

hugo29 wrote: »

jayus lads life is too short for that crack:D, just bite the bullet and put in the few extra drinkers

Yeah, but the grass police, would pick a lad up, for not back fencing:eek:
Need to keep the water trough moving with the fence.

I'm surprised yor man Concannon, in JFC, hasn't come out with a water trough on wheels!!

redzerologhlen · 01-07-2013 03:10PM

ABlur wrote: »

I have a few of half inch pipe with a tee on the end off the trough. Put a straight joiner in then when I'm moving it then.

Redz would you put up a pic please. Brain is dead today just can't visualise your setup!

Muckit has it explained better than me above there.

redzerologhlen · 01-07-2013 03:13PM

just do it wrote: »

You're right, but that will change

Probably over time but I could find a better way to spend 1k at the moment than buying 10 troughs, only a 5 minute job every day or 2 at the moment to move it so I can live with that for a while.

nashmach · 01-07-2013 03:14PM

bob charles wrote: »

I have being busy with the photo machine this evening

1. Grubs up
2. Maize looking better than it actually is, wild oats waiting for spray:mad:
3. Spring barley looking nice

Didn't think you were a "white head" man Bob!!

Have you being hiding a few FRs too!

Your SB looks well

bob charles · 01-07-2013 03:17PM

nashmach wrote: »

Didn't think you were a "white head" man Bob!!

Have you being hiding a few FRs too!

Your SB looks well

Anything goes at my age nowadays, beggars cant be choosers

SB drilled in crap conditions.:mad:, typical SW drilled in super conditions looks poor, drop up a pic later as im going spray it this evening

just do it · 01-07-2013 06:34PM

ABlur wrote: »

I have a few of half inch pipe with a tee on the end off the trough. Put a straight joiner in then when I'm moving it then.

Redz would you put up a pic please. Brain is dead today just can't visualise your setup!

Sounds like you've the same set up as redzer and as muckit has explained

vanderbadger · 01-07-2013 06:57PM

a few weanlings

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redzerologhlen · 01-07-2013 07:07PM

Where did you get the small white one Vander :P:D

Conmaicne Mara · 01-07-2013 07:13PM

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Where did you get the small white one Vander :P:D

I think that's one of them mini breeds, sell it to a transplanted good lifer for a fortune

vanderbadger · 01-07-2013 07:23PM

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Where did you get the small white one Vander :P:D

i have a few more not much bigger than the little hoor

even the cows dont bother with him anymore, he wanders thru them every morning when im doing the herding

just do it · 01-07-2013 08:19PM

vanderbadger wrote: »

a few weanlings

Autumn calves I take it! What's your plan with them vander?

leg wax · 01-07-2013 08:37PM

move them on, got 1200 for 400kg lims on sat sept born, they look around 350 kgs vander.

vanderbadger · 01-07-2013 08:43PM

just do it wrote: »

Autumn calves I take it! What's your plan with them vander?

leg wax wrote: »

move them on, got 1200 for 400kg lims on sat sept born, they look around 350 kgs vander.

Ya will go with them soon. I haven't been to a mart in moths, heard trade wasn't great though

tismesoitis · 01-07-2013 08:48PM

leg wax wrote: »

move them on, got 1200 for 400kg lims on sat sept born, they look around 350 kgs vander.

where was that legs?

stanflt · 01-07-2013 09:02PM

second cut silage

naughto · 01-07-2013 09:04PM

i think you need a few more tyres:pac:

vanderbadger · 01-07-2013 09:08PM

stanflt wrote: »

second cut silage

Could you get spreader veins for the Kuhn mower stan? Might save you time tending it out.

stanflt · 01-07-2013 09:10PM

vanderbadger wrote: »

Could you get spreader veins for the Kuhn mower stan? Might save you time tending it out.

still needs to be tedded to get dry

Tipp Man · 01-07-2013 09:11PM

Nice grass Stan

Have you given up on picking up the silage yerselves? I thought you had a nice JF on the go for a while

stanflt · 01-07-2013 09:14PM

Tipp Man wrote: »

Nice grass Stan

Have you given up on picking up the silage yerselves? I thought you had a nice JF on the go for a while

no it will be out next week for another 35acres

ive too much work for it and it doesnt like tedded grass

cows silage all made by self propelled 30-40dm 75-85dmd
replacements all fed on jf 20-25dm

leg wax · 01-07-2013 09:28PM

tismesoitis wrote: »

where was that legs?

carnew mart a great trade for shape tlt v mallon,staring each other out of it ,great to see,lads sold bb in tullow on fri instead of going to carnew they lost 100-150 a head.

just do it · 01-07-2013 10:33PM

vanderbadger wrote: »

Ya will go with them soon. I haven't been to a mart in moths, heard trade wasn't great though

Good luck with them and let us know how you get on. Can't say I've been near the mart in a few months.

just do it · 01-07-2013 10:36PM

How much of a wilt did you give it Stan? Looking at the pics I'm starting to think my second cut is coming on nicely;)

Richk2012 · 01-07-2013 11:25PM

leg wax wrote: »

carnew mart a great trade for shape tlt v mallon,staring each other out of it ,great to see,lads sold bb in tullow on fri instead of going to carnew they lost 100-150 a head.

I seen Quinn and Mallon driving them sky high couple years ago .
Be great to be on the recieving end .
How are the parts doin for you this year?

leg wax · 02-07-2013 08:30AM

Richk2012 wrote: »

I seen Quinn and Mallon driving them sky high couple years ago .
Be great to be on the recieving end .
How are the parts doin for you this year?

parts are brill i have some plain calves as can be exspected,left the bull in staight away on 1st may,no bb here next spring.

reilig · 02-07-2013 10:14AM

In contrast to Stanfit

Rushes licked last tuesday evening - starting to turn orange. Cattle due to graze in here in about 20 days time. Will let the rushes die till after that and then top them off. This is another field that was desolated in the wet weather last summer. It was licked in March 2012 and there wasn't a rush on it throughout last summer, but they really sprung up during last winter! It's due a coat of pig slurry and a bag to the acre of can after the rushes are cleared.

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