Who is the biggest silage contractor in the Republic of Ireland

countygorey · 26-09-2013 10:24PM #1

thanks.

freetoall · 26-09-2013 10:27PM

Sorry have to say the government.

kevthegaff · 26-09-2013 10:29PM

im doing 10k acres a year

keep going · 27-09-2013 07:40AM

How do measure, is it by the amount of gear or by the number of acres they tell you which I suspect is always over stated

Muckit · 27-09-2013 08:16AM

who gives a .....

Agent Smith · 27-09-2013 08:19AM

The Seanad talks some ****e...

st1979 · 27-09-2013 08:59AM

Couple of contractors around me are pretty massive. I reckon they are around the 30 stone mark each. Couldn't say which is bigger. But one outfit is 3 brothers so combined they would be pretty big. Could be touching 100 stone. Hope this helps

bob charles · 27-09-2013 09:01AM

I could name a few with big willies aswell, as I have seen them out waving them

Manoffeeling · 27-09-2013 09:03AM

kevthegaff wrote: »

im doing 10k acres a year

15 square miles!

Bizzum · 27-09-2013 09:03AM

st1979 wrote: »

Couple of contractors around me are pretty massive. I reckon they are around the 30 stone mark each. Couldn't say which is bigger. But one outfit is 3 brothers so combined they would be pretty big. Could be touching 100 stone. Hope this helps

Ya beat me to it. I was gonna say I knew a chap in North Offaly that was 32stone but he's dead a good few years now.

Sharpshooter82 · 27-09-2013 09:05AM

Bizzum wrote: »

Ya beat me to it. I was gonna say I knew a chap in North Offaly that was 32stone but he's dead a good few years now.

At 32 stone I'm not surprised

mf240 · 27-09-2013 09:26AM

bob charles wrote: »

I could name a few with big willies aswell, as I have seen them out waving them

What you get up to at the weekends is your own business bob.

yellow50HX · 27-09-2013 09:30AM

there is a lad near here that does about 2,500 ac/year but is only 5ft 5. another guy does about 1,000ac but he's about 6ft 7.

there used to be a handfull of big SP lads round here doing between 2-3kac a year. was chatting to the lad that used to do ours and he was saying that his acerage hasnt changed a whole pile in the last 20 years but the number of jobs has. he does very few small jobs (20ac or less) as like us most guys in this bracket now use bales or wagons. but he is doing a lot more 100ac plus work.

cavandown · 27-09-2013 09:30AM

Neighbour of mine has baler for his own work but made 7 for another neighbour this year. How does that rate?

Sam Kade · 27-09-2013 09:47AM

freetoall wrote: »

Sorry have to say the government.

The amount of muck they spread is unbelievable.

freedominacup · 27-09-2013 10:14AM

I'd say it's a toss-up between a the pillar banks and one or two of the leasing crowds. The seem to have no bother getting lads to run the gear for them either. They have a grand cushy number the way they run things.

MFdaveIreland · 27-09-2013 07:03PM

John Dan ohare county Down Louth border, must be one of the biggest in Ireland, something like 5 self propelled harvesters and God knows how many john Deeres,

Sam Kade · 27-09-2013 07:08PM

MFdaveIreland wrote: »

John Dan ohare county Down Louth border, must be one of the biggest in Ireland, something like 5 self propelled harvesters and God knows how many john Deeres,

He should call himself Jack Dan sounds better.

whelan1 · 27-09-2013 07:16PM

MFdaveIreland wrote: »

John Dan ohare county Down Louth border, must be one of the biggest in Ireland, something like 5 self propelled harvesters and God knows how many john Deeres,

never heard of him....anything to dessie o hare?

MFdaveIreland · 27-09-2013 07:23PM

http://youtu.be/etaZdEvXUNA

Numerous videos on YouTube

Sam Kade · 27-09-2013 07:25PM

whelan1 wrote: »

never heard of him....anything to dessie o hare?

They're both border foxes

countygorey · 27-09-2013 10:10PM

keep going wrote: »

How do measure, is it by the amount of gear or by the number of acres they tell you which I suspect is always over stated

area mown

keep going · 28-09-2013 11:22PM

Slightly off 1topic but what is the longest draw you've heard of with silage.heard of fella doing18 miles each way

bob charles · 28-09-2013 11:32PM

keep going wrote: »

Slightly off 1topic but what is the longest draw you've heard of with silage.heard of fella doing18 miles each way

multiplies of that. Have heard of one maize draw, tractors filled up to top with diesel starting the morning. Completed the first load, and ran out of diesel on the way back to the harvester for the third load. just checked on maps and a round trip of 180kms :eek::D:D

Speaking of big things. I was looking in the distance at a shed that covers 9 acres today

Sharpshooter82 · 28-09-2013 11:36PM

bob charles wrote: »

multiplies of that. Have heard of one maize draw, tractors filled up to top with diesel starting the morning. Completed the first load, and ran out of diesel on the way back to the harvester for the third load. just checked on maps and a round trip of 180kms :eek::D:D

Speaking of big things. I was looking in the distance at a shed that covers 9 acres today

Holy sh1t :eek:

stanflt · 29-09-2013 12:01AM

st1979 wrote: »

Couple of contractors around me are pretty massive. I reckon they are around the 30 stone mark each. Couldn't say which is bigger. But one outfit is 3 brothers so combined they would be pretty big. Could be touching 100 stone. Hope this helps

probably the best post ever on boards:):D:p

C0N0R · 29-09-2013 12:35AM

bob charles wrote: »

multiplies of that. Have heard of one maize draw, tractors filled up to top with diesel starting the morning. Completed the first load, and ran out of diesel on the way back to the harvester for the third load. just checked on maps and a round trip of 180kms :eek::D:D

Speaking of big things. I was looking in the distance at a shed that covers 9 acres today

I remember drawing maize from a field in Ardee to the carrickdale hotel just before newry. Was some spin, didn't do to many loads that day anyway. Just googled it, 39km each way and was far longer cause we couldn't go near the motorway. Went cross country and got a bit lost, had to get weighed in between Dundalk and castleblaney.

yellow50HX · 30-09-2013 09:30AM

bob charles wrote: »

multiplies of that. Have heard of one maize draw, tractors filled up to top with diesel starting the morning. Completed the first load, and ran out of diesel on the way back to the harvester for the third load. just checked on maps and a round trip of 180kms :eek::D:D

Speaking of big things. I was looking in the distance at a shed that covers 9 acres today

did soem long draws back in the day. often did 15-20 mile round trips longest i remember was 18 miles from field to farm and 15 back (used a shorter route but with more hills, was too dangerous with a full load). soem of teh lads round here drawing maize are doing stupid milage TBH. i heard of lads buyign maize from down around cloyne and whitegate while thier farms are up around the city and out to fermoy. neighbour drove for a contractor last year that drew maize from outside youghal to around ballincollig around 40 miles each way, now thats expensive feed

freedominacup · 30-09-2013 09:33AM

yellow50HX wrote: »

did soem long draws back in the day. often did 15-20 mile round trips longest i remember was 18 miles from field to farm and 15 back (used a shorter route but with more hills, was too dangerous with a full load). soem of teh lads round here drawing maize are doing stupid milage TBH. i heard of lads buyign maize from down around cloyne and whitegate while thier farms are up around the city and out to fermoy. neighbour drove for a contractor last year that drew maize from outside youghal to around ballincollig around 40 miles each way, now thats expensive feed

At what point does it make more sense to tip and reload onto lorries?

Timmaay · 30-09-2013 09:58AM

freedominacup wrote: »

At whatst point does it make more sense to tip and reload onto lorries?

If it was our land now, I'd be filling the lorry straight from the harvester ha, fields rock hard!

delaval · 30-09-2013 10:02AM

freedominacup wrote: »

At what point does it make more sense to tip and reload onto lorries?

At what point does it make sense to ring a feed mill or buy straight maize meal???

Who is the biggest silage contractor in the Republic of Ireland

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