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Farming Chit Chat III

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  • #1652
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    td5man wrote: »
    Now your talking, which town??

    I've a feeling it doesn't matter


  • #1653
    td5man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,082 ✭✭✭td5man


    Dont be daft wrote: »
    Yeah, there still coming here.

    If you wear hoddies while herding just leave your hood down and pop them into it as your going along.
    They'll never get squashed or broken;)

    Havent seen any in the last few days, one of the twins are mad for them.


  • #1654
    jersey101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,190 ✭✭✭jersey101


    td5man wrote: »
    Now your talking, which town??

    hmmm carlow? Foundry? Do be a fierce sweat box:D


  • #1655
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    td5man wrote: »
    Havent seen any in the last few days, one of the twins are mad for them.
    i wasnt looking for them but there was a good few in the field i was in


  • #1656
    td5man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,082 ✭✭✭td5man


    whelan1 wrote: »
    i wasnt looking for them but there was a good few in the field i was in

    The field we reseeded had chicken sh1t spread on it. I picked a fertiliser bag of mushrooms off it the day before it was ploughed and ploughed as many more in the next day.


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  • #1657
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    What would be a reasonable day rate for an experienced machine driver, say with a 6ish ton machine for scraping out a road or doing some drainage?


  • #1658
    td5man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,082 ✭✭✭td5man


    Conmaicne Mara wrote: »
    What would be a reasonable day rate for an experienced machine driver, say with a 6ish ton machine for scraping out a road or doing some drainage?

    €8-10/hr id be happy if i got €80-100/day


  • #1659
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    whelan1 wrote: »
    i wasnt looking for them but there was a good few in the field i was in

    If you want mushrooms just get manure from a mushroom farm and spread it on the land and hey presto..... Instant forest


  • #1660
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    td5man wrote: »
    €8-10/hr id be happy if i got €80-100/day

    Sounds about right if cash in hand


  • #1661
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    td5man wrote: »
    €8-10/hr id be happy if i got €80-100/day

    Sorry, I mean including his machine and diesel.


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  • #1662
    td5man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,082 ✭✭✭td5man


    Sharpshooter82 wrote: »
    If you want mushrooms just get manure from a mushroom farm and spread it on the land and hey presto..... Instant forest

    I think one of the loads of hen sh1t i got was actually spent compost.


  • #1663
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    Conmaicne Mara wrote: »
    What would be a reasonable day rate for an experienced machine driver, say with a 6ish ton machine for scraping out a road or doing some drainage?
    Do you mean just the driver or the price for a machine aswell ?


  • #1664
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    moy83 wrote: »
    Do you mean just the driver or the price for a machine aswell ?

    The whole shebang.


  • #1665
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    td5man wrote: »
    I think one of the loads of hen sh1t i got was actually spent compost.

    There ya go


  • #1666
    td5man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,082 ✭✭✭td5man


    Conmaicne Mara wrote: »
    Sorry, I mean including his machine and diesel.

    I charge €30-35/hr for 12 tonne machine.
    €250 for an 8 hour day.
    200 would be enough for 6 tonner


  • #1667
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    Conmaicne Mara wrote: »
    The whole shebang.

    You could be looking at 35 an hour or there abouts


  • #1668
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    td5man wrote: »
    I charge €30-35/hr for 12 tonne machine.
    €250 for an 8 hour day.
    200 would be enough for 6 tonner

    That's about right


  • #1669
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    I'm watching tractor ted dvds here with the young lads , they're good stuff I must say.

    What kind of rents are paid for farms over in the UK ?


  • #1670
    td5man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,082 ✭✭✭td5man


    moy83 wrote: »
    I'm watching tractor ted dvds here with the young lads , they're good stuff I must say.

    What kind of rents are paid for farms over in the UK ?

    Twins got 2 more grassmen dvds today.


  • #1671
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    td5man wrote: »
    Twins got 2 more grassmen dvds today.
    They would have you robbed , I had to buy the third dvd player this year aswell :rolleyes:


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  • #1672
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    I'm reading, I feel so edumacated :p

    Although Tractor Tom does have his moments, he's no Astro Farm.


  • #1673
    td5man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,082 ✭✭✭td5man


    moy83 wrote: »
    They would have you robbed , I had to buy the third dvd player this year aswell :rolleyes:

    I hadnt them with me today so only came home with a loading shovel and a farmhandler and 2 dvds.


  • #1674
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    Kovu Murr wrote: »
    I'm reading, I feel so edumacated :p

    Although Tractor Tom does have his moments, he's no Astro Farm.

    This is Tractor Ted , I think Tractor Tom is for the younger again crowd :D


  • #1675
    td5man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,082 ✭✭✭td5man


    moy83 wrote: »
    This is Tractor Ted , I think Tractor Tom is for the younger again crowd :D

    My two wouldnt bother with that, its for babies there 2 3/4.
    The 7&10 yo would watch it though


  • #1676
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    moy83 wrote: »
    This is Tractor Ted , I think Tractor Tom is for the younger again crowd :D

    You'd know I didn't have any young'uns to be looking after! I've no clue of any of that stuff.


  • #1677
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    Kovu Murr wrote: »
    You'd know I didn't have any young'uns to be looking after! I've no clue of any of that stuff.
    ive to start learning


  • #1678
    td5man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,082 ✭✭✭td5man


    Sharpshooter82 wrote: »
    ive to start learning

    I'll send 2 round to educate you.


  • #1679
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    Sharpshooter82 wrote: »
    ive to start learning

    Start with this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qxWGr8VhzQ

    I'm laughing my ass off at it right now. So long reading.


  • #1680
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    td5man wrote: »
    I'll send 2 round to educate you.
    tell ya what you hold on to them for now.


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  • #1681
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    Sharpshooter82 wrote: »
    ive to start learning

    When everyone is giving you crap stuff for the baby like blankets and baby grows , mesel and td5 will be able to give you the necessities like Grassmen and Tractor Ted dvds :rolleyes:


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