Happy Days Nick. I bought an old Ferguson sub soiler at auction for £30. It had a scaffold pipe bent into a quarter circle and welded to the back of it. As you went forward you fed the pipe in and it laid in the bottom of the slit carved by the plough. Used this successfully with 22mm blue water pipe, and again with armoured cable to my stables half a mile away. On the back of a veteran David Brown DB780 - just under 43HP . Like your Vids - watching after Ian Pullens' recommendation. Both water and electric still working nearly 30 years later. DB still working - went up north, last summer, to a guy, also called Trevor who has made a great job restoring it.
Glad the water pipe project went smoothly and I remember using a monster hoover to clean barns. It had three motors that when all on was like a jet engine 🥺
Having watched a proffesional team install an irrigation system to the greens on a golf course where I was working, the following year we extended it to the competition tees exactly the same way as you have just done it with your dad. It was great to watch it and see your plan come together. Also that was a nice bit of loader work, no trying to carry too much and no over revving, also very nice to see a job done well.👍
We were putting pipe in like that 30 years ago. Instead of heating the pipe we had a tube that we poked the pipe into and drove a nail through it to retain it. We then drove until the last few feet when we would slow down and stop dead just as the other ends met up. We would dig the hole then to uncouple the pipe, trim it with loppers, fit another length of pipe, couple the other ends together and drive on to the next point without ever pulling the mole out of the ground. It's still there to this day.
Nick thats a great way to put a pipe in. Never thought of that before and it makes it a lot easier great work Nick and dad. Hope Nick you have a good harvest and it goes well with out to meany problems. Great video Nick
Tip. I remember pulling a pipe in for mains water years ago. A mate of mine said to weld a steel coupler to the heel of a subsoiler and just connect the blue pipe to it with a regular brass compression fitting and drag the pipe through, I thought no chance, but I was wrong, it worked perfectly. Result.
Your channel is now one of my favourite farming channels on TH-cam. Those three thousand or so subs will hopefully shoot up within the coming weeks and months🤞 good luck with Harvest. Me and my 5 year old boy are looking forward to watching those harvest videos. Keep doing what you're doing👌
Good job, if ever there is any doubt as to whether the job can be carried out, we would perform a dummy run without the pipe, the second run is much easier. P.S. as mentioned below, if no adapter is available just tie the pipe to the mole, that works too,
Done the same with an old single leg lemken subsoiler for short runs. We just kinked the pipe round a chain with a metal cup over the top to cover the end.
I remember many years ago putting a water pipe round the outside of a field with a 1 leg subsoiler which had a metal tube welded to the back of the leg. Then you fed the water pipe in as you drove round the field. It worked ok.
If in rocky soil that would be likely. Seems that the larger the diameter of the point the larger the channel and more compressed the rocks and such will be into the sidewalls so the pipe has a bigger "hole" to slide through thereby reducing the actual drag.
Nice vid, and it worked, and the whole work with what you got thing, nice job. If you build a bit of a sweeping L down behind the plow and feed it from the tractor side it won't pull up in the trench in a sag/belly/swale (I don't know what your term would be) Not my genius or anything, have used a lot of what we call "cable plows", that kind of rig, mounted on little walk behind trenchers to D6 dozers. If you pull the first coil off, throw something on it to hold it down, then roll out your pipe, weight down the other end before you cut, then feed with just one coil left i the pipe, you would not believe how easy it makes it. Very hard to put into words, but you're just rolling one coil continuously into the feeder chute. (Or just build a reel, depending on how much you have to do) I learned it the hard way on 2 and 3" HDPE coils, where our reel would only hold 2 coils, but we were burying 3 ducts lol.
Am amazed that worked tbh, would have thought the pipe would stretch. I have used a compressor type mole when working for a utility and it was good but slow, and would dive off in all directions if it hit anything.
With your Miles mole plough installing water pipe I was surprised to see that you were using the drawbar in the transport position rather than on the end of the beam. The pipe laying job looked to work well .
Great job Nick so you will soon be rolling out the combine just hope you’re yields are better than expected but this year has been testing for us all good luck bud 👍👍
What kind of belly bar do you have on your 8270R ? I've never seen a hydraulic belly bar that's very interesting? Can you pull a disc harrow with a setup like that?
Nick's Farm cattle are brilliant animals however this could be as i am a dairy farmer its is amazing to see such big kit i would never be able to fit your big john deere up my drive, i have seen it in some of your previous videos it has some rollers on it it looks like a john deere 6000 series 6010 or something
Looked like that worked very well! I’d love to know if you’re farming the same area now as you were when you had the huge fleet of fords? Has the John Deere eventually replaced the need for all the tractors?
Another good video nick,easy way to put a water pipe in .How does your brush work on tarmac ?Does it brush as good as a road sweeper ,apart from picking up gravel
I've not come across that way of attaching a pipe to a plough. My one one had a 2 inch pipe on the back of the mole. I reckon you had enough hp as well 😂 last time we tried, we used the massey 😣
I have just recently subscribed to your channel but admit that I am at a bit of a disadvantage being located in the States. I grew up on a crop (soybeans and milo mostly) and animal farm (cows, sheep and horses) but some of the things you do are foreign to me. For instance, the "Topper" which I have surmised that it is just a mower? But I don't know why you are mowing and if you are mowing, why not mow to bale hay out of it? Also I think when you refer to 'kit" you are referring to the generic work equipment/machinery? In any case, regardless of the language differences, I have really enjoyed your channel.
Hi nick love your videos .
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Happy Days Nick. I bought an old Ferguson sub soiler at auction for £30. It had a scaffold pipe bent into a quarter circle and welded to the back of it. As you went forward you fed the pipe in and it laid in the bottom of the slit carved by the plough. Used this successfully with 22mm blue water pipe, and again with armoured cable to my stables half a mile away. On the back of a veteran David Brown DB780 - just under 43HP . Like your Vids - watching after Ian Pullens' recommendation. Both water and electric still working nearly 30 years later. DB still working - went up north, last summer, to a guy, also called Trevor who has made a great job restoring it.
Love the channel,You and your Dad seem to have so much fun working together its brilliant,Keep up the good work 👍
The mole worked really well! I'd never have thought the pipe would stay attached. Good luck.
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Great video again Nick, you and your dad make a great team, stay safe.
Glad the water pipe project went smoothly and I remember using a monster hoover to clean barns. It had three motors that when all on was like a jet engine 🥺
Yes it went well 👍 this hoover does have 3 speeds but the switch is broke so it’s either on or it’s off 😂
Having watched a proffesional team install an irrigation system to the greens on a golf course where I was working, the following year we extended it to the competition tees exactly the same way as you have just done it with your dad. It was great to watch it and see your plan come together. Also that was a nice bit of loader work, no trying to carry too much and no over revving, also very nice to see a job done well.👍
Thank you John glad you enjoyed the video 😁
Love watching farming well worth subscribing to your channel love your content also the bond you have with your dad is fantastic.
We were putting pipe in like that 30 years ago. Instead of heating the pipe we had a tube that we poked the pipe into and drove a nail through it to retain it. We then drove until the last few feet when we would slow down and stop dead just as the other ends met up. We would dig the hole then to uncouple the pipe, trim it with loppers, fit another length of pipe, couple the other ends together and drive on to the next point without ever pulling the mole out of the ground. It's still there to this day.
I have seen this done making a pass first then going back and attaching the pipe then laying it with another pass, less drag on the pipe then .
Thats not the point of this though. The point is to not disturb and disrupt the growth of the grass as much as possible.
Great video nick,I love the fact you really into the job 👍👍👍
Thanks 👍
Handy job worked well
Nick thats a great way to put a pipe in. Never thought of that before and it makes it a lot easier great work Nick and dad. Hope Nick you have a good harvest and it goes well with out to meany problems. Great video Nick
Tip. I remember pulling a pipe in for mains water years ago. A mate of mine said to weld a steel coupler to the heel of a subsoiler and just connect the blue pipe to it with a regular brass compression fitting and drag the pipe through, I thought no chance, but I was wrong, it worked perfectly. Result.
Great video nick
Thanks 👍
Your channel is now one of my favourite farming channels on TH-cam. Those three thousand or so subs will hopefully shoot up within the coming weeks and months🤞 good luck with Harvest. Me and my 5 year old boy are looking forward to watching those harvest videos. Keep doing what you're doing👌
Thank you Andrew, glad you’re enjoying the videos 😁
Good job, if ever there is any doubt as to whether the job can be carried out, we would perform a dummy run without the pipe, the second run is much easier.
P.S. as mentioned below, if no adapter is available just tie the pipe to the mole, that works too,
I’d be worried it would come off just tied on but maybe that’s worth trying some time 👍👍
Done the same with an old single leg lemken subsoiler for short runs. We just kinked the pipe round a chain with a metal cup over the top to cover the end.
Great Channel, liked an Subscribed!
For your q&a how did u start your farm and what is the best way to start your own farm from a young age
Good question thanks,
Congrats and well done and great video as always nick
Great 👍 video nick nice to see you & your dad doing a good job 👍 stay safe 👍👍🏴🏴👌👌☝️☝️🚜🚜🇬🇧🇬🇧😷😷
Great video, great way of getting water pipe across a field
A splendid job with the pipe tool for every job nice one 🚜👍🏴
Good video Nick 👍🏻 congrats on 3k 🙂
Thanks Colm 🙂
I remember many years ago putting a water pipe round the outside of a field with a 1 leg subsoiler which had a metal tube welded to the back of the leg. Then you fed the water pipe in as you drove round the field. It worked ok.
Yes that’s one way to do it 👍
Nice 👍 bit of kit nick
Thanks 😊
them fitting with the white nuts are good
Doesn't it get deep scratch from rocks when doing long distances?
If in rocky soil that would be likely. Seems that the larger the diameter of the point the larger the channel and more compressed the rocks and such will be into the sidewalls so the pipe has a bigger "hole" to slide through thereby reducing the actual drag.
Great video Nick👍
Thanks Simon
Are you near Goodwood? I’m sure that was a Spitfire I could hear at around 4 minutes in 😉
Nice vid, and it worked, and the whole work with what you got thing, nice job. If you build a bit of a sweeping L down behind the plow and feed it from the tractor side it won't pull up in the trench in a sag/belly/swale (I don't know what your term would be) Not my genius or anything, have used a lot of what we call "cable plows", that kind of rig, mounted on little walk behind trenchers to D6 dozers.
If you pull the first coil off, throw something on it to hold it down, then roll out your pipe, weight down the other end before you cut, then feed with just one coil left i the pipe, you would not believe how easy it makes it. Very hard to put into words, but you're just rolling one coil continuously into the feeder chute. (Or just build a reel, depending on how much you have to do) I learned it the hard way on 2 and 3" HDPE coils, where our reel would only hold 2 coils, but we were burying 3 ducts lol.
Am amazed that worked tbh, would have thought the pipe would stretch.
I have used a compressor type mole when working for a utility and it was good but slow, and would dive off in all directions if it hit anything.
Yes it worked a lot better than I expected 👍
Will it work? You have a 300hp tractor, you could probably moll a bowling ball through the ground with that thing..:)
Always drag a wire with the pipe so you can use a wire locator to find the pipe.
Is the attachment a home built piece of kit or is it manufactured? I would love to give it a go. Cheers
With your Miles mole plough installing water pipe I was surprised to see that you were using the drawbar in the transport position rather than on the end of the beam. The pipe laying job looked to work well .
Great job Nick so you will soon be rolling out the combine just hope you’re yields are better than expected but this year has been testing for us all good luck bud 👍👍
What kind of belly bar do you have on your 8270R ? I've never seen a hydraulic belly bar that's very interesting? Can you pull a disc harrow with a setup like that?
Called a pick up mostly just for pulling trailers most peoples disk or such would hook to the link arms
Hay nick where abouts is ur farm based
How has it been to farm now 6yrs after Brexit for u
Very good vid
Thanks 👍
would you ever consider getting a couple of cows, and what is that small john deere that is some times around your yard
Yes I am keen to try some cattle, have been wanting some for a while, as for the John Deere do you mean the mowers? We have a 1620 and a 1600 👍
Nick's Farm cattle are brilliant animals however this could be as i am a dairy farmer its is amazing to see such big kit i would never be able to fit your big john deere up my drive, i have seen it in some of your previous videos it has some rollers on it it looks like a john deere 6000 series 6010 or something
Ah I know what you mean now, it’s a 5300 👍
Where is this
Looked like that worked very well! I’d love to know if you’re farming the same area now as you were when you had the huge fleet of fords? Has the John Deere eventually replaced the need for all the tractors?
Another good video nick,easy way to put a water pipe in .How does your brush work on tarmac ?Does it brush as good as a road sweeper ,apart from picking up gravel
Thanks 👍 yes the brush does a fairly decent job on tarmac to be fair
@@NicksFarm Thanks for reply nick
What is the water piping for? Just curious...
Just to feed a trough in the next door field,
I've not come across that way of attaching a pipe to a plough. My one one had a 2 inch pipe on the back of the mole. I reckon you had enough hp as well 😂 last time we tried, we used the massey 😣
It was new to me as well, I was quite sceptical but it worked very well and didn’t seem to stretch the pipe, very pleased 😀
@@NicksFarm well that's the main thing! I've a disc on the front to cut through the sod but looked like yours pulled through well enough
How do you get the grain out of that shed, doesn’t it get stuck
The same way you get grain out of any other shed with a loader and bucket
How long to load ""."??.
20 mins 👍
Thank you 😊 stay safe Welsh Lyn
When your dad near set for to the grass and didn’t realise 😂
The 'Ed Weetman' lorry aptly named
Still rollin' Imperial here in Texas.
I have just recently subscribed to your channel but admit that I am at a bit of a disadvantage being located in the States. I grew up on a crop (soybeans and milo mostly) and animal farm (cows, sheep and horses) but some of the things you do are foreign to me. For instance, the "Topper" which I have surmised that it is just a mower? But I don't know why you are mowing and if you are mowing, why not mow to bale hay out of it? Also I think when you refer to 'kit" you are referring to the generic work equipment/machinery? In any case, regardless of the language differences, I have really enjoyed your channel.
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You should really spool out all the cable from an extension before you use it, especially will high current device like that vacuum. 👍
Do you smoke?
I don't speak Cajun.