Shayne Smith

Family run mixed farming operation in the medium rainfall Great Southern district • WC Eagles fan

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@MerinoSi @PrimeAgWL The old man always swore by copper sulphate, or ‘blue stone’ in dams to clean them up

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@Tedthekelpie @ipaddockapps Shire of Dumbleyung with the unwanted title of having 100% of the shire in decile 1. Hopefully things turn for the better this week!

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@FCarlse Didn’t see any sheep remnants but definitely lots of blue tongue lizard skulls!

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Have seen some decent Wedge Tailed Eagle nests around the farm before but this one appears to be the biggest house on the street! Guessing 2.5-3m deep atop an old 20m plus tall salmon gum.

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@gazabrown09 @GribbleRC @CaseIHAus @NewHollandAG Have been doing the same thing mate 👍🏼

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@HallRaelene Hi Raelene, I’ll grab it if you’ve still got it?

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@ipaddockapps Massey 8737

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Pretty sad state of affairs really

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@Oscarthefarmer So change the last 4 digits of the GPS receiver frequency to .5050 and it should work. Western china origin instead of the signal we normally use apparently. May not quite be 100% as accurate as normal due to the distance but heaps better than autonomous

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@Oscarthefarmer RTK fine, RTX not so

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@AndrewY87296210 Sounds like anything other than RTK is having issues. Not isolated to Trimble

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Anyone run Right Weigh spring suspension scales on their tippers? Are they as accurate as airbag scales in a paddock environment where a flat, hard surface isn’t always possible?

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@JunkMurray $450 for the hardware Muzz and $140/month going forward. Plus two cans in the workshop Sunday afternoon whilst making the mount!

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Got Starlink up and running yesterday and so far it’s that far ahead of our current NBN it’s lonely. Respective speeds at around 8am for comparison…

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@srkehancock_sam 3 headers, 2 chaff carts & 1 HSD. Carts cheap to run but prone to blocking when moisture in stems. Burning piles is a pain. HSD less hassle but turns a class10 into a 7/8, uses 50% more fuel & costly to run. U don’t do either for fun that’s for sure. Def expensive weed control.

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@martindekock89 Yeah with good plant height there is very little loss when swathed

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Swathing Lupins? Yes, no, maybe? Worth a crack or just stick to what we know? Couple of paddocks have some reasonable height and wondering if it’s worth having a dabble.

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@martindekock89 Hi Martin. Haven’t tried swathing very short ones but I’d imagine they might be slightly more difficult to pick up off the ground in a windrow?

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@mjgoodenco @1800weevil @MarkSaundeye @DrJewmelon @KondininGroup @ToyotaMotorCorp @FordAustralia @IsuzuUTE Have a D-Max here and it has been a complete disaster. CV joints, a new transfer case and is now due for its second complete motor-out front end body cracking fix. All in the space of 160000k’s. Apparently the cracking issue is Australia wide and also includes MU-X’s