Contracting & Farming

It’s hard to believe it’s been 11 years since Gamble Bros featured in our 'FULLA THE PIPE' DVD. We decided it was time for a bit of a catch up, so we followed them throughout the 2021 season to bring you this feature length picture of how this immaculate contracting fleet has grown and evolved with over a decade of time passing! Jonny and Matthew Gamble chat us through the then and now of Gamble Bros and what the future holds for the business! Merry Christmas and enjoy!

We caught up with Aled from Davies Bros while they were midway through the maize harvest, and got chatting with him about how their new John Deere 9800i had been performing through the season alongside their Claas 970 Jaguar. It was also a chance to find out how well the 'The Pink Trailer' had been doing in it's fundraising efforts!

You can still donate to the 'Pink Trailer' cause online at https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/thepinktrailer

We called back out to Hunniford Farms for the long draw, but this time we bought the T7060 and the second Smyth trailer to lend a helping hand! Gary jumped into the T7.270 Bluepower to chat to Victor about how they'd been so impressed by how the big Smyth Super Cube performed that they'd decided to add her to their fleet.

We got a look at the first 8RX on Irish soil when it was on demo with Country Crest. Thomas tells us his thoughts on the 410 model and why they were so keen to trial this machine.

We revisited Eastern Farms during harvest, and Olivia got chatting to Charles about how this season had gone for them, as well as what he thought of one of the newest upgrades in the machinery fleet - the mighty 8RX!

We called out to Butt Brothers Agricultural Contractors in Somerset during maize harvest. Olivia got talking to Josh about the family business and the past year. Hopping into the New Holland FR920, Andrew tells us why its their favoured machine for the job.

We took a trip over to B L Farms Ltd where Olivia got chatting to Richard Reed about his varied fleet featuring Versatiles, a Claas Challenger and a couple of Case IH combines thrown in for good measure!

We dropped the Smyth Supercube off with Hunniford Farms to let them try it at some maize. Olivia got chatting to Richard about the past year and his blue fleet.

A few Saturdays ago we called over to GAC Farming and Contracts at Craigavon. Here's what went down...

We called over to Somerset to pay a visit to Bakers of Haselbury Plucknett, a dairy farm with their own forage operation. Olivia got chatting to Giles about how the farm came to run such a large machinery outfit, and what made them decide to go down the route of two foragers.

On a dark autumnal evening lets have a look back at some silage! Not that long ago to be fair, we were with Carsehall Farm at the end of September for their SIXTH CUT! Can anyone top that?! Enjoy!

With the slurry ban looming, we called out to Cairns Contracting. Tim talked us through how the season had gone for them, and what gear they were running on the day which is made in house at the other side of their business, 'SlurryKat'.