Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

Bill dog

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Scottish Borders
@Estate fencing. This mud guard bodge out an old cow mat is the only stuck on rubber thing this straw bedder has ever seen !😳😂
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Optimus

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
North of Perth
For people who are used to having stuff on tick they probably don’t notice the cost of changing it every 12 months. I is nice to have brand new all the time but it costs. I’m an avid saver and they find it hard to believe someone as scruffy as me has the cash sat there waiting to buy a car. 😂
My brother changes his pick up every 18months or there abouts but he's doing 50k miles a year an towing a foot trimming crush about so the poor things have to graft.
 

DieselRob

Member
BASE UK Member
Location
North Yorkshire
Mate of mine keeps his two main tractors on operating leases. Puts 1000 hours on them in around 6 months and they'll send him a fresh one. Seems to work well for him as he's always on fresh kit etc. Heaven help him if he ever decides he needs to go back to buying tractors with nothing to trade in against the new one though
I can’t see things changing in that respect though, everything we have can be paid for monthly these days, the whole country and others beyond are so entangled in it. A mate of mine lives month to month, knows exactly how much each bit costs and as long as he’s got a bit left over then he’s happy
 
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Anymulewilldo

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Cheshire
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just got in from butchering a body of venison up that a mate dropped off. Robbie Mule has found my collection of buying cards going back to 2015. They were all over everywhere 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ just taken me 15 minutes to gather them up and get them roughly in the right order again 🤦🏻‍♂️ little sod.
But look at those averages! I didn’t buy the mart shite in the days, Grandad kept me on the bigger gear all the time. The good old days!!
 

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