Recent content by traineefarmer

Toss a coin. There's not much to separate the three manufacturers, all make good reliable machines and offer 1st class service. I'd go for the Bateman, but I'm a bit of a fanboy.

I'd like to agree, but the nanny state has a 40 year head start in removing everyone's personal responsibility, so how can we reset things?

Most in this thread have announced themselves as dog lovers and experienced dog owners, yet the argument of breed vs owner or nature vs nurture still stands unresolved. I am not a dog owner or lover. Past bad experiences have left me with an intense dislike of them, big or small. I'm a cat...

If you are protected from any financial danger, then I think the time has come to "end the peace". This person has their mental health damaged for decades in the name of protection and to the detriment of everyone else around them. This cannot continue. Drop some truth bombs. Be hard. Be tough...

The NFU is NOT a union. It is a trade association. It lobbies for food producers, not farmers.

3000L is not enough. You will always end up with some idiot leaving the water on and filling it up for you. We have 10000L of storage and still end up emptying twice a week at busy times. Run the grey and black water to a septic if you can and elsan wash to a separate tank if possible. We...

Anyone who thinks the farm comes before family should have a chat with their vet about sterilisation options.

They suspended me in 2020 as they had lost the cheque, so I made a BACS payment which they conformed they had received. Come my RT inspection in 2021, the inspector noted that my card was out of date, but said he had seen several like that lately and assumed that covid was slowing the send out...

Great machine. Engine servicing is a bit of a contortion, but no worse than some old combines. All parts and backup is available from Batemans at reasonable prices. A very lightfooted and capable machine.

ECE (East Coast Engineering) was originally set up by some former Bunning guys and made a few miles down the road, but were bought out by Marstons and subsequently are now all gone. We've been hiring Bunning spreaders for years, but having been let down by our dealer having no stock to hire, we...

Can you use the doll to show the forum where Minette touched you?

An update on my progress. The steroid epidural was a bit of a fail. It helped with some buttock pain which made sitting down more comfortable, but did very little to ease day to day movement and activities. My consultant suggested that I try ryzolosis, which involves destroying the nerves that...

Sentimentality is a farming epidemic. It prevents us from selling grandad's tractor for something more efficient, modifying the flint walled shed with tiny doors where uncle Jedd milked his first cow, from turning the odd shaped field with 15 corners and low yields over to stewardship or even...

Agrihire and Dunns are manufacturing new improved versions of Dowdeswell designs in the UK. If you are buying used, Dowdeswells can be bought for next to nothing with fantastic parts support form A-H, Dunns and Westlake.

That's simply your inspector being an arse. They have a NOT APPLICABLE tick box for those type of circumstances.