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<blockquote data-quote="spin cycle" data-source="post: 3948576" data-attributes="member: 12281"><p>fascinating thread....130ac...100 of which owned....switching from arable to sheep.....20 ac in stewardship or diy livery.....so 110 ac which i'm thinking i'll run 160-200 ewes.....but we also have a holiday cottage and residential let...mrs spin works part time...3 kids...one at uni...one in sixth form...one starting high school sept</p><p></p><p>i used to work off farm but had to pack it in when parents got to old help....spend some time looking after widowed mum now.....don't know why ppl think smaller have lots spare time.....i do virtually everything from accounts through to unblocking house drains....big problem for me is being disrupted</p><p></p><p>making do with elderly machines is becoming an obsession/hobby though i do get a bit depressed seeing outputs quoted on here,,,,with my vermeer baler in bits i had to get the old welgar out friday for some hay....after some 'battlefield engineering' i got baling at the princely rate of 6 bales/hour<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" />.......mind you she did only cost 1200 quid over 20 yrs ago and she wasn't exactly pristine when i got her<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spin cycle, post: 3948576, member: 12281"] fascinating thread....130ac...100 of which owned....switching from arable to sheep.....20 ac in stewardship or diy livery.....so 110 ac which i'm thinking i'll run 160-200 ewes.....but we also have a holiday cottage and residential let...mrs spin works part time...3 kids...one at uni...one in sixth form...one starting high school sept i used to work off farm but had to pack it in when parents got to old help....spend some time looking after widowed mum now.....don't know why ppl think smaller have lots spare time.....i do virtually everything from accounts through to unblocking house drains....big problem for me is being disrupted making do with elderly machines is becoming an obsession/hobby though i do get a bit depressed seeing outputs quoted on here,,,,with my vermeer baler in bits i had to get the old welgar out friday for some hay....after some 'battlefield engineering' i got baling at the princely rate of 6 bales/hour:eek::banghead:.......mind you she did only cost 1200 quid over 20 yrs ago and she wasn't exactly pristine when i got her:D:D [/QUOTE]
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