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I know what most people think is the case but the written rules tell a different story. If I was being unkind I would suggest the police "interpret" the rules to their liking knowing that it would probably be too expensive for the average person to challenge them. I hasten to add it has never...

When applying for whichever calibre you want you need to remember that sometimes the police will tell you that it is a privilege to own a firearm. This is not so; it is your right. If you look at the rules on applying for a firearm you will see that it says your application WILL be granted...

I went to Oz in 1967 for £10, 6 weeks on the boat though.

Yes it was David Dowler, I bought a Holder A60 tractor from him about 1984.

No, home made posts with stays because wind pressure on 4 tapes can blow posts over. You don't want deer thinking it's ok to cross the line. Now that I have sold the farm after 43 years deer farming I am still trying to work out whether I miss them or not! On the whole I am ok with it because I...

An old photo but same theme.

That looks like it will be a very nice house when you have finished, lots of nice stonework.

Ok I will be dumb enough to ask the question, were you up a ladder or doing it from a telehandler? Asking cos I have 2 rows to do. Will they survive being reduced by half their height, I have heard they don't like side branches being cut off?

Back in the days when you had to have a license for an "explosives store" if you were reloading rifle cartridges I had a visit from the police wanting to inspect my explosives store. After a cup of coffee and a few biscuits he came to the conclusion that the now empty biscuit tin stored in the...

I have a pair of Tru-test MP 1010 load bars for sale complete with an S3 indicator. The load bars were recently rebuilt with totally new cells etc by Allied Weighing and have a 12 month warranty. The S3 indicator was bought new about 3 years ago and is as new condition. Reason for sale is I have...

I am sure I saw some prices for domestic LPG somewhere. Anybody know where? or what have people been paying please.

I suppose that could be either the wheel rims or the tyres at fault, bit of a pain balancing the rims on their own to find out.

Still not getting anywhere with this. On the tractor all lights are working except the brake lights. Have put a new relay in, no difference. If I connect the trailer lighting board the brake lights are on if tractor ignition is on. I obviously have a live wire coming through to the trailer...

I have pulled out the relay for the brake lights and put it back in. Now I have the right hand brake light working on the tractor and if I connect the trailer board those 2 brake lights are on a well. Pressing the brake pedal makes no difference to anything. I will try to find how to test the...

No they don't work when the trailer board is not connected and when I connect the board the brake lights on the board are on; pressing the tractor brake makes no difference. The rear light clusters have always been temperamental, usually bad connections between bulb and holders so yesterday I...

I have never used the trailer socket before and today I connected my light board to it and the brake lights are on all the time. I checked all the pins individually on the tractor socket and it confirmed that the brake light pin is always live when the ignition is on. Any idea why this might be...

But if they do that how can they also select for longevity or for superior lifetime production. Sounds like chasing massive production for the 1.6 lactations at the expense of everything else, probably including animal welfare. But what the f--k do I know, I'm just a few weeks away from being an...

Not much help to you I know but my ancient Hymac 580B on steel tracks was deemed very acceptable to farmers as the track ends were turned up so didn't dig in when turning. That is a distinct advantage when ditching on Sedgemoor especially the bits with peat over quicksand! Also a farmer I...

WM Ironworks made some ring feeders for me 32 years ago, cost me £108 each. Just sold them in an online auction they made £160 each. I reckon that was good value.

Milking cows can be a good way into farming. In 1977 having spent pretty much 10 years milking for others I left my job with a 360 cow herd near Cirencester, bought a £15,000 house with a £3000 deposit and went to Saudi Arabia to run a dairy unit. In one year wife and I saved £20,000 and the...