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visatorro · 22-11-2013 09:07PM

Nearly got away!

Kovu · 23-11-2013 10:51AM

2 empty cows in for paring feet this morning.
Good god that man had muscles:eek: Lifts a cows leg as if it were nothing!

Muckit · 23-11-2013 11:50AM

Kovu Murr wrote: »

2 empty cows in for paring feet this morning.
Good god that man had muscles:eek: Lifts a cows leg as if it were nothing!

So the girls are in the nailbar getting pampered? !

Should they not be on a trailer to the mart/factory?

onyerbikepat · 23-11-2013 05:40PM

Funny how the simple things can save a lot of hassle. Used to hang the fence reel from branches etc to keep it from arcing to ground. A bucket with a few stones does the trick.

Muckit · 23-11-2013 08:47PM

onyerbikepat wrote: »

Funny how the simple things can save a lot of hassle. Used to hang the fence reel from branches etc to keep it from arcing to ground. A bucket with a few stones does the trick.

Sorry l don't get it. Could you not use the reel the other way around......the way it was designed? Start at the hedge. Tie a piece of twine or wire from a branch then hook on insulated handle. Reel out onto posts until you reach live main wire. Lock ratchet on reel, wrap wire on reel around hook a few times and hook onto live wire.

Perhaps there is a good reason why you use the reel the way you do? I just find it hard enough moving reel and stakes without lugging a bucket of stones also.

C0N0R · 23-11-2013 08:48PM

Was at the local agri show yesterday and saw this beast, would love to spend a day working with her. After I took the photo another one came in the same but only in 2WD, some job!

moy83 · 23-11-2013 08:49PM

onyerbikepat wrote: »

Funny how the simple things can save a lot of hassle. Used to hang the fence reel from branches etc to keep it from arcing to ground. A bucket with a few stones does the trick.

Where did you get the bucket ? I could do with a few that size

Sharpshooter82 · 23-11-2013 08:51PM

C0N0R wrote: »

Was at the local agri show yesterday and saw this beast, would love to spend a day working with her. After I took the photo another one came in the same but only in 2WD, some job!

Thats some job

Sharpshooter82 · 23-11-2013 09:02PM

Theres the first load of straw in

Conmaicne Mara · 23-11-2013 09:13PM

Patterson & Maguire at work this evening again.

onyerbikepat · 23-11-2013 09:14PM

Muckit wrote: »

Perhaps there is a good reason why you use the reel the way you do? I just find it hard enough moving reel and stakes without lugging a bucket of stones also.

This is for when using with battery fencer and no wire as such to hang reel on, just going from ditch to ditch. No where really to put reel. Twine used on both ends. Just unwind reel a little then and leave in bucket. Simples.

darragh_haven · 23-11-2013 09:21PM

This was a photo of the summer a full days mowing behind me. Over six months away now

bob charles · 23-11-2013 09:21PM

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

Theres the first load of straw in

I will see your's and raise you my wall in progress from around sept time

, no wonder my animals love being inside

moy83 · 23-11-2013 09:24PM

bob charles wrote: »

I will see your's and raise you my wall in progress from around sept time , no wonder my animals love being inside

Do you cover it all the way down to the ground or just the top ?

bob charles · 23-11-2013 09:27PM

moy83 wrote: »

Do you cover it all the way down to the ground or just the top ?

just cover the bare top with lorry covers if im not busy, otherwise the top bale goes for bedding and all other bales for feeding. If I had a teleporter to go 2 or 3 rows higher I wouldnt bother going up to cover the top

Sharpshooter82 · 23-11-2013 09:36PM

bob charles wrote: »

just cover the bare top with lorry covers if im not busy, otherwise the top bale goes for bedding and all other bales for feeding. If I had a teleporter to go 2 or 3 rows higher I wouldnt bother going up to cover the top

compensating for something are we

:D

just do it · 23-11-2013 09:43PM

darragh_haven wrote: »

This was a photo of the summer a full days mowing behind me. Over six months away now

Tidy work there darragh

Kovu · 24-11-2013 09:42AM

Muckit wrote: »

So the girls are in the nailbar getting pampered? !

Should they not be on a trailer to the mart/factory?

One had a shoe on all summer and is gone v long in the clout. Wouldn't carry any weight so she had to be done. Other one wasn't great so did her as well.

moy83 · 24-11-2013 11:36AM

She's the boss here no matter how big the dog is . At feeding time she picks the tasty bits form his bowl before he gets his nose in too !

vanderbadger · 24-11-2013 11:52AM

moy83 wrote: »

She's the boss here no matter how big the dog is . At feeding time she picks the tasty bits form his bowl before he gets his nose in too !

fecking neighbours dog killed my last cat the other day, friggan annoying, nice old cat and now ive no cat on farm, if i get kittens I will have to be minding them for ages

moy83 · 24-11-2013 11:55AM

vanderbadger wrote: »

fecking neighbours dog killed my last cat the other day, friggan annoying, nice old cat and now ive no cat on farm, if i get kittens I will have to be minding them for ages

The sister drove over our cat a few weeks ago and we got that one there as a kitten , she got two weeks in the utility and then out the door all day after that . They are pretty hardy , you wont be too long at all minding them

Sharpshooter82 · 26-11-2013 01:10PM

Last years calves coming on. AAX heifer to be sold in the coming weeks. Might hold on to the FR bullocks till Jan

Conmaicne Mara · 26-11-2013 01:42PM

Got this from the site of the "Big Dig". To be fair, they are a lot clearer with the naked eye, and I would guess with my camera as opposed to my camera phone.

The red arrow on the far right is pointing to Mt Brandon down on the Dingle peninsula in Kerry, over 80 miles from where I was stood, there are two other distinct peaks visible to the East of Brandon today as well. I'd guess the one in the middle is Beenoskee. I think the ones on the far left are Caherconree and Baurtregaum close together like a saddle. Not so often we get to see them so I like mornings like today.

I don't mean the rocks in the sea either, look closely at the shadows on the horizon, that's them, hopefully the photo is good enough.

Marooned75 · 26-11-2013 05:47PM

Delighted with the reseed

Sharpshooter82 · 26-11-2013 05:49PM

Marooned75 wrote: »

Delighted with the reseed

Came on well

Marooned75 · 26-11-2013 06:07PM

This mild weather has really helped

darragh_haven · 26-11-2013 07:07PM

Here's a few pictures of one of the AD plants that I'm involved in building in Northern Ireland
The first and second picture is of the solid feeder.
The 3rd and 4th pic is the 2 storage tanks that hold 1.7 million gallons between them
Then one pic of the engine

Juniorhurler · 26-11-2013 07:10PM

darragh_haven wrote: »

Cheap yet effective silage pits

Ya, our silage pit was the same as that until this year on two sides until this year. I built a new shed and one side of it made a new wall and we filled in the back with a new wall when we were at it too. We used that system for over twenty years as we had an indoor pit and changed it to calf pens instead of building a new shed at the time. very little waste on the banks too if you roll it well when putting the silage in.

visatorro · 26-11-2013 07:15PM

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Got this from the site of the "Big Dig". To be fair, they are a lot clearer with the naked eye, and I would guess with my camera as opposed to my camera phone.

The red arrow on the far right is pointing to Mt Brandon down on the Dingle peninsula in Kerry, over 80 miles from where I was stood, there are two other distinct peaks visible to the East of Brandon today as well. I'd guess the one in the middle is Beenoskee. I think the ones on the far left are Caherconree and Baurtregaum close together like a saddle. Not so often we get to see them so I like mornings like today.

I don't mean the rocks in the sea either, look closely at the shadows on the horizon, that's them, hopefully the photo is good enough.

Some lovely scenery in the country. Shame most people don't appreciate it

freedominacup · 26-11-2013 07:21PM

darragh_haven wrote: »

Here's a few pictures of one of the AD plants that I'm involved in building in Northern Ireland
The first and second picture is of the solid feeder.
The 3rd and 4th pic is the 2 storage tanks that hold 1.7 million gallons between them
Then one pic of the engine

Was it the crowd from Mullingar that supplied the pre-cast tanks? Or am I being too nosey?

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