Cumbrian Silage 2022. First cut with a New Holland fleet and ‘Big’ drag chopper! 

Many thanks for that James. I try to make each one a little different but still let them flow. Of course its half the battle having great machinery to film in the first place which luckily I’ve so far managed to find on my travels. Many thanks for watching and your comment, very much appreciated. Cheers, David.

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Yes, there’s some great videos out there but like you I like to hear the machinery working! Many thanks for watching and your comment Luke, very much appreciated. Cheers Dave

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Many thanks for that, pleased you enjoyed! Cheers, Dave.

It is so good to see the silage crop being harvested by the farm owners especially when so many now use contracting services. This farm have been making their own silage for decades, I can still remember them using a MF 575 and Jaguar 40 trailed chopper back in the late 70s/ early 80s, just wish I could time travel back to then! Many thanks for your kind compliments, watching and comments. Very much appreciated. Cheers Dave

Hi Paul. Really pleased you enjoyed the video. Many thanks for watching and your comment, very much appreciated. Cheers, Dave.

Hi Mark. Thanks very much for watching and pleased you enjoyed the video. I try to edit the videos as I see the operations happening in the field while I watch and film them. I normally upload a new video on a Sunday morning so would be great if you could catch them. Yeh I follow Alan Balmesh too, he captures some great action from further down the county. If your looking for a few more channels to watch I’d highly recommend Jacooboo Photography, Brasso 1066 and George Ritchie, between us all we cover most of Cumbria and Southern Scotland without treading on each other’s toes. Thanks once again for watching and your comment, very much appreciated. Cheers, Dave.

Thanks Jacob. The owners who I’ve known for years have always made their own silage with a drag chopper for as far back as I can remember and this is their latest outfit. It’s certainly a beast in the field, lifted 150 acres in 2 days!

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Thanks for watching Tony! Pleased you enjoyed it. Cheers, David.

Hi Declan. Thanks for your great comment, I’m really pleased that my video has evoked your memories of your past. I’ve just Google mapped Claregalway, it looks a beautiful part of the world, I’ve always wanted to visit Ireland but never got round to it though I should make that happen especially in the summer when the fields are full of action. Your right in saying all you need is good weather and no breakdowns, makes all the difference to the operation. Can you remember what tractor(s) you were driving then? I’m intrigued now! Cheers, Dave.

@@davidwinthrop7077 Hi David, looking at trailers so hi spec now hi speed steering axles be tandem or 3axle trailer that have a strong front beam spring with a long chassis 20 foot + ,LP tyres, heavy leaf springs , steering axle,air and hydraulic brake,led and beacon lights, hydraulic open back door.When I started driving the silage crew were short a driver and tractor they had a new Holland 1905 sp harvester and 4 ,10 ton t/a trailers simple trailers for their time old school needed upgrade when bought at ploughing championship they got super single rims and tyres and an extra leaf on each spring was driving with a 1989 Ford 6610 ap cab with x block engine.There own gear was zetor crystal 8145 and 8111 both turbo and finally on pit a Volvo bm L70 shovel best wishes

@@declanoshaughnessy7733 Brilliant Declan, thanks for that! How times have changed but love to hear about these great moments from the past. Cheers, Dave

@@davidwinthrop7077 Hi David weird story my dear father and mother who sadly passed away Mom passed away 7,Dad nearly 20 it frightened me were great at farming we were at dairy and drystock me now I had to retire from farming because was diagnosed with epilepsy at 21 had brain surgery and obviously had to stop driving and my driving licence is gone now health is wealth at end of day 🙏🙏🙏🙏

@@declanoshaughnessy7733 That saying is very true Declan, all the money in the world can not buy good health and I am thankful I have mine.

Thanks for watching and enjoying the video. There’s probably quite an equal share of both open and undercover pits in the North Cumbrian area but the Merlo telehandler with it’s very low profile cab is perfect for buckraking indoors in this pit. Great comment and very much appreciated. Cheers, Dave.

Many thanks Hans. Yes there’s some beautiful countryside in the North of Cumbria where I live and a wide variety of machinery at work in the fields. Thanks for watching and your comment Hans, it’s very much appreciated. Regards David.

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Many thanks Rick. Cheers, Dave.

Yes, lovely to see them working Andrew as I hope to again today. Just a 3-man team but getting the job done well. Thanks for your watching and your comment, it’s very much appreciated. Dave

Thanks for watching the video! Greatly appreciated. Yeh, it’s a nice setup, love it when a farm still makes it’s own silage. Your right about the little Merlo being a beast, it punched well above it’s weight. Haha, I think the three fellas are kept busy looking after their own farm but like most good farmers they’ll always give a helping hand! Cheers, Dave.

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Still early in the season Alan so I’m sure you’ll catch a few at work soon. If anyone can find them you can! Many thanks for watching and commenting Alan, very much appreciated. Cheers David.

The Kongskilde certainly can swallow up the grass! Your right about the rarity of towing a trailer behind the chopper but necessity here as there were just three lads on hand. They still got the job finished though!

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​@@davidwinthrop7077why douse it not deal very well on the first windrow. Sounds underpowered abit

@@jezcolborne6329 Hi Jez. I wouldn’t have thought the NH was underpowered as this one is chipped up to 250hp, possibly it’s a heavy row and because it’s travelling up a steepish bank. Cheers, David

@@davidwinthrop7077 i wonder if a 300 hp tractor wouldv made the forage harvester get through that heavyer swath without sharply lowering the speed of the chopper unit

Yes it’s a lovely setup and just goes to show that a three man team can still make great silage. Many thanks for your kind reply. It makes it all the more worthwhile having such encouraging comments. Regards, David

Definitely a great way to put in grass, it's one of my favourite trailed outfits iv seen on RU-vid. Enjoy your channel, loads of great videos, keep up the good work.

Many thanks for watching and your comment Mark. The Kongskilde chopper and Richard Western trailers will also have been supplied from Lloyd. What branch do you work at? Cheers Dave

@@davidwinthrop7077 I work for the group as a PLM specialist so I cover all branches David. So I cover auto guidance and telematics basically. If you ever need any help or advice with that kind of thing let me know David I’d be happy to help

@@mmmmark11111 Oh that’s great Mark, thanks very much for that. A link to Lloyd is also in a couple of my other videos posted in 2021. The Ford 8240 turbo filmed chopping silage with a NH 719 trailed harvester is owned by John who is in sales at the Carlisle branch. Lovely machine to see working. Thanks for getting in touch and subscribing, very much appreciated. Regards David

Yes definitely like it used to be done Martin even down to the trailer been hitched up behind the chopper, something seldom seen now but used to be commonplace! Many thanks for watching and your comment, both greatly appreciated. Cheers, Dave

Hi Alan. Yeh it’s definitely unusual but really handy for getting under the beams! Thanks for watching and your comment, much appreciated. Cheers, Dave.

Yeh really unusual to see rear loading today Steve. I remember doing exactly the same, leaning out the back window not only to see past the pto guard to see the pick-up hitch but also to connect and disconnect the hydraulic pipes! Thanks once again for your continued watching and encouraging comments Steve, as always most appreciated. Cheers Dave

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Totally agree on all your points from a likewise farm machinery fan. It would be great to see more trailed forager setups working in the fields especially as you say with the ever increasing fuel costs. Many farms nowadays have a 130-150hp tractor more than capable of driving a drag chopper and as you say good, even windrows make the foragers job much easier. I’ve managed to capture a couple more farmer owned trailed foragers working this last week so will be posting the footage in the coming weeks. Pleased you enjoyed, thanks for watching and the great comment. Cheers, Dave.

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Many thanks for watching and for the complimentary comment, very much appreciated. It was well up to the job lifting 150 acres in a couple of days. Good suggestion on the drive cover, I’ll mention that to the owners when I go back for 2nd cut. Cheers, Dave.

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I think many farmers did back then Shane, certainly most in North Cumbria did with very few side-loading which is the normal now! Trailers were a lot smaller back then too, an 7-8 tonne was a big trailer, certainly don’t think there would be many 12 tonners back then! Many thanks for watching and your great comment, both much appreciated. Cheers, Dave.

Hello from the UK, great to hear you are enjoying the video over in beautiful Spain. Regarding the hitching of the trailer and connecting the hoses it’s just a case of reversing up, dropping the pick up hitch and then reaching out of the back window to connect the pipes. You can just see this at 5:12 in the video. However you have given me an idea and I will certainly film a closeup video next year and post it. Many thanks for watching and your comment. Very much appreciated. Cheers, David.

Terima kasih dan salam dari Cumbria. 👍David 👍

It certainly was going well and being a power hungry beast it certainly needed all the 250 horses that the T7.210 was chipped up too though the farmer reckoned it would handle 350hp! Thanks very much for both watching and your comment. Much appreciated. Cheers, Dave

It is Nigel. Think the old JF model was an FCT 1355 that had the same 3.1mtr pickup. Big machine for a trailed harvester with a big appetite! Many thanks for watching and your comment. Cheers, Dave

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