Ploughing Championships

sandydan

Sam Kade wrote: »

Or just covering his arse in case the animal dies

kinda reminds me of story of chippy fitting staircase for sarcastic doctor ,doctor arrived home early to find chippy covering marks left by chisel that slipped marking timber beside where he covered screws with plugs, surgeon remarked "ill have to get discount for all the times you covered you mistakes with filler". the chippy replied "well no one sees yours, don't you get next of kin to pay undertaker to cover your mistakes with pick and shovel"

Zr105

have2flushtwice wrote: »

Theres a thread called guntherin, look it up, theres a great backing gate on it. It sits on the side bar.

Yeah I've seen most of them in that thread alright!

It's this sort of a gate I'm thinking of for back of the race,

www.georgehamiltonmchy.co.uk/images/backgate1.gif
We already have a swinging gate at the back of one crush(partly so that we can close it over and be certain nothing ends up trapped in there!) but want something a bit handier in the yard as it's the main crush and we do most stuff through it


I'm not gone on the idea of the side swinging auto backing jobs as i think there's to big of a possibility to get one stuck under the ribs. Would rather just stick to dropping in bars by hand,

Not sure if first link works so I'll add this one and hope for the best;
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRVQUV6Mzdq1T96vLFJC77ceFUf97U1NQC9VQBMYGzeWHO79yh_

whelan2

how much is it into the ploughing?

fastrac

20 euro

holidaygirl

whelan2 wrote: »

how much is it into the ploughing?

Adults are €20 accompanying children under 12 are free

http://www.npa.ie/ticket-enquery/

Reggie.

fastrac wrote: »

20 euro

Can be a dear auld week if ya go more than once

sandydan

Reggie. wrote: »

Can be a dear auld week if ya go more than once

think ill give it a skip until i make money on sucklers, 2 adults + B&B +diesel overkill for one more year anyway

sandydan

Zr105 wrote: »

Yeah I've seen most of them in that thread alright!

It's this sort of a gate I'm thinking of for back of the race,

www.georgehamiltonmchy.co.uk/images/backgate1.gif

We already have a swinging gate at the back of one crush(partly so that we can close it over and be certain nothing ends up trapped in there

any danger of legs getting trapped between horizontal bars. like sliding gate idea though.

Reggie.

sandydan wrote: »

think ill give it a skip until i make money on sucklers, 2 adults + B&B +diesel overkill for one more year anyway

We are lucky enough to be only an hour or two away from the show

Kovu

I'd go, but I need a place to kip. Can I borrow a hayshed off one of ye please:D

Reggie.

.Kovu. wrote: »

I'd go, but I need a place to kip. Can I borrow a hayshed off one of ye please:D

Not a chance in hell

Base price

I have not been to it for over 10 years and I doubt I will be at it within the next 10 years. Way too many non farming stands that I have no interest in along with the fact that I hate crowds of people.
The only interest that I would have is the livestock section and seeing some of the horse ploughing.

Lambofdave

fastrac wrote: »

20 euro

RIP off republic at its best

Reggie.

Lambofdave wrote: »

RIP off republic at its best

Sure how else are they going to make the money.....oh yeah mad money for stands

lakill Farm

Reggie. wrote: »

Sure how else are they going to make the money.....oh yeah mad money for stands

€1248 for 6 meters long

tanko

sandydan wrote: »

think ill give it a skip until i make money on sucklers, 2 adults + B&B +diesel overkill for one more year anyway

You might never go again:D

Reggie.

lakill Farm wrote: »

€1248 for 6 meters long

Sure lads are made of money

dzer2

lakill Farm wrote: »

€1248 for 6 meters long

Where did you get that price from Lakill

Reggie.

dzer2 wrote: »

Where did you get that price from Lakill

He has a stand in it

dzer2

Reggie. wrote: »

He has a stand in it

I know that just wondering on the price. Called in to him last yr but he was fierce busy at the time so left him alone as I was only a tyre kicker

Reggie.

dzer2 wrote: »

I know that just wondering on the price. Called in to him last yr but he was fierce busy at the time so left him alone as I was only a tyre kicker

I called into him too and his life was never the same since

Zr105

sandydan wrote: »

any danger of legs getting trapped between horizontal bars. like sliding gate idea though.

Yeah i wouldn't go mad for horizontal bars, would be more likely to go with verticles, and possibly sheet lower half, not sure hence why id like to look at any that are there!

sandydan

tanko wrote: »

You might never go again:D

very confident about upturn in suklers aint youz:D

RobinBanks

Hi All. I've never been to the ploughing championships and father in law wants to go for a look.

Can some advise me what day would be best to go? I'm assuming it's pretty busy every day there.

Also, where would be the closest town to stay over for the night?

whelan2

RobinBanks wrote: »

Hi All. I've never been to the ploughing championships and father in law wants to go for a look.

Can some advise me what day would be best to go? I'm assuming it's pretty busy every day there.

Also, where would be the closest town to stay over for the night?

I'll open a lovely new ploughing thread for 2018

tanko

RobinBanks wrote: »

Hi All. I've never been to the ploughing championships and father in law wants to go for a look.

Can some advise me what day would be best to go? I'm assuming it's pretty busy every day there.

Also, where would be the closest town to stay over for the night?

The first day is usually the best day, weather dependant of course.
Tullamore is close to the site but i'd imagine accomodation would be hard got nearby at this stage.

9935452

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/91565841#Comment_91565841

Are you heading this year so.?

893bet

Ha! Superb bump

greysides

Mod: Interesting historical excavation, but there's a current thread running on the subject, so I'll consign this one back to the time capsule.