Beaurocratic nonsense.
- Thread starter Poorbuthappy
- Start date
- Location
- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
The only livestock haulier left around here is Buxtons. They only run multi-deck artics. We can just about get them into our yard but dad can't at his. We ended up moving his last lot of stores to here by trailer so they could be loaded onto a Buxtons artic......
i know what you mean there used to be hundreds more of them ( literally) than there are these days.
2 different breeders, and me and Mrs PBH had 3 nights in Wales so enjoyed a break
Did @neilo not put you up as part of the deal??
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
I’d have to start charging the premiums that all those offering nationwide delivery do.
- Location
- Devon
Can't complain about Mr & Mrs O's hospitality
But we went a little further afield.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Can't complain about Mr & Mrs O's hospitality
But we went a little further afield.
Have your legs recovered from all the walking yet?
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
And hairy?
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Tell them they got out and walked the last 20 miles.
- Location
- N.Lincs
Yeah, but they both reach the ground - how much longer do they really need to be
- Location
- Hertfordshire
There’s also Neil Wilkinson. I use him quite a bit and he’s a great guy, always happy and prepared to drive his rigid body wagon into all kinds of tight spots to load my cattle
There are local one man bands that don't advertise its just a question of knowing of them , smaller vehicles as well, some with transit type boxes for Small lots.
As far as Ram buying, i used to think that travelling miles got something special but i found there's actually as good as any in the Country 20 / 25 miles around us.
Running pickups and trailers add considerably to costs, which a lot operators probably don't fully admit to and possibly don't like it being pointed out either .
As far as Ram buying, i used to think that travelling miles got something special but i found there's actually as good as any in the Country 20 / 25 miles around us.
Running pickups and trailers add considerably to costs, which a lot operators probably don't fully admit to and possibly don't like it being pointed out either .
- Location
- Essex
He's brilliant and nothing's too much trouble.There’s also Neil Wilkinson. I use him quite a bit and he’s a great guy, always happy and prepared to drive his rigid body wagon into all kinds of tight spots to load my cattle
- Location
- Essex
I have never put my number on the licence.
Is making you apply for a new one another way to get a fee out of you?
Does your inspector look at the departure holding so he can work out the distance? Can't you just tell him nothing over 65 miles?
Is making you apply for a new one another way to get a fee out of you?
Does your inspector look at the departure holding so he can work out the distance? Can't you just tell him nothing over 65 miles?
- Location
- Devon
Do you farm in a ring fence or more or less?
No but that would be nice. Not that they are ever that far from home.
No, we either walk them on the road Sunday mornings or use tractor and box.
Yep, just had an email asking me to clarify five incomplete moves, one was from a couple of years ago
- Location
- sw scotland
At a department inspection ( not Farm Assurance) we had not put the pickup number down, just wrote 'self' which was not enough. They had done their homework beforehand and although their workings got marks the answers were wrong as they had been through market movements which stated that several lots of fat lambs had been moved 24 hours later. I pointed out that they were all Wednesday dates and the sales were all Tuesdays so they must have spent overnight in a lairage and my dates were correct.
Had me scratching my head though.
As far as trailers are concerned, we have never used a haulier for over 10 years and will have saved thousands. Use a trailer every week around the farm from 4 separate handling areas as we have 2 public roads and safer and quicker to put stock in a trailer and straight into a field.
Had me scratching my head though.
As far as trailers are concerned, we have never used a haulier for over 10 years and will have saved thousands. Use a trailer every week around the farm from 4 separate handling areas as we have 2 public roads and safer and quicker to put stock in a trailer and straight into a field.