electric gates

I suppose quickest put up fencing people can't see through but I could see that would make it seem like I am hiding something and put new neighbours on edge perhaps. Like the idea of hedging but that takes a couple of years to grow doesn't it. A piece has come up which is ticking nearly all my...

Hi, I'm new to the forum, I have a goal I've been thinking about for some time to help bring smart tech and smart sensors to British farmers, in a way that gives the most options and best value. Preferably in a way that doesn't lock people in to one 'system', but that overall that helps...

Our property relies on a good flow through a perimeter land drain which runs through a couple of fields, a couple of gardens and then down a private lane, into the grounds of a private country hall/estate and into some ponds. At the halls posh entrance we had trouble with tree roots in the clay...

Dear Forum Im hoping you can help with a situation that we find ourselves in. 2 years ago we bought a farm with an adjoining barn conversion. One of the sellers (2 different owners) wasn’t ready to move so we rented the barn conversion back to them for a 6 month period. This ended over 12...

We seem to get a storm ………. , something something or other once every 3 or 4 weeks these days. Are there really any more storms these days, or is it the media hyping the storms up now they have names. :scratchhead:

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland DM Hall Chartered Surveyors has brought Hawksland Hall, a rural Scottish package of house, land, and outbuildings, to the market. The rural department of DM Hall said those interested in the “pristine property” should not delay, as it is likely...

I hope someone can help direct us to find a good electric gate design / supply. Our farm and farmhouse share the same lonning / drive. It used to be quite pretty but only wide enough for horses and carts so various acts of butchery made it a little wider but ugly. Plan is to rebuild the old...

we have a 10unit 2ft 3 delaval parlour. we have manually operated headlocks and manually operated front gates. we dont have compresed air in the parlour. Anyone ever upgraded to electric gates in milking parlour or indeed electric for operating headlocks.

Has anyone ignored petty officialdom with no cost? For over 50 years footpath users have had to take an alternative route round the mapped line of the footpath on my MiL's land due to a piggery. Why my late FiL put his piggery up in the 1960s slap bang in the middle of a footpath, I'll leave...

Anyone use one of these? Uk produced, with these low pressures howling in and virtually zero solar from my system I am drawing off the mains a fair bit. Site is fine as used to be an old pumping station with windmill, just a few trees to thin out. Seems pricey mind for what it is. Did think to...

Hi Farming Forum members - please can you help? I am a writer researching automatic or electric gate failures that have caused problems when they have failed in the recent freezing conditions. I am interested in talking to anyone about the consequences of any failures and the difficulties they...