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    4wd All terrain tyres

    There's different Goodyear wranglers from full road to off. We have a/t version and they are are a good compromise I think
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    Farmer protest in London, read the comments !

    No point at the moment.Whole point was to show the bad feelings against the new SFS and other policies like TB before the consultation period ended. Nothing is going to happen until there is a response to the consultation and meetings with farming reps and now there's a new minister anyway. If...
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    DB 990 getting hot, but radiator is cold?

    Slightly different I know,but in laws central heating wasn't working,I took the pump out and all the vanes were choked up with greasy sludge. Cleaned it away it went
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    Michelin tyres 650 / 85 r38

    When we had our valtra from new with trelleborgs it would jolt every time you released the brakes . BKT , smooth as silk now. I think tyre firms just make it up as they go along
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    Michelin tyres 650 / 85 r38

    If they're taller,have you noticed any wind up,or are the fronts taller as well
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    Michelin tyres 650 / 85 r38

    They do look wider than the rims. The bulges look dodgy
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    Michelin tyres 650 / 85 r38

    Would they have been pumped up a bit too much when seating the beads?
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    Hep p/bravoxin/covexin

    Last year we couldn't get bravoxin and were told that one dose of covexin would be the same for boosters. Lost a lot of lambs with dysentry.
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    What are the options for fencing posts now?

    Been told acacia is the longest lasting now,but never straight and very hard to staple. Even the guns won't put them in all the way
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    Manitou 634/120 heater.

    I think the valve itself is knackered on ours. Even when forced shut it doesn't work.
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    Why Are Young People Not Learning Trades/Skills?

    He reckons the ones that have worked hardest to be able to go there and will need to get a good job at the end do better. The ones that Daddy's paying the bills and it doesn't matter how they do are the ones that are failing
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    Why Are Young People Not Learning Trades/Skills?

    My lad did a quad box for GCSE,a custom lambing quad trailer for first year of A level and a turnover/ treatment / tailing crate for the last. He was adamant that it was going to be made as good as possible and spent so much time doing them I thought the other subjects were going to slip. Ended...
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    Why Are Young People Not Learning Trades/Skills?

    I was talking to a farmer from near Aberdeen a few years ago and he said most of the capable farm lads were working on the rigs because they were all practical and could turn their hand to anything. No farm could touch the wages they were getting and there was a shortage of farm labour
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    Roxan Tags

    We're waiting for some now ordered online and it says "processing the order". Missed one market waiting and the price has dropped a bit now🤬. Maybe just a blip
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    Why Are Young People Not Learning Trades/Skills?

    Son's uni exams,a pass is 40% and several failing, he's been getting 85 to 93. Makes me wonder how useful some of the graduates will be at the end
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    3 sets of twins in 3 years

    We bought a pedigree Lim with a calf at foot but she'd had twins the year before. She had three pairs in the next five calvings
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    Why Are Young People Not Learning Trades/Skills?

    Dad had an account at our local garage and came home with a massive box of crap glasses when he paid the bill once. Must have been about 60 in there
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    Why Are Young People Not Learning Trades/Skills?

    I was the first year of GCSEs. You got one free with a gallon of petrol from Esso
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    Why Are Young People Not Learning Trades/Skills?

    I found school very easy and was always somewhere near top of each subject but got bored of it and hated being there. Didn't revise for any of the exams and still passed everything, couldn't wait to get out. Then,saw others that I was better than go and get jobs with NASA,Airbus,BBC,city banks...
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    Powdered Lamb milk?

    SCA milk is made for ad lib through the shepherdess feeders. Strange thing is,I reckon volac milk is better than shine for ad lib as far as settling out goes
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