rain coming

hrpearce · #1 29-08-09, 06:20

Finally no more water carting

the pipe is in the ground from the cattle yards to my old pump house. I rebuilt an old twin diaphram pump that fits on the PTO of the tractor. It took 10 hours and 15 leters of diesel to pump 6000 galons of water across and fill both tanks. That shore beats carting 600 leters an hour on the ute.

hrpearce · #2 29-08-09, 23:06

Just my luck, pump the tanks full then get 9mm of rain overnight and it's still raining.

Howard · #3 30-08-09, 10:49

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Originally Posted by hrpearce

Finally no more water carting

the pipe is in the ground from the cattle yards to my old pump house. I rebuilt an old tein diaphram pump that fits on the PTO of the tractor. It took 10 hours and 15 leters of diesel to pump 6000 galons of water across and fill both tanks. That shore beats carting 600 leters an hour on the ute.

I feel your pain, Robert. Until we bought our house 8 years ago we lived in a friend's farm house. When the rain water ran out we carted water from the nearest stand pipe 15 km away, two ton at a time...
I miss the farm, but not the summer weekend job of carting water!!!

hrpearce · #4 18-06-10, 08:01

We had 30mm of welcome rain the last two days but while we were in Wagga yesterday the wind had some fun with the machinery shed on Mum's side of the farm

aj.lec · #5 18-06-10, 11:59

We have had 16mm over the last fews days

Looks like a bit of a shed repair job for you

About 15 years ago one of the farms steel frame sheds got caught in a high wind and bent the frame to the east about 20 degrees

Much to our suprise it straightened up quite well when we pulled it back with the old International 1086

Followed by a bit of cross bracing so it didnt happen again

hrpearce · #6 18-06-10, 12:13

Unfortunately most of the wall frame is cyprus pine from snowy scheme barriks so it is quite brittle. Some of the concrete footings are smashed where the bottom plate was bolted down so it is going to be a challange.

Rod Diery · #7 18-06-10, 14:14

doesn't look good......

Howard · #8 18-06-10, 23:23

This year is shaping up to be a good season. We have had several falls since Christmas, good soaking rains that have not only filled dams but also returned sub-soil moisture, which has not been present for the last eight or nine years.
The crops around here are looking bloody fantastic despite the locusts that chewed off some of the emerging crops. The cerial crops bounced back OK but the Canola is suffering in the few areas that it was attacked.
All in all we have had the best start to the cropping season we have had in in at least 12 years!