Harnser Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Had a drive round the farm today and saw two fields of rape just about ready for spraying off . The pods well formed and the seed showing through the pods . Looking in the pods and the seed just turning black . I guess about anothe week and they will spray it off and harvest about a week later . Hopefully will be on the rape stubble in the next two weeks . What was interesting was i saw about 20 bull finches feeding on top of the rape . They were perched on top of the stalks and filling their boots . Keep your eyes open boys as the rape stubble shooting is not far away . Harnser . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proTOM1 Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Its still atleast 3 weeks round me or so i have been told by the farmers some of my rape has only just started to flower the farmers are not happy as some are so far behind . The winter barley is now looking really good and will be cut just after some of the rape and i cant wait ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samw Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Its still atleast 3 weeks round me or so i have been told by the farmers some of my rape has only just started to flower the farmers are not happy as some are so far behind . The winter barley is now looking really good and will be cut just after some of the rape and i cant wait ! yeah its about the same around me tom but we have one big field of rape with loads of bull finchesso i dont think it will be too long now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyR Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Wow Hoooooooo........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 We're hoping to begin desiccating early next week, with the Lexions hot on the sprayers' heels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 No rape on any of my land :blink: Wheat and barley as far as the eye can see. Obviously I dont wish it on my farmer chums, but should any of the barley get lodged this year I'll be out there like a shot! I have woodie withdrawal symptoms! ZB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 i would say 3 weeks and the rape on my fields will be cut.then time off work two have a go at the pigeons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humperdingle Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 Sounds good I'm on holiday in a few weeks, so i'll have a bit of time to hit the gets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browning Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 We're hoping to begin desiccating early next week, with the Lexions hot on the sprayers' heels. We're about two weeks behind you Baldrick, and the Lexions have been replaced by John Deere 630's this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted June 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 As i expected ,i talked to my farmer friend yesterday and he said that they will be spraying the rape off next week some time . He said that he will be combining barley before the rape as a lot of the barley is just about fit . Hopefully i will be shooting some stubble at the latter part of next week . I love stubble shooting . the first outing on fresh cut barley or rape is allways something special . But then i am a simple country boy who is easily pleased . Harnser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinny Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 i cant wait for my farm to start cutting, we have rape, barley and wheat and its all shootable. shooting the rabbits while we are combining is great fun as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 We're about two weeks behind you Baldrick, and the Lexions have been replaced by John Deere 630's this year. I've saw one JD combine (a C670i) operating in Essex last harvest, operated by a local contractor. Other than that lonely (but very capable) example, JD combines seem pretty rare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperfection Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 What was interesting was i saw about 20 bull finches feeding on top of the rape.They were perched on top of the stalks and filling their boots . Last week while walking my dog around a nearby field (not where i shoot i must add) i watched hundreds of starlings doing excally the same Harnser.It was a bizzare sight seeing so many and as i carried on walking-all i could see was more and more arriving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browning Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 I've saw one JD combine (a C670i) operating in Essex last harvest, operated by a local contractor. Other than that lonely (but very capable) example, JD combines seem pretty rare. They are fairly popular around here, but we do have a JD main dealer 3 miles down the road so that may have something to do with it as spares and servicing are very easy to arrange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 We're about two weeks behind you Baldrick, and the Lexions have been replaced by John Deere 630's this year. good combines we have 4 on the farm in the states,30ft cut the wife loves driving one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 Mossy, it's odd how rare Claas is as a brand outside of Europe. We run a pair of Lexion 580+ (one on tracks) with 35' headers, but even they look very puny compared to the custom-made 61' header some Aussie farmer has knocked up for his Lexion (shown on Farmers Weekly website). But then his yields are probably peaking at 2t/ac... I watched a New Holland CR9090 on test last summer in south Essex. It was very impressive. But I'd still go for Claas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerseaDavid Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 We are hoping to get our combine in the field by the end of the week depending on the weather but all is looking good so far We used to use class (lexion 480) but we now only use John Deere (tractor and combines) the only other make we use is Case (we have got 2 quad tracks). But for combines we only use John Deere because we have found they work better. Most of the farms round me use New Holland combines and there is only 2 lexions and 3 smaller class combines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 Crikey, David, you are very early down there. The scorching weather has pushed our spraying to the end of this week at the earliest. We ran a Quadtrac for two years, and whilst it is the most impressive machine, reliability issues led us to ditch it in favour of a JD 9530T and a Claas Xerion 3800. We still run a Challenger. There are, however, a lot more Quadtracs than there are Xerions and tracked JDs, particularly in Essex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerseaDavid Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 (edited) We have been lucky this year with our rape, but the farm that I shoot will be swathing their rape this week, so alll is busy round my area. A farm down the road from mine has a class Challenger Peldon Hall has a couple of Cat Challengers There are 2 Tracked JD's (one is an 8420t not sure on the other) Then our 2 Quad Tracks, they do work well and we have not had any probs yet with them. We are looking into getting an JD 8530T at the end of the harvest but we will see what happens. our quad track JD Cat Class What are the JD 9530T and a Claas Xerion 3800 like to use? Have you any probs with them yet or not? Edited June 29, 2009 by MerseaDavid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 Both the JD and the Xerion are very well-behaved, with no major reliability issues, after a year in service. I am not a great fan of the JD, preferring the rather quirky Xerion, primarily because it is extremely manouevrable, and good for roadwork. We got a lot of odd looks for using a Xerion for tillage work, but it has performed very well. The pivot cab feature is wonderful for mowing and forestry work (the linkage accepts a grab). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerseaDavid Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 thanks mate. I might suggest it to my boss when we get nearer looking for a new toy lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 lexions are a very good combines,we have had jd on the farms for many years its the jd 9696.they are getting on a bit but still go hell for leather, with them,when the wife is in one you cant get her out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 We have been lucky this year with our rape, but the farm that I shoot will be swathing their rape this week, so alll is busy round my area. A farm down the road from mine has a class Challenger Peldon Hall has a couple of Cat Challengers There are 2 Tracked JD's (one is an 8420t not sure on the other) Then our 2 Quad Tracks, they do work well and we have not had any probs yet with them. We are looking into getting an JD 8530T at the end of the harvest but we will see what happens. our quad track JD Cat Class What are the JD 9530T and a Claas Xerion 3800 like to use? Have you any probs with them yet or not? the pictures are great.nice one david.we have 3 cat challengers over there and they are great two drive go on for ever, cant wait till october. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerseaDavid Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 (edited) We use a John Deere S690i hillmaster and it works great. It has a 30ft header and we only got it before last years harvest and we could not ask for a better combine. Edited June 29, 2009 by MerseaDavid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerseaDavid Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 the pictures are great.nice one david.we have 3 cat challengers over there and they are great two drive go on for ever, cant wait till october. the Cat is a beast of a tractor, it was at the Mersea island ploughing match and it made everything look small Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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