Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

unlacedgecko · Nov 16, 2023

Anymulewilldo said:
Why ride about in a tin box with leaky doors and front flaps for air con that costs £35k when you could have a farmer spec Jap pick up for £22k I think they were advertised at in the FG a few years back?
Infinitely more driver friendly, more reliable, doors didn’t leak from new and you have elbow room without opening the windows

I've posted a farmer spec jap pickup at £8k. Just needs a bit extra spent on it to pass EU safety and emissions regs. Still be sub £14k I expect.

Cowpoke82 · Nov 17, 2023

This little lady decide to take a swim at birth, thankfully I found her , 3hrs later she stood , not ashamed to say I had tears when she did

Lemon curd · Nov 17, 2023

adda said:
But the truth is a new feeder is over £300

Priced a new one last week before going to a farm sale. £244 standard cattle, £286 heavy duty. The 2 nd hand one made £360 in the farm sale.

Rich_ard · Nov 17, 2023

Hilly said:
I agree , i find my defender most comfortable .

Have you got that one done up yet?

Rich_ard · Nov 17, 2023

Hilly said:
Im 6’ no issues .

I'm 5 10 but can't afford one!

Hilly · Nov 17, 2023

Rich_ard said:
Have you got that one done up yet?

The series 3 ? Not started yet been to busy witj livestock

Hilly · Nov 17, 2023

Its going to be alot of work

livestock 1 · Nov 17, 2023

Hilly said:
Its going to be alot of workView attachment 1148737

Melt it down and make it into a Toyota
(you don’t have to have your arm out of the window to hold the door shut on them)

Estate fencing. · Nov 17, 2023

Hilly said:
Its going to be alot of workView attachment 1148737

A hover rover, be good demand for one of those.

Hilly · Nov 17, 2023

livestock 1 said:
Melt it down and make it into a Toyota
(you don’t have to have your arm out of the window to hold the door shut on them)

You have to rebuild them quicker tho , and they depreciate more . New cills n all and lot younger than both rovers i have

livestock 1 · Nov 17, 2023

Hilly said:
You have to rebuild them quicker tho , and they depreciate more . New cills n all and lot younger than both rovers i have View attachment 1148739

The defenders I had (still have one) need rebuilding daily

Hilly · Nov 17, 2023

the bloody drivers side winda smashed the other day , certain parts can be a night mare to find for
Hilux and if you go to toyota ££££&£&

livestock 1 · Nov 17, 2023

There’s nothing better off road than a Defender the reliability is the problem
Hilux’s break down but not half as much

Hilly · Nov 17, 2023

livestock 1 said:
The defenders I had (still have one) need rebuilding daily

We have had land rovers since end of serious 3s and had very little trouble , i think ive been lucky

Hilly · Nov 17, 2023

livestock 1 said:
There’s nothing better off road than a Defender the reliability is the problem
Hilux’s break down but not half as much

I have that hilux from new 200k i want a new land cruiser nxt but ££

livestock 1 · Nov 17, 2023

Hilly said:
We have had land rovers since end of serious 3s and had very little trouble , i think ive been lucky

We had a decent system with them in the past everyone broke them and I fixed them usually on a night. Cheap to fix if you can do it yourself parts are cheap enough. Problem comes when you have more to do and you have to pay someone else to fix them.

JockCroft · Nov 17, 2023

Anymulewilldo said:
Why ride about in a tin box with leaky doors and front flaps for air con that costs £35k when you could have a farmer spec Jap pick up for £22k I think they were advertised at in the FG a few years back?
Infinitely more driver friendly, more reliable, doors didn’t leak from new and you have elbow room without opening the windows

Too many up here lament the loss of their much abused Land Rover, and moan about broken springs, blown engines etc that plague their Jap trucks.. Most of these trucks resemble war zone cast off's though less than 5 years old.
There are a few who still have Landy's, well looked after, maybe an odd dent from an angry cow. Think there is an 88 still on the go, but most are 90's.

Was never an LR fan, just see 4 x 4 's on the market now as big clumsy and pretty impractical for work use.
Recent example a pair of utility workers here recently, lamenting, get stuck on track but colleague with a little van up and down no problem on a grass field. One said try climbing into the dammed thing with foul weather suit on, even worse jumping down. said they were fed up asking for usable steps.

I just want a P100 pick up. Carry a tonne. Tow 2, and knew not to try and go into wet fields.

Hilly · Nov 17, 2023

My hl3 hilux has disappointed me in the rust steaks , they say the newer ones are horrendous for rusting , i waoil mine .

Aspiring Peasants · Nov 17, 2023

Hilly said:
We have had land rovers since end of serious 3s and had very little trouble , i think ive been lucky

I had a Defender and liked it. About 10 to 12 years ago there was a spate of thefts. Apparently Defenders were being followed from the mart to see where they lived so that farm could be targeted. Any way mine went and I thought if I get another they’ll come back for it so got a secondhand L200 to see how I got on with it. It was a revelation

but I do like to be comfortable.

The Defender thefts were eventually traced to a garage in Darlington where they stripped them down and sold the parts, I think quite a lot going abroad. They found my Defender engine, the rest of it had gone

Rich_ard · Nov 17, 2023

Hilly said:
My hl3 hilux has disappointed me in the rust steaks , they say the newer ones are horrendous for rusting , i waoil mine .

All pick ups do that. Usually snap behind the cab I thought

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