Beaurocratic nonsense.

[Bury the Trash]

a pickup or even a defender is like a toy compared to a tractor box and no where near as safe .

Full set of costs please for running these 4x4 wonder machines.

 

[Tim W]

a pickup or even a defender is like a toy compared to a tractor box and no where near as safe .

Full set of costs please for running these 4x4 wonder machines.

4x4 costs me plenty to run (£6k/yr inc fuel and depreciation)
It would cost me more to buy a tractor and box though

 

[Agrivator]

4x4 costs me plenty to run (£6k/yr inc fuel and depreciation)
It would cost me more to buy a tractor and box though

But you can often sell a tractor after 10 years for about the same as you paid for it.

But a pickup, even one only used by an old lady to go to church once a week for 10 years, would be worth a fraction of its original price.

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

But you can often sell a tractor after 10 years for about the same as you paid for it.

But a pickup, even one only used by an old lady to go to church once a week for 10 years, would be worth a fraction of its original price.

Only if you buy new. Ours stopped depreciating about 5 years ago.

A new tractor depreciates hugely in 10 years too....

Even second hand tractor stock boxes make more than our livestock trailer and pickup stand us in.

 

[Bury the Trash]

4x4 costs me plenty to run (£6k/yr inc fuel and depreciation)
It would cost me more to buy a tractor and box though

how bout an old Zetor and red diesel.

if its a distance problem then not sure how keeping sheep miles apart /away from base can pay its different in New Zealand

 

[Tim W]

how bout an old Zetor and red diesel.

if its a distance problem then not sure how keeping sheep miles apart /away from base can pay its different in New Zealand

I wouldn't use a tractor for anything else so it would sit idle
Most important thing is to try and limit movements to start with
I guess i have access to local farmers with tractor /box combos if needed

 

[Tarw Coch]

But a pickup, even one only used by an old lady to go to church once a week for 10 years, would be worth a fraction of its original price.

Should have bought a Land Rover, they seem to keep going up in money.

 

[Bury the Trash]

hey,what about if a chap won a new pickup in a comp. no bearocratic worries with that one ....

 

[Ffermer Bach]

Actually "whinging" about a legal requirement and the beaurocratic nonsense around it rather than fabbl itself.
And my main requirement for it is buying a few rams so no a lorry is certainly not more efficient in my case. But wouldn't disagree with you for larger numbers.

buy an Exlana, based in Devon!

 

[Poorbuthappy]

buy an Exlana, based in Devon!

Got 3, though oldest will be pensioned off this year.
Could nearly walk them home from sale yard.

 

[JP1]

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......

Wilkinson Bros , Duxford ? 2 6- wheelers. Neil's a super chap

 

[ewefool]

It would just be my luck.

If it wasn't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all.

Department check last year, sent all requested information to them and got a reply a fortnight later that there was nearly 20 things that needed checking, turns out nearly every one was registration numbers in either movement book or flock records.