For this post I am going for a slight change of subject. Rather than talking about grain driers today I want to have a look at something a little bit different. The Scare’m self launching bird scaring kite was the brainchild of farmer John Galloway. Pigeons and other birds can cause significant damage to crops, the Scare’m is a bird scaring solution that is affordable, virtually maintenance free and highly effective.
The Scare’m self launching kite is a response to the shortcomings of other bird scarers used on John’s farm. Gas guns were found to be cumbersome, upset the neighbours and proved a little too desirable for thieves. Wind-powered contraptions could be fragile and the traditional kites, while effective, were quickly damaged as they frequently crashed. So in 2008, after several years of rigorous development, the Scare’m self launching bird scaring kite went on sale. Continue reading ‘Scare’m – The self launching bird scaring kite’
Following a fantastic LAMMA ’11 Show, of which I will write more in due course, there are many questions regarding the costs associated with electric driven mobile grain driers. What is the cost of installation? How much do they cost to operate? I have found two useful online tools that may help more accurately determine the costs relating to electric driven grain driers. Continue reading ‘Electric three phase drive for Mecmar mobile grain driers’
