I'm Back... We get a new Machine and Lots of Rain!

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2 жыл бұрын

Finally over my bout of Covid, we get a new machine and it Rains, a lot!
My Name is Alistair Bird and My wife Genna and I farm on 'The Grange" near Oxford, North Canterbury, in the South Island of New Zealand.
Join me as I document our daily life bringing you the highs and lows on a New Zealand Sheep and Beef farm.
Thanks so much for watching.
Facebook: / thegrangenzbirds
Our on-farm accommodation is listed on Air BnB www.airbnb.co.nz/rooms/20445220
Email: kiwifarmernz@gmail.com
Instagram: Alistair Bird (@kiwifarmernz) • Instagram photos and videos
Mail: 211 Ashley Gorge Road, Oxford, New Zealand. 7495

Пікірлер: 46

@regbyrne4237 2 жыл бұрын

Nice wasp.

@ronaldlucas5360 10 ай бұрын

Nice machine

@J67844 2 жыл бұрын

Id rather be on the farm in that weather than in cities, or towns in the sunshine. I miss working stock with good dogs.

@jjkill3847 2 жыл бұрын

I live down the road nice

@citizenkane0014 2 жыл бұрын

quintessential kiwi, wish you all the best, too old to do that life anymore but love to relive my earlier days vicariously through these videos, we never had bikes, it was all horses

@lukeread6208 2 жыл бұрын

Just be careful with the breaks on new machine. Saw our contract fencers one go over a 80m cliff. It was parked only with the foot brake applied and not in park. Very hot day and apparently the break line has a pressure relief valve, which let go, causing it to free wheel to its death.

@kiwifarmernz 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the heads up.

@gavinmuller9505 Жыл бұрын

Just after your thoughts on the can am side by side. We’ve got a can am outlander 650 quad, which has been bloody great and are looking to upgrade soon. Thanks Gav

@kiwifarmernz Жыл бұрын

Highly recommend the HD 8 or 9 as it is now. I'm very impressed with ours on the hill country, heaps of power and the stability is great.

@danielmac9838 2 жыл бұрын

mate, you're a legend. I've just binge-watched the channel and subscribed. Keep up the great work.

@kiwifarmernz 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub.

@richardedwards3354 2 жыл бұрын

Love your channel, being a retired farmer,I have some laughs,like washing the bike ,,feeding the dogs,all things we used to do,been 5 years now,but I still think about the dogs at 5 at night,it never goes away ,p.s.,put some longs on ,you will suffer in later life,,,take a fools advice. Keep farming with your family.

@kiwifarmernz 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Richard thanks for watching. Glad you get some laughs out of it. I do wear pants sometimes when it's cold. My knees feel it all ready sometimes.

@deedawson6074 2 жыл бұрын

@@kiwifarmernz Keep your joints warm.

@TrevorDennis100 2 жыл бұрын

We've had 91mm since midnight at Rapaura (NW of Blenheim). It took me ages to get home from town today. I'd try a road, hit a flood, turn around, try another road, hit a flood. Close to the SH1 and SH6 intersection a big cast iron manhole cover had been pushed out of the road and water was well and truly gushing out of the road. Thankfully they'd coned it off. Weather like this must make your life hard!

@kiwifarmernz 2 жыл бұрын

Yea it makes it harder and frustrating but it's all part of the job. I should see how my Dad got on in Linkwater.

@animalarchive2354 2 жыл бұрын

I also live down at Rapaura just outside of blenheim on middle renwick road

@warriorsfan1602 2 жыл бұрын

Mate global supply issues are crazy. My folks have been waiting on their new campervan for 8 months and counting. I'm tracking it on the 'my shipping app' and it's on a ship called the Titania and it's currently in the middle of the Atlantic. It's due into Auckland on the 16th of Aug

@ewansimpson4736 2 жыл бұрын

good wee helper

@johnjordan4647 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Alistair all that rain you got is the remnant of the system that did so much damage in NSW

@thenewaquarist6318 2 жыл бұрын

I felt good after seeing u as I felt it has been too long seeing you brother. Too much rain. Congrats for buying a new vehicle

@kiwifarmernz 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ram.

@TheRassyClan. 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome bro been waiting for you to drop another vid tumeke

@NZguy503 2 жыл бұрын

Yaaaay I've been waiting this holidays I though you might have went on a holiday

@harryparish5960 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Alistair, The new Side by side looks great and should work well for you. Yes it was pretty wet yesterday and the Eyre is up, At least the bridge is pretty close by!

@kiwifarmernz 2 жыл бұрын

Yea, most of the standing water drained away quite fast which is good. It's not too much of a detour over the bridge.

@mattyallen3396 2 жыл бұрын

Grass up the cut over asap, even if ur hand sowing it. Well worth it

@ridgeveiwfarms6260 2 жыл бұрын

legend. relative comer to your channel but fully addicted. funny story. we just bought a kawasaki mule 2019, 6000 kms. for all the reasons you explained. love your vids

@kiwifarmernz 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate.

@anubis4496 2 жыл бұрын

Cool lil canam dude!, have you not considered a cheap 4wd ute before for the farm, these days would almost be just as cheap as a side-by-side once u add in servicing ect. Been flooding up here in the Waikato for the last few days. Mud calving is always fun times.

@kiwifarmernz 2 жыл бұрын

I have considered a smaller 4wd ute but our tracks are tight and steep, We wouldn't get it the same places as a side by side. I know what you mean in regards to servicing ect tho.

@markmeredith5521 2 жыл бұрын

Good evening Kiwi Farmer. Hope you feeling better mate. Your Georgia is adorable and so helpful. Hope the rain blows itself out before lambing gets underway. I guess you don’t want it too wet for a few weeks then. I’m hoping to buy store lambs but the fat trade is still way too hot....£120/130per head. I will sit out until harvest starts and hope the trade drops a bit coz I don’t want to sell until Xmas.....have way too much grass tho ! Take care.

@kiwifarmernz 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark. She is a good kid. The store market is hot here too. Good for us selling into it. Good luck finding some within your budget.

@scottcrosbie980 2 жыл бұрын

7500 hours or kms ? Ian did well even finding a second hand one . There are literally no machines around new or second hand atm it’s crazy. I’m sure your notice quite an upgrade from the old machine

@kiwifarmernz 2 жыл бұрын

Yea just over 7000 hours, so its done a lot of work. Yep big difference.