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Post by Chris on Nov 19, 2011 8:54:31 GMT
I thought instead of keep spoiling the random cattle thread I might as well make a new one with a few snaps of how things go on my little place as it's probably a bit different here to the rest of you dotted round the country, and I actually like seeing the small older gear still working And with the weather the way it is some of the things that are happening are going to be once in 50 yr events. Rolling straight behind the plough to conserve moisture MID NOV Attachments:
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Post by Chris on Nov 19, 2011 8:58:45 GMT
Wingman the boy Jack riding shotgun, only as he tries to eat tyres or rolls etc if he runs along side, or dissapears hunting for the rest of the day in the woods elsewise. Attachments:
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Post by Chris on Nov 19, 2011 9:01:44 GMT
Poor old 565 been here longer than me, hope I wont get as rusty as her in another 5 years, I still seem to manage to spend a could of hundred hours on it with no radio or back window. Attachments:
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Post by Chris on Nov 19, 2011 9:03:53 GMT
Change of horse, yes I should have pulled square up to mark before I took photo Attachments:
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Post by Chris on Nov 19, 2011 9:05:36 GMT
Change of copilot too, how she could sleep with the air drill roaring away through the open window I dont know. Attachments:
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Post by stockslave on Nov 19, 2011 9:23:43 GMT
Great Marshboy. I loved the co pilots ;D
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Post by rgsp on Nov 19, 2011 10:24:40 GMT
All looks perfectly normal to me, but then I grew up near Loddon.
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Post by genuinerisk on Nov 20, 2011 11:32:29 GMT
I love the copilots too!
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Post by quadbod on Nov 23, 2011 10:40:31 GMT
I spent quite a few hours in a 565 many moons ago, working for a muck spreading contractor. Change of copilot too, how she could sleep with the air drill roaring away through the open window I dont know. It's suprising what dogs put up with to be out & about with their 'master' Several years ago.... I was doing some work for a farmer and was fuelling up the tractor in the yard. The diesel tank was at one of the narrowest points in the yard. I 'think' I had a power harrow on the back... Anyway, Michael, the other chap who worked there, came into the yard and said 'come with me up to the aerodrome... I need a hand' - Off we went, my dog 'Riddle' left in the tractor.... Some while later, we came back in the yard, farmer pacing around... swearing 'f.... dog, all these machines, all this work to do, I own that bloody tractor and your bloody dog won't let me in!!....' He was laughing about it really... held to ransom by my mongrel who he reckoned looked a bit waspy.... so would I have been if I had been woken up Still... he must have forgotten about it as I did some driving for him a couple of weeks back (see beet harvester & fastrac puzzles )
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Post by Chris on Nov 24, 2011 6:39:17 GMT
A better one of Rosie my Aussie Shepherd, was hoping she would make a cattle dog, but not looking very sharp on that score yet. Wonderful companion tho. Attachments:
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Post by Chris on Nov 24, 2011 6:43:04 GMT
A lone visitor Attachments:
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Post by Chris on Nov 24, 2011 6:47:29 GMT
Bugger ya then he says. Attachments:
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Post by Chris on Nov 24, 2011 6:51:04 GMT
More little friends Attachments:
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Post by Chris on Nov 24, 2011 7:12:18 GMT
Thanks for all the kind comments. All looks perfectly normal to me, but then I grew up near Loddon. Lovely place, usually make a trip every spring to get my garden seeds there. And if I have won the lottery the week before a trip over the ferry home. Nobody I know has ever know it so dry, so mild too but thats not as unusual. We have been farming since 43 here this is the first time we have managed to outwinter a handful of cattle on very wet ground, then turnout was the earliest ever, apart from young bulls all cattle are still out, which is the latest for the lot to stay out, anything after end of oct is a bonus usually, couldn't have been timed better with straw shortage tho. Wheat was poor at 3t avg but root crops are the heaviest ever known and with no rain, resulting in dust ploughing out behind beet still. I also made two cuts of hay which is the first time we have had two cuts of anything here. What a contrast to last year when the wet and frost meant spuds weren't lifted till this feb several hundred acres around like this. Attachments:
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Post by Chris on Nov 24, 2011 7:25:48 GMT
Little one 'Maisey' decided to hop off through the fence when I tried to get her up to have a look. Attachments:
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