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Silage thread

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  • #1532
    dzer2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,977 ✭✭✭dzer2


    whelan2 wrote: »
    Louth this is for pit. 20 acres for bales next week

    Did you pick up yesterday


  • #1533
    whelan2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 30,979 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    dzer2 wrote: »
    Did you pick up yesterday
    no , fook it, rowed last night:mad:


  • #1534
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,634 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    whelan2 wrote: »
    no , fook it, rowed last night:mad:

    Did ya get much rain? It's dried up here now


  • #1535
    whelan2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 30,979 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Reggie. wrote: »
    Did ya get much rain? It's dried up here now
    not too much, hoping the fact it was mowed dry and rowed might help, on the plus side i wont have to do dinner for the silage men;)


  • #1536
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,634 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    whelan2 wrote: »
    not too much, hoping the fact it was mowed dry and rowed might help, on the plus side i wont have to do dinner for the silage men;)

    Once the ground was dry under the rows it won't be too bad I'm sure


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  • #1537
    whelan2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 30,979 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    at this stage it had to be cut, i know there's supposed to be good weather coming next week but they where saying the same last week


  • #1538
    jimmy G M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,160 ✭✭✭jimmy G M


    GreaseGunner wrote: »
    An improvement promised for early next week so things should kick off around here. The mower is ready and waiting for a start, same as myself at this stage!

    Good man greasegunner! That's a confident start for a newbie.


  • #1539
    whelan2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 30,979 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Drawing in now


  • #1540
    trixi2011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,539 ✭✭✭trixi2011


    Got all paddocks baled just before the heavens opened 120 more quality wraps happy days


  • #1541
    GreaseGunner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 74 ✭✭GreaseGunner


    jimmy G M wrote: »
    Good man greasegunner! That's a confident start for a newbie.

    A re-reg believe it or not, no stranger to this side :) but for sure confidence is key :D

    Some deadly showers passing today, bitter isn't the word!


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  • #1542
    whelan2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 30,979 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    20 acres left to pick up, surprised how dry the land/grass is


  • #1543
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,634 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    whelan2 wrote: »
    20 acres left to pick up, surprised how dry the land/grass is

    Happy days


  • #1544
    whelan2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 30,979 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Reggie. wrote: »
    Happy days
    just gave them their tea :)


  • #1545
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,634 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    whelan2 wrote: »
    just gave them their tea :)

    Happy silage men


  • #1546
    bogman_bass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,252 ✭✭✭bogman_bass


    Interesting night last night. Got most of the bales stacked in the feild. I was driving neighbours zetor 8011 with no lights. Decided to play it safe and ride in the other tractor with dad instead of chancing the 1/2 mile in the dark with no lights.

    Whacked my knee off the door latch and the pain was unreal. Managed to climb onto passenger seat but was nauseous with the pain as we drove down the lane.
    Next thing I know I'm on the road with dad calling my name.

    I had fainted and fallen out the door and landed on my head!😧

    Good job dad slowed down for a pothole or he would have crossed me he says.

    Holed up in navan hospital since midnight

    The irony is I thought I was taking the safe option!


  • #1547
    whelan2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 30,979 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    finished drawing in at 12,will cover this morning


  • #1548
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,634 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    Good stuff. One less thing to worry about


  • #1549
    zetecescort
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,438 ✭✭✭zetecescort


    bogman_bass wrote: »
    Interesting night last night. Got most of the bales stacked in the feild. I was driving neighbours zetor 8011 with no lights. Decided to play it safe and ride in the other tractor with dad instead of chancing the 1/2 mile in the dark with no lights.

    Whacked my knee off the door latch and the pain was unreal. Managed to climb onto passenger seat but was nauseous with the pain as we drove down the lane.
    Next thing I know I'm on the road with dad calling my name.

    I had fainted and fallen out the door and landed on my head!😧

    Good job dad slowed down for a pothole or he would have crossed me he says.

    Holed up in navan hospital since midnight

    The irony is I thought I was taking the safe option!

    Hope it's nothing more than bumps and bruises, hope your father is alright too, the fright can be worse than any physical injuries.


  • #1550
    bogman_bass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,252 ✭✭✭bogman_bass


    zetecescort wrote: »
    Hope it's nothing more than bumps and bruises, hope your father is alright too, the fright can be worse than any physical injuries.

    Thanks. Few staples in my head and a few cuts and bruises. Could have been mych worse


  • #1551
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,634 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    bogman_bass wrote: »
    Thanks. Few staples in my head and a few cuts and bruises. Could have been mych worse

    You got a right tip if staples involved


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  • #1552
    bogman_bass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,252 ✭✭✭bogman_bass


    Reggie. wrote: »
    You got a right tip if staples involved

    Ah yeah. If you think about it it was 6 or7 feet from where my head was to where it landed. I was out for the count for 3 or 4 minutes


  • #1553
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,634 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    bogman_bass wrote: »
    Ah yeah. If you think about it it was 6 or7 feet from where my head was to where it landed. I was out for the count for 3 or 4 minutes

    You must of hit the road. Thought you might have hit the verge. Some sort of soft landing


  • #1554
    Deepsouthwest
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,282 ✭✭✭Deepsouthwest


    bogman_bass wrote: »
    Ah yeah. If you think about it it was 6 or7 feet from where my head was to where it landed. I was out for the count for 3 or 4 minutes

    Ur poor dad must've got a right fright, bet he was glad to see u coming around.


  • #1555
    dodo mommy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 345 ✭✭dodo mommy


    Pouring rain on and off here today, need to get silage cut as grass is beginning to get strong. Sabosed to clear up from this evening on with the odd chance of a shower tomorrow, how long does it take the sugar levels in grass to rise before cut in this weather.


  • #1556
    bogman_bass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,252 ✭✭✭bogman_bass


    Deepsouthwest wrote: »
    Ur poor dad must've got a right fright, bet he was glad to see u coming around.

    Id say I scared the crap out of the poor man


  • #1557
    Greengrass1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭Greengrass1


    Mowed last of silage at home tonight savage crop on it. Could hear mower under pressure in parts.

    Plenty of k last yr and this yr


  • #1558
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,634 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    Mowed last of silage at home tonight savage crop on it. Could hear mower under pressure in parts.

    Plenty of k last yr and this yr

    Baler is gonna love that


  • #1559
    Greengrass1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭Greengrass1


    Reggie. wrote: »
    Baler is gonna love that

    May get the knives as sharp as possible


  • #1560
    I said
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,855 ✭✭✭I said


    Mowing in the morning at last


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  • #1561
    GreaseGunner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 74 ✭✭GreaseGunner


    Just home from town, met 3 Pottinger wagons on the road at this hour, busy lads!

    Cutting Monday and Tuesday, starting to pick it up from Tuesday on :)


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