Spreading fertiliser with the McCormick. Part 2

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[@edd7933]

We have a 2005 McCormick mtx 120 and it's done 6500 hours roughly still running as sweet as a whistle

[@Massey-qb6cm]

Very good Rich. The McCormicks are growing on me.

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Thanks.I would have bought Masseys but they are more money and its hard to justify the extra cost on a small farm like ours

[@MaximumMPH]

Great Video! Cracking Tractors The McCormick's! Keep up the good work, Many Thanks Charlie! Have a great Easter!

[@thefunkyfarmer]

thanks Charlie

[@liamhennessy31]

You've a nice setup for the fertiliser spreading. We use 50kg bags of fert on our farm as we've only one tractor! Thing is I'm too cautions when spreading and don't open the spreader enough so I end up going around the field twice!

[@thefunkyfarmer]

We used to do the whole farm with 50kg bags, blooming hard work.

[@donnalamont9942]

Hi funky farmer I love your vids and I love jack playing with his new farm toys. Can u have more vids with jack plz. P.s I love your vids ronan Lamont

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Donna Lamont I'm sure he will appear in some more

[@zetor9578]

Great video at least you have two tractors I have to unhook the fertiliser spreader fill it up an put it back on again takes ages

[@thefunkyfarmer]

yes I'm lucky to have 2.Must be hard work having to do that

[@bradleytrewin5439]

Shut your rear window before you load the hopper. You dont want glass mixed in the fert

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Bradley Trewin good point

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Thanks David brown man. Sorry KZbin won't let me reply directly to your comments

[@benwilson428]

That is the settings you are trying to reply to

[@thefunkyfarmer]

+Ben Wilson I don't really understand that

[@benwilson428]

thefunkyfarmer in you tube settings you can stop people replying to your comments so you cant reply

[@davidbrownman7303]

Alright so. I must say that you have a nice set up. Shame to hear your locked up with TB.

[@celsoresendes8953]

Hello , I liked your video and for a long time I have been to monitor your videos. I am a farmer on a small island of the Azores ( Portugal ) and I like to exchange ideas with other farmers. you put on pasture fertilizer 25-5-5 why? you have problems with levels in P and K or just to keep the levels ? and this is pasture for the cows or to make silage ? Sorry for my bad english. big hug

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Celso Resendes yes its to keep the levels. The field is first cut for silage then used to graze

[@davidbrownman7303]

Bar the case cx 95 and the case cx105, wat r the other tractors???

[@davidbrownman7303]

How many tractors do u have. What are they?

[@MrPaul1f]

What do you do with your plastic waste and wrap, is it collected and recycled. I remember 10 years ago having a monthly burn up. These days most farms seem to have all the wrap collected or a skip for it with the enviroment agency clamp down on burning. Probably a good thing as the smell of burning plastic was horrible.

[@thefunkyfarmer]

we get it all collected once a year, then it is washed and shipped to china fro recycling. Will post a video when we do it

[@MrPaul1f]

Cheers, I'll be interested to see this.

[@simonparry5236]

love the videos you may have seen me taking the furt out on Balmesh with the claas celtis 456 and gps

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Ah yes he does really good videos

[@noveltyjohn1248]

Is this hay land and how many pounds per acre? Thanks, john in va

[@thefunkyfarmer]

its used for first cut silage and grazing. Putting on about 100kg of fert per acre

[@beemaster68]

was this made up from 2 takes as in one clip your back window is open then as the fert runs out of the bag the window is closed then when you finish emptying the bag the back window is open again lol

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Ha well spotted. Yes filmed in a couple of takes as i have to reposition the camera for different shots

[@scania774]

Our farm doesn't use much artificial fertilizer. How do you know where you have been so you get the perfect coverage without wastage?

[@thefunkyfarmer]

+sin4422 i do it by eye, 30 years of practice

[@scania774]

fair enough

[@adriangreen6675]

Very good video Seeing you spreading fertiliser tells me that winter gone and we are now into spring. When do you let your cows out to grass? Have you decided on what mower to purchase to replace that unreliable Sip

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Thanks Adrian. I think it will be another 10 days or so before we let the cows out as the weather has been cold and the grass hasn't grown much. I don't think we will be buying a new mower this year now that the milk price has dropped so low. We will probably get a contractor to help with first cut then struggle on with our old mower for this season

[@adriangreen6675]

thefunkyfarmer I agree that milk prices are far to low and there will be a lot of producer thinking about pulling out of milk production all together We get the same in Precision engineering customers want it made for next to nothing. One example we priced up a job of a 100 components and it would cost £95 each to produce. the customer said he would only pay £15 each and no more. We could not buy the material and get the heat treatment done for that price net alone do all the machining to it and that included nearly a weeks precision grinding. That was a waste of time and effort.

[@thefunkyfarmer]

adrian green That's ridiculous. I guess you are being outbid on stuff by countries like china who will do a job really cheap because they have no health and safety, minimum wage etc

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Davidbrown man we have 5 tractors, masseys and McCormicks. Yes we milk cows

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Have a look through my videos and see if you can work it out

[@davidbrownman7303]

R u milking many cows?

[@wangrz2222]

hey do you have two mccormicks if you dont know owns the other one

[@thefunkyfarmer]

yes 2. a CX95 AND 105

[@wangrz2222]

thanks

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Sorry gearoid can't help you there

[@harrison2629]

Is she a cx100 or cx105

[@harrison2629]

Or anything else

[@aidandorman4469]

how much is the fertilliser per bag

[@thefunkyfarmer]

+Aidan Dorman i can't remember

[@aidandorman4469]

Ok thanks for replying

[@rhysfarrelly9223]

Do you have 2 McCormick tractors and 2 masseys

[@thefunkyfarmer]

+Rhys Farrelly yes

[@rhysfarrelly9223]

+thefunkyfarmer thanks

[@piotrek8903]

You have 2 mccormik ?

[@thefunkyfarmer]

yes

[@matthewbrowne6677]

ah I just wached that video now I see

[@walt9234]

You shouldn't really have your tractors in 4wd all the time especially on the road rich doesn't do them any good or are you sitting with your foot on the brake ?

[@thefunkyfarmer]

+Adam Walton fair point

[@oliverlong9693]

Why do you have two loaders why dont you take one off a tractor

[@thefunkyfarmer]

it makes life easier having 2