Farming Chit Chat III

freedominacup · 23-11-2013 02:36PM

whelan1 wrote: »

we had to lift ours last year too, amazed the amount of stuff blocking it..... did you lift it before, was the pump cutting out leading up to this?

I think we had it up 5/6 years ago. It gave one blip in the middle of the summer, I had a moment to say the least, I thought the well was gone in the drought. I just checked square D and the wiring connections and off she went again that time but no trouble other than that. Grundfos pump and we've always found them reliable.

whelan1 · 23-11-2013 02:39PM

Bizzum wrote: »

Brown girl in the ring, Rasputin, By the rivers of babylon, Daddy cool .............I remember them.

ah i do too, just never would have thought of them tbh

td5man · 23-11-2013 02:44PM

Our pump wore a hole in the motor ( unlined well) .
Fitted a new motor and put a bit of sewer pipe round it working away ever since.

freedominacup · 23-11-2013 02:50PM

td5man wrote: »

Our pump wore a hole in the motor ( unlined well) .
Fitted a new motor and put a bit of sewer pipe round it working away ever since.

If ya could get a milking robot as reilable as those pumps that you could switch on and walk away from for years at a time we'd all have one I'd say.

Muckit · 23-11-2013 04:29PM

freedominacup wrote: »

No water anywhere when I got up this morning. We have a 2kgal header tank for parlour so was able to milk. Couldn't get any reply from the guy who does the pumps here so we hauled up the sub ourselves (all 300 foot of pipe) to see what the story was. Inlet completely clogged with iron sediment. Half an hour cleaning inlet holes with a couple of bits of wire and we're back in business:cool:. Saved a nice bit for a Sat callout. I thought it was going to make a complete gangf**k of the day so pleased enough with how it worked out.

It was a flat battery in the car for me..... the winter is in! :-)

J DEERE · 23-11-2013 05:26PM

freedominacup wrote: »

No water anywhere when I got up this morning. We have a 2kgal header tank for parlour so was able to milk. Couldn't get any reply from the guy who does the pumps here so we hauled up the sub ourselves (all 300 foot of pipe) to see what the story was. Inlet completely clogged with iron sediment. Half an hour cleaning inlet holes with a couple of bits of wire and we're back in business:cool:. Saved a nice bit for a Sat callout. I thought it was going to make a complete gangf**k of the day so pleased enough with how it worked out.

Have had to pull ours up a few times, it's a job you would want to be in the whole of your health to do. Old pipes were starting to leak down in the well, losing water pressure and then none at all. Changed the pipes last year and no problem since. We have iron in the water here so have to pull up the sub anyway every so often and let acid run through it

bbam · 23-11-2013 06:43PM

Sewerage blocked so needed to spend a bit of time on that today... amazing with these short days, once you loose a few hours they're gone !!

Sharpshooter82 · 23-11-2013 08:15PM

bbam wrote: »

Sewerage blocked so needed to spend a bit of time on that today... amazing with these short days, once you loose a few hours they're gone !!

Ain't that a fact

Timmaay · 23-11-2013 09:47PM

td5man wrote: »

Our pump wore a hole in the motor ( unlined well) .
Fitted a new motor and put a bit of sewer pipe round it working away ever since.

Only did this also afew weeks ago, thankfully in my case, only the wire was getting cut. My uncle is an electrician, and does loads of wells, so no call out fees for me

Sharpshooter82 · 23-11-2013 09:53PM

Timmaay wrote: »

Only did this also afew weeks ago, thankfully in my case, only the wire was getting cut. My uncle is an electrician, and does loads of wells, so no call out fees for me

lucky lad, most snags with unlined wells are stones coming loose and jamming the pump in the well

Massey10 · 23-11-2013 10:42PM

freedominacup wrote: »

No water anywhere when I got up this morning. We have a 2kgal header tank for parlour so was able to milk. Couldn't get any reply from the guy who does the pumps here so we hauled up the sub ourselves (all 300 foot of pipe) to see what the story was. Inlet completely clogged with iron sediment. Half an hour cleaning inlet holes with a couple of bits of wire and we're back in business:cool:. Saved a nice bit for a Sat callout. I thought it was going to make a complete gangf**k of the day so pleased enough with how it worked out.

If you take the pump apart and leave in 2/3 water 1/3 descaler for a few days it will come out like new. A spare pump comes in handy as you can just change over

td5man · 24-11-2013 12:19AM

Muckit wrote: »

It was a flat battery in the car for me..... the winter is in! :-)

Jeep wouldnt start yesterday, its a f***er if the voltage is down at all it will turn andturn but wont fire.

Juniorhurler · 24-11-2013 12:19AM

Massey10 wrote: »

If you take the pump apart and leave in 2/3 water 1/3 descaler for a few days it will come out like new. A spare pump comes in handy as you can just change over

Savage iron here too and we do exactly this about every 2 years.

bogman_bass · 24-11-2013 12:59AM

Bizzum wrote: »

Brown girl in the ring, Rasputin, By the rivers of babylon, Daddy cool .............I remember them.

When I was a kid I used to love their greatest hits record (yes, vinyl! I was a hipster before it was cool)
My parents have a lot to answer for

Bizzum · 24-11-2013 01:16AM

bogman_bass wrote: »

When I was a kid I used to love their greatest hits record (yes, vinyl! I was a hipster before it was cool)
My parents have a lot to answer for

I was more into Thin Lizzy and the Metal side of stuff but I remember Boney M well.
I had a nice collection of tapes years ago. Kids nowadays wouldn't know what a tape was if they saw one, never mind am LP.
I'd a nice few singles too, whatever became of them!

Qualitymark · 24-11-2013 01:31AM

What does the farmer say?

http://www.upworthy.com/the-most-hilarious-parody-video-ive-seen-yet-what-does-the-farmer-say?c=utw1

Massey10 · 24-11-2013 01:36AM

Juniorhurler wrote: »

Savage iron here too and we do exactly this about every 2 years.

Great minds think alike.

whelan1 · 24-11-2013 06:51AM

Bizzum wrote: »

I was more into Thin Lizzy and the Metal side of stuff but I remember Boney M well.
I had a nice collection of tapes years ago. Kids nowadays wouldn't know what a tape was if they saw one, never mind am LP.
I'd a nice few singles too, whatever became of them!

We played frisbee with my parents record collection. We got in serious trouble when they found out

Timmaay · 24-11-2013 08:36AM

Dropping them down the back of radiators got me in sh£te, they use to warp with the heat!

Marooned75 · 24-11-2013 08:57AM

Having the record button on pause for your favorite songs to be played on the radio.

delaval · 24-11-2013 09:19AM

Message for Timmay, Jersey, Bogman and any other single farmers. Lads forget niteclubs and bars in the search for action the new dating is on the canvass trail.
This week I met 3 different young girls farming all bar one milking cows and 250+ acres. If only I was single and 30 years old I'd be moving.

I have deliberately excluded Bob as he has taken to paying for it!!!

bob charles · 24-11-2013 10:24AM

delaval wrote: »

Message for Timmay, Jersey, Bogman and any other single farmers. Lads forget niteclubs and bars in the search for action the new dating is on the canvass trail.
This week I met 3 different young girls farming all bar one milking cows and 250+ acres. If only I was single and 30 years old I'd be moving.

I have deliberately excluded Bob as he has taken to paying for it!!!

Ah the perks of being a postman, sounds like you are getting elected well before polling day.

I always say that its allot easier borrow money than marry it. No point marrying a farmer as that would only bring more hardship, this liquid cash I would be after if I was in that market.

When your on the road you see lots of things Delaval, thats why I pity you lads that are standing looking in between a cows legs all day:D. The action this week was in Kildare, you should have came along;).

finally, people dont realise how cheap in the long run, it is to be paying for it:cool:.

Viewtodiefor · 24-11-2013 10:38AM

Just spent the last half hour trying to get jeep going ran out of diesel down the field! For **** sake!

jomoloney · 24-11-2013 10:57AM

Viewtodiefor wrote: »

Just spent the last half hour trying to get jeep going ran out of diesel down the field! For **** sake!

it's a lot easier to get it going if there is diesel in it

:D:D

bob charles · 24-11-2013 11:04AM

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/garda%C3%AD-find-cannabis-growhouse-at-newtwopothouse-1.1605608

was the name not a give away for the Guards all along:)

dzer2 · 24-11-2013 11:05AM

delaval wrote: »

Message for Timmay, Jersey, Bogman and any other single farmers. Lads forget niteclubs and bars in the search for action the new dating is on the canvass trail.
This week I met 3 different young girls farming all bar one milking cows and 250+ acres. If only I was single and 30 years old I'd be moving.

I have deliberately excluded Bob as he has taken to paying for it!!!

Most things are only dear the day you buy them.

Its the maintainance thats so costly so you should always use the cheapest option.

whelan1 · 24-11-2013 11:05AM

Viewtodiefor wrote: »

Just spent the last half hour trying to get jeep going ran out of diesel down the field! For **** sake!

i spent 10 minutes changing a roll of blue towel:mad: cardboard in the middle broke at both ends then i dropped the key for holder into the washtrough

td5man · 24-11-2013 11:23AM

whelan1 wrote: »

i spent 10 minutes changing a roll of blue towel:mad: cardboard in the middle broke at both ends then i dropped the key for holder into the washtrough

Dt's?

freedominacup · 24-11-2013 11:49AM

td5man wrote: »

Dt's?

I think more than me had one of those weekends. It started with the water pump first thing yesterday, got that sorted and the oul fella went to doa job for one of his brothers with loader got punctured around 1/2 a mile from home at half three yesterday . Couldn't get hold of the guy who does the puncture repairs around here for a few mins, major panic, in fairness to him he rang back after another few and was there in half an hour. I left the two of them at it and went back to yard to find cow after calving in the cubicle shed. Everything fine but more time lost. All in all could have been much worse. I'm saying nothing about today as it's not 12 o'clock yet

TEAT SQUEEZER · 24-11-2013 11:56AM

whelan1 wrote: »

i spent 10 minutes changing a roll of blue towel:mad: cardboard in the middle broke at both ends then i dropped the key for holder into the washtrough

hate those fekin roll dispensers... if the paper makes it out alive then youve to spend ages unravelling it and then go about wiping cows or whatever...
started hanging them up on the round ( like toilet roll) ages ago and got my life back:)

Farming Chit Chat III

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