DO YOU LIKE HARDSHIP? I LIKE HARDSHIP -- TOPPING WITH FINGER BAR MOWER

[@ianhaggart1438]

Reality check on how far farming has come. Thanks for the light footprint farming video. Makes you appreciate sound deadening 😲😆👍

[@richardl7161]

That brings back memories of my youth. I spent many hours on a rig just like that in the 60's.

[@steven907]

Great to see the old school stuff still doing a job 👌👍

[@mathewdavies1931]

Great to see the old equipment back and running, drone footage top dollar again Bro,

[@patodwyer721]

That's not hardship Phil, spinning around the fields a nice day, on the 35 with full air conditioning, at one with nature. Hardship would be the day you were trying to agitate the slurry store. The finger bar is some job. Theres great growth there now, so you would want to get the finger(bar) out and keep topping. Keep on keeping on.

[@laytonphillips6667]

Great video phil, cows n grass looking good, nice to see the massey and mower in action.

[@seanking9325]

Great vid Phil. Keep up the good work

[@bigal2312]

I'd say the diesel usage on the Massey is a lot less than a bigger tractor even with old school technology.

[@ThomasAnderson-uw5pk]

ah the 35x great wee tractors ,used one 50 years ago to fill a silage pit

[@georgedoorley5628]

we used to cut silage with a ransone single chop behind one .......one trailer , the whole outfit came into the pit each time ........4 acres a day was good going .......made lovely silage .......cocksfoot grass 5 ft tall .

[@steviechalmers1218]

Good to see the 35x working away ‘ and definitely topping does improve the grass phil 👍

[@Masseyx]

Tráithnín is the Irish for stem of dry grass. Nice to see some gaeilge in every day use. Maith thú.

[@tomgreene2282]

Is this word used all round Ireland...what about bohalawns??

[@jonathanohagan6343]

I was wondering what Traithnin was.... I never heard of it before

[@Masseyx]

@@tomgreene2282 Well I'm from Galway and it's commonly used. Not sure about other parts of Ireland?

[@user-qo2eq9cy8c]

Dia duit Agus failte

[@peterquinn8013]

TOM GREENE ragwort

[@davidtaylor2613]

Keep up the great videos I never miss one off them and there always very entertaining

[@ghostrider7688]

That’s a tidy 35x Lad you have good kit there , great to see the use for the finger bar mower , always thought they were good piece of kit . Good vintage machinery in real use on Longford farm , hats 🎩 off to all the Stewart’s top show man 👌 #bestindabiz #irishfarming ☘️

[@amandajones3422]

35👍 we have an Fe petrol tvo, reg1960 lovely little machine. Like you mower.keep safe.👍🚜

[@bendocherty9429]

Afternoon Farmer Phil all can say is love that sound and wat luxury we have now.

[@upthereds4939]

You should mow some silage for the vintage day with her if its going ahead 👌🏻👍🏻

[@adriankennelly1338]

Love the videos Phill. Lovely lifestyle. Have a 135 multi power and a McCormick mowing bar myself. Must get them out of the shed for a few hours some day

[@johnsheahan7914]

Great video as always farmer phil

[@magsprettejohn2160]

Was looking proper tidy outside the workshop! Hope there's a video of when you and Father Phil tackle that workshop, lol. Was good to see the 35x working away and you seem to enjoy using it. Calves were looking great. Cheers.

[@Kale050]

nice vid, reminds me of my stepdad, he did mowing and plow competions with a MF 35.

[@davieanderson3856]

We had the same finger bar mower for topping but a more modern tractor. It would have been nice to have it on a old rig

[@hollyjensen7139]

that looks like so much fun to drive.

[@adamdorris8164]

What a great video Phil keep up the good work

[@christopherbrogan1309]

Finger Barr mower brings back memories, having to take hay after it heavy meadow wouldn't be good 👍👍👍

[@PReilly-xl5wk]

Nearly got first comment 🤨🤨 another good video Phil cheers . Any second cuts on yet

[@b7100ripper]

The 35x is a belter sir !

[@ethanearle9457]

We mow with a Jd mower like yours instead of topping and rake it off and bale it then spread fert great results

[@koco7545]

Nice video

[@atk2110]

lovely toppin phil

[@seanduff6066]

Good vid Phil fair play

[@noelhickey1684]

The Xbreds are looking well

[@harrysemmence5046]

Love the 35 I have been topping with my TEF 20 and fergie finger mower, the early finger mower is a lot more difficult to set up I'd rather have your later one 😂

[@DAZ28111]

Aye Old school Phil 💕👍 Good yolk

[@PReilly-xl5wk]

Hard to keep grass right for cattle or cows never mind young calves. Topping is a great job to be at

[@marieraleigh5933]

Great video phil 😊

[@noelkelly7680]

Nice day for the job, grand sound of 35,hav u a roll bar for driving on road.

[@brendancahill7328]

No School like old School Phil🤣🤣👍

[@oliver69cork46]

Fingerbar or sicklebar mowers were and are good in thin or straight standing crops like non lodged grass or lucerne etc but onheavy grass they choked. In the USA the likes of John deere, new holland make Fingerbar mowers up to 20ft and are easy to drive,they even do self propelled models. They're calledhaybines and to avoid blocking they're equipped with reels like a combine.

[@adamrossiter4968]

No school better that old school boi

[@Karen-rp6qr]

Good man Phil hows the ole uncle hope hes fighting fit give him along our kind regards. keep er lit ye have all shapes sizes in years at yer place, must be worth a bleedin fortune ole Derek :)

[@MrShanbla]

That fingerbar mower left a lovely finish Phil!! Better than our Fleming topper anyway, great machine but toppers really do bash the grass. only for fact we cover very small acres I'd change it for a disc mower but if I could get a nice pierce fingerbar it'd sit well on my David Brown 880 👌

[@enginefool692]

I cut 1 acre with a 5ft finger bar mower this year with me 135 hardship

[@Matthew.preston74]

Good work mate. love yr vids lad

[@ciaranomartin8531]

I have a Massey ferguson 35 3 cylinder. Hard to beat.

[@tadhgtiernan6490]

We were the young lads great video

[@ronriehle1337]

Been "topping" pastures -in US we call it clipping - after seeing a lot of Brits and Irish vids.. Do like how they come back so green and soft. Does the job on bull thistles we have in Wisconsin North Central US.

[@TractorTen]

Good Mornin' Farmer Phil 🤠

[@IDoAgri]

Morning Scan

[@tommyriordan870]

Whens the video about the front mower coming?

[@alanmarshall874]

Great video

[@componentsie]

Great Vid !

[@casetractor3689]

Ya could do with more half hour video's because your video's are really good

[@johnnykiely4905]

Our calfs wer gone bronze too so we gave them a few buckets of licks turned them inside out

[@FARMERPHIL3690]

our bronze calves are jersey crosses so there naturally that color

[@michaellorio9774]

bonjour encore une très belle vidéo 👍👍👍

[@matty0674]

Not many mechanical problems with that piece of kit

[@niall9251]

Savage video as always watching here from leitrim do you live near the longford leitrim border out of curiosity

[@mbury8004]

No CVT but running nice and easy !

[@quinnquinn7371]

Would you ever get your 135 out working or restored? Great vid!

[@ciarancreedon2475]

Ran a fingerbar for a long time and it was absolutely disheartening whenever I hit a stone coz twould break loads of knives. That masseys a nippy tractor on the road

[@JonDingle]

Hardship would be doing that field by hand using a scythe!

[@pliston1]

10 acres with the 35 and a narrow bar mower... You musta slept like a baby that night!! 😅 I'd be exhausted from swinging off the wheel

[@EleanorPeterson]

Hello, Phil! I hope I'm not causing offence by mentioning another KZbin farmer on your fine Channel, but I've just watched Tom Pemberton checking the quality of his grass in England, and it looked mighty technical to me. Sheets of analysis and figures and whatnot. All nitrate and sugar and protein percentages... I was just wondering if you do the same thing. I appreciate that getting the timing right for cutting is crucial, so do you judge it by eye and experience, or send off samples to be analysed?

[@FARMERPHIL3690]

no offence at all i watch his videos myself and have seen that video, we do test our grass before harvesting to see what the nitrates are like and on the sugars they vary on the time of the day as the sugars are higher in the grass in the evening rather than the morning. we also test our silage too see what balancing ration we need to feed to our finishers

[@mattoates7636]

Phil next time you have some spare cash why don't you look at getting a wireless mic if they do them compatible with your camera

[@truthplease4868]

That’s the tractor from kilnascully

[@liamhennessy31]

The tractor frm Killnaskully was a 65 not a 35😊

[@johnmackey3734]

Borrowed a mowing bar of my uncle years ago and extended it to 9 ft ,the whole lot went in shit he never forgave me

[@PH-mo2ez]

Phil why don't you buy fenders for 6290s off john conatys they have them in fibreglass very nice job

[@FARMERPHIL3690]

eventually we will but just dont have the spare cash to justify new mud guards

[@iantowers6972]

Slow down abit phil it will make a lot better job,them old bars aren't made for speed!!!👍🏻👍🏻🙈🤘🤘

[@MrJaguar747]

What part of longford do you live in

[@jerryodriscoll3691]

The south part

[@conor7187]

Don't ya just love topping loopy corners.... 😠 Haha

[@lukeosullivan3530]

How fast does the 35x go

[@ciaranomartin8531]

Like 15mph

[@George_Ren]

Uphill or down?

[@jerryodriscoll3691]

20kph roughly, ya might get 25 out of her if you really pushed her but that wouldnt be great for the engine

[@kieranrafferty7545]

Goin back in time lad?

[@alanmarshall874]

Can’t beat the old stuff sometimes

[@vizeakno236]

Can u do a car tour vid

[@michaelwatson5474]

No school like old school...

[@jerryodriscoll3691]

Great video phil, why dont ye buy a bladed topper, like a 9ft abbey trailed, very easy to control height as it's on a screw that keeps the hydraulic ram up, much easier and less important if you hit a stone and break something, we all know how expensive a brand new bed is for a silage mower

[@FARMERPHIL3690]

i would like to buy a proper topper some day like a folding major

[@joewhyte2182]

@@FARMERPHIL3690 a small disc mower are the best to top u need to go go low to get the the best re growth

[@wanemergency3591]

Worst case scenario.. you buy a 9ft McConnell rhino. You cover 4 acre per hour in light grass

[@ethanwilliamson9943]

Does that tractor have power steering

[@FARMERPHIL3690]

No

[@MrShanbla]

Farmer Phil Powered 😅

[@Harry-br4rj]

I no wot is hardship Wragworts

[@cianburns1891]

First comment

[@vinlennox7658]

Great job. I hate toppers. Ignorant sort of machine.. do very poor job topping grass ok for weeds. Good sharp fingerbar mower you ll get better regrowth way faster.

[@minidigger1000]

Videos are getting shorter are you getting lazy lol