Signs you are dealing with a 'Rooter'

01-03-2021 10:06pm

whelan2 wrote: »

My dad was telling me years ago he was one of the first farmers in the area to get a slurry tanker. It was 700 gallons or something. These farmers asked him to come over to spread for them. When he got there the cows were knee deep in crap eating at the silage pit. He asked where the tank was. They pointed at the silage pit. They said it was explained to them that a vacuum tanker was like a Hoover and would suck up all the muck. He got them to push it all into a corner and he slowly took a few loads out of it.

Perhaps it was easier to get away with being a rooter years ago when stock and produce was worth more?

I think the best cure / way back for a rooter is some class of a daily planner or whiteboard or something like that.

How many jobs can I actually do in a day and get a few things sorted each day that way.

whisky_galore · 01-03-2021 10:07pm

blue5000 wrote: »

Rooters have gone international, but this one is more deserving of a Darwin award;

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/27/rooster-fitted-with-blade-for-cockfight-kills-its-owner-in-india

Chicken Karma.

SuperTortoise · 01-03-2021 10:35pm

blue5000 wrote: »

Rooters have gone international, but this one is more deserving of a Darwin award;

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/27/rooster-fitted-with-blade-for-cockfight-kills-its-owner-in-india

Leading contender for the Darwin award 2021 for sure!

mr.stonewall · 01-03-2021 10:50pm

blue5000 wrote: »

Rooters have gone international, but this one is more deserving of a Darwin award;

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/27/rooster-fitted-with-blade-for-cockfight-kills-its-owner-in-india

A major cock up

Figerty · 02-03-2021 12:35am

blue5000 wrote: »

Rooters have gone international, but this one is more deserving of a Darwin award;

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/27/rooster-fitted-with-blade-for-cockfight-kills-its-owner-in-india

Rooster,,, not Rooter....wrong thread...

blue5000 · 02-03-2021 11:29am

Figerty wrote: »

Rooster,,, not Rooter....wrong thread...

Only 1 extra 'S':rolleyes:

tractorporn · 03-03-2021 9:54pm

I got sent a video this eve of an auld lad shovelling sand in the passenger door of a 02 Fiesta and its a strong contender for rooter of the year. I can't figure out how to upload it tho

Bullocks · 03-03-2021 9:55pm

tractorporn wrote: »

I got sent a video this eve of an auld lad shovelling sand in the passenger door of a 02 Fiesta and its a strong contender for rooter of the year. I can't figure out how to upload it tho

Easy to shovel it in but it's would be a hoor to get it all out again

03-03-2021 9:57pm

Bullocks wrote: »

Easy to shovel it in but it's would be a hoor to get it all out again

Not.....if you have shovelled it,onto an opened out fertilizer bag....just lift corners and pour it out

Ive said too much :-/

SuperTortoise · 03-03-2021 9:59pm

Bullocks wrote: »

Easy to shovel it in but it's would be a hoor to get it all out again

Circular saw! The bonus being it would leave in in a nice neat pile on top of a steel plate for further transportation purposes

mayota · 03-03-2021 11:23pm

tractorporn wrote: »

I got sent a video this eve of an auld lad shovelling sand in the passenger door of a 02 Fiesta and its a strong contender for rooter of the year. I can't figure out how to upload it tho

Just saw it there now on TikTok.

foxy farmer · 07-03-2021 5:24pm

Would putting 15W40 engine oil into the backend of a tractor just to get the feeding work done after bursting a hydraulic hose on a Sunday morning be classed as rooting?
I just witnessed this about an hour ago. He couldn't source 20 litres of suitable oil. He used a screw on hose joiner on a fairly shook pipe to get him going but says he'll drain the oil and get new hose tomorrow.

amacca · 07-03-2021 6:38pm

foxy farmer wrote: »

Would putting 15W40 engine oil into the backend of a tractor just to get the feeding work done after bursting a hydraulic hose on a Sunday morning be classed as rooting?
I just witnessed this about an hour ago. He couldn't source 20 litres of suitable oil. He used a screw on hose joiner on a fairly shook pipe to get him going but says he'll drain the oil and get new hose tomorrow.

If he does nothing tomorrow and continues to work away then he's a probably a rooter

If you drop back in a couple of years and you see a load more hose joiners then he's definitely a rooter

maidhc · 07-03-2021 10:30pm

foxy farmer wrote: »

Would putting 15W40 engine oil into the backend of a tractor just to get the feeding work done after bursting a hydraulic hose on a Sunday morning be classed as rooting?
I just witnessed this about an hour ago. He couldn't source 20 litres of suitable oil. He used a screw on hose joiner on a fairly shook pipe to get him going but says he'll drain the oil and get new hose tomorrow.

If it’s a ford you can put more or less anything in.

older by the day · 07-03-2021 10:43pm

maidhc wrote: »

If it’s a ford you can put more or less anything in.

Ya an old Ford or Massey would be fine. I changed the oil in a mf35 one time. She was letting in water in the backend for years. It was pure yellow ****e. How it ran I don't know. I had a Ford 66, and the oil got so thick it wouldn't come out the plug hole. But the modern tractor, I'd walk a hundred miles for a jug of proper oil before I would put in the wrong stuff

carrollsno1 · 07-03-2021 10:54pm

What does taking a kettle out of the house everytime its needsd on the farm (150M+) away instead of buying a second kettle and boiling the water on farm when required count as? My kettles been taken by the auld fella on three occasions this weekend alone already.

08-03-2021 1:37am

foxy farmer wrote: »

Would putting 15W40 engine oil into the backend of a tractor just to get the feeding work done after bursting a hydraulic hose on a Sunday morning be classed as rooting?
I just witnessed this about an hour ago. He couldn't source 20 litres of suitable oil. He used a screw on hose joiner on a fairly shook pipe to get him going but says he'll drain the oil and get new hose tomorrow.

On a serious note, a lot of small/mid sized farmers, and I include myself, would only have one tractor.

Are you better off having a second small tractor or digger that you could feed with if this happens?

Perhaps a few bags / buckets of meal with a bit of straw would get you over the hump if you have no tractor.

Kevhog1988 · 08-03-2021 1:40am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

On a serious note, a lot of small/mid sized farmers, and I include myself, would only have one tractor.

Are you better off having a second small tractor or digger that you could feed with if this happens?

Perhaps a few bags / buckets of meal with a bit of straw would get you over the hump if you have no tractor.

A friendly neighbour

08-03-2021 1:45am

Kevhog1988 wrote: »

A friendly neighbour

If you are like me you won't want to be on the receiving end of a good samaritan as you will never hear the end of it.

Say if the main tractor is a good four wheel drive with a power loader, maybe a good secondary is an old 2wd with a back spike? Wouldnt you be looking at 4 grand there lying around all year? Maybe it would be handy for fencing or other small jobs

whelan2 · 08-03-2021 7:25am

carrollsno1 wrote: »

What does taking a kettle out of the house everytime its needsd on the farm (150M+) away instead of buying a second kettle and boiling the water on farm when required count as? My kettles been taken by the auld fella on three occasions this weekend alone already.

What's he using it for? You can buy a cheap electric kettle in tesco for around 15 euro

Bullocks · 08-03-2021 8:23am

whelan2 wrote: »

What's he using it for? You can buy a cheap electric kettle in tesco for around 15 euro

A chippie that used work with us years ago used buy over a 100 calves every spring. If he had a sick lad he would bring him to work and leave him in the trailer going out every now and then to give him a drink or whatever he needed, would run out a lead for a heat lamp and all.
We went down to see his setup one Saturday morning for the craic. He had an 18' plank on top of a few blocks with a garden hose one end and a rake of extension leads hanging over it with a blast of old kettles on the boil for making the milk replacer. No shortage of money but he wouldn't pay for a water heater!

Lime Tree Farm · 08-03-2021 8:27am

Bullocks wrote: »

A chippie that used work with us years ago used buy over a 100 calves every spring. If he had a sick lad he would bring him to work and leave him in the trailer going out every now and then to give him a drink or whatever he needed, would run out a lead for a heat lamp and all.
We went down to see his setup one Saturday morning for the craic. He had an 18' plank on top of a few blocks with a garden hose one end and a rake of extension leads hanging over it with a blast of old kettles on the boil for making the milk replacer. No shortage of money but he wouldn't pay for a water heater!

Love that, take the calf , heat lamp and trailer to work, giving me ideas.

carrollsno1 · 08-03-2021 2:24pm

whelan2 wrote: »

What's he using it for? You can buy a cheap electric kettle in tesco for around 15 euro

Heating the odd drop of milk or beastings is all.

AckwelFoley · 08-03-2021 2:35pm

Guy came into me to buy axles for his trailer.

Unbraked stub axles for under 750kg are cheap.. Next option up isn't, more than double the price

I told him he needs larger than 750kg but he said that too dear. "I mostly carry no more than 5 orn6 hundred kilos"

That should be fine I said

He then said, "what if I was to put a tone and a half onto it just once a year for a short journey"

My answer was simple, they're designed for 750kg

How much can you lift? I said

About 100kg he said.

I said could you lift an elephant, once a year, for a short journey?

He bought the heavier axles

funkey_monkey · 08-03-2021 4:05pm

AckwelFoley wrote: »

How much can you lift? I said

About 100kg he said.

I said could you lift an elephant, once a year, for a short journey?

He bought the heavier axles

Bottle nose dolphin or a red deer weigh 200kg and would be a better comparison

For your comparison to match back to him, he'd be wanting to put 45 tonnes onto the axle given that the average adult elephant weighs 6,000kg.

Guess who is 'working from home'

Lime Tree Farm · 08-03-2021 5:04pm

The Sales commission goes to Ackwell

Kevhog1988 · 08-03-2021 5:41pm

carrollsno1 wrote: »

Heating the odd drop of milk or beastings is all.

A rooter would heat the beastings in your kettle and drop it back into the house unwashed lol

carrollsno1 · 08-03-2021 8:07pm

Kevhog1988 wrote: »

A rooter would heat the beastings in your kettle and drop it back into the house unwashed lol

Ah Jaysus! I suppose it would be make a good hearty start to the day then

Figerty · 08-03-2021 9:35pm

Deleted User wrote: »

On a serious note, a lot of small/mid sized farmers, and I include myself, would only have one tractor.

Are you better off having a second small tractor or digger that you could feed with if this happens?

Perhaps a few bags / buckets of meal with a bit of straw would get you over the hump if you have no tractor.

Mini digger a great thing to have. Not great for feeding bales though.

08-03-2021 10:12pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

On a serious note, a lot of small/mid sized farmers, and I include myself, would only have one tractor.

Are you better off having a second small tractor or digger that you could feed with if this happens?

Perhaps a few bags / buckets of meal with a bit of straw would get you over the hump if you have no tractor.

Wheelbarrow and sprong......we fed out last 20 bales one year when the old engine blew its self up and hadnt time to go about a new tractor mid winter

Signs you are dealing with a 'Rooter'

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