Contracting & Farming
Holmes & Chittick
An Irishman takes the demo 9600i for its first ever spin Down Under.
Cian catches up with the team at Holmes & Chittick based in Waikato, New Zealand - just in time for the local John Deere Deal to roll in with the latest Demo machine.
The Man with One of Nearly Everything - Odam Agri
In this video, we head out towards Cheltenham, England to visit Odams Agricultural Contractors. Tom chats to Will about their current fleet of different colours such as the growing gang of Massey Ferguson tractors and a rare black Claas Jaguar 970 forager!
One of Scotland's Biggest Contractor - D. Watson & Co. Agri Services
We called out to D. Watson and Co. Agri Services, in Fife Scotland, to see how they were finding the SIP mowers. Donkey gets chatting to John about the growth of the business and the various machines they have.
Heavy Crops in Co Clare - Clare Agri Contracting
Back when the sun was shining, we took a trip to Co Clare to see how Patrick’s new 9800i handles the heavy crops and small fields around the county!
The Mighty CASE MAMMOTH
Pushing on with the second cuts we visited a grass set up which is a little out of the ordinary. Craig got chatting to Jonathan about this big red forage harvester they had bought a Case Mammoth 8790 (the largest forage harvester of its time) and how it fits into his fleet perfectly!
The Blue Valtra Crew- Schug Contracting!
This week we took a trip over to England to see how things are done over there! Cian got talking to Thomas and John of Schug contracting about how important sub contractors (subbies) and how the tractor and back buckrake is still the only job for pushing up grass in their fleet!
Silage by the lakes of Killarney - Giles Contracting
Down in the beautiful lakes of Killarney, there of course are some silage fields! Aoife and Seamus have pleasure of working in some of these fields. Craig gets chatting to Aoife and Seamus about the ups and downs of contracting in Co. Kerry, their recent change of colour to Light Green tractors and how Aoife balances driving the chopper and working in a bar to keep the whole show on the road!
The Wet Year of 23? The Team at Grass!
The rain seeming to be endless after having a great spell of weather in June any day with a bit of dry weather turns to a day for grass. Craig got chatting to Matthew (Bernsie) about Kirkpatrick and Sons outfit and how every tractor is fairly pimped?
A Krone Big X 1180 & 10 Trailers On A Long Draw! Hooftrimming Ltd.
This week Cian visits Hooftrimming Ltd in Cheshire! Watch to find out why, despite the company's name Steve has wound down the hoof trimming side of the business in recent years to focus more on agricultural contracting.
Beef Cattle & Beefy 7060
After chatting to the Joe Black lads Donkey wanted to chat to Joseph the farm manager of the beef farm the Blacks were lifting silage at to find out a bit about their pedigree herd of cattle and why it's important to lift a quality crop of silage to feed them throughout the year! Of course, the impressive fleet of old-school blue gear with our 7060 mixed in was discussed as well!
The Irish Man Injecting Slurry in New Zealand- Central Injection Agri
Following on in our New Zealand series we get chatting to Thomas also known as the CIA, Central Injection Agri. He Tells us the story about how he started his business from leaving Ireland with a backpack and a NZ Dream!
Challenger Tractor Pulling ~ NO SMOKE, NO POKE!
In this video, we head to Kelsall Steam Rally to visit the team behind Challenger Tractor Pulling! Tom chats to club owners Kate and Stu about what they do and how tractor pulling has become their way of life. We also talk to numerous contestants who tell us about their pulling machines such as a 500hp Fordson Major! So, sit down and prepare yourselves for 40 minutes of pulling madness!