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Farming Chit Chat III

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  • #3062
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    Sharpshooter82 wrote: »
    Nasty stuff oozing from the mac was there

    Some of the comics pages were a bit stuck together.


  • #3063
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    Conmaicne Mara wrote: »
    Some of the comics pages were a bit stuck together.

    Oh lord....you just went there :eek:


  • #3064
    redzerologhlen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭redzerologhlen


    naughto wrote: »
    xbox the new gta is unreal
    you can have mine since mr samuel(babys name) came along i havent had time to turn it on

    Gave the xbox to the girlfriends brother because his one kicked the bucket. Kinda gone past it anyway apart from the odd game of fifa! I did the last mission in GTA for him and killed trevor, he was sour enough over it.


  • #3065
    redzerologhlen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭redzerologhlen


    Conor556 wrote: »
    Join macra,,, try hunting if you know anyone local doing it long nights are great for it!

    No macra round here!! Plenty hunting alright but I dont have much interest in it.


  • #3066
    naughto
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,466 ✭✭✭naughto


    redzerologhlen wrote: »
    Gave the xbox to the girlfriends brother because his one kicked the bucket. Kinda gone past it anyway apart from the odd game of fifa! I did the last mission in GTA for him and killed trevor, he was sour enough over it.
    on line play is where its at some serious craic on that.a gang of us set up a clan and play together about 60 of us.


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  • #3067
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    redzerologhlen wrote: »
    No macra round here!! Plenty hunting alright but I dont have much interest in it.

    I have heaps of night farm work if your interested


  • #3068
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    redzerologhlen wrote: »
    No macra round here!! Plenty hunting alright but I dont have much interest in it.

    Knitting. Very manly hobby:D

    As for tv shows, I'm still trying to catch up on True Blood, missed a few seasons. (Also learned it is not a show to watch on the laptop on the train, naughty scenes crop up when you least expect it)

    As for downloading, I use 2 sites, piratebay and sockshare etc for streaming. The majority of things can be streamed so why download:cool:


  • #3069
    Bizzum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Bizzum


    redzerologhlen wrote: »
    No macra round here!! Plenty hunting alright but I dont have much interest in it.

    Ya need to introduce that kayak of yours to a bit of white water. If ya can organize a drop off and downstream pick-up ya can have mighty craic.


  • #3070
    Chisler2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 438 ✭✭Chisler2


    redzerologhlen wrote: »
    These long nights are starting to drive me mad the last few weeks, play Astro turf for an hour on a Thursday night and that's the height of the excitement for the week. Badly in need of a new hobby for the winter!!

    Buy a power-washer maybe? :rolleyes:


  • #3071
    delaval
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,949 ✭✭✭delaval


    redzerologhlen wrote: »
    No macra round here!! Plenty hunting alright but I dont have much interest in it.

    I'll have a great pastime for you from Feb till end of April if its any help


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  • #3072
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    I am going to buy a wheelbarrow . Any recommendations? I normally bring bales of sawdust singly on a truckbar. Would hope to take 2 or 3 on the wheelbarrow


  • #3073
    vanderbadger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭vanderbadger


    whelan1 wrote: »
    I am going to buy a wheelbarrow . Any recommendations? I normally bring bales of sawdust singly on a truckbar. Would hope to take 2 or 3 on the wheelbarrow

    I find those jfc plastic carts are great but the are fierce dear, approx 300 euro


  • #3074
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    vanderbadger wrote: »
    I find those jfc plastic carts are great but the are fierce dear, approx 300 euro
    yeah they are shocking handy


  • #3075
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    http://www.donedeal.ie/farmproduce-for-sale/bedding-and-feed/5681538
    Any use to ya Whelan :confused:


  • #3076
    td5man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,082 ✭✭✭td5man


    vanderbadger wrote: »
    I find those jfc plastic carts are great but the are fierce dear, approx 300 euro

    There are cheaper versions of the jfc but there not up to much.


  • #3077
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    Would want it to be big enough that I could put a newborn calf into aswell. Also have a cow in a single pen that I am carrying 8 mineral buckets of silage to a day. Barrow would save time


  • #3078
    td5man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,082 ✭✭✭td5man


    whelan1 wrote: »
    Would want it to be big enough that I could put a newborn calf into aswell. Also have a cow in a single pen that I am carrying 8 mineral buckets of silage to a day. Barrow would save time

    Jfc seems to be the only one thats big enough. You also need good level surfaces to run it on.


  • #3079
    Sharpshooter82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Sharpshooter82


    http://www.donedeal.ie/farmproduce-for-sale/bedding-and-feed/5681538
    Any use to ya Whelan :confused: something similar to the JFC


  • #3080
    Viewtodiefor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,217 ✭✭✭Viewtodiefor


    whelan1 wrote: »
    Would want it to be big enough that I could put a newborn calf into aswell. Also have a cow in a single pen that I am carrying 8 mineral buckets of silage to a day. Barrow would save time

    Jaysus Whelan your some woman for punishment !


  • #3081
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    whelan1 wrote: »
    Would want it to be big enough that I could put a newborn calf into aswell. Also have a cow in a single pen that I am carrying 8 mineral buckets of silage to a day. Barrow would save time

    how about a wee quad and trailer


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  • #3082
    delaval
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,949 ✭✭✭delaval


    whelan1 wrote: »
    Would want it to be big enough that I could put a newborn calf into aswell. Also have a cow in a single pen that I am carrying 8 mineral buckets of silage to a day. Barrow would save time

    Would a shear grab or a mart not be better?


  • #3083
    vanderbadger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭vanderbadger


    whelan1 wrote: »
    Would want it to be big enough that I could put a newborn calf into aswell. Also have a cow in a single pen that I am carrying 8 mineral buckets of silage to a day. Barrow would save time

    ya easy..i had a young bull on straw last year and i used to use jfc cart to feed him, he did his best to make sh1t of it and failed, also unlike a normal barrow they cant really overturn them so handy for not spilling silage etc


  • #3084
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    hugo29 wrote: »
    how about a wee quad and trailer

    Nope. Will be along time before there will be a quad here


  • #3085
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    whelan1 wrote: »
    Nope. Will be along time before there will be a quad here

    a honda 50 with a tow bar:D


  • #3086
    Rovi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,569 ✭✭✭Rovi


    We have had a Fox 140 litre two-wheeled barrow for a couple of decades:
    http://foxbros.ie/wheel-barrow.html

    It's the most wonderfully useful item ever!
    It holds a VAST amount of silage/meal/logs/whatever, and did sterling work shifting fresh calves about when we were at that.
    It's the perfect height to sit a soft calf into with his head at the far end from the handles, and you can steer and manoeuvre him in towards his mother's udder. MUCH easier than trying to hold him up on weak/wobbly legs! :D

    On pneumatic tyres and balanced nicely, it makes moving stuff about a breeze.

    I have no idea what they cost these days, but I vaguely remember it was considered "fierce dear" when it was purchased back in the 90's, but the cost of it has never been mentioned since :D


  • #3087
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    Rovi wrote: »
    We have had a Fox 140 litre two-wheeled barrow for a couple of decades:
    http://foxbros.ie/wheel-barrow.html

    It's the most wonderfully useful item ever!
    It holds a VAST amount of silage/meal/logs/whatever, and did sterling work shifting fresh calves about when we were at that.
    It's the perfect height to sit a soft calf into with his head at the far end from the handles, and you can steer and manoeuvre him in towards his mother's udder. MUCH easier than trying to hold him up on weak/wobbly legs! :D

    On pneumatic tyres and balanced nicely, it makes moving stuff about a breeze.


    I have no idea what they cost these days, but I vaguely remember it was considered "fierce dear" when it was purchased back in the 90's, but the cost of it has never been mentioned since :D
    which would be heavier/ durable and would the galvanised one last


  • #3088
    redzerologhlen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭redzerologhlen


    delaval wrote: »
    I'll have a great pastime for you from Feb till end of April if its any help

    Have the same to do here, plenty of time to pass until then though!!


  • #3089
    naughto
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,466 ✭✭✭naughto


    whelan1 wrote: »
    Nope. Will be along time before there will be a quad here
    will quads be dirth cheap now with having to have them insured?


  • #3090
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    naughto wrote: »
    will quads be dirth cheap now with having to have them insured?

    You always had to have quads insured if you were bringing them on the road.

    If you don't bring them on the road then you aren't required by law to have insurance. 99% of quads in the country are uninsured!


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  • #3091
    towzer2010
    Closed Accounts Posts: 533 ✭✭✭towzer2010


    naughto wrote: »
    green poo tonight

    Comfort formula?


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