What are your favorite pieces of machinery/technology/equipment that you use on your farm?

[Clive]

Yes but there are degrees of dependence on our integrated tech world would say. We certainly don’t depend on FaceBook, Amazon, Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter a dare I say TFF for species survival. The world could actually be a calmer place without distractions like that even for a wee while.

Nuclear power stations will still work and water will still continue to flow (I bloody hope) should there be a massive internet outage tomorrow.

Supermarket shelves rely on their own internal logistics computing and networking infrastructure to maintain JIT deliveries from depots to stores. Granted. But Joe Public can still shop and survive without relying on Ocado and Tesco delivers.

We shouldn’t be led to believe we are critically dependent on the internet for survival.

I think we are very dependant now - so many just in time stock systems depend on the internet, supermarkets would fall down very quickly as would most transport networks


communication drives most things now so break the communications and its all gets very hard

 

[mikep]

Yes but there are degrees of dependence on our integrated tech world would say. We certainly don’t depend on FaceBook, Amazon, Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter a dare I say TFF for species survival. The world could actually be a calmer place without distractions like that even for a wee while.

Nuclear power stations will still work and water will still continue to flow (I bloody hope) should there be a massive internet outage tomorrow.

Supermarket shelves rely on their own internal logistics computing and networking infrastructure to maintain JIT deliveries from depots to stores. Granted. But Joe Public can still shop and survive without relying on Ocado and Tesco delivers.

We shouldn’t be led to believe we are critically dependent on the internet for survival.

I think that @Clive may be more worried about the lack of traffic to TFF more than civil disorder

 

[Clive]

I think that @Clive may be more worried about the lack of traffic to TFF more than civil disorder

don't think the world would stop turning if TFF went off line really

 

[neilo]

1.Sheep dogs (if we're allowed to class those as equipment),
2.Baler twine,
3.Pocket knife,
4.Quad bike,
5.ATV RAPPA winder & electric fencing generally,
6.Telehandler.

 

[bobk]

A laptop every time , pound for pound nothing can touch it .

 

[Clive]

for me its iphone XS and MBPro - would be stuffed without them

 

[Red Fred]

The wood burner, the PTO sawbench and the laptop.

 

[Finn farmer]

no comparison tele handler every time you would never go back

Needs to be working a lot when looking at the prices. And then they plummet in value when they hit 4000h. Only job that we'd need one for would be for moving pallets. Wheel loader would be superior on our jobs and would hold its value much better.

 

[bravheart]

Lots of great gismos above but given the sheer amount of times I've looked in my pocket for that knife and knowing it's not there after loosing it last week, it wins hands down.

 

[Weasel]

for me its iphone XS and MBPro - would be stuffed without them

And a fag?

 

[Spud]

I think we are very dependant now - so many just in time stock systems depend on the internet, supermarkets would fall down very quickly as would most transport networks


communication drives most things now so break the communications and its all gets very hard

Most transport networks would collapse without the internet? You do know that phones can still make calls don't you? You know, the old style ones, fastened to the wall with a wire? The ones that ran fax machines back in the day? Sure, it'd be inconvenient, but if you're that dependent on t'internet, you maybe need to have a look at your risk management policy.....

 

[Clive]

Most transport networks would collapse without the internet? You do know that phones can still make calls don't you? You know, the old style ones, fastened to the wall with a wire? The ones that ran fax machines back in the day? Sure, it'd be inconvenient, but if you're that dependent on t'internet, you maybe need to have a look at your risk management policy.....

of course phone calls can replace online transactions but the man power is not there waiting "just in case" the systems that are in place that run our key transport and supply chain networks fails

btw the phone network is probably also very dependant upon the internet as well now I would think

trains, planes and automobiles all depend on computers and the internet heavily - from control systems, saftey systems to fuel supply networks ......... if you walked into an airport (once they had bi passed the automatic barriers, car parks, security systems , cameras etc ....... if the staff could even clock on or get to work that is) how would your passport be checked, tickets verified etc ....... then how would you know which gate to go to

It would be carnage if the net was down for a week

it was bad enough when just 1 mobile network went down for a few hours before Christmas

I bet you are more dependant on the net than you imagine, your customers factories and ,mills and onward supply chain will be very network driven, if they go down then so do you


keep in mind that 10mm of snow can bring this mighty country to a halt these days !

 

[Flat 10]

I like rolling.

 

[Ducati899]

Auto-steer

And this little thing

 

[Ted M]

Auto steer and towards the other end of the scale our hustler bale unroller. Has made feeding dry cows and bedding up a doddle for us. So much silage saved and no dust when bedding.

 

[Suffolk Serf]

For the outdoor pig job, the "Nut Chucker" as we call it for metering and flinging sow rolls into paddocks. Saved lots of bad backs. I won't mention the name of the machine as the man who invented it is a grade one arsehole who tried to fleece me out of 12.5 grand.
The machine is now made by John Harvey Engineering.

 

[SilliamWhale]

1.Sheep dogs (if we're allowed to class those as equipment),
2.Baler twine,
3.Pocket knife,
4.Quad bike,
5.ATV RAPPA winder & electric fencing generally,
6.Telehandler.

Surely knife before twine as otherwise you wouldn't be able to cut it!!

 

[Roy_H]

Surely knife before twine as otherwise you wouldn't be able to cut it!!

 

[johnboy87]

And this little thing View attachment 758924

Don't you get tired of it crashing into the barrier, or the shed, driving itself out the door way or just abandoning itself in the middle of the passage way whenever it feels like it

 

[davedb]

Don't you get tired of it crashing into the barrier, or the shed, driving itself out the door way or just abandoning itself in the middle of the passage way whenever it feels like it

I heard he’s got it on a programmed route to the pub so he’s allways got a lift home