Tag: Machinery

  • 1965 Fahr 1100 cutting Spring Barley

    Paul Clinch cutting Spring Barley for Sean Quinn inĀ  Kilbride, Co Meath, with a 1965-registered Fahr 1100 combine. Grain being drawn to Ward Feeds,Nutstown, with a classic John Deere (2650, I think) and Ruscon trailer. With the cutter bar taking eight foot swathes at a time, cutting the 19 acres takes a day and a…

  • Healion Tree Care – complete hedge removal compilation

    Healion Tree Care – complete hedge removal compilation

    Kevin Healion and his team work their magic removing a 29 year old Laelandei hedge and mulching the off cuts. A serious fleet of machinery and consummate pros at what they do. If it was a few months further down the line, said mulch would also serve wonderfully as cattle bedding. At least if/when that…

  • Strange Sundays – Part I

    Strange Sundays – Part I

    If any writers, or producers of any media content, have ever experienced the following please drop a line down in the comments. On Sunday morning I started writing a piece relating to the two semi finals of the World Snooker Championship. Specifically, the contrast between the two. The epic encounter between Luca Brecel and Si…

  • A while in Joey’s company was good for the soul

    A while in Joey’s company was good for the soul

    Did you ever encounter somebody in your life who, over time, ended up feeling more like family than some of those who actually are? There are many ways in which such bonds are formed and manifest themselves and there should be no need to justify how they came about to anybody. Coming at the same…

  • Another job which can be done on wheels!

    Another job which can be done on wheels!

    I added another piece of machinery to the fleet during the January sales and yesterday was my first time taking it for a test job. It will be a very useful bit of kit to have at hand. PS The duvet cover was only a means of keeping my legs dry – I haven’t gone…

  • March Madness!

    March Madness!

    Seeing a combine at any time is never bad news but in March is highly unusual! A case of out with the old to make room for the new as the New Holland CX 8060 leaves Tara Farms, Dunboyne, for its new home in the hills of Donegal. A massive word of thanks to David…

  • The Changing Of The Seasons

    A glimpse of old Dunboyne and new co-existing side by side as Connor and Andrew Clarke start next year’s crops off in the middle of the local industrial estate not long after their Claas Lexion 650 combine had devoured a crop of OSR in the same field. At work are a Deutz Fahr 6210 with…