Spraying Time | Gorse and Pine Trees | MD500
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29 күн бұрынSpraying out areas to plant Pine Trees and a small bit of pasture gorse control
#farming #hillcountry #md500
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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.
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@brendont1082 23 күн бұрын
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
@christchurchhelicopters8459 25 күн бұрын
Awesome video team! Great to be apart of it!
@garymadden2656 23 күн бұрын
👌
@ronaldlucas5360 27 күн бұрын
Helicopter is a serious kit.
@briananderson5634 27 күн бұрын
As you say, expensive but very necessary!
@christchurchtaxitourschris9716 27 күн бұрын
Always interesting for us townies 😂
@azamyahmad 27 күн бұрын
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
@johnjordan4647 26 күн бұрын
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 23 күн бұрын
Times are sure different. Yea they have trackmap with GPS guidance
@beejayem42 27 күн бұрын
🐨👍Great footage!
@markmeredith5521 27 күн бұрын
Very cool.....amazingly skilled operator. We planting maize today(for digester)
@kiwifarmernz 25 күн бұрын
They are very impressive to watch
@gatorguy7711 26 күн бұрын
Great content! Take care...
@kiwifarmernz 25 күн бұрын
Thanks 👍
@andrewj7994 27 күн бұрын
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 27 күн бұрын
Metsulfuron methyl isnt really a drift risk, even LV applied by aircraft. It is nowhere near as bad as esters!
@kiwifarmernz 23 күн бұрын
No don't find drift to be a problem. Wow 187 kg. That's impressive
@cornishcoastalfarming2517 27 күн бұрын
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 23 күн бұрын
There are spray drones but haven't used one yet.
@jptiger773 27 күн бұрын
Next time get Richie McCaw to pilot!
@maytalksmack 26 күн бұрын
thought the same.. the GOAT
@kiwifarmernz 25 күн бұрын
Dont think he does Ag work
@stewbird 24 күн бұрын
Overrated
@patrickaherne3598 27 күн бұрын
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 27 күн бұрын
Yes, we have. No idea on the cost.
@brenttonks4249 27 күн бұрын
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 23 күн бұрын
Price per hour is around 2100 . Need to look into the spray drones for sure
@murrayhey9760 27 күн бұрын
Just curious what was the rationale between helispraying vs plane top dressing?
@kiwifarmernz 23 күн бұрын
From my understanding you can get better precision from a chopper. Sensitive areas like neighbours and existing trees.
@stephendickson9000 27 күн бұрын
Gorse is a great nursery plant for native. Just saying.
@gennabird107 27 күн бұрын
Gotta have native under it first 😂
@stephendickson9000 27 күн бұрын
@@gennabird107 you can broadcast that seed as well.
@markbarringer3075 27 күн бұрын
We have a drone spraying business in Canterbury if you are keen to chat.
@kiwifarmernz 25 күн бұрын
Defiantly keen to chat, do you have a contact?
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