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Front wheel drive or 4 wheel drive?
The Sure Signs of a Sh!t Hole Farmer
- Thread starter Lazy Sod
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Front wheel drive or 4 wheel drive?
And on the other extreme some farmers live in there own sh!t so long they no longer know it smells. But the same extremes exist in all walks of life. Nobody’s perfect but I know which end of the spectrum I would rather try and be at, but I do agree with @abitdaft sometimes compromises need to be made.
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- Limousin, France
If they mind then they don't matter,I've been spring cleaning for the last 10 years and I wouldn't describe it as tidy here
The cows don't mind, I dont care if anyone else minds...
If they matter then they don't mind
Lazy Sod
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- Warminster Wiltshire
I meant 4 wheel drive, and that vans don't have it.
Lazy Sod
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- Warminster Wiltshire
Sh!t holing can be counter productive. Cattle blundering around all the scrap in the yard can easily be injured. The worst thing is barbed wire left lying around, it's just asking for a cut teat. That can be the end of a cow.
powerfarmer
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- Cork Ireland
Grouse
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There fixed it for you
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No this is true (although 4 wheel vans are available they're prohibitively expensive).
But why would I need a 4WD van when I have a 4WD quad?
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- Northumberland
A very good post,and agree entirely.I think some of the posts put up are absolutely appalling.No one knows some of the circumstances or problems on some farms,they can be physical,mental,monetary,or a mix of all those.Calling someone elses farm a shithole is one of the worst forms of abuse in my opinion.Usually said by a neighbour that is jealous,or has a personal gripe over some matter.I have one of these,and over the years i have watched their farm(s) on passing,and come to the conclusion they are not any better farming or tidier than anyone else.
TripleSix
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- Helmsley, North Yorkshire
Headless chicken
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- West Wales
We’re doing a fair bit of managed felling. Haven’t cut anything in probably 10’years so we needed a bit of a clear out. But then we planted 2/3 acres worth of new woods a few years back. Also amazes me how quick the new growth is on the stuff we’ve cut back
glasshouse
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- lothians
The tidiest farms are often where the least farming is done.
I know a farm where you could eat lunch off the yard , but the soil is utterly exhausted due to no organic matter return and 50 yrs of continuous cereals with straw sold
I know a farm where you could eat lunch off the yard , but the soil is utterly exhausted due to no organic matter return and 50 yrs of continuous cereals with straw sold
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- East Sussex
Huge difference between arable and livestock. If a cow craps in the yard here it wouldn’t be noticed but in an arable yard it would be multiple beacons on a million hp fendt, brush on the front linkage with the sub millimetre accurate gps to get the brush widths in line with the perfectly sealed expansion joint in the 9” reinforced concrete.
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- Lincolnshire
I can't abide slovenliness or untidiness.
The same people often moan about how they are overloaded or can't cope. But then they spend half their time looking for things or struggling day in day out with crap that would take an hour to fix once and for all, while saying they need "me" time or a holiday which just let's the problems stack up even higher.
If they got up earlier and did a full days work they would sleep better as well.
......if only I could stick to my own advice.
The same people often moan about how they are overloaded or can't cope. But then they spend half their time looking for things or struggling day in day out with crap that would take an hour to fix once and for all, while saying they need "me" time or a holiday which just let's the problems stack up even higher.
If they got up earlier and did a full days work they would sleep better as well.
......if only I could stick to my own advice.
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- Lincolnshire
Now where did I leave the battery charger?
Cab-over Pete
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- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
I have found over the years that some quite rough looking farms contain some of the best stock you’re likely to see and also some of the best people. But not always!
On a similar note, I ordered two grease guns over the phone from a place in Coventry a few years ago, never having dealt with them before. I took my lad to collect them, he was about 7 at the time.
We pulled up and I thought we must have gone wrong. There was a row of about 10 terraced houses, plain types. In the middle was one with rotten window frame and grubby glass. We went in and the reception was about 5 ft square, strewn with stuff all over the place. There was bits and bobs everywhere, all over the floor and counter. Bearings, belts, tubes, clamps, jubilees, cable ties, oils, aerosol cans of everything conceivable, grease cartridges etc etc etc.
The place was tiny but the stock was amazing. Just as the store man poked his head around the wall my lad piped up with. “ Blimey Dad, it’s a right mess in ‘ere!”
All I could do was say “well, sometimes they’re the best places to go shopping “
On a similar note, I ordered two grease guns over the phone from a place in Coventry a few years ago, never having dealt with them before. I took my lad to collect them, he was about 7 at the time.
We pulled up and I thought we must have gone wrong. There was a row of about 10 terraced houses, plain types. In the middle was one with rotten window frame and grubby glass. We went in and the reception was about 5 ft square, strewn with stuff all over the place. There was bits and bobs everywhere, all over the floor and counter. Bearings, belts, tubes, clamps, jubilees, cable ties, oils, aerosol cans of everything conceivable, grease cartridges etc etc etc.
The place was tiny but the stock was amazing. Just as the store man poked his head around the wall my lad piped up with. “ Blimey Dad, it’s a right mess in ‘ere!”
All I could do was say “well, sometimes they’re the best places to go shopping “
lazy farmer
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- som/dor border
For the first time in my career I hope to have hanging gates everywhere this yr.
have obviously been living in a sh!t hole previously
have obviously been living in a sh!t hole previously
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For the first time in my career I hope to have hanging gates everywhere this yr.
have obviously been living in a sh!t hole previously
Aren’t you a cattle farmer? Surely you just need wire spring gates everywhere?
You can often tell a bit from a posters avatar or name tag he selects for himself!!
ollie989898
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I would never nail fences to trees anyway. It's downright lazy and makes re-tensioning or repairing the fence later a ball ache.
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