Trailer Manufacturer Goes Into Administration | Straw Loading

K2 Trailers enters administration, is this pressure across the board for farm suppliers.
Farmer farming in Scotland, Cows, Tractors, Farm Shop, Crops and alot of breakdowns, failures and destruction...
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[@paulthompson8467]

I think Freddie deserves a bigger breakfast than toast the amount of work hes doing for you and grandpa hes a star👍

[@meghainn2010]

At least a fry up for poor hard working wee lad!

[@DeirdreHickey-nx8nt]

Freddie is truly a little diamond and so dam cute. He loves being around you. So toast butter and jam it is.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@andwalker1497]

Ah lovely seeing u spending time with ur wee nephew 😊 he obviously loves spending time with his uncle too and learning about the farm ❤

[@Sam_Green____4114]

The black plastic they wrap those bales just causes so much pollution !! you see it usually stuck on barbed wired fences and in trees and hedges after getting blown by the wind ! Farmers blame everyone for pollution when they cause a lot of it themselves !

[@CarlosAlberto-ii1li]

Excellent full load, makes me happy, l had a really good friend that drove straw trucks sadly I lost him in 1971 in a fire but as you can guess he has never been forgotten.

[@gailchoate9698]

Freddie is such a great helper/farmer!

[@andrewtanner7891]

Fallow land and government policy.; “let them eat wild flowers and wood chip”

[@patrickaherne3598]

It's good to see you putting young Freddy to work. Can't start them too young.

[@puma160cvx8]

Great to see a proper mixed farm calves are doing really well. Sad news about K Two well made kit.

[@willyfindlay4398]

All labradors think they need to keep your seat warm when you jump out. 😊

[@spitfire1664]

It is true, Ktwo has just confirmed that the company went into administration on 28th March.

[@wilmidwales1287]

Had a new Holland bailer very good upgraded this year to a newer version of the same bailer the problem is you have put all your bailers problems on you tube so it could make it a hard sell be carful with Fredy and the big doors if the wind gets up

[@Jmair10]

On the subject of balers. I run a Kuhn 2135mk2. 23k bales on it. (Modern version a 3130). In straw it will take any size row fairly fast as well. Usually I bale at 16kph. But in silage it comes into its own. It has had to rescue 3 different McHale balers that couldn't bale short wet grass. The Kuhn literally just ate it and made a very tight solid bale. Only thing is as with all chamber balers. Your rolling straw bales out. The middles aren't rolled to centre like the belt baler. Makes them a bit of a pig to roll out if very fluffy straw, infact you would likely just get a big pile to let the cows fluff about. McHale a good baler in the chamber. The rotor and pickup are crap if you have used something like the Kuhn.

[@Jmair10]

My Kuhn hasn't been free of the odd problem. But it's capability is what keeps it.

[@pjmoody]

Great job Freddy!

[@warranstanley2502]

Hi Crawford You don’t need a spreadabale you’ve got Freddie and he runs on jam on toast bargain but I shall be getting a spreadabale to old now for rolling bales now and go all big square bales. Cheers 🍻

[@garymadden2656]

Great video Crawford ah Freddie is some boy a great wee character 💪👌

[@johnlydon533]

Great video Crawford. Enjoyed watching. 👍🏼👍🏼

[@craigwinter5942]

We have always been Kuhn and they've been fantastic, Were currently running a Kuhn FBP 3135 combi baler, baling silage hay and straw with it and I cant fault it great machine, Will go toe to toe with any mchale

[@richards200]

One of our reindeer calves was breeched last year and he cam out with his front legs bent and one of his back legs facing the wrong way, advice was to leave him and make him keep walking and after a few weeks he was perfect. Animals are amazing when you leave them to it...

[@user-ld6ik5qm4m]

I recall that we once had a calf with shoulder dysplasia years ago, and he did come right eventually in time. So hopefully your calf will fully recover too. We had regular runs of twin calves after changing over to Tithebarns minerals from Harbro and some other brand of minerals years ago. I can't remember the name of the other mineral brand now.

[@richardparsons8320]

Suffolk agri went into liquidation last month hope it is the new trend in agriculture. Great vids

[@regenesteffen2814]

In US we have 2 tiers of bankruptcy- 1 is just sale up and close down, the other is reorganization and shrink and maintain

[@andrewwebb2691]

Freddie reminds me of myself when used to vist my uncles farm

[@williamronaldson7566]

You'll not go wrong with a mchale baler, we had a F560 and replaced it with a F5600 2 year ago and both have been trouble free so far and make a good bale, my only complaint is they make a slightly bigger bale than 4foot more like 4ft 3 or 4

[@SeanieD1968]

Ya,, you would think they would be delighted with a trade in

[@Dannsandiego]

Welcome Wonky II

[@mourne]

It's hard to beat the simmentals crawford.💪

[@benlumley604]

Kuhn 3165. Bale anything, making a good bale at that. Just swapped ours last year for another. 40k bales and only changed a set of drive chains as precaution and a net actuator under warranty

[@richpbrown2]

I’d think the tines will shine up with use and then bails should slip off more

[@coyroberts8356]

Ford!!😊

[@oliverbrookes27]

Re economic conditions. A local company that manufactures a major component for the plant and industrial vehicle sector (JCB, John Deere etc) reduced employee numbers significantly (a few hundred jobs) due to drop in demand for their products. Agri and construction sectors both feeling it.

[@drewbuchanan7793]

when's the two Crawfords podcast coming back? Good video, sad for k2 troubling times as you say everything is so expensive its nuts. Sprayers have probably gone up 10k since you've been looking. Who needs a spread a bale when you have your nephew 😁

[@Justan_Oobie]

Though gatelady got a promotion to voiceover lady.

[@bobcrawford2105]

On about wonky calf’s How’s wonky going the calf from last year how’s he doing ?

[@markleigh3]

Not sure if anyone has mentioned it before or it is possible, but could you put a additive tank on your baler and sort the treated straw that way you could do as little or as much as you want and some for other people I do remember another KZbinr talking about it once

[@NTFarming]

You should look up heaths because they basically make the exact same product and are located in the same area.

[@graham-martin5847]

freddie needs his own farm defender once he can reach the peddles or even an auto would be canny with extended pedals just a thought i pulled an electronic pump of a 300 tdi and put a mechanical pump on it with an auto box for ref

[@rivermayor]

The dog didn't leave the window open! Don't yell at him for a little mud on the seat!😃

[@graysfarming7064]

That calf has joint I’ll give it metacam and pen strep for a week and it will be fine we have it a lot and treat it every time and comes good.

[@Sam_Green____4114]

I thought it was gonna be Ifor Williams of Corwen !

[@wulliewhyte544]

Hope you didn't burn Freddies toast Crawford 😂

[@Will-pe5pq]

kuhn belt baler can’t beat them makes a lot nicer tighter bale than a mchale

[@garethgeorge580]

Nice vid 👌 Wee freddie be a top farmer one day 🤞👍

[@benemsley6720]

I had same with Ifor Williams trying to buy a trailer Couldn’t get a price or a call back Nobody wants to sell owt 😂

[@alexewing9137]

Hope you're paying Freddie the going rate

[@mcagris]

Balgownie LTD also.

[@PK_Blinder]

Oh no 😮 Uncle Crawford has brainwashed Freddie... 😉

[@stevengrieve678]

A little hydraulic push bar will help with getting bales off

[@Ped_mcg87]

❤❤

[@joshuadransfield2900]

Mchale is the only baler to go for. Once you get one you’ll never change. Worth the money. Those fendt ones are dogger. 💩

[@Andy-ix2ox]

I suspect that the difficulty in exporting didn’t help.

[@stuartmowbray4770]

The cow with new twins maybe doesn’t want two calves and hence think it’s poaching 🤷🏼

[@sambrough3433]

All hale a mchale baler cant beat them packs silage bales soild to the point it pulls the tractor down to her knees nobody fear the mchale is near

[@MayorofDipshittery-lq7if]

What about a square baler ?

[@meghainn2010]

Erm, I don't think the door shut properly.

[@peterlusher5373]

is that calf from same cow as last year is it (donkey) mum

[@rcmcontracts2968]

Try a krone, ours hasn’t been any bother👍

[@Derry2688]

First

[@dfgaJK]

At least if you do get a p45 you're already well on your way to becoming an expert propagandist 🤣 there's lots of demand about for those nowadays

[@davidangus2456]

Get a fendt baler to go behind the fendt would be logical

[@nigelgribble8736]

Nope, McHale are far better.

[@gordonsharp4378]

Seen your videos of baling straw and silage. No way you could describe that as high output. It was after seeing your MF 4180 struggling to take in short cuffeny straw that we bought a Kuhn 3165. The pickup will eat anything.@ritch195

[@ToniPhillips-tc9cl]

Crawford, why do you not make sure Freddie as his seat belt on, your driving around with him and can I say its irresponsible? You were not wearing a seat belt either, but your old enough to accept your responsible for your own actions. 🤢

[@CrawfordsFarm1]

Just trundling 500meters down a farm track at 5mph

[@ToniPhillips-tc9cl]

@@CrawfordsFarm1 Just an observation Crawford. I enjoy the videos, this one just took me by surprise

[@davidmeynen8120]

fallow ground tied to a 3 year term and then as its no been farmed will become housing so we can by more shit from the E U