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    #1832
    orm0nd
    Registered Users Posts: 4,195 ✭✭✭orm0nd


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119441460#Comment_119441460

    Finnegans were one of the channels I kept watching ,when I cut way down of you tube time , a lot of variety and a lot of stuff i wouldn't normally come across, and I agree with you he's a pita ,



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    #1833
    funkey_monkey
    Registered Users Posts: 8,203 ✭✭✭funkey_monkey


    Their workshop videos are interesting sometimes. The field work, not so much.

    Mick has grown into it. Like many old mechanics he is a fountain of knowledge and has gotten really natural now with the camera in his face compared to the start.



    Just stumbled on another Irish channel - The Irish Farmer. Not he what to make of it yet as I've only seen one video.

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    #1834
    youllbemine
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭youllbemine


    I think Finnegan's Farm went to the Ton Pemberton School of How to do a Farming YouTube Video.

    Dramatic video names and thumbnails to draw you in but agree that most of the time the content isn't there. Some of the cattle videos were very interesting but the tractor work is hard watching. Must be awful tedious spending all day every day in the tractor doing mainly slow repetitive GPS-led field work.

    Young lad needs to take it down a peg or two with the slagging aswell. Wonder do the other lads watch the videos and what do they think of it, especially the older fella (can't remember his name). I wouldn't fancy someone getting on like that and I'm only 30!



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    #1835
    leoch
    Registered Users Posts: 902 ✭✭✭leoch


    I watch it and like it alot the camaraderie is great and u can tell they all get on great and are all part of the slagging ...as for comparison with Tom p.....its completely different and 100 times better hes trying to be cool and hip and I'm not into his vids at all



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    #1836
    youllbemine
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭youllbemine


    Fair enough they're all into the slagging but sometimes I feel the slags aren't slags and are pot shots at lads to keep them in their place. He'll be the boss one day don't forget.



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    #1837
    leoch
    Registered Users Posts: 902 ✭✭✭leoch


    Ah Jesus they are only young lads having the crack sure even the father gets in on it .......seems like a great place to work an I'd say the workers are treated very well and most are there for years and no I don't have a vested interest in the place ....unfortunately



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    #1838
    Odelay
    Registered Users Posts: 3,834 ✭✭✭Odelay


    I’d say Calum would be some crack on a night out. Talented lad and a nice way about him too.



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    #1839
    straight
    Registered Users Posts: 4,767 ✭✭✭straight


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119445440#Comment_119445440

    Everybody just wants to take offence these days.....



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    #1840
    Cavanjack
    Registered Users Posts: 2,605 ✭✭✭Cavanjack


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119445440#Comment_119445440

    Totally agree and if anything he shows plenty of respect to the older lads working there IMO. He’s 20 odd years my junior but I would consider him a likeable sort (even for a Meath man). I’m sure the old lad wouldn’t have it it if he was disrespectful to the lads.

    lads do get so easily wound up these days.



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    #1841
    timple23
    Registered Users Posts: 1,001 ✭✭✭timple23


    https://www.donedeal.ie/view/31726078

    @Say my name , these seem to have the right stud pattern.

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    #1842
    Say my name
    Registered Users Posts: 11,459 ✭✭✭✭Say my name


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119446525#Comment_119446525

    There'll be a phone call tomorrow. 👍️



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    #1843
    Sheep breeder
    Registered Users Posts: 2,033 ✭✭✭Sheep breeder


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119445440#Comment_119445440

    Well said a bit of banter and fun, all seem to get a long and work hard. The lads mind the tractors so well, so many on the YouTube taking free stuff and promoting it, the latest one taking forage seed to sow after crops. Finnegans are top operators



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    #1844
    farawaygrass
    Registered Users Posts: 1,921 ✭✭✭farawaygrass


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119447016#Comment_119447016

    i wasn’t knocking finnegans one bit. Jeez they are the type of operators we should all be looking at for inspiration. Was just my opinion on the young fella, he’s not the easist watch, he can be a bit patronising. Probably a bit to do with age too and being the boss’s son



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    #1845
    farmerphil135
    Registered Users Posts: 216 ✭✭farmerphil135


    I’ve meet kaylem from finnegans a few times now and he’s a fierce sound lad and very capable with his hands.

    also we bought the seed for the fodder crop



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    #1846
    ginger22
    Registered Users Posts: 1,720 ✭✭✭ginger22


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119447508#Comment_119447508

    Thats the trouble when you raise your head and go public. Lads think the have a right to pass judgement.



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    #1847
    twin_beacon
    Registered Users Posts: 1,248 ✭✭✭twin_beacon


    Gerry, best of luck with the new Deere! I wasn't expecting a machine that big when I opened the video. It makes sense, extra power for hauling on the road, ploughing and I guess pulling two mowers. I was admiring the looks of the new R series at the Tullamore show at the weekend, lovely machine.



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    #1848
    jaymla627
    Registered Users Posts: 6,656 ✭✭✭jaymla627


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119486188#Comment_119486188

    Their a savage machine but that lady will be tipping well over 10 ton, contractor sunk one here with a wagon on back and she buried herself the crater is still in the field 3 years later , not a yoke I'd be going with on wet spongy ground in early spring at slurry



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    #1849
    Base price
    Registered Users Posts: 11,254 ✭✭✭✭Base price


    @IFarmWeFarm7615 - Well done on really nice video today showing your morning milking and paddock rotation routine. I know most of us on F&F are accustomed to dairy operations but the majority of non farming people don't have a clue. It's farmers like you that showcase the on the ground reality of the majority of Irish dairy family farms. Good on you and again, well done.



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    #1850
    IFarmWeFarm7615
    Registered Users Posts: 59 ✭✭IFarmWeFarm7615


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119487289#Comment_119487289

    Cheers lad, ya i’ve noticed a lot of comments on both my own and several other channel are from people from the non farming background. That seems to be getting more and more popular over time. I think that’s a great thing, and is needed now more that ever. 👍



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    #1851
    GERRY6420
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭GERRY6420


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119486188#Comment_119486188
    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119486449#Comment_119486449

    Thanks lads.yea happy with it so far. Bit of getting used to it compared to the 30 series but getting there. Was in the market for a fresh second hand one with 500 ish hours at the start but they were almost the price of new one. So went on ahead for a new one. Should be a good addition going forward….. I hope. I wouldn’t be too worried about the extra weight of it. I’d only see that as a bonus on working on our hilly ground giving bit more traction.



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    #1852
    jaymla627
    Registered Users Posts: 6,656 ✭✭✭jaymla627


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119489007#Comment_119489007

    For comparison the contractor here bought his 6215r in early 2020 for 135k plus vat premium edition, front links no pto, would 170k plus vat buy that tractor today our are they gone more again



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    #1853
    Tileman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,185 ✭✭✭Tileman


    Best of luck with it gerry. Some tractor. More power to you.



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    #1854
    leoch
    Registered Users Posts: 902 ✭✭✭leoch


    yea best of luck with it also jerry shes a real beauty......the 6920 will be the small tractor now .......



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    #1855
    GERRY6420
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭GERRY6420


    I don’t think u would buy it at anywhere near that. I bought mine 12 months ago and they have taken 4 price rises since I bought it. A premium would be 15-20k less the an ultimate

    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119489191#Comment_119489191




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    #1856
    jaymla627
    Registered Users Posts: 6,656 ✭✭✭jaymla627


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119491111#Comment_119491111

    Hard to see how much longer contractors/farmers that would be buying really fresh second hand gear will keep investing, the sums of money involved now to change a tractor/loader if you don't have a sizeable deposit our high value trade-in on paper make no sense given what rates are for jobs and diseal prices, the tractor he traded in was a 2013 plate 6190r that he had bought from Germany in 2014 with 500 hours for 85k plus vat, the price inflation from then to now is crazy



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    #1857
    tanko
    Registered Users Posts: 9,254 ✭✭✭tanko


    Is farmer Phil after buying a new Kubota i wonder??



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    #1858
    roosterman71
    Registered Users Posts: 5,537 ✭✭✭roosterman71


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119495172#Comment_119495172

    Very much doubt that. Would be a huge change from the usual way of working there



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    #1859
    GERRY6420
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭GERRY6420


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119493162#Comment_119493162

    I remember buying the 6930 in 2014, I gave 58k for it with 800 hours. A new 6150R was around 80k fully spec’d. 6155R fully spec’d is 140k now. Look at the stuff now that tractors are equipped with, all that **** for the emissions, gps, auto steer, rate & sectional control. all adds to the price. 8 years ago 1 in 10 tractors sold had all that gps stuff. Now 9 in 10 have it. Tyres alone are up over 30% in just over 12 months. It’s gone out of control. The 6930 is worth more today then what I paid for it 8 years ago. I almost got what I paid for my 6420s new back in 2004 when I sold it this may. Says it all.



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    #1860
    tanko
    Registered Users Posts: 9,254 ✭✭✭tanko


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119495731#Comment_119495731

    What will it be, another 6499?



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    #1861
    roosterman71
    Registered Users Posts: 5,537 ✭✭✭roosterman71


    No idea. He might be on here to tell all! If there is a change I'd say either a 7620 or something along those lines, or another old one like the 2650(?)



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