Should he buy a sprayer?

[ollie989898]

With the silver spoon of a paid for 350ac it’s not a bad lifestyle and income

100k ish per year for a 1 day a week job ? And all the various tax advantages of being a farmer as well

Not sure he needs to be concerned about another job too much ? !

You could not give me 350 acres and ask me to farm it, I would rent it out and take the money- 35K PA in your back-pocket for fudge all.

 

[teslacoils]

How much, and what toys has it got on?

No toys. The only bit that ever breaks are the electrics (potentiometer) for steering axle.

Message me for specs and pics.

 

[Hampton]

No toys. The only bit that ever breaks are the electrics (potentiometer) for steering axle.

Message me for specs and pics.

I'm after one with GPs section control.

 

[teslacoils]

I'm after one with GPs section control.

Ah mine only has a man with a switch. They could probably add that.

 

[Clive]

You could not give me 350 acres and ask me to farm it, I would rent it out and take the money- 35K PA in your back-pocket for fudge all.

That’s why your not a farmer I guess !

Rent would be near double that if bps eligible around here ! (Crazy but true)

Farming is certainly not just about the money though and for what it’s worth if it cost me 35k a year to farm vs live a pointless suburban, middle class 9-5 existence with a holiday a year and maybe a promotion to look forward to one day if I was a good boy ............. I would get the 35k from somewhere !

Each to their own !

 

[AndrewB]

That is what I would do but as he is in Scotland they love their ploughs . I am not saying that there is no dd going on up there as a claydon is working in the Orkneys

No time for stale seed beds or cover crops up here unless it’s for spring cropping, that why plough is so popular.

 

[ollie989898]

That’s why your not a farmer I guess !

Rent would be near double that if bps eligible around here ! (Crazy but true)

Farming is certainly not just about the money though and for what it’s worth if it cost me 35k a year to farm vs live a pointless suburban, middle class 9-5 existence with a holiday a year and maybe a promotion to look forward to one day if I was a good boy ............. I would get the 35k from somewhere !

Each to their own !

Fantastic, so 70K a year for fudge all. Who needs a job?

 

[teslacoils]

Fantastic, so 70K a year for fudge all. Who needs a job?

And you still get to run an RR and go shooting over winter.

 

[ollie989898]

And you still get to run an RR and go shooting over winter.

Could buy some expensive shotguns as well!

 

[tw15]

And you still get to run an RR and go shooting over winter.

You forgot the 2 weeks skiing in Feb .

 

[glasshouse]

It’s the person leaving the farm that’s taxed - beneficiary does not pay tax I believe

And what do you invest all that cash in that’s iht and inflation / recession proof ?

My point being dreaming about selling up for an easy life is ok until you think it through, I think it only makes sense if you have something else you know you want to do with the cash

You assume that land values will stay high

 

[glasshouse]

You could not give me 350 acres and ask me to farm it, I would rent it out and take the money- 35K PA in your back-pocket for fudge all.

£100/ ac?
A bit low

 

[Drillman]

230 acre arable and a 24m self propelled here. Totally over the top but job gets done quickly and efficiently. Most important machine on the farm. And as we have other stuff going on it’s nice to just jump on and go without hitching on/off swapping wheels etc.

Also with a spread of cropping it’s very rare I need to be on it for more than a couple of hours at a time.

 

[bravheart]

There's plenty guys round there desperate to add more land to their CF portfolios, tell him to forget spending £120k+ on shiny toys, stick to the day job and get some other mug to pay him £50k for the prevelige of dragging their own shiny toys round his bit of dirt.

That's if he wants any sort of lifestyle anyway.

 

[neilo]

Fantastic, so 70K a year for fudge all. Who needs a job?

When you get to be a GP, you’ll be on that for a 3 day week.

 

[ollie989898]

When you get to be a GP, you’ll be on that for a 3 day week.

Ive had enough time out of work and it doesnt suit me, If I am able I will work full time.

 

[glasshouse]

So this bloke works as a physio and is going to just jump on a 36m sprayer and not wreck it?
Sorry ? I forgot, any fool can run a farm , no training or experience required.

 

[Brisel]

There is an implied assumption that he would go & get suitably trained up

 

[DRC]

Harvest is the one job I would contract out on those acres - contracting not much more expensive than running a machine yourself and it’s a job that needs more than your own pair of hands to complete

I did that for a while . Then contractor takes on more work and a catchy harvest with other customers not prepared or able to dry anything , and it became a nightmare, with me drying a big pile on sunny days when the combine was elsewhere. Went back to our own machine and do it when we WE want now.

 

[DRC]

No time for stale seed beds or cover crops up here unless it’s for spring cropping, that why plough is so popular.

Local dealer was telling me last week, that they’ve sold more ploughs than anything lately.