djgeoff Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 If farmers ain't getting it bad enough already with the weather spoiling crops and the price of stuff etc. i felt for this farmer i have met him on a few occasions and my mate and i shot this huge field with good results only two weeks ago. found out today he got a chap in yesterday with mates bailer on loan, started to do the field bailer broke down and set fire to crop, he lost bailer and most of the crop / field i suppose they must be insured but its all the hard work gone into it, to lose it in the last stages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pykie Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 Was that down here in Devon? By Cadbury by any chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djgeoff Posted July 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 Was that down here in Devon? By Cadbury by any chance? no sorry just outside coventry, west mids Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 Your right , you may have a farm worth several million but it's your crop that puts cash in the bank. Just imagine a country with all the farms bought by property developers and all our food imported. I was told by a farmer once the cost were a third to plough and seed , a third to fertilise and combine,the last third is profit and that's what the pigeons eat into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pykie Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 no sorry just outside coventry, west mids Oh how strange, because same thing happened down here on monday! Two fire engines tackled the blaze after a combine caught alight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djgeoff Posted July 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 (edited) Oh how strange, because same thing happened down here on monday! Two fire engines tackled the blaze after a combine caught alight yeh spooky, i was chatting to chap who told me, and said i cant see what on a bailer could start a fire, i could understand the tractor. mate said i did not what ask more info from farmer he seemed a bit down ( not surprised i suppose). my mate and i are wondering if it was combine, what ever its still bad news. we were also wondering how he would be covered by insurance his mate operating machine which was on loan from another Edited July 27, 2012 by djgeoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckaroo23 Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 Where bouts in cov, I'm just out side in nuneaton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djgeoff Posted July 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 Where bouts in cov, I'm just out side in nuneaton hi buckaroo, im am coundon area, but my mate who i rough shoot with has the permissions, which are all around out lying areas of cov, bulkington,antsy, wolvey barniacle and many more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 yeh spooky, i was chatting to chap who told me, and said i cant see what on a bailer could start a fire, i could understand the tractor. mate said i did not what ask more info from farmer he seemed a bit down ( not surprised i suppose). my mate and i are wondering if it was combine, what ever its still bad news. we were also wondering how he would be covered by insurance his mate operating machine which was on loan from another Usually a bearing overheats and sets fire to fine dust and chaff.Happens much easier than you may imagine,everything on a baler is under a lot of pressure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djgeoff Posted July 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 Usually a bearing overheats and sets fire to fine dust and chaff.Happens much easier than you may imagine,everything on a baler is under a lot of pressure. never though of that, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyska Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 Usually a bearing overheats and sets fire to fine dust and chaff.Happens much easier than you may imagine,everything on a baler is under a lot of pressure. Absolutely, happens a lot to combines too, keep em clean! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark@mbb Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 And then the hydraulic oil that turn all the gears boils and flares up then up goes the lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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