Spraying Time | Gorse and Pine Trees | MD500

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  • Spraying out areas to plant Pine Trees and a small bit of pasture gorse control
    #farming #hillcountry #md500
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  • @christchurchhelicopters8459
    @christchurchhelicopters8459 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Awesome video team! Great to be apart of it!

  • @garymadden2656
    @garymadden2656 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    👌

  • @ronaldlucas5360
    @ronaldlucas5360 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Helicopter is a serious kit.

  • @brendont1082
    @brendont1082 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Alistair great video one of my favorites for this year only because I'm a big 500 fan 😊. Hopefully you have a great success with the spraying

  • @christchurchtaxitourschris9716
    @christchurchtaxitourschris9716 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Always interesting for us townies 😂

  • @beejayem42
    @beejayem42 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    🐨👍Great footage!

  • @johnjordan4647
    @johnjordan4647 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How times have changed. First job after finishing school was spraying gorse up Northland way. We were in hill country like that with tractor towing trailer with bloody long hoses. Using 245-T which was the active chemical in Agent Orange 😮. No protective equipment . Only a pair of shorts and then donned gumboots when gorse got too thick. Alistair does the helicopter work on GPS to Make sure of complete coverage

    • @kiwifarmernz
      @kiwifarmernz  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Times are sure different. Yea they have trackmap with GPS guidance

  • @briananderson5634
    @briananderson5634 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    As you say, expensive but very necessary!

  • @markmeredith5521
    @markmeredith5521 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very cool.....amazingly skilled operator.
    We planting maize today(for digester)

    • @kiwifarmernz
      @kiwifarmernz  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They are very impressive to watch

  • @azamyahmad
    @azamyahmad 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Welcome back !! .. gorgeous filming edition camera work and as always beautiful sharing adventure documentary updated resume countryside content video and a very interesting video to watch .. million thanks again from Montreal QC Canada

  • @gatorguy7711
    @gatorguy7711 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great content! Take care...

  • @andrewj7994
    @andrewj7994 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My nephew is flying drones out to oil rigs in Norway, he said they are carrying 187 kgs . Now they are moving to hybrid drones out of Texas, they have wings so not straight rotor machines. That chemical you use knocks gorse and it's cheap, if it drifts though...

    • @jonathankeith2547
      @jonathankeith2547 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Metsulfuron methyl isnt really a drift risk, even LV applied by aircraft. It is nowhere near as bad as esters!

    • @kiwifarmernz
      @kiwifarmernz  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No don't find drift to be a problem. Wow 187 kg. That's impressive

  • @cornishcoastalfarming2517
    @cornishcoastalfarming2517 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice job. Good they haven’t banned arial spraying. They have over here in the uk. They’re looking at trying to legalise parts of it again now drone spraying is becoming a big thing.
    Anyone doing it with drones over there or helicopter still cheaper? We’ve a few hill areas we’d like to spray with drone but until law changes have to stick to the knapsack

    • @kiwifarmernz
      @kiwifarmernz  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There are spray drones but haven't used one yet.

  • @jptiger773
    @jptiger773 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Next time get Richie McCaw to pilot!

    • @maytalksmack
      @maytalksmack 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      thought the same.. the GOAT

    • @kiwifarmernz
      @kiwifarmernz  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Dont think he does Ag work

    • @stewbird
      @stewbird 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Overrated

  • @patrickaherne3598
    @patrickaherne3598 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Do you have the spraying drones in NZ? They are starting to appear in the US. When I was authorizing blade time for an EC-120 or MD-500 a decade ago, it was 500-750 per hour with a $5k minimum call out charge. But, that was for a police helicopter not a sprayer.

    • @stephendickson9000
      @stephendickson9000 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes, we have. No idea on the cost.

    • @brenttonks4249
      @brenttonks4249 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The mob I worked for 20 years ago was $1000 per hour plus tax for a Hughes 500C. Mind you we would spray a 400ac dairy farm for broadleaf weeds in a couple of hours

    • @kiwifarmernz
      @kiwifarmernz  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Price per hour is around 2100 . Need to look into the spray drones for sure

  • @murrayhey9760
    @murrayhey9760 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just curious what was the rationale between helispraying vs plane top dressing?

    • @kiwifarmernz
      @kiwifarmernz  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      From my understanding you can get better precision from a chopper. Sensitive areas like neighbours and existing trees.

  • @stephendickson9000
    @stephendickson9000 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Gorse is a great nursery plant for native. Just saying.

    • @gennabird107
      @gennabird107 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Gotta have native under it first 😂

    • @stephendickson9000
      @stephendickson9000 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@gennabird107 you can broadcast that seed as well.

  • @markbarringer3075
    @markbarringer3075 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    We have a drone spraying business in Canterbury if you are keen to chat.

    • @kiwifarmernz
      @kiwifarmernz  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Defiantly keen to chat, do you have a contact?