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- sw scotland
Depends what you need to do. On a 100 acre livestock farm a loader tractor should be plenty. If you need another tractor then phone a neighbour.
Build a frame from rsj , put the bags on it then reverse under itIf he only has 1 tractor then how he going to load a fert spreader. Why not find a cheaper tractor without a loader. Then use the telehandler for loading
HSE will probably say it looks like a gallows so wouldn’t be allowedBuild a frame from rsj , put the bags on it then reverse under it
Old small tractor here mainly used for harrowing corn and rolling, does a bit of topping, 1 day carting straw and 1 day carting corn. Isn’t used from September-March. Telehandler is used more, cost £7k, spent £2500 on new rear axle guts last year. 500+ acre full time.
Contractors spread muck, haul silage bales, do all silage operations far cheaper than I could do it and with all new machinery
I do have 2 quads and the polaris buggy mind with 1 of the quads almost never stopping which are kept up to date etc, these are my daily tools where as the tractor and telehandler are occasionally used, I hate the tractor and really want to upgrade BUT I can’t justify spending £20k on something to get used occasionally...I used to relief milk for a chap with 130 cows and followers, he had a basic loader tractor and a scraper tractor. He said he'd done the sums a hundred different ways and could never get owning his own kit to pay.
He'd need a worker for a start as he looked after the cows, just the labour bill of a full time worker would get a lot done.
He did spread fert, we put the vicon on his mf135, dualled up in spring, would go anywhere, whilst the proper farmers were getting stuck spreading with their 150hp tractors.
Was a bit chilly though
Rather than spend money on machines, he put up new buildings and drained his wet land.
Tree......Build a frame from rsj , put the bags on it then reverse under it
HSE will probably say it looks like a gallows so wouldn’t be allowed
bit like an old gamekeepers gibbetYou could hang said hse inspector from it by a leg and would dissuade any more from visiting
bit like an old gamekeepers gibbet