FARM UPDATE 198 MIDLANDS MACHINERY SHOW 2023

[@matthewhodder3029]

George was the star of the show. Experience like his cannot be bought, but our investigative waffler searched it out. Thank you Andrew. Not sure about the Chinese buggy, full of eastern promise, but will it deliver the goods. Can Am looks like a good option, if it comes in your budget.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

George was great. 👍 I agree the Can Am does look good.

[@trevorsidley7697]

Thank you Andrew - your explanations of how things work, from a real Farmers point of view, is very helpful

[@bobcrawford2105]

Unfortunately the generation of people who knew how to manage water course to the best advantage of farmers and wildlife are slowly passing away and the replacements have no idea Remember as a kid the River Torne in Isle of Axholme dredged and dredging spread on the banks Yes looked a mess for a while but all the grass / vegetation regenerated

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

That’s the thing, nature and wildlife do adjust.

[@werdna230667]

The terrible Red Tractor advert came on mid vid! Terrible! 😂 but as always a good waffle!

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Noooooo! 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@glennlingard7851]

Same as the river ancholme once was, to see it and all the drains all bloody grown up is a pissing mess!

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

@glennlingard7851 😡😡

[@petergardner2334]

as farmers grower we new it was not for wild life its save money then pay BONUS EA FOR SAVEING MONEY

[@werdna230667]

Well spoken George, nothing like old school knowledge,

[@Chris-td4yd]

Nice one👍

[@7485D]

Have to agree with the old boy about the rivers. The Foss behind the racecourse in Lincoln for instance. Used to fish that regularly 35 years ago. Plenty of depth and colour. Loads of boats too. But always a good days fishing. And a variety of fish. Went two years ago. Same stretch. And it must’ve been a good metre shallower than it used to be. Gin clear water. (Ideal for cormorants) No fish. The Ancolme at Redbourne is the same. Give it another 30 years and a lot of the rivers will exist in name alone or just long bogs of rushes.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Everything you say is what others say, thank you.

[@SpaldingsLtd]

Thank you for the coverage of the Spaldings stand Andrew - and a great attempt at the ‘Beat the Clock’ competition! An excellent report of the MMS too!

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

A pleasure, tennis elbow didn’t help!! Cracking stand and content. See you soon for a full update from Lincoln!

[@richardbaker22]

Great video Andrew

[@fenlandrob6203]

Morning Andrew, those drain jetters are very good I myself have used them! My boss at the time hired it from a company from around your area. Great show again this year. Fenland Rob

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Hello Rob, thanks for that, wouldn’t mind trying one.

[@pietscholtanus]

Great vlog again,intresting machinery,well done,andrew

[@amunford-gibbs929]

I like your informative program out & about around the show Andrew, I know somebody who would have loved to visit but, wasn't allowed again. A great pity as there's alot to learn, Thankyou.

[@robdavis5711]

Fascinating as always, thanks… really enjoyed it!

[@totomesch1940]

Very sobering hearing what George had to say....... 1972, the year I was born. What a bloody disgrace. Power needs to be handed back to a local level (it never will), who better to look after the community than the community. Thanks for another great Sunday Waffle Andrew, ATB.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Totally right, we need National River Authority back

[@thelambshed6875]

Good morning Andrew from Darkest Herefordshire

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Morning, I don’t like these dark dismal mornings, roll on spring!

[@clarkedrewry2366]

The loss of fish in our rivers isn't all down to removing silt, global warming, chemical, fertilizer runoff, pollution from sewage, all have taken there toll. 200 mm of rain in one day! what do you all expect ? Of course it's going to flood. Yes some improvments are needed, and the EA needs to step up but to cast the blame solely on the EA is an ostrich approach. Yes well made graders are expensive , do we expect it to be made and sold at cost ? everyone in the chain needs to make a profit or all we will have is poorly made Chinese imports. Great channel Wardy. Love the content, keep it up!

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Yes but if the rivers were maintained, there would g be so much flooding. If I hadn’t done the ditches out for 50 years I wouldn’t be able to grow 1 acre of crops. I think £3-3.5k would be enough for that grader. There wasn’t much steel in it. Time maybe. I like the look of the can am.

[@johnhyde8892]

A great video Andrew at breakfast, I see the water problems and drainage stories are still about. It's so nice to be able to go to the machine shows, we only get about two in the south west.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

I’m lucky, there’s always some round this area.

[@julianchambers8372]

Top video mate. Keep it up.

[@chrisnichols5208]

Good afternoon Andrew great video again love what you show and do on this KZbin channel what do you think to the new Department of environment food and rural affairs minister Steve Barclay will he work for the farmers maybe you could air your views on the next update

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

I don’t know much about him so I’ll do some homework!

[@davidwilson2977]

Very good show and very well covered Andrew, would agree that grader was a bit pricey .

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

£3k tops to me.

[@roberthoward3723]

Thanks for good coverage. I don’t envy some if these companies and their reps trying to sell this expensive machinery in todays world. When wheat shot up from £30 a ton to £90 in 1973 we thought we were in clover both buyer and seller trouble was everything else went up in price as well.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

That’s the trouble with farming, commodity prices go up, soon after input does too then when commodity prices drop, so does inputs! 🤷‍♂️

[@roberthoward3723]

@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard Dilemma - no wonder profit margins are slim!

[@markyoull6744]

great stuff

[@flemmingnielsen5989]

Andrew you were showing grain bins setup, that is how we store our grain here in Saskatchewan Canada 🇨🇦

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Great set up. 👍

[@BCWilsonLime]

The quad on duals is great. I have a set for the back of my quad but if you see the outro picture on Ollys Friday blog, it is my 1000cc quad on tracks. It will go pretty much anywhere!

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

I bet it does, I’ll have a look, 😄👍

[@allancurrey8280]

Gud show Andrew

[@julianchambers8372]

Hi Wardy and thanks to George I agree entirely. I have traveled the Witham many times by boat. Fish none existent in this river ir should be teeming.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

The EA just can’t see it.

[@roberthiggins6401]

That grader as you said would be worth making your own in the winter as you've got people with the knowledge, plus you could make it hydraulic tilt left to right...

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

I’m thinking the same,

[@suresren]

Hi Wardy. All we use in a quarry for roads and tracks are 2 I beams joined together with 2 fixed metal channel sections , the I beams need to be about 5 foot apart, we use a chain to pull it behind a loading shovel but i also know of some on a 3 point linkage, Put something on top so you can add some extra weight if you need to,

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Sounds somnolent but our tracks aren’t all the same width so need something which is hydraulically adjustable

[@suresren]

@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard same as our tracks and roads around the quarry but if you straddle the area that is worked they work just the same as you are able to keep the edges pulled in aswell and you don't end up with the road being lower the the edges for improved drainage,

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

@suresren I think we need to look at this. 👍

[@OOpSjm]

​@@suresren need a tilt cylinder for crowning work.

[@suresren]

@@OOpSjm been doing this for years, i can assure you you can do exactly the same with a what was spoken about above,

[@RICHIE87622]

The price of machinery is all over the shop! I should think some old rsj's and imagination should save you a good lump off £4000!!!! Our jd 6800 in 1994 with a front laforge linkage was £36000 😂😂

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

👍😄

[@louthboy]

When I saw your sprayer at the show I was surprised that you left the green star dome on it, very nickable!!

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

I thought that ………. but not until after. 🤦‍♂️🥴

[@jonstephens682]

Cracking update Andrew. You should have took lan with you he could probably build one off those boxes for the front off the tractor for half the price 😊 seems like a good show to attend that one. Plus it’s nice to see the EA getting called out for there lack off work. 😊

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Ian definitely would! I couldn’t believe it when George came to the nfu stand and asked Rhonda to give me a message and up I walked!!

[@jonstephens682]

@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard perfect timing!

[@thomasmacpherson5236]

Good news Andrew Teresa Coffee has gone from the government’s department for environment and rural affairs food and farming hurray 😊. Note the farming part/description comes last in the department’s title . I don’t suppose the new person will be much better or knowledgeable but we will wait and see before passing judgement. Tom

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

He can’t be a lot worse!

[@dinotuber955]

The Environment Agency is missing a trick with dredging the rivers, they could make money from the silt by selling it. Therefore it would benefit the wildlife and the land around.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

They can’t see beyond the end of their noses.

[@PK_Blinder]

Wardy doing his impression of the Chancellor of the Exchequer.... 😉

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

😂😂 That’s one job I wouldn’t want!

[@PK_Blinder]

@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard the box is full....... of empty promises..

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

@PK_Blinder too right.

[@kimslaughter8179]

Are you talking about the main River Witham? We have been cruising it all this year by boat and have seen many heron and fish throughout the year, fishermen and otters too! Agree it does need dredging (esp at the sides as the middle depth varies 1 to 2 metres up to 4 metres) but there is a lot more wildlife than is being said in this video!

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

I’m only talking on the basis of people who fish it regularly and farmers who know the river. The words and thoughts are not mine.

[@GeoffreyMoore-i9k]

Do you think the authorities have been fobbing off clearing the ditches for 5 decades, hoping that no-one will be left to point out the impact from not ditching, your farmer friend is of an age where the information about the last clearing is going to be lost Is this show open to the public or just farming community/business Thanks Andrew Geoff

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Open to any one who’d like to come. I’ll get a discount ticket code in due course so wait for that.

[@GeoffreyMoore-i9k]

Thank you. I'll keep a lookout for that Cheers Andrew

[@andyhutch8262]

First time I have heard a farmer complain about cost of machines, up in Yorkshire, our well known saying is......HOW MUCH....

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

😂😂😂

[@philipmetcalfe6289]

Ĥave you carried out any drain jetting on any of your drainage schemes ? Coupled with moling your drainage issues sorted ! It'll make some good footage maybe a split field comparison ?

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

We haven’t but would like to. You’re right, the 2 together would be perfect.

[@davidhall5130]

Your sprayer tyres are very similar to what we use on amenity work. You could look at agri bumper with small box built in

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Which one?

[@GeorgeMarsh-x4r]

Just to clarify a few points, Andrew and i were talking about the River Witham upstream of Lincoln, it is not navigable in the true sense of the word. It is Lincolnshire's longest river with numerous tributaries. It rises in the south of the county at South Witham. Take care, George.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Thanks George, you can see your chat was well received. 😄👍

[@johnbaxter3832]

Can yourself and Andrew Pemberton , have a get together and make a vid about the EA bad management .

[@johnbaxter3832]

Have you watched Andrew n young Tom’s ditching blog today .

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

@johnbaxter3832 I haven’t, I don’t watch many of his, I’ll look. 👍

[@OOpSjm]

TWB machinery looks identical to the old SOLO equipment.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

That’s maybe because Terry Burch used to work at Simba!!

[@pinkfoothunter1]

if the EA aren't properly funded what is the point of the organisation

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

My thoughts too. We need the National River Authority back.

[@BrianWhite-g2j]

We used to have the Thames Conservancy Authority in the South. They used to trim out most Streams and rivers twice a year. We had loads of fish and wildlife. Now next to nothing.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

@user-kz5px5dh6z no fish because there’s no water,

[@ajpwheatley]

Robot mower for steep grass banks

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Perfect! 👌👍😄

[@OOpSjm]

Hire or get a demo on the drain jetter. I beleive you yoursekf have commented a number of times on needing to clear silt from the drains. Maybe get a camera insoection at the sametime.

[@wilmidwales1287]

Stick with Polaris their not the cheapest on the market that will spend most of the time in the workshop and not the dearest how can one manufacturer justify that price tag

[@jamespowne9953]

Please don't buy a Chinese made buggy. Cost isn't everything.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Thank you, I’m not going to!

[@OOpSjm]

Why is that? I wonder where other manufacturers get their subassemblies?