Timmaay wrote: » If I was going to bother I'd put one on the plate cooler exit instead here, our bulk tank usually only has to cool from 13 degrees down, the plate cooler does most the work!
Greengrass1 wrote: » Contractor here to spread dung he wanted to take down corner posts and fences so he could drive out instead of what I wanted him to do which was reverse out and drive down the road instead of flattening a fiekd of grass. He wasn't happy when I refused him. Was I right?
larrymiller wrote: » Do u not spread it yourself?
Greengrass1 wrote: » Not any more any way. Shifted some amount sInce 3. 200 t easily. taking 4 of my muck spreaders in 1 load. Well worth it 100e an hr
Cow Porter wrote: » Is it though? If your own one would spread away what would it cost? €6-8 euro an hour on diesel? At a fairly leisurely time of year and lower milk prices.....?
Greengrass1 wrote: » Easily use 250 diesel between the 2 tractors. Only get 2 load an hr as it's far side of the farm. Contractor is taking 3. Dad's busy baling straw and drawing it and we'd have the field traveled to ****e
Timmaay wrote: » Agreed with GG here. For me I know where my skills lie, and me doing jobs the contractor can is a total waste of time. I'm largely tipping away on the farm at the minute, afew small construction and engineering jobs, which are where I can definitely save money, further to this I'm working on one or two off farm opportunities, which will hopefully provide some off farm income moving forward.
Greengrass1 wrote: » Put 200 t of pure gold on 15 ac of hybrid. Should get 2 grazes off it before winter but it'll bull grass over the winter. We'd never get that amount on such small area due to the way the side spreader does it. This yoke chops it up real well
gazahayes wrote: » Is it the hi spec spreader?
Timmaay wrote: We could do with upgraded the main tractor here, which is a landini vision 105. 2bh it's too big for a good few sheds, and the manual shuttle and heavy clutch aren't what my dad needs, he does 90% of the winter feeding. Took a powerfarm 95 with an electric shuttle for a spin today, it seems to be a far more suitable tractor for what we want. Are afew of them around with low enough hours for in around 35/37k (with a loader), anyone had one before, or have any opinion on them, and any suggestions for alternatives, compact, Electric shuttle and a loader?
whelan2 wrote: » YA must have some amount of dung, half a day with 2 spreaders here and its all out
dar31 wrote: » Up to now we put all our dung, 600+ bales, on maize and kale ground. Next year we will only have a small bit of ground for it. Going to be a pain keeping till autumn to rot and go on grassland. Can it go out in late spring or will it cause problems with grazing /clean out
visatorro wrote: » if the landini is two big would a bobcat any use to you. super machine, probably hard to find a tidy one.
pedigree 6 wrote: » Whatever p and k you spread on your silage ground that's the p and k that'll go into the silage and into the cow and into the dung or slurry and the cycle repeats itself. That's a little nugget of wisdom I picked up at an open day.
Greengrass1 wrote: » And if it's not in the ground it won't be in the slurry dung of silage
Timmaay wrote: » Ha, my dad is in his mid 70s, and got a hip replacement 2years back, I don't think he'd be impressed if he had to climb in and outa one several times a day. In fairness for what they do they are cheap, but realistically limited to yard work with a very smooth concrete floor, very poor suspension in them. I did think about a Terex or similar digger, but don't fancy another machine, esp with having to remove or put on the backhoe regularly.
Mehaffey1 wrote: » 'ah sure Nathan there's a loose yearling bull on the race can you chase him into a paddock when you're taking the dog for a run, will only take 5 minutes'. Just home 1hour 45mins later. Starting to wonder about the new fella though, failed to spot a milking cow that'd sneaked into the yearlings.
Milked out wrote: » Ah shir the yearlings must be massive
