SILAGE 2023 PART 1. MAKING A START

[@2626stephen]

Harry be will very happy seen the toys on the farm. Nice one

[@geoffreyrussell2150]

Good video again, and hello Tom (Satnav) nice new toy for you to play with.

[@matthewpayne42]

Just a shame Harry can't be there to see those amazing machines in action on the farm.

[@GrahamTeasdale-pb8rf]

I love the video

[@adamcrane1436]

Good morning the funky farmer

[@tonymorgan3526]

Great video and "hell of a crop of grass" 😀😀😀

[@alexmacdiver]

Awesome Kit. None of these units Run on Unicorn Farts, No Oil = No Food..!

[@fay123ism]

So enjoyed watching this morning with my coffee thanks

[@kevinhackett2449]

Excellent

[@trevorsidley7697]

Great to see how far silage making has moved on. When I was on the farm we had a trailed chopper which hooked up the trailers. Took weeks to get the grass in.

[@lindaarmstrongjackman9788]

It is always fun to watch the grass being processed and put in the clamp. Impressive machinery. 😁👍👍

[@davetaylor4741]

That is some impressive kit. Bit different to the way we used to do it. Old double chop forage harvester. With the trailer hooked on the back. Drop the full trailers in the field and pick them up with another tractor. All old Fords. Just a muck fork on the front loader of a ford 5000. Running dual wheels to roll the silage. This set up is space age in comparison.

[@glennlingard7851]

Same here too, all very well if you haven’t the time, big bill to pay as well at the end of the day 😬

[@stephenjenkins8012]

Poor harry would love to see all the new machine's

[@ronaldlucas5360]

Silage time is always exciting both mowing and putting into the clamp. Very good amount of grass that you have and hopefully will make great feed.

[@tinagibbs618]

WOW.😁 xx

[@andrewdalziel4006]

Great video. The sheer weight of that shovel will really consolidate the clamp and make for good silage

[@Louis-B-53]

Good video

[@michaelstaunton1632]

Good luck with the silage making 👍👍👍

[@harvest585]

I started rolling the clamp with an old Ford 4000 no rollbar or anything and we had a Drott Dozer pushing up I really miss silaging

[@canttrespasstheeyes4596]

Great video

[@lindahoyle5236]

I bet that siledge smells lovely now its been raked up.

[@bencarter2334]

Looks like you might have to take the front off your shed to get the loader in.

[@paulstorer6937]

Will you be making any small bale straw this year?

[@stevenbarker855]

I recon you will have some very good silage with the pressure of the rolling with that machine .Great video Richard.

[@geraldbeard856]

That big loading shovel fine on a outdoor clamp but not sure how much grass he will get in your shed before he's up against the roof........we had a shed like yours to put silage in and i yous to go up on top the silage with one of our smaller tractors to roll it down and the contractor would just keep pushing the grass up with a front mounted buckrake.......they don't seem to have push off buckrakes now

[@djsimonrossprice9400]

Brilliant video Back in the 80s i worked for Avon Contractors, The Collins bros. I At silage time had a Ford 7710 on a N.H 719 forager.. I ALWAYS insisted on the haybob driver doing the headland LAST.. up n down land work first h/l last.. makes perfect sense, Don't understand why its not down now. Easier on the grass too..

[@lesterhertel2945]

Another very interesting video Thank you

[@donal3426]

Ginger warrior would be proud of that crop of GRWSSS

[@masseyman6290]

You would get a much cleaner cut with a multi-disc mower and you would go faster even in a heavy crop.

[@glennlingard7851]

Not really, and you have to take in account how smooth the damn field is. I’ve got customers who ask me to cut their hay and to be honest l want to say no because it’s so bloody rough in there, next one is like a snooker table🙂

[@johnoverend1169]

Back in the 70s we used to direct cut grass used to take a week or two to put it a stack normally a up and over ,don't see them at all these days.

[@DavidJohnson-rj8zu]

That's pretty wet ground the tyres on the Windrower looks as though they have been painted with a high gloss paint, when the Rake\Windrower turned the lifted circular rakes made it look like a Tetradactyl (prehistoric bird) running along ready to take off🤣

[@RAT.MAN.]

Green Gold

[@paddy294]

Silage 2023 has officially begun

[@HiHi-yb7kv]

Good comment On are farm silage has begun 😊

[@AmbiAnts589]

Not gonna lie, when that loaders business end unfolded, I got a little excited.

[@trevorsbarkingmadchannel4501]

Absolutely fascinating. Being totally naive do you hire this equipment and operators in or are they neighbours who help each other out. Some awesome machinery. Thank you for your vlogs at 60 I’m learning so much. Best wishes.

[@thefunkyfarmer]

it's all hired in as we couldn't afford this sort of equipment

[@trevorsbarkingmadchannel4501]

@@thefunkyfarmer that’s brilliant idea. Wow. Best wishes

[@robertstibz9506]

Hi, I'd like to know HOW your going to get that 2 Year Old silage eaten before in becomes rotten old 4 year old crap, big crop this year will mean even more left next year, more than likely. Make sure it get's eaten or its taking space where good stuff could be Richard.

[@thefunkyfarmer]

it will be fine. Never had a problem will old silage going rotten. It keeps very well in this clamp. we will use it all this winter

[@vernonlloyd1388]

I have the same problem the machine is to bloody big for the shed they can only get ⅔ of the acres in now with the big loading shovel

[@kieranosullivan02]

would you ever have an outside silage pit?

[@vernonlloyd1388]

@Kieran O Sullivan it would be nice. but I would rather to lift the roof 5 ot 6 feet or the contractor can get one of them deep mainin loading shovels lol 😆

[@gregshearer423]

@@vernonlloyd1388 not got a telehandler or borrow one to push in once it’s to high for the shovel

[@stuartsmith7618]

Its a nice bit of kit but i wonder haw its going to fit in the barn once you get more grass in there nice proper job

[@ianhaggart1438]

HARRY if your reading this 🤫 looks like it's working..... your dad is really starting to like blue tractors now 😊😅... jokes aside impressive stuff.. not much use around our farm acres but still fairly speeds up the process.. thank you for sharing it with us, Richard. Stay safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@MickHodgson-q1k]

Seems a lifetime ago as a lad working the clamp with MF65 and buckrake.......and permanent stiff neck !

[@irvenrathburn9421]

Nice crop.

[@b2617]

You can just look at your country roads to see how everything has gotten so big.

[@krissyb1980]

Looks good, I think you'll be doing alright this year. I was just wondering did you or your dad ever chop your own silage or bale your own hay? Or have you always got someone in to do it?

[@thefunkyfarmer]

yeh we've always had someone fo it for us. First silage cut was 1980 when i think we did the buck raking ourselves with the 135. unbelievable now

[@petrokemikal]

Was talking to a chap there a few weeks back raking silage and he was telling me that hes running a 95hp tractor on the rake this year as he reckons its saving him over a grand in fuel costs for the season.. Everybody is using overpowered tractors on rakes.. Its costing them a fortune, they must be making enough to not care about it..

[@kieranosullivan02]

95hp will do it fine, probably an older tractor too? not sure why everyone seems to upgrade the whole time then forget about those smaller tractors completely

[@gregshearer423]

All well and good having that 100hp on a 2 rotor rake but if your running a 4 rotor and on hills you need more power plus the 150-200hp can be working all year round where as that 100hp tractor might only be used for odd jobs here and there big ones always going to be more versatile

[@KiwiJim13]

👀🙄🐾👍

[@johnperry5102]

how much does it cost to have a co. come in and do all that silige

[@Dore60]

👍

[@harvest585]

All the kits got bigger but not the clamps

[@alexthomson719]

Are you sure that was Eds dad😂😂

[@jack_marchant]

Pottinger rake arguably the best

[@howarddustan]

😆😅🤣😂🤩

[@greggroome2791]

👌🇮🇪🇮🇪🙏🙏👍

[@JN-hw3uf]

too big

[@Dore60]

👍