Land drainage

[nashmach]

He thinks that the fall is all wrong, says we will run out of depth if we carry on at this 1/333 lark, but I keep telling him, it is as good as I am able to lay drainage roll correctly. The sheep dog was deserted me and taken to staying in the tractor, she is so disgusting with the go on.

Is the sheep dog a Green voter?

 

[gone]

Is the sheep dog a Green voter?

No, she thinks I am going soft and I should be building a milking pallor and going milking 100 cows, she hates sod busters.

 

[josh]

No, she thinks I am going soft and I should be building a milking pallor and going milking 100 cows, she hates sod busters.

All she needs is a few sheep to keep her company

 

[nashmach]

@Mf240 dog needs the break, struggling to keep him occupied since he dried the cows. Has even had to confiscate the keys of the tractor off him since he mentioned spreading slurry.

There is no room on the Ursus for the dog when yard scraping.

 

[Bencroy]

A start made this afternoon
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oh Holy divine God , il stop if that needs draining

 

[gone]

oh Holy divine God , il stop if that needs draining

I wouldn’t advise you to stop, other than to stop worrying about the economics of drainage, it is safe to say all well done drainage works pay handsomely. This job will give at least 300% return in 25 years, maybe even more if the current buoyant land market continues. It will add more than the total cost immediately to the value of the land. This is very good 6 ton / acre wheat ground and sorting out the wet spots pays 2 fold, firstly allowing the whole field to be sown, sprayed and spread sooner, and secondly massively improving the yield in the area drained.

 

[mixed fleet]

I wouldn’t advise you to stop, other than to stop worrying about the economics of drainage, it is safe to say all well done drainage works pays handsomely. This job will return at least 300% return in 25 years, maybe even more if the current buoyant land market continues. It will add more than the total cost immediately to the value of the land. This is very good 6 ton / acre wheat ground and sorting out the wet spots pays 2 fold, firstly allowing the whole field to be sown, sprayed and spread sooner, and secondly massively improving the yield in the area drained.
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It just goes to show that there's land and then, there's land.
You would struggle to cross the driest land around here with a quad at the minute.

 

[gone]

It just goes to show that there's land and then, there's land.
You would struggle to cross the driest land around here with a quad at the minute.

Absolutely, and the really unfair thing is the return on investment on draining good ground is way higher than on very tough ground.

 

[Bencroy]

It just goes to show that there's land and then, there's land.
You would struggle to cross the driest land around here with a quad at the minute.

God made land and man made land.
@gone has god made land and we got the latter 😭