Ploughing & Power Harrowing...... Alan Clyde | FarmFLiX

Alan has the plough and power-harrow on hoping for an Autumn reseeding to allow a first cut of silage next year. Is his New Holland tractor up to the tasks on the farm and will any new machinery be purchased anytime soon??
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[@PaulA-il7ms]

I see a lot of keyboard farmers on here saying that this is scrap and they would do this different and blah blah . You know what the man is entitled to do whatever he wants and like he says it's not perfect but it gets the job done !

[@alanclyde8253]

Yes Paul, by no means is it great ploughing but it got the work done under the circumstances I was in before weather broke

[@sheehyagri4440]

U Dead right Paul I see nothing wrong with what he doing more than a lot more on ere to be honest

[@sheehyagri4440]

Alan Clyde I try to do a lot my own work Aston wait on weather and a contractor no on at what they charged know but I can also see from ruining my own gear they have to chrage

[@DMcN7]

I see the farm simulator warriors are out out in full force as usual, can always depend on them lads, great video and content, keep it up lads 👍

[@alanclyde8253]

I think there's a lot of boys need to bring their new shiny ploughs and do the work for me to.show me how its done😂

[@josephhorgan1174]

Fair play to you lad , keeping the show going.

[@alanclyde8253]

Have to work within my means and with what I have😉

[@bluethru808]

Honest as the day is long and not shy to put yourself in the firing line with older kit, but like you say that’s life, we can’t all afford new shiny machinery and if it works then keep using it!! I especially relate to your sheep videos and the 1000 times you picked up that hurdle blocking the gap 🤣 keep it real Alan.👍

[@alanclyde8253]

The dream is the perfect yard,stock and machinery...the fun is the torture along the way😉

[@VBYT7740]

Put a layer of grease on the plough boards and discs to stop them from rusting

[@jameswilson5007]

V.B YT aye , that’s what wee do

[@alanclyde8253]

Yes yes. Normally do that and park her inside. Boards paper thin and metal done so was sacrificed outside to let other stuff in shed. But yes when new metal is on a drop of grease will be cheap

[@Rewbicon]

Spray them with waste oil + diesel (50/50 mix)

[@paddypoolfc3579]

A taste of paint would keep those boards and discs right. Only take ya 15/20 mins. Powerharrow the field at an angle to the furrows in opposite directions and she'll level out lovely. 👍🏻

[@MASSYMADMAN]

Paddypool FC never heard of anyone using paint I would of though using paint would of left the same job as he’s doing now as the boards are not cleaning if you have ever used a new plough with paint on the boards you will pull your hair out lol

[@paddypoolfc3579]

AB Crofter . Lol. I remember when I was 6 my grandfather sent me to paint the plough. It was red gloss same as I used to paint the field gates 🤣. We always ploughed two fields. A stubble and a lay. After the first pass those boards where shining. Wee three furrow pulled with a mf 165. I miss those days.

[@Colevdbrink724]

i live in canada and on my farm we plow with a four farrow plow on a john deere 3155 and we just got a new kubota power harrow we got to use last spring it is a four meter and we put that on the 7710 so the little bother of johns tractor

[@Modlendingen]

The TSA115 is a small beast, I do like the old TS115 with the 7.5 Powerstar engine and true SLE gearbox though, just slap a turbo on them and about 150 hp and you have the best little big tractor on earth :)

[@farmflix]

Alan likes them anyway ;)

[@gerrydays1909]

New Holland working hard good size field🚜🚜👍

[@davidnicolson6443]

My dad says that my grand father can remember his family dragging their last horse down the field to be buried after that it was tractors that was just about the first tractors around here

[@alanclyde8253]

It was different times back.then

[@4270lad]

Good honest vid. Put out a bag of granular lime with the grass seed. Help seed establishment. Not as good as ground lime but help with the seeds to get going this winter. A short fix. And looking for a wife.... A old man said to me.... Its a lot better to be lifted on the shelf rather than be put in the wrong press.😅

[@alanclyde8253]

Maybe safer getting more cows to give me hassle than a wife😂

[@4270lad]

There is a lot of similarities to women and cows 1 You could spend a lot of time chasing after them 2 They can keep you up late at night 3 They can make you very happy or very not so happy

[@6900pilot]

A man that's happy at his job doesn't need anyone telling him how to do it. There's enough depression out there and much worse things than a few sods that will rot away anyway.. I say fair play to you for sticking at it on your own.

[@toddlerator]

Plenty of experts here, not many lads on here either paying their own machinery or working on tight margins. As you said you've limited payments on equipment, half these boys wouldn't know how fucked they are paying finance

[@vak1a]

good video Alan thanks :)

[@alanclyde8253]

Cheers boss

[@brendanwhite9799]

To level gruond with a powrharrow you shuld runat 3/4 withs runs of the plough of an angle to the ploughing

[@alanclyde8253]

I do a second run at an angle. Would you recommend going at an angle across the way in the first pass?

[@brendanwhite9799]

Yes

[@McferranGlenn]

GOOD JOB BIG WORK

[@DarLav8]

gotta keep after yer machinery Alan or just ends up going to shit, maybe u could some maintenance videos on bits of machinery and improvements to yards/gates etc, not trying to imply to spend big money or anything but maintenance and trying to improve the thing makes the wheels keep turning. Also kind of interesting watching other ppl repair stuff etc.

[@alanclyde8253]

Yes sir. Metal on plough needs all replaced is why it was left out all winter. When new metal on greased boards and parked in shed😉 plenty of maintenance and fixing videos to do around here if I can get the time🙈

[@DarLav8]

@@alanclyde8253 good stuff

[@jordyscott7298]

Would love too see a video of you taking sheep too the market

[@alanclyde8253]

At some stage

[@arwelagrimachinery]

You could hold a working ploughing/cultivation day next year mind, not mentioning names but i know there are some big classic ploughs and big ford based tractors your sort of way

[@alanclyde8253]

See if I need resending done in the spring😉

[@arwelagrimachinery]

Jobs a goodn , free labour and no diesel out your tank 😉, see if FarmFLiX will sponsor you by buying the seed 😉

[@deutz3904]

better off having less and doing it right. Alan would be better getting contractor to do pit silage and investing the money he gets from selling the 2305 (I think) and the time and effort put into trying to get silage cut be used to take out stress on hammering in so new fence posts (my own opinion)

[@alanclyde8253]

Doing less and doing it right i agree with. The silage gear is all paid off and is too big a saving to get contractors in(same time if harvester died I prob wouldn't buy another one) the balance does need to change that I get contractors in when I'm under pressure whether I have my own machinery or not. Flipside if I'd been relying on getting contractor to ploughing year I would have missed the weather to get it reseeded . Will also have to do a fencing video😉

[@farmflix]

alan giving himself torture makes good viewing ;)

[@deutz3904]

@@alanclyde8253 get the point that ure coming from. the way I would be thinking is getting in contractors to do just silage. you could still keep the plough to do the reseeding end of it but is the stress and hassle of trying to get silage done. (Don't know what silage acreage you are doing) but would it not be more beneficial to get the contractor to do the likes of the silage and still be able to look after the reseeding yourself. not saying u have to get the contractor to do everything. :)

[@alanclyde8253]

@@deutz3904 I know what you mean,silage is stress and hassle and getting help can be a big issue too. Contractors could end up getting the work at any stage though what savings I can make (120acres plus a year) I set aside the money to try and improve the yard fences and such. Until I'm more financially stable I'll still give myself the torture🙈 but plenty of work keeps me out of mischief😉

[@dairecorcoran9377]

2:50 abit light in herself 😂🤔

[@alanclyde8253]

You'd think a man would have weights on🙈

[@jameswilson5007]

Set a weights wouldn’t go a miss

[@alanclyde8253]

Yup, weights for the old 8340 won't fit so need to change the weights or the block head on tractor..another job to add to the list🙈

[@danieloatly4357]

Roundup won't kill clover😋😜

[@alanclyde8253]

😂😂😂

[@jackkennedy511]

Could you do a tractor look around series start the back and do the spools and talk about the double acting and when you use it what float means and what the taps do on the spools and the specs on different tractors like open centre and closed centre hydraulics . Then do the pto like 1000/540 shaft and when you use each and the pros and cons of each.then work your way round the engine and what everything in it does under the bonnet, then do the axel brakes clutch tyre pressure etc

[@renewhite5878]

Hi how are you I love Yr videos and plus I'm a Dairy farmer

[@farmflix]

thanks

[@ayoungbarshare]

Just paint the bare metal when you finish and you can leave it where you want

[@alanclyde8253]

She'll be in the shed after she gets new metal😉

[@Kiddy-ob3zz]

Could do with some skimmers on that plough, would bury the shit a lot better

[@mauricecahill3385]

Stick with the KV Alan.....surely parts are there at a reasonable price lad. Get her set up right and bury that trash well under and keep the faith !!!

[@alanclyde8253]

Maybe a reasonable price but all adds up all new boards points shares etc needed but hopefully get her sorted this year when I get a few more pennies gathered up and definitely need the skims on to bury the trash

[@Ricey_1640]

For a plough thats rusted a rite bit, Shes doing well in the field. I dont know about u Alan but i know wd40 fixes most yokes from my experience😅, give er a spray and see what happens. I see the can in the cab. Your like meself,im fond of a can a boost now and again. 🤣😃

[@alanclyde8253]

Wd40 is great. Don't think it fixed paper thin boards though🙈 them drinks aren't good for you🙊

[@Ricey_1640]

@@alanclyde8253 ders nother better than the odd can of boost 😃

[@nwhitten7306]

Attach that mouldboard back on your plough with longer bolts welded to hard wearing flat steel like old plough points /Shares/forager knives on your acreage you will never need to buy new boards for that plough

[@alanclyde8253]

Them boards are beyond that at the min. Paper thin . But good to hear tips in how to make her last longer

[@emmetsherry]

No PTO shaft cover in this day and age?..that’s taking ‘no money to fix it’ to another level..

[@orandoherty6249]

You don’t need one if you don’t stand beside the pto when it’s on

[@VBYT7740]

@@orandoherty6249 I think youll find the law states that a PTO guard is a legal requirement and if your cought without one its a serious breach in health and safety

[@williamneale4933]

@@orandoherty6249 most peopkle dont stand by thm idle waiting to die but it still happens

[@DarLav8]

@@VBYT7740 so half the farms in the country are breaking the law then lol.

[@VBYT7740]

@@DarLav8 your excatly right, all it takes is one health and safety inspection

[@PaG1989]

When you are Finnished with the plow cover the boards with grease it will protect the boards from rust

[@simonspeedo8122]

If i won a 10 furrow plough in a raffle, id put it up for sale and buy a single pass outfit....But great video though

[@avril1556677]

Also, having a hard time with the subtitles. I am leaning heavily on them and getting lost.

[@andre_-du5wh]

Great love the video keep it up

[@alanclyde8253]

Cheers

[@simonspeedo8122]

Too high a percentage of Uk and Eire land under the required PH level for grass. Everyones expecting more from grassland yet not prepared to put it down. Look at it this way, you can't not afford to Lime!!

[@alanclyde8253]

Completely agree with you. Just a shame my bank manager won't fund it right now😞

[@simonspeedo8122]

@@alanclyde8253 can totally sympathise Alan, it was a painfull expenditure lol

[@matthewfitzsimmons6369]

Ploughing ? A kverneland with no skimmers! Hard to watch

[@alanclyde8253]

The skims would have buried the trash a lot nicer but field reseeded before weather broke

[@Hissing-Syd]

My da sends me out to pull a single furrow plough on my own back. Stop complaining Alan 😂😂

[@farmflix]

lol

[@walt9234]

By jesus that "ploughing" was hard to watch

[@alanclyde8253]

Yup, wouldn't be Winning any ploughing competitions, new metal and skims back on for next year😉 but at least she was reseeded before weather broke

[@walt9234]

That's all it needs just a bit of love and by the looks of the straw still there nothing could bury all that it did the job that's all that matters 👍

[@modelfarminglife1933]

Come down to ballywater and do a video

[@CSAgri-rc8ec]

See that’s the way you get John boi to start workin for ye just talk rubish abt the 78 😂

[@jamesmclean3757]

500 acers

[@paulwhyte2304]

Do a machinery tour

[@alanclyde8253]

Will try my best

[@simonprice1938]

No skims. Nobody would do a better job

[@alanclyde8253]

Will have the plough right for next year😊

[@MASSYMADMAN]

I enjoy these vids but that was hard to watch with that ploughing and not lifting the power Harrow at the ends wash the plough after using it grease the boards and discs then spray with oil I’d stick to the cattle and the sheep 😂

[@jamesdavis4087]

AB Crofter totally agree, I'm not being funny but this is not a good demonstration on how we manage and run our farms. Doesn't give out a good picture to the public , disappointed in farm flix to be honest

[@jerryodriscoll3691]

Not meant to be a demonstration he's just doing a job didnt say he was an expert

[@aaronlennoncorcoran7042]

What does ploughing and power harrowing have to do with giving a demonstration on how a farm is run.

[@MASSYMADMAN]

I’m not getting into what way any man/woman should run there farm that’s up to them I’m only saying it was hard to watch as it not the way I’d do the job in my eyes his live stock is very well kept and looked after

[@jamesdavis4087]

All I am trying to say is this goes out on KZbin for thousands of people to view and I don't believe this is a good way of showing how we farm, im a beef and sheep farmer myself and all I want is positive feedback on us farmers but I don't believe this will give that

[@matthewshaw3718]

Think you should leave the ploughing to a contractor

[@mikeysky8917]

Matthew Shaw That’s what you call a lazy farmer and again a contractor costs money.

[@alanclyde8253]

I probably should but if I had have done I wouldn't have got it reseeded before the weather broke😉

[@farmflix]

:)

[@matthewshaw3718]

Alan Clyde 👍🏻

[@calumcampbell3173]

Your plough isn't turning the ground over properly

[@alanclyde8253]

Needs new metal and the skims put back on😉

[@charliegus6910]

If you done your sums and took your time into it and your relationship with machinery you would be better getting a contractor in and he would do a far better job

[@farmflix]

yeah there are a lot of things to count up. though he did get the field reseeded before the weather broke because he could do it himself

[@alanclyde8253]

There's a lot of pros and cons and I see me using contractors more. But I wouldn't have got my field reseeded before weather broke if I hadn't done it myself. Had contractors in the other day 😉

[@adamfarrell8303]

I'm in tipperary in Ireland and there are 75 % kverniland plows

[@tiarnanplayz7942]

I see a lot of boys complaining about other boys complaints but the truth is , yed need to look after that machinery abut better it’s as rough as fuck , Jesus sir abit of tlc and paint tidy that yard up , not trying to put you down but just telling the truth

[@alanclyde8253]

Aye the plough is causing some debate. Bit of rust on the boards as she needs complete new metal and wasn't worried about her sitting outside. And yes a lot of my machinery is wild rough like you say but then again most of its in better nick than when I bought it as I've always had to buy scrappers and fix them up. And I'd love a tidy yard too but when your holding down a job as Well as running a farm and trying do all the work yourself to save a bit of money to invest in improving the farm structure into a viable business I'm not for starting to tidy the yard at midnight. I never have claimed to be an expert or pretend I do everything right.. simply a foolish man with a love and want of farming trying his best to work and improve what he has to leave something for the next generation🙈

[@farmflix]

alan just needs few more hours in the day

[@ross2906]

Wow just wow, good crack but wow what a mess 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@matthewm1024]

Alan charity ?

[@donalfahy1933]

Tinder , Alan

[@modelfarminglife1933]

Come down to ballywater an do a video

[@farmflix]

what are we coming down to video?

[@modelfarminglife1933]

I know a farmer and does a lot of contracting and he is doing a lot ploughing and seeding

[@arwelagrimachinery]

Kv must be quite good mind otherwise why would so many top ploughmen at the ploughing matches have them

[@arwelagrimachinery]

Ransomes are the top dog of the vintage class but you never see a newer or reversable 1 at the matches so KV must be better than them

[@alanclyde8253]

@@arwelagrimachinery Yes yes

[@MrCarnagh]

What language are you speaking? sounds a little similar to English 😂 nice video though

[@gonk227]

All I heard was depression about farming for 13 minutes straight😂

[@renemllermadsen8509]

DAMN ! that tractor looks S.U.C.K.S .... !!!! :O :O

[@avril1556677]

You're going way too fast.

[@alastairscruton715]

That ploughing is embarrassing, christ put some grease on the metal once you have finished ploughing, at least the plough will run clean and make a decent job.

[@mikeysky8917]

alastair scruton Another know it all. Who gives a fuck. It will grow grass. You would think by the sound of you clowns he was rendering a wall.

[@alanclyde8253]

Well it's definitely not winning any ploughing competitions but it got the job done before the weather broke😉

[@alexsheehan1880]

Alastair scruton like to see you run a full time farm aswell as machinery

[@alastairscruton715]

@@alexsheehan1880 am I not allowed to comment on the video ?

[@liamfanny9802]

Would be not be better of concentrating on the farmyard and stock and leave all that to a contractor,let the contractor break boards etc etc,buying old silage gear and a merlo that’s not fit to put up silage,,seems like a waste,I know contractors cost money but that old gear Lying about and havin to get men in to help,,I don’t know I stand corrected

[@davidanderson6949]

Why do still farm u clearly don't make money from it and you don't enjoy it because of that

[@farmflix]

Because deep down he does enjoy it ;)