Greythundercloudys
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Just wondering what's the best thing you've ever bought for the farm? Mine is a Rambo hand held shearing machine, a great thing for dragging etc, 1000 times better than a to year old electric lister.
Best buys?
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exmoor dave
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- exmoor, uk
Most important buy (&I really do urge every shepherd to buy one) is a multi-tool, I started on cheapo's, now got a leatherman wave, the most important bit is the pliers.
So far I've cut out of fences...
Several hoggs/ewes
2 deer
And most importantly my best dog.
In all cases there was no other pliers around, except a drive back to the yard.
All were hung up where they'd tried to jump fences but caught the barb and twisted the barb and top wire of the net in such a way the only option was to cut the wire.
It the dogs case she was also lashing out biting (she's not a biter but was obviously seriously distressed)
IMO absolutely invaluable tool for so many other reasons to.
So far I've cut out of fences...
Several hoggs/ewes
2 deer
And most importantly my best dog.
In all cases there was no other pliers around, except a drive back to the yard.
All were hung up where they'd tried to jump fences but caught the barb and twisted the barb and top wire of the net in such a way the only option was to cut the wire.
It the dogs case she was also lashing out biting (she's not a biter but was obviously seriously distressed)
IMO absolutely invaluable tool for so many other reasons to.
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
The loadall
- Location
- Ceredigion, wales
Bungy cord. It's a long story... We have a 2003 case tractor which stays on the straw chopper over the winter. To hold the spool valve in the flow position we used to tie it to the 540-540E-1000 pto lever. When parked over night the arms would go down and wouldn't lift without releasing the spool valve. Now this used to mean flicking the pto lever from from 540 to 1000 which meant the spool would release. However recently if you moved the lever it sometimes would get stuck in no mans land between speeds so I was having to undo the string, release the spool, lift the arms then re tie the lever. Now with my recent purchase I can push the spool to neutral without moving the pto speed or undoing the string. Progress! 
- Location
- Western Oregon
Easily a high quality (Benchmade) full hand grip pocket knife that can be opened with one hand. Probably my most used tool and I am a bit of a tool junkie. Not sure if it would be legal to carry over there.
Id agree with these 2 and carry both most of the time. Not exact same makes of models but multitool and good knife. Multitool for exact same reasoms and more and good knife that locks and opens with one hand because its so much quicker to get out than a cheap penknife when its pissing with rain and you want to open a silage bale and get back in the cab but more importantly its a LOT safer than a cheap penknife
- Location
- Lancashire
Combi clamp, saves alot of swearing and stress. And the skidsteer
- Location
- Leicestershire
The dog. Everything else pales in comparison
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- Norfolk
cow catcher
Greythundercloudys
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That another one of mine, my 6 year old dog, Buzz, he was only 300£. Bought him when he was a year and a half old. He had never been given a chance buy the guy how reed him. He had to many. But that dog today is one of the best sheepdogs of had. 100 times better than a quad.
Chae1
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- Aberdeenshire
Handling system and loading bank.
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
The dog is always king (or queen).
But my choice has to be the most under rated bit of kit which most shepherds think nothing of and take for granted but almost none could do without... which has changed shepherding more than any other 'thing' or invention:
The Quadbike/ATV.
(OK I know @exmoor dave is just a peasant and doesn't have one, but the rest of us do!)
But my choice has to be the most under rated bit of kit which most shepherds think nothing of and take for granted but almost none could do without... which has changed shepherding more than any other 'thing' or invention:
The Quadbike/ATV.
(OK I know @exmoor dave is just a peasant and doesn't have one, but the rest of us do!)
exmoor dave
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- exmoor, uk
I want one though To be fair though I can get the Landy nearly everywhere I want too, if it's too wet to drive the fields I walk.
Stock every where at the mo is fairly near to a road or lane.
Even the moor has a good road through the middle then hard tracks all over the place over the top, access down the combes and cliffs is on foot, could get a quad down there though.
Do like cruising round with the radio on.....and the heater going
- Location
- Ceredigion, wales
When you do get one you will kick yourself for not buying one sooner!
To be fair though I can get the Landy nearly everywhere I want too, if it's too wet to drive the fields I walk.
Stock every where at the mo is fairly near to a road or lane.
Even the moor has a good road through the middle then hard tracks all over the place over the top, access down the combes and cliffs is on foot, could get a quad down there though.
Do like cruising round with the radio on.....and the heater going
exmoor dave
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- exmoor, uk
- Location
- Ceredigion, wales
My dad was very resistant at first but when the first quad broke down during lambing at about three yrs old we sent him off to get it repaired and he came back with a new one.
exmoor dave
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- exmoor, uk
My dad was very resistant at first but when the first quad broke down during lambing at about three yrs old we sent him off to get it repaired and he came back with a new one.
Trouble is just as i'm making progress wearing the red line down......he reads of another quad accident or death
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- Ceredigion, wales
I'm sure far more people die whilst crossing the road.