Dunmore Silage Day 2014 – Update
Preparations for the event are well & truly coming together with plenty of machinery already landed
Event kicks off at 12 sharp with the Demonstration field to be cut first
Both GAA matches will be viewable inside the event
Dunmore Silage Day 2014
Dunmore Silage Day is back on August 3rd 2014
The event will be held on the same site as the 2012 event, boasting 35 acres of silage for cutting on the day.
Working Events:
- DOUBLE CHOP WORLD RECORD (pre 1989)
- 25 acre BIG CUT, all machines including single chop’s double chops precision chops ect
- Unique competition – Rotary Mower Challenge
- History of Silage Machinery demonstration
To register for a working event in 2014 please CLICK HERE!
Video’s of Dunmore 2012
GRASSMEN:
More Footage:
Dunmore Silage Day 2014
Dunmore Vintage Club will be hosting yet another Silage Day on Sunday August 3rd 2014 (August Bank Holiday weekend)
The show, being hosted in the same site as the 2012 show, boasts 35 acres of Silage to be cut on the day. The event lineup for the day is still being finalised, however strong conciderations of an emphasis on Double Chops and machinery from the Classics era of the 1980’s is being considered as one of the main events.
As always with the Dunmore show, we are keen to find and deomonstrate rare, iconic or historic tractors or silage machinery.
Registrations for the 2014 event will open shortly
DVD’s of the 2012 show, GRASSMEN’s: Classic Grassmen is available through us, contact Kevin on 087 2723474 or email info@dunmorevintage.com for more info
Dunmore 2013
Dunmore Vintage Club have decided to hold a Small working Show in Dunmore on August 4th 2013, with a small display of haymaking, silage cutting and making the Traditional Sheep-cock from cocks of hay on the day, with attendees welcome to take part. A display of Vintage Cars, Tractors, Commercials & Stationary engines will be on display, along with Auto-Jumblers and Trade Stalls
Entry 10 Euro, Kids go FREE
Kids Entertainment is FREE
Working Field
European Class Tractor Pulling:As always with Dunmore Show, Tractor pulling is inevitable since our first ever show. Using a Ground Driven sleigh purposely built by members of the Dunmore Vintage Club, and weight Classes going from vintage tractors right through to modern day machines
Weight Classes:
3.5 Tonne
4.5 Tonne
5.5 Tonne
6.5 Tonne
8 Tonne
Unlimited weight Class
As always Weight Scales will be present & all Tractors must be weighed for each class they enter.
In the Unlimited Weight class there will be a demonstration of a Modern Day Giant versus a combination of Vintage Tractors. This demo pull is to see how many Vintage Tractors it takes to out-pull the Dunmore Agri Services owned Case Puma 195
Log Skidding
Log Skidding is a new venture by Dunmore Vintage Club, having never been tried in Ireland before but with quite a large following in Europe, it is essentially a Timed race around a circuit consisting of an Uphill part to test power and traction, at the very top of the hill the driver will have to navigate sharp turns where Differential locks will have to be disengaged as they make their way back down the hill to the start finish line. Split up into weight classes of 2.5 Tonne, 3.5 Tonne and 4.5 Tonne This event will be taking place as the Larger classes are competing in the Tractor Pulling
Dunmore 2014
Show 2014 is already in the Planning to be yet another MASSIVE grass event as we did in 2012. Keep the calendar empty for the August Bank Holiday Weekend 2014
Classic Grassmen
Check out Dunmore’s 2012 show from 2:28 on GRASSMEN’s latest production preview – Classic Grassmen, the full DVD will be available sometime in the spring.
More silage cutting again this year anyone?
We regret to announce that the 2013 Grass Event is off for anyone that has planned on attending already.. For obvious reasons the farming community has been hard hit in recent months with the shortage of silage, and with the sheer scale of the show along with the support of silage men throughout the length & breath of the country traveling long distances with machinery We have decided that a Bi-Annual show would be better suited for the Large Grass Event, instead for this year we have decided to host a small scale show focusing on all the other stuff that gets forgotten at the Big show
Bring on 2014 –
Show 2014
Dunmore Silage Day
– August Bank Holiday Weekend
Plans for an even bigger show in 2014 possibly in a new BIGGER location with even more grass to cut, Intentions for a Double Chop record, Ideas and suggestions to features, competitions & displays are gladly welcomed
We are currently looking for sponsors for the 2014 event, machinery manufacturers & dealers interested in working demonstrations ect
yet again the focus is on the rarest vintage & historic machinery being demonstrated on the day.
The historic displays being worked side by side with the most modern machinery available today gives this show its Unique characteristic in catering for all men women & children that get possessed by the smell of freshly cut grass
Contact us:
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October Bank Holiday Tractor Pulling
Dunmore Vintage Club are hosting a Tractor Pulling event on Sunday the 28th October in Dunmore, Co. Galway
Classes from 3.5 Tonne Vintage through to unlimited class, Tandem Pulling ect
All competing tractors, weighing in will be on sunday morning from 10:30 am
For more information, Rules ect contact Mike on 086 0449806
Show 2012 Aftermath
Show 2012 is over, the big talk is about only accident at the show, which of all things happened to be an aviation incident, we did our best to watch what was on the ground without watching the skies aswell. A Paraglider lost control of his machine on a flyover & crashed into ESB High Voltage lines. Luckily escaping with just a broken nose, damaged Pride & a mangled Paraglider.
Unfortunately our show site got very spread out but we could only pick dry spots to plant the show due to ground conditions with the exceptional summers rain we had. Please take into concideration the bravery of attempting to run this show regardless of what the weatherman was to curse us with. we cant or dont control the weather, we’re lucky we pulled it off atall & we’re thankful to those who supported us & came out on the day especially to those silage men that came from far & wide with arctic’s & rigids with tractors trailers & harvesters to cut some grass at show 2012.
Single Chop World Record: 105 Single Chop harvesters made their way to the show, after some never making it to the field, and several misfortunes later a grand total of 86 harvesters cut simultaneously
What we do know is it took almost 9 minutes before the last harvester started cutting, bar the breakdowns & machines getting stuck they were cutting simultaneously for 24 minutes 43 seconds, and it was 41 minutes before every blade of grass was swiped clean in the 25 acre field.
Some of the casualties we do know about, several more to be added:
Nuffield 1060 – water jacket burst
International 1055 – UG harvester gearbox broke
One of the two lads that drove from bandbridge in their Massey Ferguson tractors, the engine was beginning to sieze up. was either the 35 or the 65, yet to be verified.
Fordson Major – got stuck & was nudged out several minutes later
International – Pulled out for unknown reason
Ford 2000 & 1959 Green Taarup – Never made it to the field
Massey 165 & Taarup 43″ – Never made it to the field
David Brown 990 – PTO trouble
Fordson Major – Headgasket
The History Of Silage Machinery, we managed to have represented on the day:
1880’s when silage was first introduced to Ireland & the UK – The horse drawn finger bar mower & the horse cart
1920’s – McCormack Green Crop Loader – Unfortunately this machine failed us for this year with a siezed bearing & planetary gears beginning to bind. It will be working nextyear & thats a promise
1930’s – Wilder CutLift, the first single pass machine ever made was represented on the day by an Original Badge Plate on loan from Jim Fisher from North Cumbria, UK. We may have drawn one out after the show. Hopefully!
1950’s – Silorator, a pre single chop machine that would put some of the single chops to shame with the blow on it. the distance it was able to side fill wet grass was exceptional, being powered by a Porsche Master side filling a second porsche.
Late 50’s – 1959 Green Taarup, we were so overwhelmed that the club member that owns it hadnt time to cut with it
1960’s – New Holland SP1880, First Self Propelled in Ireland.
1970’s – Mengele SF300, just an extremely rare machine & a lot of history attached to Josef Mengele, aka the Angel of Death. we had this Side filling into two Deutz 8005’s…. A completely german affair
Double Chops, Precision Chops, Picking Wagons from the Taarup 1015 to Malone’s Brand New machines being powered by the most modern Fendt Vario technology in transmissions all working side by side in a 12 acre field
So Here’s a rough cut of some of the machines working on the day, only a teaser of some of the footage caputred
The rest… i’ll finish later
Show 2012 & Single Chop Silage Registrations 2012
Dunmore Vintage Show August 5th 2012
Show kicks off at 12 with gates open from 10:30am to the public
Dunmore & District Vintage Club are taking over a 60 acre farm for the 2012 show, with 25 acres of grass for single chop foragers to cut & with 10 acres for Malone (MaloneFM.com) to demonstrate his mowers & picking wagons
The History Of Silage working display is shaping up but we’re still looking for some machines & Tractors, if you have any of the machines mentioned in the pre-single chop machines please get in contact with us:
Click Here: History Of Silage Machinery lineup
Single Chop World Record:
- The Harvester must be a side-mounted, single chop silage harvester.
- Both the harvester and the tractor must be pre 1982
- PTO Guards & chains must be in place & will be checked
- Detais required are Your name, Address, Date of Birth, Full postal address, and the Make, Model, & Year of both the Harvester & Tractor.
registration is essential in order to take part, online registration is simple & easy, simply fill out the online form accessible on the top bar of the site & click submit
Registered participants are advised to arrive for unloading on the Saturday (4th August).
Click Here: Registrations 2012
In 2011 we managed to get 26 cutting in just 4 acres of grass. Building on the success of lastyears show, we have 25 acres of silage to cut with single chop foragers at the 2012 show on August 5th, we are expecting up on 100 pre 1982 machines to take part so get your registrations in early, registrations can be updated at any time by just contacting us
2011 video:
THe 2012 show will also play host to a History of silage machinery demonstration, one machine in particular we are looking to find is the Wilder Cutlift, built in Reading, UK in 1935 by John Wilder LTD this was the first single pass machine ever built. It featured a Finger Bar mower followed by a picking mechanism to lift the grass into the trailer. this machine was the last inventions before the war. This machine built in relatively small numbers, but a few made its way to northern Ireland where the Northern Ireland Office sponsored a feature film entitled Simple Silage. It was the only film sponsored by the NIO durding the war, its aim was to encourage farmers to make silage rather than import grain.
The film can be found in Museums across northern ireland : Digital Film Archive NI
Image thanks to Danielle in the Museum of English Country Life in Reading
If you have come across this machine or a variant of this machine Please do get in contact with us, it is the missing link in the extensive history of silage machinery that will be working on the day. (variants of the machine can be very unusual but based on the same idea, it was updated & modified several times between 1935 & 1945 in particular)
Location:
Coordinates
53.595039,-8.754648
Update 26/5/2012
Over the next few days i will post the machines that with all going well will be working on the day, even one or two machines previous to the 1935 cutlift, and a very very rare Green Taarup Single Chop from 1959, (one of the first of the Taarup Harvester’s)
Update 5/7/2012
Aerial view picture of the site with lastyear’s show referenced
Update 14/7/2012
With the weather adversely affecting other Major shows, Dunmore Vintage Club is working on plans to see the show go ahead regardless, with works underway to make a road through the land to the silage fields we’re hoping it will be enough to counteract whatever the weather throws at us. Luckily enough the 2012 show is based on a hill
Update 20/07/2012
Long range forecast promising good weather for the show and on the few days on the leadup to the show, the bank holiday monday is promised very warm & sunny also… Its shaping up to be a great weekend weatherwise….. for now, fingers crossed!
Update 26/7/2012
Works commence on road to silage field & to vintage show dry ground to combat whatever the weather throws at us. We’ll have comfort with vintage cars not getting stuck or dirty & drawing down the silage pit.
Update 1/8/2012
Land Road complete, Single Chop Registrations soaring to near cutoff point *Get registered ASAP if you’re planning on bringing a harvester & make sure PTO guards are intact. Helicopter confirmed, & Hot Air Balloon Confirmed. There will be rides every few mins on the hot air balloon completely FREE and will rise 100 foot above the show.
Titanic On Tour part deux – Roscommon Easter Parade 2012
Dunmore Vintage Club’s Titanic, to add to the silverware plaques & awards already recieved for Titanic, we set sail for Roscommon Easter Parade on 8th April
Best Community/Voluntary float – Roscommon Easter Parade 2012
13th Top Tweeted picture related to Titanic worldwide
Next thing now is to Decommision the DDVC Titanic before it sinks
DDVC did the unsinkable with Titanic 2012
DDVC club did the unsinkable with the 45 foot replica of the titanic 100 years after it sank
St patricks day parade Dunmore 2012 & cloonfad 2012
Best Vintage float – Dunmore
Best overall float – Dunmore
Best overall folat – Cloonfad
Dunmore Vintage Club- Titanic on tour
2nd best float – Ballinasloe
All New footage of the 2011 world record just released
All NEW footage of the Single Chop World Record at our show on july 31’st 2011 in HD
all new HD footage of the 26 grassmen that travelled from cork, waterford, offaly, clare, tipperary, the UK, mayo, sligo, Roscommon and of-cource Galway not just to cut a field of silage, but to take part in a world record attempt at Dunmore Vintage Show, Dunmore, Co. Galway on July 31’st 2011
The 2012 show will take place on August 5th 2012, we hope to over double our 2011 record, along with a history of silage in Ireland demonstration. The day will also see a fine selection of vintage cars, bikes crafts, trade stalls & autojumble along with endless other activities and entertainment.
We will be announcing the Main Sponsor for the 2012 show in the next few weeks
Pre-Registration is ESSENTIAL for the compeditors in the Single Chop Forage Harvester record. PTO Guards MUST also be in place and will be inspected on the day.
Barn Dance & Tractor Pulling
– Saturday & Sunday October 29th&30th – October Bank Holiday weekend-
Saturday October 29th: Barn Dance
The october bank holiday weekend 2011 will see Dunmore & District Vintage Club again hosting another weekend of fun, with a Barn Dance on the saturday night in PJ’s Nightclub, With Shebeen ligned up as our band for the night, a possible appearance by the strawboys & maybe another suprise or two, the craic is sure to be mighty. Dont drink too much or you’ll miss out on sundays events!!
Sunday October 30th: Tractor Pulling
Tractor Pulling will take place on the Sunday in the local gaa pitch car park. the tractor pulling will start at the 2.5 tonne class for smaller vintage tractors & working its way up to the 7.5 tonne class.
If you’re planning on participating in the tractor pulling please give Michael Kelly a call on 086 049806, as there is various rules regarding hitch height, weight categorys ect, you must make sure you comply with.
Show 2011
26 single chop silage harvesters successfully cut for 10 mins 12 seconds.. Its a Record, cant wait to get the certs back from Guinness World Records ™………………..
Click here for the link to the show 2011 page
huge thanks to everyone from the Dunmore & District Vintage Club, Team 2011
Dunmore Vintage Show 31st July 2011
The upcoming August Bank Holiday weekend in 2011 will see the return of the Dunmore & District Vintage Club annual show for the club’s second ever show. After lastyears huge success we can only look forward in anticipation to an even bigger and more entertaining show this year. a new location closer to the town and also running side by side in with the town’s annual festival it promises to be a great weekend for all the family
As well as the show on the day, the show will also see a world record attempt for the most single chop silage harvesters cutting in one field at the same time.
single chop harvesters promo pic
Attractions Include
World Record attempt : Most single chop silage harvesters working in one field at the same time.
Huge display of a large variety of vintage tractors, commercials & cars, even a few very special ones
Vintage & Classic Tractor Pulling
Ferguson 20 build, by Mountbellew Vintage Club
Display From Ace High Cheerleading group
FREE KIDS INTERTAINMENT
Heritage Area & crafts
Threshing, Stationary engines, traders & autojumble
Live Music
Admission 10euro, kids go free
pre 1981 Exibitors will be provided with meal vouchers
STRICTLY NO HAWKERS!
Proceeds going to Tuam Cancer Care & Western Alzheimers
To see our advert on Donedeal Click Here
For Directions see below
Single Chop Harvesters Working in Dunmore
With plans for a Guinness World Record(tm) with single chop harvesters as part of the working show for this years show (July 31st 2011) heres the video of where the inspiraton came from
(This is not the video of the record!!)
DunmoreVintage.com 