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BigRuss



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Now there's one thing I do really miss from my time on the farm, and that's a good bale carting session Very Happy Russell
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Rosco



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Re: And we're off...Harvest '16! Post your harvest pics...
Venomator wrote:

Enjoy... Mr. Green


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I had the privilege of being invited to JCB's Rocester HQ a few years back, had half day tour round the manufacturing site, then an afternoon up at the airfield where they had just about one of everything they manufacturer to play with.

The FastTrak is pretty rapid for the size of them Bow down

Tough call though, FastTrak of 360 excavator? 2007 - Stornoway Grey 90 XS SW - Gone
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Nah, I'd have a 4CX.
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Captain Speaking



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We need to see us through the winter,
3500 tonnes of silage,
500 silage bales,
700 big bales of hay,
5500 big bales of straw for animal bedding for the winter.


Maris Widgeon: for how many head of cattle is that?
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Captain Speaking



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Ah, Fastrac.....polarising opinions since 1991 Laughing

Even the new 4000 seems be more of the same - great on the road, not so great in a field.



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Rickydodah



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I absolutely loved silage and haymaking and absolutely hated the harvest. For only one reason, tractors and combines without cabs. Wheat was not too bad Barley was a nightmare. There you were perched on the front of a combine, the new one was Clayson now New Holland I believe, covered in sweat and dust and with Barley awns finding their way to places I didn't know I had. Baling was no better, we had a Brown's bale juggler for anyone who remembers them and it was state of the art then, wow how things have changed. Mind you we had 11 working then and now it would be one stock/ dairy man, one tractor driver and other general purpose labour........maybe not all the changes are for the better.
But I really do envy the guys nowadays and hats off for the producers of such fine fare. Bow down Bow down Bow down I started with nothing and still have most of it left!
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Maris Widgeon



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Hi Captain Speaking,
We are a mixed farm and have plenty of mouths to feed .
Dairy cows 180
Suckler cows 120
Plus all their offspring as we breed our own replacements and finish everything else for beef. We also have a few sheep and a.couple of pigs ( Tamworth and Gloucester Old Spot.)
All adds up to a busy time all of the time ,but I love it.

Cheers Nick.
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Rickydodah - Just googled the Clayson, looks very precarious too!

Agree on the labour side of things, lack of work in the countryside has killed a lot of areas off and some that are left are struggling.
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Rickydodah



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It wasn't a particularly pleasant experience Steve, and it only had a 12ft header, it did replace a Massey with a 10ft header but still took forever, whereas nowadays each pass with a big machine took 3 with the old kit. Corn cart was also pretty slow going, tractors then we're limited to around 12mph and no tandem or tri axle trailers, a 4 ton Wheatley trailer with extension sides held about 3acres worth. Thumbs Up I started with nothing and still have most of it left!
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Rashers



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Wow. I also had to Google Clayson. Never heard of them round here. Our fields were always cut with a Claas Matador. 8ft cut I seem to remember. The straw that it left on the field was easily jumped over by a small child. With a modern combine you need scaffolding to get over the straw trail. I remember open cabs and by the end of the Matadors life, the driver had a rudimentary full face mask, but I'm sure it was still a dirty mucky old job. Our five acre field would take the best part of a day to cut (allowing for the damn thing to break down). They couldn't get the new John Deere in the field now - and it's one of the smaller models. If you believe the old days were the best, I'm sure there is a Combine driver out there who would disagree! Now stop moaning and flick the air con down Very Happy
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Captain Speaking wrote:
Ah, Fastrac.....polarising opinions since 1991 Laughing

Even the new 4000 seems be more of the same - great on the road, not so great in a field.


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At least the new ones are a bit quieter! Our neighbours have a fleet of about 10 and whilst you can still hear them constantly changing gear up the hill past us it's not quite so deafening as the previous generation were. They weren't even that fast, I think they only had 50kph boxes on them. We nicknamed them Loudtracs because that's all they seemed good for.
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Captain Speaking



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Paullr90



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Got some green harvest pics from silage this summer, the barley isn't quite ready yet.


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And since we're talking Fastracs I borrowed on last week to haul soil and hardcore for my driveway. Epic bit of kit.


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Rosco



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Looks right at home next to the 90 Thumbs Up 2007 - Stornoway Grey 90 XS SW - Gone
2002 - Black Discovery II - Gone
2014 - Montalcino Red 110 XS SW
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Well the Barley harvest has got going up here.
Hay is still uncut and we are all now hoping for an Indian Summer or there will be some Censored off Horses round here this winter.
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