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The new house is significantly rural and losing power is a real possibility. During Beast for the east, they didn't have any for a week. Got an oil boiler and borehole, young children and looking to ensure we don't have enormously long periods without water, light and heat. Can we put in a wall...

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Just wondering how many of my fellow teuchters know about this? Wood is our only source of heat and hot water. Any renovations would include same. Plus oil. A heat pump wouldn't keep the bathroom warm, much less the whole house. I used to live near Memphis; they tried them there and it didn't...

Getting time to change, looking for small crossover ,suv , something I can step into not fall into and have to heave myself out. Don't want a ladder to get in either. Reliable , comfortable, reasonable economy, and a spritely drive , want decent performance doesn't have to be...

I am playing around with the idea of setting up a poultry unit to supplement beef and sheep farm, was looking for advice. Thinking two 40k broiler units or 32k free range layers. What would be better? What Labour hours per day would each take to complete? Which has better margins? Thanks

what are people paying for 2023 hay ?

Opico 575 Quiet Fan 12t grain dryer Advert added by: Robert Squires @mf Machinery Details Category: Combines Harvesting Equipment - Grain drying and handling Price: £9500 Condition: Used Description Opico 575 quiet fan drier 12t capacity LPG burner How to...

Chewing the fat with a friend about older tractors glazing their bores when doing stationary work at tickover/fast tickover. He said that it wouldn't apply to direct injection engines, I'm not so sure, but willing to be convinced. Any mechanics who can give a definitive answer?

Russia’s finest Be a good farm truck for uk Fix it easily on the farm without fancy tools and computer diagnostics Here’s a brochure https://www.uaz.ru/en/cars/hunter Even gets Isofix seats, to keep the missus happy when strapping in the younger future farmers

Just had an unhappy experience with a 2021 Gator bought from a tractor dealer (not John Deere). Several problems (including a bent door they would not fix) so I have returned it. I lost £1700 as the dealer would not pay for service work or the two TractorMats I bought for it, Mats available if...

Largeish house. Doesnt have to run a huge amount of electrical items. Heating and lights mainly.

I was thinking about starting a contracting buisness have all the machinery to do so how would I go about advertising

Counterbalance industrial forklift truck, Nissan, LPG Advert added by: @EAD Machinery Details Category: Loaders and Attachments Telehandler Price: £4850 Condition: Used Description Nissan UG1D2A30LQ counterbalance lift truck. Basic capacity 3,000kg at 500mm...

I see my household lpg price has gone up to 63 ppl how does this sound?

We’re installing underfloor in a house renovation with full insulation within the existing walls, anyone seen a wood fired ( logs) method of running underfloor? I’m thinking heat store and a small furnace to run as and when to top up the heat store ? House will have two wood burners, which I...

Updating the heating/hot water system in one of the farm cottages, currently hot water done by a back boiler and immersion and heating modern style electric rads, luckily enough it's well insulated and double glazed. Going to get an oil combi fitted and radiators, it won't be a big job, but is...

now im putting a new kero system in a barn would like the tank next to my derv tank (low side of existing agri buildings) then pipe across yard into house, any problems with this, as i read it should be a foot deep with some sort of media to prevent crushing could easily duct it to be honest...

Having insulation etc upgrade in house soon which includes installation of an ashp. What is the best place for one of these? We have a few out houses..I was thinking that we could improve the efficiency of the ashp by getting it to draw air from one of our old stone sheds..well ventilated of...

Under request from @Bokey I have decided to dedicate a thread to the trials and tribulations on the farm, I shall endeavour to splice the good with the bad. A bit about us, 600 acres all told, 450 cropable, 8 years into organic, mainly arable with a few wooly critters, an impatient old man and...

I need a small amount of 'mains' electricity, around 800 to 1000 watts off grid, all year round. Can anyone recommend a system or supplier that would do this, presumably using solar, wind, and batteries? There seem to be so many cowboys in this industry it's a job to see the wood from the trees.