A record I would say?

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A local contractor has been sowing the corn on my Mother's home farm for the last 57 years continuously without missing a year. He started doing work for my Grandfather in 1958 and then sowed for my Uncle, right up to and including this year.
Nash would love his setup a MF30 behind a Ford3910, (changed this year for a 4630?).
In 1943 my Grandfather bought a Binder and it so happen this self same binder ended up owned by the above contractor, so a couple of pics of the binder, (~70years apart)

 

[Cork]

Great pics G, hope your harvest went well.

 

[nashmach]

Great outfit there gone. No need for the Smyth and Thorpe there [emoji51]

 

[thefarminglad]

Great outfit there gone. No need for the Smyth and Thorpe there [emoji51]

Might have to sub soil the headlands after that heavy gear running on it.:001_tongue:

 

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Great outfit there gone. No need for the Smyth and Thorpe there [emoji51]

Even the Marston would have been out of place, back to the Abbey 10x6 I think

 

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Finnish up winter plantings, I hope, with a bit of Husky Oats.
This contractor has sown for my Grandfather, my Father, my Uncles and Me.
His 58th sowing season on this farm, no one has sown any corn on that farm other than him since 1957.

 

[nashmach]

Finnish up winter plantings, I hope, with a bit of Husky Oats.
This contractor has sown for my Grandfather, my Father, my Uncles and Me.
His 58th sowing season on this farm, no one has sown any corn on that farm other than him since 1957.

I like his drill there gone!

Bar the coulters of course!

 

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I like his drill there gone!

Bar the coulters of course!

Are you a disc coulter Man?

 

[nashmach]

Are you a disc coulter Man?

No we are on tines!

Exact same drill as ours down to the wheels and seems to be 2.4m as well.

I wouldn't mind that tractor though instead of the 3600!

 

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No we are on tines!

Exact same drill as ours down to the wheels and seems to be 2.4m as well.

I wouldn't mind that tractor though instead of the 3600!

Yes a 2.4m, he bought it new in 1984, he had a disc coulter one before that, it was great to sow beans.

 

[6600]

Starting to think he has the right idea, some of the gear used to sow a bit of corn now is like shooting crows with a machine gun!

 

[tinman]

Finnish up winter plantings, I hope, with a bit of Husky Oats.
This contractor has sown for my Grandfather, my Father, my Uncles and Me.
His 58th sowing season on this farm, no one has sown any corn on that farm other than him since 1957.

a credit to yerselves and your contractor for going so long together.

 

[Mikeyboy]

Its a dote of a tractor for the job alright!

 

[nashmach]

Starting to think he has the right idea, some of the gear used to sow a bit of corn now is like shooting crows with a machine gun!

Will I book you in so

 

[Michael]

What a nice tidy simple set up for sowing grain

Gear is a credit to it's owner.

 

[Cork]

A lot to be said for light machinery on the land....

Nice work and nice to be finished Gone.

 

[6600]

Will I book you in so

Our own antique one pass will do the job thanks. Can't understand why you would need to spend €70k just to sow corn that's worth fook all.

 

[josh]

A tidy setup that, how many acres would he get through in a day?

It's a long time to be working together, speaks volumes.

 

[irish eddie]

How many tonnes of seeds would he have lifted in 58 years

 

[Danielk]

Is that a Ryder man from outside myshall? Could be the wrong name but lives on garyhill road with the little sheds beside the road?


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[nashmach]

Our own antique one pass will do the job thanks. Can't understand why you would need to spend €70k just to sow corn that's worth fook all.

If your one pass is an antique, our MF30 must be prehistoric :(:(:D



Ah but that combined spreader adds a lot of value.

A tidy setup that, how many acres would he get through in a day?

It's a long time to be working together, speaks volumes.

Well I have seen my father sowing 20 acres a day handy enough including filling on his own and maybe picking the odd stone. Wouldn't be an overly long day at that.

Small fields here kill output at times. Key is to have seed nearby. I typically stand all the bags in the trailer and it is very easy to load them in the box then.

 

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Is that a Ryder man from outside myshall? Could be the wrong name but lives on garyhill road with the little sheds beside the road?


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That's him, he draws a good bit of meal, hay and straw for the farmers around Myshall all winter and then sowing, spraying and hay for the rest of the year.

 

[Danielk]

That's him, he draws a good bit of meal, hay and straw for the farmers around Myshall all winter and then sowing, spraying and hay for the rest of the year.

Yea often see him on the road. He must be a popular man as there is always cars parked at his sheds at the side of the road at all hours of the day and night. I do pass his place most days


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[Bog Man]

He used to sow for two bachelor brothers that live up near Glynns . No revving and tearing but always got the job done . I often saw him going with loads of straw usually small bales . Have we lost something in those 58 years . Is he still doing it for the same price ?

 

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Spraying the Oats and Wheat today.