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Farming Chit Chat sallies Fourth

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  • #2732
    A cow called Daisy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭A cow called Daisy


    .Kovu. wrote: »
    Have a new packet of powder now at least. It really does smell like banana custard so I don't blame the poor calf. I do however, blame her for the chewed up syringe that I needed to dose with.

    Antichrist of a thing.

    Then spent ages wandering round the shed trying to find a cow with tag 131, found a complete tag at the barrier. I was thinking it was a strange number for us. Not a single cow in the place with it, so must have been baled into it last summer. Picked up a few needles that the calf must have knocked down too, stuck them in my pocket and now they are sitting next to the laptop after I sat on them. I think I'll just give up for the day.

    Calves taking strange powders, needles lying around. Are your calves at something they shouldn't


  • #2733
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    A cow called Daisy wrote: »
    Calves taking strange powders, needles lying around. Are your calves at something they shouldn't

    Their involvement with "grass" should have been the first warning flag.


  • #2734
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    A cow called Daisy wrote: »
    Calves taking strange powders, needles lying around. Are your calves at something they shouldn't

    Ahahaa Con is ahead of me! We keep the needs on a shelf up high but there is a stack of some pallets just below it where we used to keep the nuts off the ground so I'm guessing the calf was up there nosing around.

    Can you imagine having a visitor walk in and a calf with white powder all round it's nose running round like a lunatic jumping through the barrier. Hahaha:D:D


  • #2735
    whelan2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,750 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Bactidiaryl wrote: »
    I feckin love that smell. :)
    so now we know where your user name comes from, do you smell of bananas?


  • #2736
    A cow called Daisy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭A cow called Daisy


    Conmaicne Mara wrote: »
    Their involvement with "grass" should have been the first warning flag.

    Kinda guilty myself, have been growing 'weed' for them myself


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  • #2737
    jt65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 572 ✭✭✭jt65


    http://www.farmersjournal.ie/live-stream-cap-meeting-from-cork-156620



    live


  • #2738
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    Lads and ladies..
    Anyone put a weight on a 10'6 gang slat??

    Spoke to three companies thisafternoon and not one sales rep could tell me the exact weight... One lad insisted the manhole was 1250mm by 1250mm even though the slat was only 4ft (1230mm), feckin useless !!

    I can hire a teleporter that can handle 1250kg at 12m reach which would do my job well...

    ALso.. was just thinking, anyone ever cut a gang to make 2 - 2ft gangs ?? Couldn't see this being a problem for strength..


  • #2739
    Zr105
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,453 ✭✭✭Zr105


    bbam wrote: »
    Lads and ladies..
    Anyone put a weight on a 10'6 gang slat??

    Spoke to three companies thisafternoon and not one sales rep could tell me the exact weight... One lad insisted the manhole was 1250mm by 1250mm even though the slat was only 4ft (1230mm), feckin useless !!

    I can hire a teleporter that can handle 1250kg at 12m reach which would do my job well...

    ALso.. was just thinking, anyone ever cut a gang to make 2 - 2ft gangs ?? Couldn't see this being a problem for strength..

    Can you not just order 2 2ft gangs? Or do they want rediculous money for them?


  • #2740
    Bactidiaryl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 360 ✭✭Bactidiaryl


    whelan2 wrote: »
    so now we know where your user name comes from, do you smell of bananas?

    I know. Probably sounded like a si-fi nut job. Bananas are something i smell of a bit too often at the moment.


  • #2741
    A cow called Daisy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭A cow called Daisy


    bbam wrote: »
    Lads and ladies..
    Anyone put a weight on a 10'6 gang slat??

    Spoke to three companies thisafternoon and not one sales rep could tell me the exact weight... One lad insisted the manhole was 1250mm by 1250mm even though the slat was only 4ft (1230mm), feckin useless !!

    I can hire a teleporter that can handle 1250kg at 12m reach which would do my job well...

    ALso.. was just thinking, anyone ever cut a gang to make 2 - 2ft gangs ?? Couldn't see this being a problem for strength..

    THINK cubic metre of concrete weigh 2.4 ton, so see how that works out. The steel in slats make little difference to weight. A 6 ton track machine will lift a 12'6" slat.

    On slat cutting, again i think the pre-stressed slats better designed/engineered for cutting. However i think most slats are now made in moulds.
    Just realised that a lot of thinking!


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  • #2742
    td5man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,082 ✭✭✭td5man


    A cow called Daisy wrote: »
    THINK cubic metre of concrete weigh 2.4 ton, so see how that works out. The steel in slats make little difference to weight. A 6 ton track machine will lift a 12'6" slat.

    On slat cutting, again i think the pre-stressed slats better designed/engineered for cutting. However i think most slats are now made in moulds.
    Just realised that a lot of thinking!

    i lifted a 11'6" solid manhole slab with the tractor loader.


  • #2743
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    Spoke to a great rep in O Reilly Concrete Kingscourt earlier..

    10'6 gang is 800kg so teleporter will have no problems lifting at full extension.
    He's also splitting a gang for me and giving me the loan of the jig to lift the gangs with the teleporter.

    Good to talk to someone who knows their job and can do a deal !
    If our shed was easier access they'd have fitted the slats and all.


  • #2744
    td5man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,082 ✭✭✭td5man


    bbam wrote: »
    Spoke to a great rep in O Reilly Concrete Kingscourt earlier..

    10'6 gang is 800kg so teleporter will have no problems lifting at full extension.
    He's also splitting a gang for me and giving me the loan of the jig to lift the gangs with the teleporter.

    Good to talk to someone who knows their job and can do a deal !
    If our shed was easier access they'd have fitted the slats and all.

    must have been a different lad than i was talking to, rang for a price for 250' of 14'6" slats 2 months ago still waiting to hear from them.


  • #2745
    A cow called Daisy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭A cow called Daisy


    bbam wrote: »
    Spoke to a great rep in O Reilly Concrete Kingscourt earlier..

    10'6 gang is 800kg so teleporter will have no problems lifting at full extension.
    He's also splitting a gang for me and giving me the loan of the jig to lift the gangs with the teleporter.

    Good to talk to someone who knows their job and can do a deal !
    If our shed was easier access they'd have fitted the slats and all.

    How much are 10-6 slats. Might have few 2nd hand ones for sale


  • #2746
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    bbam wrote: »
    Spoke to a great rep in O Reilly Concrete Kingscourt earlier..

    10'6 gang is 800kg so teleporter will have no problems lifting at full extension.
    He's also splitting a gang for me and giving me the loan of the jig to lift the gangs with the teleporter.

    Good to talk to someone who knows their job and can do a deal !
    If our shed was easier access they'd have fitted the slats and all.

    Good slats they make too. They supplied them for 2 of my tanks. Slurry goes through them properly and they have a nice finish!


  • #2747
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    A cow called Daisy wrote: »
    How much are 10-6 slats. Might have few 2nd hand ones for sale

    PM sent.


  • #2748
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,173 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    This might be a silly question but would the slat provider not deliver and place them on the tank??


  • #2749
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    Muckit wrote: »
    This might be a silly question but would the slat provider not deliver and place them on the tank??

    Id say they usually would if they could drive alongside it and do it straight from the truck but I dont think this tank is accessible with the truck and grab


  • #2750
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    Muckit wrote: »
    This might be a silly question but would the slat provider not deliver and place them on the tank??

    Yea.
    They would have lifted them in but shed has only one access door at the end if the tank so they couldn't do it. Slats were put in back in '74 no open fronted shed then nor hiab cranes on truck either.
    Teleporter will do the trick.


  • #2751
    Greengrass1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭Greengrass1


    Which is better ivomec pour on or injection.
    200ml bottle is 72e and 5l pour on is 70e


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  • #2752
    whelan2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,750 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    busy day today, got fertiliser out on silage ground. got ground sprayed off for whole crop. Got ground sprayed for ragworth and got reseed sprayed too.


  • #2753
    td5man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,082 ✭✭✭td5man


    whelan2 wrote: »
    busy day today, got fertiliser out on silage ground. got ground sprayed off for whole crop. Got ground sprayed for ragworth and got reseed sprayed too.

    Sprayed ragwort and docks last week, got a good kill on docks ragwort is only curling now.


  • #2754
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    Which is better ivomec pour on or injection.
    200ml bottle is 72e and 5l pour on is 70e

    Wouldn't be using either here in the quantities you would but we use pour on, simply for the fact that we can do them in the field by walking up to them.

    What's the dosage of both? If I remember correctly the pour on does more.


  • #2755
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    Which is better ivomec pour on or injection.
    200ml bottle is 72e and 5l pour on is 70e

    No idea, but would a pour on not be a lot better labour wise than injection?


  • #2756
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    Which is better ivomec pour on or injection.
    200ml bottle is 72e and 5l pour on is 70e

    Hang on a sec....where are you getting 5l of ivomec for that price? Is it not a lot more?

    Inj is 2ml per 100kg bodyweight
    Pour on is 10ml per 100kg bodyweight.


  • #2757
    Greengrass1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭Greengrass1


    .Kovu. wrote: »
    Hang on a sec....where are you getting 5l of ivomec for that price? Is it not a lot more?

    Inj is 2ml per 100kg bodyweight
    Pour on is 10ml per 100kg bodyweight.
    Magenta. Maybe it's a typo
    Ended up getting 1.5l of noromecton for 100e.
    Want it for tomorrow so can't really wait


  • #2758
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    Magenta. Maybe it's a typo
    Ended up getting 1.5l of noromecton for 100e.
    Want it for tomorrow so can't really wait

    Lol, you were looking at Ivermectin, was thinking Ivomec was way too cheap at that.


  • #2759
    Greengrass1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭Greengrass1


    .Kovu. wrote: »
    Lol, you were looking at Ivermectin, was thinking Ivomec was way too cheap at that.

    Sorry was 1l not 5 ha.
    Here it is
    http://www.magentadirect.ie/products.php?cat=109&pg=3


  • #2760
    Greengrass1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭Greengrass1


    Says on box that shelf life is 28 days after first opening it.
    Has anyone used it passed this?
    Dies it still work?
    I'll use a lot of the half litre bottle but when I open the litre one I won't use it all


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  • #2761
    jt65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 572 ✭✭✭jt65


    have the milkers grazing a silage field

    son and g/f took the dogs for a walk and noticed they had gone through the strip wire

    , a few bulling this evening so must have bursted through, anyhow all sorted now


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