Courier
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- Location
- M62 - M1 - M18 triangle
It used to be said that it was cheaper to give a stockman a fergy to drive around the stock with than have him walk …
Do you have small run about or compact tractor?I
- Thread starter Devil's advocate
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@Devil's advocate ,these have this and some Kubotas.
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McCormick Compact Tractor GX40 with Front Loader
McCormick Compact Tractor GX40 with Front Loader
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GeorgeK
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- Location
- Leicestershire
In America with their big gardens it's common for homeowners to have mower/loader garden tractors. They look great fun
I want one!!!
TripleSix
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- Location
- Helmsley, North Yorkshire
Got a 36hp Kubota at a place where I work, only a few years old, already got nearly 1000 hours on it.
Great bit of kit.
At home we've got 2 Majors, a grey Fergie and a 35, all used regularly
Great bit of kit.
At home we've got 2 Majors, a grey Fergie and a 35, all used regularly
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Good point. We didn’t even have a road going sheep trailer or any pick up truck at all until the late 1990’s (and I dare say we didn’t really need it thence). And we had cattle and sheep. My father ran a Ford Escort car. No quad bike, just the 135 as the small working tractor. Everything was moved by hauliers for little cost. I like toys but really you need surprisingly little machinery to run a farm. We had no topper either. Grass was either eaten or mown for hay, including the main road verges. Diesel was cheaper but it would have been considered sacrilege to flail the verge and leave to rot. Even the churchyard was hand scythed by a smallholder and fed to his two milking cows. Now if it can’t be done sat on your arse with earphones in, then it isn’t done at all. Probably as much diesel burnt in the parish now flailing .”environmental strips” and amenity as would have once kept a small dairy herd going.
Red Fred
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- Location
- Hants/Dorset border
I have a couple of little Internationals . The little 250 is handy as I can carry it about inside the livestock trailer and don't have to leave it over at the stables when no one is there (we are getting a couple of visits a week following the Wickham Horse Fair. ) At home I have a 434 with indestructible cab which is very handy for haymaking , cutting firewood, picking up calves, etc. I had a couple of clapped out ones in the hedge and used all the best bits to make into one, so it has a cab and 2 speed PTO, which along with the extra poke, dual clutch and heavier nose make it much more useable than the 250 although Mrs Fred doesn't like it as it isn't "smiley."
The C500, really does sound the biz. I had a mate with a "big" Holder some years ago and hje rated it highly, very versatile.
- Location
- Cirencester
Numerous Grey Fergies, Mf35 and MF35x MultiPower, too many really but nice to go for a potter on one of them when the weather's like this. Plough the gamecover strips with the Fergie plus match plough (but do cheat and invite some others to plough to speed things up a bit!!)
GeorgeK
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- Location
- Leicestershire
Nuffield 1060 lives on a Siromer flail over summer and the saw bench over winter. No the number plate isn't for sale!
- Location
- Central Scotland
I have a couple of little Internationals . The little 250 is handy as I can carry it about inside the livestock trailer and don't have to leave it over at the stables when no one is there (we are getting a couple of visits a week following the Wickham Horse Fair. ) At home I have a 434 with indestructible cab which is very handy for haymaking , cutting firewood, picking up calves, etc. I had a couple of clapped out ones in the hedge and used all the best bits to make into one, so it has a cab and 2 speed PTO, which along with the extra poke, dual clutch and heavier nose make it much more useable than the 250 although Mrs Fred doesn't like it as it isn't "smiley."
+1 on the B250 (37hp) with the transport box on the back for fencing and firewood etc. If its raining the 444 (43hp) is called out as it has a cab.
I've a little John Deere 1140, called Bambi. It's the most awkward thing to get in and out, but so useful to move haylage bales, roll, trailer work and pasture topping. A Ford 1120 on grass tires with 4wd is as useful as a quad but a lot slower.
Bootneck
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- Location
- East Sussex
Got a Tafe, with a loader. Great little tractor.
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Planning on getting a Kioti CK4010 with loader as a run about and day to day yard tractor.
Some nice gear available for these compact tractors but nothing compared to the USA where these things just have cult following and suppliers/manufacturers have jumped into that market.
Some nice gear available for these compact tractors but nothing compared to the USA where these things just have cult following and suppliers/manufacturers have jumped into that market.
oakleaf
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- Location
- South coast of Ireland
Super dexta here for logsplitter, haybob, transport box and garden duties. Seems to always be some little job for it most weeks of the year.
TheTallGuy
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- Location
- Cambridgeshire
1965 Mf135 is my "compact" tractor for general use; the "farm runabout" is a Benford 1.25t dumper - it lives in an open front shed & has never had the 2 pints of diesel taken, let alone been at risk of disappearing. Starts first swing whatever the weather & will pull a trailer with an IBC of water, on the downside she's not exactly the most comfortable ride!
- Location
- Limousin
We have a small Someca 550 (Fiat) for knocking about on. We got rid of the quad as it was a bit risky in amongst the cows, a tractor give you more protection. It also it acts as the calf taxi when we are moving fields, as the younger cows sometimes get a bit overexcited and forget to gather up their babies.
Danllan
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- Location
- Sir Gar / Carms
Looks to be a bit of a pikey-magnet...
Just bought a 25hp sub-compact from these folks, beat the (slightly) more local dealer by a Grand, which on £10K is worth having.
You will not be disappointed with yhour Kioti. HST??
michael N123
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Farmer near me went from grey fergie to land rover worked out the land rover uses more fuel so still uses the grey fergie to this day