Farming Chit Chat

reilig

Old man broke the handlebars off the quad today. Don't know how he did it, he said it just fell off. I had it out yesterday and it was solid as a rock. Spent the evening taking them off and going to try to get it welded tomorrow - its a specialist job as there is fairly light stuff in it and my welder doesn't go that low

moy83

I love the way the old boys get away with excuses like that where as if it was the other way around there would surely be a lecture from them about dogging things

whelan1

ye ,my dad knocked the wash off on the milking machine this morning and left the flap open at the bottom of the in plate cooler , so the first load of milk went down the drain this evening:rolleyes: but on the other hand where would we be with out them:o

reilig

True. I know I wouldn't be able to work off farm if I didn't have him around. And he'd be lost if he didn't have something to do.

whelan1 wrote: »

ye ,my dad knocked the wash off on the milking machine this morning and left the flap open at the bottom of the in plate cooler , so the first load of milk went down the drain this evening:rolleyes: but on the other hand where would we be with out them:o

Grecco

whelan1 wrote: »

: but on the other hand where would we be with out them:o

Fatima mansions ??

blue5000

Karen112 wrote: »

Lads/lassies, what should I get my Dad for Christmas, I'd like it to be practical for the sucker farm, he doesn't have many more interests. Calving Camera isn't needed, neither is a new jack etc. I'm stumped this year.
(Sorry if it's a bit early but if I need to order something, I'd like it to be here!)

Hi Karen I suggest a leatherman penknife, lots of little gadgets on it, pliers, little screwdriver too.

whelan1

milking machine wouldnt work this morning... was making funny noises last night.... there was a vein stuck in the vaccum pump, lucky milking machine man lives a few miles away

bbam

whelan1 wrote: »

milking machine wouldnt work this morning... was making funny noises last night.... there was a vein stuck in the vaccum pump, lucky milking machine man lives a few miles away

If you can get a pint of diesel down into it. Let it sit fir a while, roll it over by hand. Start it up and it usually clears it out.
What's the oil consumption like. Too much is as bad as too little as it will clog it up.

whelan1

we put a jug of boiling water down it... took a while to figure what was wrong... oil consumption has been normal but yesterday evening it was blowing out alot of oil

weefarmer

Damn hailstones caught me out last in the car, went straight on in a corner and into the hedge need a bumper, bonnet, wing, headlight, indicator and wingmirror.

Bodacious

blue5000 wrote: »

Karen112 wrote: »

Lads/lassies, what should I get my Dad for Christmas, I'd like it to be practical for the sucker farm, he doesn't have many more interests. Calving Camera isn't needed, neither is a new jack etc. I'm stumped this year.
(Sorry if it's a bit early but if I need to order something, I'd like it to be here!)

Hi Karen I suggest a leatherman penknife, lots of little gadgets on it, pliers, little screwdriver too.

handy yoke the leatherman!

You could get him the portable anti backing bar E65 handiest yoke I've ever bought.. Only have it a few weeks but it's as good as a man when you working on cattle on your own

who the fug

weefarmer wrote: »

Damn hailstones caught me out last in the car, went straight on in a corner and into the hedge need a bumper, bonnet, wing, headlight, indicator and wingmirror.

Ice nearly did for myself and the old fella this morning, good job he was driving as I be a complete towanie these days

Kovu

Bodacious wrote: »

handy yoke the leatherman!

You could get him the portable anti backing bar E65 handiest yoke I've ever bought.. Only have it a few weeks but it's as good as a man when you working on cattle on your own

I was actually thinking either a penknife like the Leatherman or a Calving Camera. It's a nice little jaunt down to the shed on a frosty night and it used to be me that did it. Anyone else use the camera and find it makes like easier?

Askim

Karen112 wrote: »

I was actually thinking either a penknife like the Leatherman or a Calving Camera. It's a nice little jaunt down to the shed on a frosty night and it used to be me that did it. Anyone else use the camera and find it makes like easier?

I have a victorinox ( swiss army) version for a few years now, really handy, sturdy and will take abuse
this is my one
http://www.victorinox.com/ch/product/Swiss-Army-Knives/Category/SwissTools/SwissTool-115-mm/SwissTool/3.0323.L

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Bodacious

Karen112 wrote: »

I was actually thinking either a penknife like the Leatherman or a Calving Camera. It's a nice little jaunt down to the shed on a frosty night and it used to be me that did it. Anyone else use the camera and find it makes like easier?

Karen!!?? original post says calving camera isnt needed!!!

just do it

Bodacious wrote: »

Karen!!?? original post says calving camera isnt needed!!!

BOD, it's a wowan's prerogative to change her mind;)

Kovu

Bodacious wrote: »

Karen!!?? original post says calving camera isnt needed!!!

Ha! I know but I was just thinking there in the last week about the frost we had and how I was always the one who checked the cattle at 2-3am before heading to bed myself.....so yes, women's prerogative! Would it be a useful thing? It takes roughly 30 mins to get dressed & walk down, watch the cow for ten mins and walk back up. Seeinng as I'm buying in a few more incalf heifers this Spring, it may not be a bad idea as I'm buying in off land. So it may be a bit more useful now then I originally thought.

just do it

Karen112 wrote: »

Ha! I know but I was just thinking there in the last week about the frost we had and how I was always the one who checked the cattle at 2-3am before heading to bed myself.....so yes, women's prerogative! Would it be a useful thing? It takes roughly 30 mins to get dressed........ & walk down, watch the cow for ten mins and walk back up. Seeinng as I'm buying in a few more incalf heifers this Spring, it may not be a bad idea as I'm buying in off land. So it may be a bit more useful now then I originally thought.

Jeez Karen, you're only checking on a few cattle!:D;)

whelan1

just do it wrote: »

Jeez Karen, you're only checking on a few cattle!:D;)

thats what i was thinking... who's gonna see you. i often go out in my pyjamas and wellies although did nearly get caught by the milkman one night

lakill Farm

went to feed last night and fecking tractor was air locked :mad:.

Off with the sid panel, opened an injector and it started bleed out. called the auld lad (mechanic by trade) and he said ill be over in 30 mins (20 miles away)

He was 3 mins sorting it :rolleyes:, verus my 90 mins of arsing about. But at least he showed me how to let the air out at the filter

On seperae note, anyone know who does plastic diesel tank repairs ? fecking step put a tiny hole in the tank

just do it

whelan1 wrote: »

thats what i was thinking... who's gonna see you. i often go out in my pyjamas and wellies although did nearly get caught by the milkman one night

The hairy babies episode of Father Ted comes to mind!:D

vanderbadger

cleaned out the calf creep area last night, always a messy old job, put out the new straw and left everything nice and tidy...just took a quick look on camera before going to bed...all cows bull etc inside in calf area :mad:
mustnt have closed the fcuking gate right..they had the place in pure sh1te again..on a more serious note having alot of trouble again this year with coccidiosis and scour..disinfected the sheds in summer with kilcox but doesnt seem to have made any odds

mallethead

We would have had a lot of trouble with coccidiosis and scour
we vacinated this year and i give every calf a dose of vecoxin at 2-3 days old also do them again around 3 weeks you might already know this ,i don't know myself this year a lot less problems and the calves are doing well not losing thive due to recovery from scours

reilig

lakill Farm wrote: »

went to feed last night and fecking tractor was air locked :mad:.

Off with the sid panel, opened an injector and it started bleed out. called the auld lad (mechanic by trade) and he said ill be over in 30 mins (20 miles away)

He was 3 mins sorting it :rolleyes:, verus my 90 mins of arsing about. But at least he showed me how to let the air out at the filter

On seperae note, anyone know who does plastic diesel tank repairs ? fecking step put a tiny hole in the tank

Plastic welding is what you need. hard to find someone who does it in Westmeath, but this crowd offer a mobile service:

http://www.frehill.ie/Plastic_Welding_2.html

vanderbadger

mallethead wrote: »

We would have had a lot of trouble with coccidiosis and scour
we vacinated this year and i give every calf a dose of vecoxin at 2-3 days old also do them again around 3 weeks you might already know this ,i don't know myself this year a lot less problems and the calves are doing well not losing thive due to recovery from scours

what did you vaccinate the cows with mallethead? ya I give the calves the vecoxan but to be honest it seems to only be effective when they actually have it, bought a bottle of it in local coop the other day, 130 euro..110 last year!

mallethead

Rotavec Corona about a month before they calved this stopped a really smelly stinking scour e coli
the vecoxin stops the other one coccidiosis
we used to get a blood scour and a really smelly water scour
this has helped an awful lot

bogman_bass

weaned the 3 last spring calvers. locked the calves in the hayshed and moved the cows down to fresh grash along with some autum calvers about a mile away. was bedding the calves and look out to see the 3 cows trotting down the road. they had knocke 3 gates and a fence to get back :mad:

also have a calf that had a cocciliousis scour and was quite bad with it. think we have that sorted but now he seems to have joint ill in his two back knees.

whelan1

would also help to disenfect the sheds with oocide ... this kills the coccidiosis bacteria..... clean and powerwash out as often as possible, if you also have crypto halocur is great

vanderbadger

just rang local pharmacy for the crack there, 225 euro for 40ml bottle of rotavec, that covers 20 cows..pricey stuff

whelan1

vanderbadger wrote: »

just rang local pharmacy for the crack there, 225 euro for 40ml bottle of rotavec, that covers 20 cows..pricey stuff

paid 180 yesterday cash price off vet

vanderbadger

whelan1 wrote: »

paid 180 yesterday cash price off vet

well if the pharmacy is 225 that probably means our vet is 250 :rolleyes:

whelan1

vanderbadger wrote: »

cleaned out the calf creep area last night, always a messy old job, put out the new straw and left everything nice and tidy...just took a quick look on camera before going to bed...all cows bull etc inside in calf area :mad:
mustnt have closed the fcuking gate right..they had the place in pure sh1te again..on a more serious note having alot of trouble again this year with coccidiosis and scour..disinfected the sheds in summer with kilcox but doesnt seem to have made any odds

most important to keep the area where calves are kept clean as the bug can stay in dung etc that are in the feeding area, even a scrape daily with a hand scraper can help

Kovu

whelan1 wrote: »

thats what i was thinking... who's gonna see you. i often go out in my pyjamas and wellies although did nearly get caught by the milkman one night

Heh heh. It's roughly a 10 min walk from the house ya see! And layers have to be worn to keep out the chill:p

bogman_bass

@karen. How about a tire pump that you can plug into the cigerette lighter in the car. Horrid handy yoke to have. will even pump a tractor tire if you give it time

vanderbadger

reilig wrote: »

Old man broke the handlebars off the quad today. Don't know how he did it, he said it just fell off. I had it out yesterday and it was solid as a rock. Spent the evening taking them off and going to try to get it welded tomorrow - its a specialist job as there is fairly light stuff in it and my welder doesn't go that low

sounds like an auld lad special

lakill Farm

Try a powerpack (halfords do them for 80 - 200e) they have the ability to jump start a car, jeep etc, have a invertor on them for 3 pin electrical socket, a good lamp and also an air compressor. Also when jump starting them they have a safety system to stop them shorting out

Charge them every 6 months and a great job. Bought the auld lad one and he loves it.

bogman_bass wrote: »

@karen. How about a tire pump that you can plug into the cigerette lighter in the car. Horrid handy yoke to have. will even pump a tractor tire if you give it time

vanderbadger

blue5000 wrote: »

Hi Karen I suggest a leatherman penknife, lots of little gadgets on it, pliers, little screwdriver too.

hydraulic toplink maybe..auld fellas find them awfal handy when bring in bales etc

reilig

vanderbadger wrote: »

sounds like an auld lad special

What's worse is that he wanted to try to weld it himself. He has had a welder for the last 30 years and he still hasn't learned to use it properly:rolleyes:. He puts a hole in everything he tries to weld and he thinks that a spit weld looks better than a propr straight weld - especially after he grinds the sharp spots off the spits to make them safer :eek:

pakalasa

'Bird Sh1t Welding' , I call it.

just do it

vanderbadger wrote: »

well if the pharmacy is 225 that probably means our vet is 250 :rolleyes:

Did you try Dan McInerneys?

Kovu

lakill Farm wrote: »

Try a powerpack (halfords do them for 80 - 200e) they have the ability to jump start a car, jeep etc, have a invertor on them for 3 pin electrical socket, a good lamp and also an air compressor. Also when jump starting them they have a safety system to stop them shorting out

Charge them every 6 months and a great job. Bought the auld lad one and he loves it.

That's not a bad idea! May look into those.:cool:

lakill Farm

Karen112 wrote: »

That's not a bad idea! May look into those.:cool:

There a great job, you be surprised how often you can use them.

I even jump started a 165 with them last winter for a friend.

almost FOOL PROOF

13spanner

Price of diesel means silage is going to be dearer again next year. It'll be an expensive game if it stays going the way it is.

Kovu

lakill Farm wrote: »

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almost FOOL PROOF

Means I won't be using it so:p

vanderbadger

just do it wrote: »

Did you try Dan McInerneys?

I didnt no, ithought it would need to be a vet or pharmacy to sell vaccines?

colrow

I'm staying on a Dairy Farm in Scotland while I'm working here, I'll be back home to Kerry next week tf.

The farmer here Jim is a bit of an inventor, and has invented an anti theft yoke for Quad Bikes, so I said I'd post his website on here, hope you don't mind, just trying to help him.

http://www.quadclamp.co.uk/

just do it

vanderbadger wrote: »

I didnt no, ithought it would need to be a vet or pharmacy to sell vaccines?

Got blackleg there in the spring...

whelan1

youneed a prescription afaik for rotavec

vanderbadger

just do it wrote: »

Got blackleg there in the spring...

hmm got blackleg at kerry store myself now that you mention it, I think rotavec is perscription though, i could be wrong, technically the pharmacy should not sell it without a perscription from vet if thats the case although they didnt seem to have any objections :rolleyes:

polod

Would any one reckon a MF 165 with a loader would be able to stack chopped silage bales 3 high ?