Hi all yes that’s right buzzer on the farm where i was dragged up we got our’s from west of england they were now’n as west lake’s or that’s what my dad always called them he said when they were full they were catchweight’s they took a bit off catching when you were only a nipper. We had a combine that used to bag the corn as it went then dropped on the floor to go back later and pick them up.Then got a combine with a tank we then stood on a trailer to bag the corn never had bulk. Bloody Mary Hopkins
gerbil 
gerbil sb152:
Hi all yes that’s right buzzer on the farm where i was dragged up we got our’s from west of england they were now’n as west lake’s or that’s what my dad always called them he said when they were full they were catchweight’s they took a bit off catching when you were only a nipper. We had a combine that used to bag the corn as it went then dropped on the floor to go back later and pick them up.Then got a combine with a tank we then stood on a trailer to bag the corn never had bulk. Bloody Mary Hopkins
gerbil
Well blow me down Gerbil I never knew you wuzz born in a pair of wellies bet you like the bit of agricultural input on this thread, funny aint it that a lot of farmer lads ended up being truck drivers which has been noted on here before. While on the subject farming although a very nice day I fetched home four big rounds of wheat straw and got three haylage up from me store ready for the week ahead, always summit to do down on the farm.
Up early this AM as a fella said he would be here at 7am to pick up me beet chopper I had advertised, then he text to say running late. He bought it when he did turn up and when asked what he was using it for he said to put lemons and oranges and onions and the like through it as he had a supply of out of date stuff and then he puts it in a Keenan feeder waggon and mixes with silage and he said the cattle go mad for it but that’s better than chucking it in a tip I spose, never thought they would eat it though, cheers Buzzer
Hi all. Yes Buzzer i got into because of me dad he went to work on the farm about 1952 he was originally employed as a lorry driver to deliver hay and straw they had a cattle body you could lift on and off with a pulley system in the barn.He did everything in the end tractor driver combine driver cutting cabbage picking swedes all done by hand bloody cold in winter. I used to volenteer to turn the handle on the beet mangle just to keep warm. I came along in 54 started on the farm with him at 14 when i left school worked with him till i was 18 when i started driving a seven and half toner for Dave Luckett with mappo and the rest is history as they say. Got a picture somewhere with me on top of a load of straw on Billy Smarts 8 wheel foden would have been 1958 or 59 will try to find it.
gerbil 
Evening Buzzer
It’s amazing what cattle will eat when put through a diet feeder, a farm we picked milk up from fed bread, breakfast cereal and potatoes. Just had two days of farming so back to it tomorrow, first load into Skelmersdale then a load into a dairy near Uttoxeter.
wrighty:
Evening BuzzerIt’s amazing what cattle will eat when put through a diet feeder, a farm we picked milk up from fed bread, breakfast cereal and potatoes. Just had two days of farming so back to it tomorrow, first load into Skelmersdale then a load into a dairy near Uttoxeter.
They look content how many are you running at the moment, weather here today gone back mild but it gets cold from 3 pm on Buzzer.
Morning Buzzer,
We are running about 125 head of cattle at the moment, lambing just over 400 yows with another 120 horned gimmers so just enough to keep us busy.
A bit wet up ere this morning but very mild, about 9’c when I left the house so not too bad…
Cheers Wrighty.
Todays task was a bit of heavy duty brush and bramble clearance with my trusty Massey 590 and Kuhn topper, did not start too well as the first bush I attacked hid an old roll of stock fence and with in a mega second it was wrapped tight round the flails, tried to cut it away with fencing pliers but to no avail so returned home and attacked it with an angle grinder but still took an hour to fix.
Had lunch then back for another go with better results this time, some of the bushes were 7 foot high but pushed down with the wheels of the tractor it coped and minced them all up. This was all on the Council ground I had this summer and was another good will bit hoping to have it again next year, must admit it did look a whole lot better than when I started, Buzzer,
Buzzer:
Todays task was a bit of heavy duty brush and bramble clearance with my trusty Massey 590 and Kuhn topper, did not start too well as the first bush I attacked hid an old roll of stock fence and with in a mega second it was wrapped tight round the flails, tried to cut it away with fencing pliers but to no avail so returned home and attacked it with an angle grinder but still took an hour to fix.
Had lunch then back for another go with better results this time, some of the bushes were 7 foot high but pushed down with the wheels of the tractor it coped and minced them all up. This was all on the Council ground I had this summer and was another good will bit hoping to have it again next year, must admit it did look a whole lot better than when I started, Buzzer,
Hi Buzzer,
Nice tidy machine you have there, I hope you are not showing off your rust free doors in that 2 nd pic! Not many still attached never mind in as good condition as your’s. I have a little Fordson Dexta with a towed topper and I got a bit too close to the hedge with it one day and never saw a bit of the wire off the fence, less than a second it ragged it round everything 
Hi Pete actually its not a bad cab considering its 36yo but I am actively seeking to upgrade to a bit more modern model so she will be for sale if I find the right one, only three owners and I have had her for 8 years but she does what it says on the tin eh, Buzzer.
Buzzer:
Hi Pete actually its not a bad cab considering its 36yo but I am actively seeking to upgrade to a bit more modern model so she will be for sale if I find the right one, only three owners and I have had her for 8 years but she does what it says on the tin eh, Buzzer.
Buzzer, the right replacement will be with no electronics or ad-blue if you are lucky!
Pete trying to stay away from the computer model tractors but hard to find a clean one, had to have a puncture done in the front wheel of the 590 as a thorn got the better of the rubber.
Today we put the team in and did a twenty miler, cold out but fine and dry but breezy down by the sea but good to get the horses out for a decent run, even let the Ladies have a go on the way home, Buzzer.
MESSAGE FOR WEE JOCK.
If you should read this post I have a message from Marty at the farm, when you bought and paid for that 135 fergy it did not come with two years free storage. They are going to sell it again to recover storage costs if it is not moved very soon, just letting you know that’s all.
Buzzer:
Pete trying to stay away from the computer model tractors but hard to find a clean one, had to have a puncture done in the front wheel of the 590 as a thorn got the better of the rubber.Today we put the team in and did a twenty miler, cold out but fine and dry but breezy down by the sea but good to get the horses out for a decent run, even let the Ladies have a go on the way home, Buzzer.
MESSAGE FOR WEE JOCK.
If you should read this post I have a message from Marty at the farm, when you bought and paid for that 135 fergy it did not come with two years free storage. They are going to sell it again to recover storage costs if it is not moved very soon, just letting you know that’s all.
Hi Buzzer,
If they are tubeless tyres you can buy the needle and plugs for them, punctures fixed in minutes and for pennies
Has country life stopped in Hampshire?
OldishJoda:
Has country life stopped in Hampshire?
Hi sorry for the lapse of input on “Farming Today” here is a small update for you all, yesterday I cleaned the chicken house out including the nest box and gave it a deep de infestation spray with high power bug cleaner, you cant see em but you can bet your life there lurking in the cracks especially as it’s been so mild, then fresh wood chip job done took two hours though.
Now for today this involved a trip down to Shaftsbury to look at a tractor a Massey Ferguson but in reality it was far too big for my needs but ended up buying a New Holland TD95 4 wheel drive on a 53 plate, a lot newer than I had anticipated but no computers and only just over 2000hrs on the clock and pretty tidy, it has no loader but I can fit one later if I need too. The Avant loader I have can handle most things round the yard lifting wise so that will have to do for the moment. When you look at the cost of a new loader it may be better to go for a larger Avant model instead we shall see now all I have to do is find a new home for my old Massey 590 so time to advertise me thinks.
On our way home I stopped to take the picture below something I have driven by hundreds of times from when I first drove an HGV on my way up from Cornwall, it is on an old pub wall in Hindon a short cut through route from the A303 to Wilton, in years gone by it must have been a coaching Inn but the sign is still in good order and as you know I am a horse driver and think back to when that place was used I bet the road was gravel back then and life were at a much steadier a pace.
On reflection I should have took a picture of the tractor dealers Scania a V8 530 tag axle and tri axle low loader nice and tidy and sounded well through its twin stack’s up the back when he fired her up. well that concludes todays update will post pics of my new aqisition when she arrives at end of the week, Buzzer.
Thank you for " The Country Life " update…
I can listen to the Archers again now and know what they are talking about…
Regards
Andy
Evening Buzzer
What a tidy looking tractor, it will certainly be a lot more comfy than the old 590 and will make topping and harrowing a lot more pleasurable.
Well i think winter is well and truly here everywhere is like a bog covered in snow, been busy today changing tups and foot pairing the horned gimmers which seem to have a very serious footrot problem this winter. Pairing, injecting antibiotic and footbathing in formalin so hopefully it will work, we will see in the coming weeks.
Cheers Wrighty,
wrighty:
Evening BuzzerWhat a tidy looking tractor, it will certainly be a lot more comfy than the old 590 and will make topping and harrowing a lot more pleasurable.
Well i think winter is well and truly here everywhere is like a bog covered in snow, been busy today changing tups and foot pairing the horned gimmers which seem to have a very serious footrot problem this winter. Pairing, injecting antibiotic and footbathing in formalin so hopefully it will work, we will see in the coming weeks.Cheers Wrighty,
Sounds like hard work matey and when the weather is bad It don’t help none, outside here tonight its bucketing down but no snow thank goodness. That NH TD95 has got less than three thousand hours and is on a 53 plate so hope she does the job for me. The man I took with me is a Massey trained but ime not using a tractor day in day out like some.
Its nice to have the cows in the barn and I bet there glad too tonight, they look contented anyway,
Just done out an advert for me old 590 so will wait for a response, she’s been a good old workhorse for me but sad to see her go, Buzzer.
It looks a very handy size Buzzer and it’s condition reflects it’s low hours, so should do you for a long time. Just seen your advert and it seems good value compared to the others for sale, so should sell no problems fingers crossed…
Cheers Wrighty.
wrighty:
Evening BuzzerWhat a tidy looking tractor, it will certainly be a lot more comfy than the old 590 and will make topping and harrowing a lot more pleasurable.
Well i think winter is well and truly here everywhere is like a bog covered in snow, been busy today changing tups and foot pairing the horned gimmers which seem to have a very serious footrot problem this winter. Pairing, injecting antibiotic and footbathing in formalin so hopefully it will work, we will see in the coming weeks.Cheers Wrighty,
I do love the ‘Archers’ thread on here, but about the above…
You know when you get a computer and read the instructions. They are words and they are English, but strung together, they don’t actually make any sense.
I have to tell you that I didn’t think farming was like computing, but I could be wrong.
John.
