FIAT 450
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We are about 5 mile from the coast. It's never calm hereIs you put face opening to the prevailing wind so?
We are about 5 mile from the coast. It's never calm hereIs you put face opening to the prevailing wind so?
I remember one year i was very young my old lad had to make a small pit of silage at back of yard as pits were full. He had no more tyres so used dung to weigh down cover. He filled the rotary spreader and used that to fire it up on to the pit. He then spread rvp seed by hand on it. In the autumn he was able to graze calves on it without damaging the cover. When he was feeding the silage it was easier to pike the dung off the cover as the roots made it lift like a mat.
And before you ask a pike is a fork/sprong/grape but pike is the proper name.....end of storey!!!!
Able to keep up with the 2 balers?More bales today, I know we have a few Deutz fans
A 610 and a 620
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New wrapper, tidy fast machine.
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Is that T B @mixed fleet ?More bales today, I know we have a few Deutz fans
A 610 and a 620
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New wrapper, tidy fast machine.
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Yes two Tommy'sIs that T B @mixed fleet ?
Didn’t realised they baled,recognise the tractor as it does be over this way with the digger and lowloader.Yes two Tommy's
Always done baling, started with rp 12 and some old dinosaur of a Same that he was cutting turf with. Since the sons got involved the have got into nice gear.Didn’t realised they baled,recognise the tractor as it does be over this way with the digger and lowloader.
You'd imagine them things would have been spotted on pre season maintenance.All going well the last 9 acres of the brothers 1st cut should be in today. I won't be sorry to be done. Usually I enjoy silage but this year it's been a pain in the hole. The main drum belt went in shite yesterday. Cue nearly a grand to replace that. Then the blower belt decided to go in shite shortly after. That's another 500 odd. The annoyance of it all is incalculable. On the plus side the ac that got damaged in the fire last year is fixed and working again so at least I'm cool while swearing profusely.
Silage harvesters blowing belts is nothing new. At a grand a pop I don't know anyone who just casually change them and the newer bigger harvesters are probably a lot more. And I do check the belts and I thought they were ok. The joys of old machinery I'm afraid.You'd imagine them things would have been spotted on pre season maintenance.
How many acres has it picked this yearSilage harvesters blowing belts is nothing new. At a grand a pop I don't know anyone who just casually change them and the newer bigger harvesters are probably a lot more. And I do check the belts and I thought they were ok. The joys of old machinery I'm afraid.
i had a beast run over a few years back and would you believe i only had to patch 3 or 4 holesA fecking calf went over our pit last year. Left hundreds of holes in the polythene. No one died but i gave the calf a right kick in the arse
That’s some money for belts. Never though they could be in that league price wise.All going well the last 9 acres of the brothers 1st cut should be in today. I won't be sorry to be done. Usually I enjoy silage but this year it's been a pain in the hole. The main drum belt went in shite yesterday. Cue nearly a grand to replace that. Then the blower belt decided to go in shite shortly after. That's another 500 odd. The annoyance of it all is incalculable. On the plus side the ac that got damaged in the fire last year is fixed and working again so at least I'm cool while swearing profusely.
150 and probably 50 odd of a 2nd cut later on.How many acres has it picked this year
Grass seeds or barleySowed grass seeds on top of dung here too.
Never grazed it though ? You sure that you're not from a more northerly county , also beginning with C ?
I used to pull the scraw of grass of with my hands .
Is it a multi V belt with a flat back on it?The remains of the drum belt. It's all there just in bits. Thinking on it here the fire last year was right under the shields it runs in and more then likely the heat got at it. View attachment 92984