UK tractors

Harvey 2 · Feb 14, 2013

I have been told that in England there is a lot of rain. Is that the same for Ireland, Scotland, and Whales? If you all get so much rain, does the soil dry oot real quickly, and what is the compsition of most of the soil? Such as clay, sand, etc.
One other question, how do you all keep equipment from rusting beyond repair?

samn40 · Feb 14, 2013

Yes we get a lot of rain. Our soil here in Northern Ireland varies like every where else....We graze the poorer land and only plough the better land. I am fortunate to be on sandy loam, but I also have some peat land. Our machines wear out quickly as we have to push them so hard when it is dry...but they don't seem to rust out so quickly. We do keep trading our machines so they are kept quite fresh. Pictures are of my soil in the garden, when ploughed, then when cultivated.3rd pic is my son ploughing some barley stubble last spring. Next pic is some land that was ploughed and left fallow. I have just harrowed it for reseeding with grass last Sept and the final pic is of my peat land currently under water, but the best grazing on the farm during summer months!
Sam

Harvey 2 · Feb 14, 2013

Thanks for the reply. A couple years ago at the local tractor show when they featured Massey and Ferguson, there were some men from Ireland that would see how fast they could take a tractor apart and put it back together. I don't know what part of Ireland they were from. Here in Indiana there is a small town by the name of Ireland.

Dalex · Feb 14, 2013

Thats some neat ploughing !!

samn40 · Feb 15, 2013

I was one of them men from Northern Ireland....At Lanesville Indiana....
Sam

MJ in the UK · Feb 15, 2013

Hi Sam, am I right in thinking you are going to reassemble that TE20 tractor. George McOleary used to come and do that at the Newark tractor show but has not been in recent years. MJ

Harvey 2 · Feb 15, 2013

Jolly good show ole chap: Which one are you in the picture? In the picture with the man in shorts bending over, if you look past his rump sitting down is my picture, I have a white cap and a beard.
I have always been interested in Ireland. When in my army days there was a chap by the name of Tommy Fox, he was from around Dublin,a good guy indeed.

Chris in SK · Feb 15, 2013

The area I was in....clay soil, most farm land was tile drained, mole plowed and subsoiled regularly, and it would dry out ok. Rust can be a problem with old stuff left outside, and exposure to road salt, chemicals (spray) and manure etc.

samn40 · Feb 15, 2013

Harvey, I am standing right in front of you in the black shirt! or in the red Ferguson boiler suit in the first picture.
Small world.......Sam

Harvey 2 · Feb 15, 2013

I might of talked to you, I talked to one of your delegation, and it was a pleasure
I live aboot 5 miles from Lanesville.
One of you all said that some places in Ireland the soil if soo shallow that they can't dig holes for the electric lines. Did I get my story straight?

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