Thread: Wet Day

Been unseasonably cold here in the CNI. Had the log burner running yesterday avo with all the crap weather flying about. Ended up putting the cast iron camp oven on top of the fire and pumping out some sultana scones....Mmmmmmm!

Our silage was put off almost a month due to 21 days in a row with some sort of dampness involved. Eventually cut and baled second to last day of the year. Expected just over a hundred bales...got 250

Has the silage wrap changed this season??? Never had multiple metres of the wrap unfolding as you cart them over to the stack

And now trying to get out and spray dock, thistles and blackberry. Suns out so prep everything...10 minutes later its pissing down again

Originally Posted by XR500

Been unseasonably cold here in the CNI. Had the log burner running yesterday avo with all the crap weather flying about. Ended up putting the cast iron camp oven on top of the fire and pumping out some sultana scones....Mmmmmmm!

Our silage was put off almost a month due to 21 days in a row with some sort of dampness involved. Eventually cut and baled second to last day of the year. Expected just over a hundred bales...got 250

Has the silage wrap changed this season??? Never had multiple metres of the wrap unfolding as you cart them over to the stack

And now trying to get out and spray dock, thistles and blackberry. Suns out so prep everything...10 minutes later its pissing down again

just normal green wrap ?? no- have not noticed anything like that - I wonder if baler driver had problems with wrapper tension or the knife blades - didnt notice him getting to attend to wrapper a lot ??-

Just spent 4 days wandering around in the clagg on the tops of the Kaweka's. Couldn't see from one snow pole to the next ........ and vowed on my way down to stay low for the next trip 2 days later.
So long story short, I'm just out from 4 wet days in a lower river valley catchment with water running out the bottom of my shorts. And river crossings were..... well, an exercise in testing experience
Cant win this summer

Used the last of my ancient "tin" of boiled linseed oil a few weeks ago. So bought some more. Tins are long ago out of fashion it seems
At $20, plastic must be more expensive than tin

Originally Posted by NIMROD

Just spent 4 days wandering around in the clagg on the tops of the Kaweka's. Couldn't see from one snow pole to the next ........ and vowed on my way down to stay low for the next trip 2 days later.
So long story short, I'm just out from 4 wet days in a lower river valley catchment with water running out the bottom of my shorts. And river crossings were..... well, an exercise in testing experience
Cant win this summer

I know the feeling: Halfway across and you say to yourself..." I really can't afford to fuck this up"

Half the fun of being in the hills is the vistas, so can be frustrating looking at the inside of a cloud for 4 days

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

just normal green wrap ?? no- have not noticed anything like that - I wonder if baler driver had problems with wrapper tension or the knife blades - didnt notice him getting to attend to wrapper a lot ??-

White stuff.

...and I'm not sure if we'll use them again. Have most 10-12 bale equivalents, some 8 bale equivalents and some monster 15 bale equivalents you could feed a family of 8 around. Tractor certainly felt them. Won't be able to sell them as two wide would make the load 3.1m wide

Was also holing a lot of bales, so took his stander upperer off and that stopped. But means I have had to do an awful lot more work picking the buggers up...especially the soft ones

Originally Posted by XR500

White stuff.

...and I'm not sure if we'll use them again. Have most 10-12 bale equivalents, some 8 bale equivalents and some monster 15 bale equivalents you could feed a family of 8 around. Tractor certainly felt them. Won't be able to sell them as two wide would make the load 3.1m wide

Was also holing a lot of bales, so took his stander upperer off and that stopped. But means I have had to do an awful lot more work picking the buggers up...especially the soft ones

especially the soft ones - thats a clue - if they are soft could be why the wrap is peeling of - but does not sound at all like good consistent baling