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Thinking about buying a 20t HGV tipper for farm use only. What are the legalities of doing this? I’m sure I’ve seen somewhere before if you derate them to 25mph you can then run them on red diesel just like a tractor? It would only have to cross a public road from private drive to private drive...

Backlash from COVID , possible 1% tax on wealth over £500k is being discussed per annum.

Do ye lads let your employees ect take your tractors out for tractor runs if they ask you? thoughts?

within a few months of each other and less than half a mile, I think there’s a bigger issue a foot farms now. No need for this sort of silly business making the job ten times harder than ever needed. Anyone going to hazard a guess at which farm/contractor/waste site.... as they’ve been hauling...

Just looking into some contracting ways and just wondering if I can pull a low loader with a telehandler on it and then have a muck spreader or tipping trailer on the back.

I have about 1200 litres of summer diesel in the tank, probably won't get through it till February (depending what the weather will throw at us) so have bought 5 litres of this to add 1.2 litres to my tank Oh by the way, it's £21 cheaper to buy it through their shop on ebay than buying it...

https://on.ft.com/3gbtmIm In this morning's paper. You never know what you're going to find

Looking at Diversifying my small contracting business, got me thinking what can a tractor be used For apart from agriculture. Construction sites Harvesting Christmas trees Snowploughing What else?

I broadly support most of what the current government have done since the last election and I don't support any political party as I'd rather they'd make the best decision rather than the one they are pre-disposed to. The point of this thread is to ask, is the myth that the Conservative party is...

Over the next week you will receive information about how to download the App and start testing Farmdeals. If we could use this area for feedback on the system that would be great. Thank you all for being part of this trial of Farmdeals.

Friend sent me a pic, their 19 year old daughter came home and said there’s a funny noise coming from the car Going outside in the dark to see what the fuss was, he gets a torch out to inspect closer Millennials ......!!....and punctures

Through TFF’s history members have suggested that we should somehow leverage the combined buying power of the membership to get us all better prices for our inputs. We have been approached by several established buying groups who saw opportunity to expand their membership but none ever managed...

The big green deal I guess that’s no diesel pickups or commercials under 3.5t Electric pickup then ?

What an absolute breath of fresh air to read an article like this in this week's Money Week. The author has simply stated the actual facts instead of the utter crap that we're all used to. Not a single mention of faming never mind livestock and methane.

What are the legalities of towing a trailer behind a trailer with a tractor? I am looking to run a tractor with a trailer but will occasionally need to tow the operators van on a trailer behind that to enable him to move to a new site/location under his own steam. Is that legal and how is it...

Anyone else having problems? That’s me used 3 sets of filters since my last fill of diesel! Only the Valtra that’s is having issues.

Without wanting to open a huge can of worms, I need to trade in my ageing Gator for a newer model. Has anyone got any comments (good or bad) on the latest models? We would have full cab, road kit and work it hard off road. Only really looking at the Gator and Ranger because dealers are close...

I get what they set up to do, and what the wanted to achieve, but again, like a lot of these things, they have got lost along the way. There were a few posts on Instagram like "Farmers are reminded to seek professional help & not make unqualified farm repairs", Does that mean that an 18 year...

Whats the best ?im looking to replace a small tank in a residential situation. Bunded metal seems a lot cheaper than the equivalent plastic .Would it have the same life span? I suppose it depends on the thickness of the steel to some degree.? I have a metal tank housed in a shed installed in...

Just an FYI for other Merlo owners out there. Our 32.6, 11 years old, has been a great servant but over the last couple of years it has been prone to transmission surging and running at half speed or less when the engine is at full revs. Talked to the local dealer who had no ideas or advice...