FLOODING & ROBERT DAVIES MACHINERYAnswerAsAPercent 1659

[@rangeroverl322]

Gullys are not cleaned Streams are not dredged Rivers are not dredged. THATS YOUR FLOODING Spot on Olly👍👍

[@fenlandrob6203]

At last someone has got the balls to say how they feel about not having a NRA in this country anymore! Well done Olly Harrison for making this video!!

[@DAVID-bv2gv]

Olly Glad You went to Robert Davies Farm Machinery Got To Be One The Best Family Owned Agricultural Machinery Dealers In Shropshire, Been Dealing With Them For Years Brought A Lot Of Equipment From Them Always Good Service Straight Talking And No Messing About, Great Vlog Olly Keep Them Coming No Farmers No Food .💪🏻✌🏻👍🏻🎥🚜🇬🇧

[@OxxFreddyGlasgow.]

Well at least you are not one of those people who thinks that this is the worst it ever has been. There always has been heavy rain and downpours but there’s far more concrete and roads now than ever before. One thing for sure Olly you really know your machinery. I thought his name was Andy. 😂. By the way Olly you have nailed it about the rivers situation. I had the same conversation with a friend yesterday. Rivers haven’t been cleared in years.

[@gilliantovey1014]

I’m old enough to remember 1975/6 where we had two years of hot dry weather and a drought followed by none stop rain for a long time afterwards, very similar to what has happened over the last few years. Weather tends to be cyclic

[@thetessellater9163]

Bedfordshire had not just the wettest September on record, but the highest rainfall of any month on record !!

[@ivorcallaghan4060]

Whoever hooked up to the trailer didn’t check it to see that it was clean 😂

[@chrismoore7416]

I remember my grandad going out and clearing river weed and maintaining rivers back when I was younger,we need to get some sort of river's and water way management back again.

[@just_dadam]

We spend so much money on measures to prevent flooding and don’t do the simple things, near where I live we currently have a company installing a massive soak away when there’s a river maybe 200m from where they are working that hasn’t been cleaned as long as I can remember, if they tended to the rivers, streams dikes and ditches they would cope much better!

[@geoffreyhanson8529]

Totally agree with you olly regarding the NRA bring it back 👍

[@AlanRobinson-b3w]

Far play olly for the rant at the end every word true 👌👍

[@johncooke3353]

Well said Olly, it’s not just farm land that’s getting flooded there’s plenty of homes and businesses being flooded too and all because our rivers and streams are silted up from years of neglect.

[@jamieelson5019]

Great video . Your spot on with your rant Olly

[@wulliewhyte544]

That 856xl was the same as my uncles one I learned on it when I was young fantastic tractor to drive always wish I had bought it when he retired

[@dawnhall3637]

They should get Farmer John Price to help keep the rivers flowing!

[@ianleak]

Good evening I am about 34% feeling a little bit better today new tablets, fingers crossed to start feeling better

[@johnwhyte-n5s]

Hi Olly. Delighted to here you making sense of the flooding. The waterways are not cleared out.

[@johnhyde8892]

Hi olly, I think they should also allow farmer to clean there part of rivers as a part of SFI, and yes bring back the national rivers authority!!

[@claasjaguar9607]

Completely agree with the flooding issues! The drainage problem needs sorting fast! Glad card arrived ok!

[@DigitalDirtFarmer]

100% agree with the rivers authority! My grandad used to help keep the rivers and streams clear on his section and never had any issues. Might also be one less prisoner too!!!

[@jackwright7599]

I must of only just missed you in Oswestry service station - watched the lads pull the roots up as well! 😅

[@peadarnugent3521]

Here in the southeast of Ireland we've had very little rain since May. Last Sunday was wet .it has been dry and sunny since .land is in great condition . Completely different to last year thank god

[@amandadouthwaite1863]

Great video Olly I remember them dredging the rivers in Lincolnshire in the early 80's there wasnt the flooding then as the rivers could hold the water. It makes total sence dosnt it unless your a twit sat in an office! And yes the closest they have been to water is flushing the loo ! Well said Olly 100% . Take care 💜

[@richardmatthews3304]

The 956 has been at Robert Davis,s for years was Roberts yard tractor, was there in 1997 wen we had our first Richard western spreader

[@Devon_Ollie]

I do love an OllyRant, and there hasn’t been one that I don’t agree with yet 👍🏻 I think we need a dedicated OllyRants channel 😂

[@shatterline28]

Spot on with the rant. Growing up as a kid in late 60s Lincolnshire I can remember talking to the dragline operators all through summer holidays on the various drains. Never seen one for years unless you visit a museum. Great idea about NRA as long as 95% are not sat in an office or working from home

[@robferrier4581]

Great Rant Ollie!!!! It is not just the NRA we need ,we need the councils to clean out the road drains and gullys like thay used too ,

[@EarlePriest]

You are so right the money they spent on flood defences could have been better spent on dredging the rivers and canals and letting the farmers sort there drainage out. The stuff dredged out could then have been used on the capping of land fill sites. Totally agree with you Olly

[@TheFarmerTheCheesemaker]

Love my JCB one armed bandit tracked skid steer. Wish I’d gotten the extended boom one tho

[@irvenrathburn9421]

Hi Olly I hope it Drys up for a week or two Maby you could get some seed in.

[@RICHIE87622]

I was reading an almaniac of Huddersfield, there was a description of a great storm in the 1890s it rained 3 and half inches in 3 hrs!!!

[@alistairnelson3216]

Bob Davies machinery are an awesome business lovely to deal with and boy do they shift some gear. A true independent private dealer.

[@ronniehoyle9671]

Great video as always, I'm still watching all your videos, keep it up they're very informative. I 100% agree with your rant at the end of the video!

[@avafw60]

Hi Olly Was gobsmacked when I passed this morning. It's not the size of the flood that shocked me, it was the speed of it that makes it worrying. Ytd around 3 ish it had covered about 7 acres,this morning it's taken over 75% of the field !! I cant ever remembering your dad ever face such flooding in his day ?? Thanks for sharing mate..

[@mickpayne2488]

100%agree with you Olly get back to the way in the early sixties clean out ditches dredge rivers and canals all rivers lead to the sea rained all bloody day again here on the Herts bucks boarder

[@davidfisher5507]

Absolutely spot on with your rant. How can we get people in power to understand this?

[@AndyChetwood-j1z]

Hi Olly good rant, some land is left to flood! 75%back sore and a bit fed up,

[@andrewcanterbury6078]

The chipper had a good chew on that bar some serus power in that

[@PeterWard-gq5xv]

Do agree been saying it for years rivers and ditch need maintain

[@Schlaui51]

Hi Olli, since you mentioned the dutch as an example. I can tell from northern Germany that it only works because the government ist not involved. The maintenance is organised by the farmers and every landowner next to the ditch or stream. Everyone pays a small fee depending on the amount of draining pipes or length of the land along and then they organise the cleaning by them self's in something like an area community. Works pretty well...

[@johnwarwick4105]

Parts of the UK have a similar system. Lincolnshire has internal drainage boards, they look after the drains and ditches that take the water to the rivers. They are funded by the landowners and have farmers on the management. These do a very good job of maintenance, unfortunately they DONT look after the major waterways and rivers and that’s where the problems start due to lack of maintenance

[@darrenfolkard228]

Your spot on ,I'm fed up with how everyone thinks it's nevere been so bad...we have had way more flooding on are farm back when I was Yong lad. Hopefully your rant dosant full on death ears.

[@danniderbyshire4548]

I think we may soon need a boat !. Maybe we should try growing rice in paddy fields lol

[@DJC995]

Hi Olly Nice One thanks again

[@markrimmer7428]

The wagon you passed really was carrying nuclear waste flasks. A good friend of mine drives for one of the companies who do this job, carrying these flasks to & from several places in mainland Europe. That might well have been one of his colleagues you were filming.

[@gardenogauge]

Nope. Its uranium hexafluoride that's either been to or going to Urenco near Chester for enrichment

[@bigjohn7609]

Very well said about river authorities, but I think local councils and the government would go against it they would say it'll cost too much money

[@Blackfourtrak]

Wettest last 18 months I've ever known in east Anglia, we've only really had about 8 weeks of reasonable weather now it's back to heavy downpours again, could potentially be a very wet winter again and the ground hasn't warmed up much since July imo.

[@shropshiregirl9279]

Congratulations on the 140k followers 🎉

[@paultannant4811]

Well said Olly can’t beat a good rant when it so true on a other note I delivered that beet bin on a tracked dumper u seen the other week to Southampton today on its way to its new home in America 🇺🇸 85 % today how r u

[@pippinjunction9985]

Olly is there anyway i could contact yourself. I am studying a degree in Geography and Environmental science and one of my focuses is flooding and water course control and completely agree with you 100%

[@christinegibbins6105]

Good video Olly and a darn good rant, with you on that one. 75% Thank you and take care.

[@KevinCowe-uk5us]

Great video Olly you should get paid for the damage the flooding as done all the ditchers and rivers should be cleaned and dredged..well said Olly about getting feet on the ground instead of sitting looking at a computer saying if we do this it will be ok....🙂🙂🙂🙂50% 17:07

[@simonclairedixon7292]

We also have field under water at the moment.

[@richardbaker22]

Great video Olly you are spot on with the rant at the end

[@GordonTulett]

You are right I used on hire with plant cleaning ditching each Yr then it went 5yr but private company had to pay the cost otherwise they would be fined for consideration of the river but the last 20yrs iv not seen the ditching being do and now there over flowing everywhere??

[@bobcrawford2105]

E A not fit for purpose to many pen pushers with no practical experience of water management

[@ianjohnstone8002]

EA have a "CONFLICT of INTEREST", as well as little or no knowledge or indeed experience in the subject of land drainage management !! 🙄🙄🙄☺️☺️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@AndyJ5431]

@@ianjohnstone8002 who is their conflict of interest with?

[@trevorjarvis3021]

Excellent blog and totally agree with your views and rant. It’s all in a disgusting state!!

[@WillHughes-gz2zl]

The JCB skid steer are better with side entry no climbing over a bucket or even worse getting out under the bucket. Got a JCB 135 for cleaning out drive in drive out no reversing one way up a one hundred meter long shed brilliant bit of kit but i would get rid of the Avant because that does all the low stuff and runs the blower for the dust

[@richardhickmott5035]

Agree 💯 about the rivers

[@addnr]

Spot on Olly.

[@jackpage2084]

Well said Olly

[@mrvanahead]

I don't say it's perfect or cheap how we handle our water here in the Netherlands, but at least it's looked after.

[@ianwass605]

Well said!

[@martingibbs1179]

They wanted to dredge the river Deben in East Anglia in the mid to late 90s as the river was getting too silted causing the big cruising boats to struggle to get up to Woodbridge. Allegedly the silt was said to be toxic due to the sewage works, so red tape meant they couldn't do it as there was no where to safely dispose of the silt. I remember walking along the footpaths and seeing where they had trial plots of putting the silt on the dry side of the river wall but ultimately it was never done. There are now very few boats moored at Woodbridge with many pushed further down stream closer to Waldringfield. It doesn't help with the population increase in East Anglia increasing water demand on the aquifers which has lowered the water table which has resulted in the Deben shrinking with the loss of ground springs. With the ground springs producing less the currents are less able push the debris and silt down stream. It is said you could once get ships as far as Debenham but today you can barely get a kayak upstream and even that apparently requires getting out to walk around fallen trees and overgrown shrubs.

[@RobScarlett]

Olly, you are so right. Common sense never comes into it.

[@craigdoig9486]

16:32 great content again that ditch should be weeded out once a year

[@KiwiJim13]

👀🙄🐾👍 Yes bring back the NRA or the Rover Authority and Drainage Boards

[@thetessellater9163]

Lease the flooded land to the water company for a reservoir ? 🤔

[@ianmckay1780]

TO BLOODY WELL RIGHT OLLY!!!!!!!!!!!!! I agree wholeheartedly with your assessment of EA. They are not even worth the bother of talking about, because they just don't listen.

[@philipsankey988]

Robert Davies Machinery,they have had some tragedy in that family,3 generations of males have passed away,,similar to your friend that you did the combine run for.

[@allandavies6902]

Come on Olly that’s not Burger King Wrexham it’s Mile End Oswestry my local ha ha

[@oliverelliott4453]

The way the soil is in that feild is a advert for controlled traffic farming

[@richpbrown2]

Think I’d be borrowing Nicks big digger, calling it quits on a couple of acres and build a retention pond, least then you’d be able to farm the rest of that field

[@geoffwest64]

I’m with you Olly about the NRA, it’s bloody ridiculous that the EA have no clue about water management. Unfortunately it won’t happen as it involves common sense, a commodity that is sadly lost today.

[@bengilg2734]

Well said Olly about NRA. Are you going to Tern Valley Vintage ploughing match ?

[@terryfoster842]

Good rant olly, they won't listen. Too many university trained so called experts, no practical experience

[@HughJanus-o3e]

0:15 diversification idea, Water Skiing on your new lakes.

[@simonspeedo8122]

😂😂

[@TomFinch-t4z]

Well said Olly we have a small river flowing through a field and the NRA and their predecessors cleaned this river and banks to keep the water flowing. Not every year but 5years. Tom.

[@GeoffreyMoore-i9k]

Fantastic video again Olly A very informative and well presented rant at the end Historically ditching and dredging worked so why wouldn't it now Keep ranting, hopefully someone in authority, will have the brass cahonies to come on camera and put the agency's perspective across, i bet it will start with lack of funding, the protecting buildings and wildlife No consideration for farmers, food production or people, and as you pointed out, flooding kills wildlife too Geoff

[@adamwatson6384]

You'd have thought the grass clippings would have come out with water!🤦

[@peterwilson-qj2ds]

Going to agree Olly the rivers , streams and ditches need clearing. When you look back their was groups of men doing this by hand years ago, we now have diggers and like but the situation is far worse nothing is done. When are the EA going to realize the flooding is due to the lack of work they have done over the years . 70% Today

[@AngelaTaylorValeofBelvoir]

I saw your X (or Twitter) post Olly. Environment Agency are not fit for purpose. Your pal Andrew Ward (Wardy's Weekly Waffle) posted lots last year about the flooding in Lincolnshire and particularly on his Godson's farm. There may be some of your followers who haven't seen his flooding updates. OK for those sitting in offices eh? It's truly bloody heartbreaking.

[@gilliantovey1014]

I watched Crawfords Farm yesterday and not only do they have flooding issues, but now beavers have moved in and have started building dams in the waterways which is raising the water table in the fields making flooding worse

[@RogerMorris-s1f]

We farm in the midlands,And government and environment agencies should take notice , And start cleaning rivers and streams .its better to dig 2meters out of a river than spend time putting a 2meter flood barrier up every time it rains..

[@paulcock3489]

Diversification idea hovercraft racing

[@Shaunalexander.99]

Problem is Olly, if the litter louts have to give their post code to macdonalds they will just give someone else's. Then the someone else gets wrong ly accused.

[@peanutjellyman]

On side note, how's the field you did on that demo day putting all that pipe in? Have a update on that.

[@bens8919]

might only be the 5th wettest September but id be interested to know how the wet years compared over the previous months, this last 12 months we have had so much rain across the NW, we didn't have a summer to speak of at all, climate change is a part of the issue we are on average getting warmer and wetter years (in the NW warmer on average mostly because we no longer have actual cold winters) but its combined with exactly what you say, lack of maintenance of man made channels. To me they should be doing more maintenance than ever before to help combat changes, instead they are doing almost non which is just making things worse.

[@markh5433]

Clean the ditches, drains and rivers….. then No flooding….simple

[@rossl2544]

Your Holland comment got me thinking did we really not teach the next generation about how to look after, maintain rivers, streams, ditches etc ( we never used to have an issue with it) or is it just easier to blame Global warming and not do it? I know we build new housing estate with very poor drainage now but still i don't think things should be as bad as they are

[@christopherbignell3342]

Good video 👍 80%

[@jamielee9350]

You should be seriously looking at rice as a crop next year the way things are going ... Chinese or Irish , technically they are both "Paddy" fields.. 🤣 Olly if we don't laugh we cry ... 100% today , I might as well be, no good worrying about what you cannot control.

[@FatLadofYork]

We think.......its f*****d. All that editing at the end, was just like The fast show "it milk brilliant" sketches!😂

[@coenbroosh]

The combine picture at the end👌. Was that a 8820 titan? Where you on a harvest crew?

[@ShellieMckever-k2n]

Funk Causeway

[@annjones4574]

This is the problem with the EA they have been trained to believe they're doing good for the environment and the river creatures. I agree with you Olly, send them to Holland to be re-educated.. all living creatures have no chance of any better survival when more frequent flooding occurs in a wider areas. The whole system that's in place the last 65 plus years is costing the country more in losses not just land owners and road networks with towns flooding....with more areas for longer periods of time.. The tarmac lifting off roads so often in these areas we have a bet on how long before the repairs will last to go through more road closures, extended work journey time using more fuel or electricity just for the regular repair to replace the repairs. 😏 Time they changed their system and woke up to see they're costing GB more and we have better equipment than they ever had back when streams and river beds were dredge for maintenance. Ditches are done by farmers though they back up as nowhere to go.... 🤷🏼‍♀️ Good idea for the fast food outlets to do. How they end up 10 miles from any nearest outlet in fields and roadside verges is ridiculous. Return packaging for a stamp toward a free drink/ small burger etc.

[@user-graham1975]

another wet & miserable day in norfolk, worse than monday.

[@philiproworth6131]

Its too late Olly some rivers not been touched for 50 years. E A like a lot of institutions in the country they are in terminal decline.

[@jamielee9350]

That was not a rant at the end Olly , it was just someone talking about common sense ..

[@DavidGadsby-e6s]

Same with roads flooding roads gulleys and not swept or kept clean so all the debris goes down the drain 😡😡

[@Countrystock]

Tried to get some Trelleborg wellies the other day but the link on their website doesn’t work, do you know if you can still get them???

[@OllyBlogsAgricontractfarmer]

I don’t tbh

[@gowithbazza]

Farmer p he's got a schiza he uses it for everything

[@chuckle30]

Good dealers 30 mins from me.

[@Mr-Niek10]

Get them to holland and then i'll teach them