what grinds your gears

[holwellcourtfarm]

Urban folk who walk, run or cycle in the countryside but insist on wearing earplugs or headphones so they can bring the sounds of the town with them

Try listening to the countryside as well as seeing it

You might even find that farm machinery doesn't creep up behind you then as well

 

[James W]

Not buying British grinds my gears... are we are losing the right to any post brexit support?

£700-800million worth of new tractors are registered each year in Britain and £1billion pounds worth of second hand tractors are bought and sold each year in the UK. With servicing this comes to £2billion a year.

Add general machinery purchases from JD, Claas, Massey, Deutz, Fendt, Kverneland , Vaderstad, Pottinger, Horshe, Knocklerbing, Lemken etc etc the figure climbs to nearer £4billion.

It is shameful to think that only 10% of these machinery sales produce returns for the UK.

Why are we voluntarily killing off our manfacturing industry whilst building mainland Europe up ever stronger?

The British farming industry, as a whole, is hopelessly short sighted. The British people who fund this country and eat our food need jobs too. The British people fund British farmers via grant aid and by food consumption. Farmers should know about 'not killing the goose who lays the golden egg'

The John Deere factory in Mannheim employs 3000 people and builds £2.5billion of John Deere equipment per year. The UK is the biggest customer of this equipment.

Will we farmers end up marching in Hyde Park? to 'stop cheap imports and maintain area aid' after Brexit?? ...

If we do all end up in Hyde Park in 2 years time please dont take your Claas combine, or ride into town on your beautiful £180,000 Fendt, the irony would be on the richter scale.

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

Not buying British grinds my gears... are we are losing the right to any post brexit support?

£700-800million worth of new tractors are registered each year in Britain and £1billion pounds worth of second hand tractors are bought and sold each year in the UK. With servicing this comes to £2billion a year.

Add general machinery purchases from JD, Claas, Massey, Deutz, Fendt, Kverneland , Vaderstad, Pottinger, Horshe, Knocklerbing, Lemken etc etc the figure climbs to nearer £4billion.

It is shameful to think that only 10% of these machinery sales produce returns for the UK.

Why are we voluntarily killing off our manfacturing industry whilst building mainland Europe up ever stronger?

The British farming industry, as a whole, is hopelessly short sighted. The British people who fund this country and eat our food need jobs too. The British people fund British farmers via grant aid and by food consumption. Farmers should know about 'not killing the goose who lays the golden egg'

The John Deere factory in Mannheim employs 3000 people and builds £2.5billion of John Deere equipment per year. The UK is the biggest customer of this equipment.

Will we farmers end up marching in Hyde Park? to 'stop cheap imports and maintain area aid' after Brexit?? ...

If we do all end up in Hyde Park in 2 years time please dont take your Claas combine, or ride into town on your beautiful £180,000 Fendt, the irony would be on the richter scale.

I appreciate your point but is there a truly British built tractor these days (other than the Fastrac - Out of my price league to buy or maintain) where the profit stays in the UK?

 

[7610 super q]

Plumbing lesson # 47.

Dry fit PVC waste pipes first, before gluing.

 

[phillipe]

Yeah, we had a quote to refurbish a bathroom a few weeks ago........we would have to pay for the fittings, and 25% of the labour as a deposit upfront. The fittings would be stored at the blokes gaff till needed.

Hmmmm..........no thanks.

@7610 super q decides to bodge it himself.

I have never ever taken money upfront ,

 

[Traffic dodger]

Plumbing lesson # 47.

Dry fit PVC waste pipes first, before gluing.

And draw with pencil across the joint so easy to line up where you want it.

 

[James W]

I appreciate your point but is there a truly British built tractor these days (other than the Fastrac - Out of my price league to buy or maintain) where the profit stays in the UK?

Fastracs are no more expensive than Fendt. New Holland are assembled at a huge factory in Essex. The New Holland factory also exports 3 times more tractors than are sold in the UK so New Holland are doing great things for the UK workforce.

some wag is bound to ask ... No i dont sell Fords ! But i have just bought a handful of NH T7, all assembled in Basildon, Essex, parts and labour no exclusions 3yr warrantee, 3yr 0% finance on 75% of purchase price, cvt transmission , self steering to 4cm, front link and spool etc , for half the price of a Fendt. Not worried about resale value , i will trade them in at 3yrs old. No repair bills , low capital requirement , loads of horse power , cheap farming.

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

Fastracs are no more expensive than Fendt. New Holland are assembled at a huge factory in Essex. The New Holland factory also exports 3 times more tractors than are sold in the UK so New Holland are doing great things for the UK workforce.

some wag is bound to ask ... No i dont sell Fords ! But i have just bought a handful of NH T7, all assembled in Basildon, Essex, parts and labour no exclusions 3yr warrantee, 3yr 0% finance on 75% of purchase price, cvt transmission , self steering to 4cm, front link and spool etc , for half the price of a Fendt. Not worried about resale value , i will trade them in at 3yrs old. No repair bills , low capital requirement , loads of horse power , cheap farming.

But our newest tractor is 18 years old. At that age a Fastrac would likely be a money pit. Our Ford 6610 is a good cheap old backup but the 7840 I had was unreliable compared to our JD6310.

 

[James W]

maybe buy a 7710 ?

 

[7610 super q]

Ford 7710 ?

 

[James W]

Or a county 1174 !

 

[itsalwaysme]

Ford 7710 ?

 

[smcapstick]

Urban folk who walk, run or cycle in the countryside but insist on wearing earplugs or headphones so they can bring the sounds of the town with them

Try listening to the countryside as well as seeing it

You might even find that farm machinery doesn't creep up behind you then as well

I was on a Lake District farm, today. The sound of the railway, motorway, several diesel engines and a crying toddler were idyllic.

 

[pycoed]

Plumbing lesson # 47.

Dry fit PVC waste pipes first, before gluing.

I've ripped out all the ABS (solvent weld) waste pipes in my house because the bloody things go brittle over the years & crack at the slightest touch. Polythene pipes & push-fit or compression now & they take a bump without grief

 

[Shovelhands]

Fudging eBay!!!

Had two items that didn’t sell, fair enough, I will relist them, only when I go though the relist option, my original, detailed, description, which I took time to write and describe the item as best as I can, as the item is well used, has now vanished! Why?.....if I want to relist, then surely I will want my original description?...

 

[abitdaft]

My dog keeps farting right next to me, vile, great big silent fat bast@rd farts and is refusing to go outside as it's cold!

 

[Av Gorritt]

Can't bear watching that bliddy Claudia Winkleman , with her black eyes and that friggin' donkey fringe over both her eyes , and actin' the dickedd all the time . Yes , I know she's the highest paid female on the BBC payroll , so somebody must like her . Must be me then, being the grumpy old man my family say I am !! And I cringe when that Tracey Solomon comes on with that bloody great mouthful of gnashers . What is she a celebrity for FFS .

 

[rob1]

Can't bear watching that bliddy Claudia Winkleman , with her black eyes and that friggin' donkey fringe over both her eyes , and actin' the dickedd all the time . Yes , I know she's the highest paid female on the BBC payroll , so somebody must like her . Must be me then, being the grumpy old man my family say I am !! And I cringe when that Tracey Solomon comes on with that bloody great mouthful of gnashers . What is she a celebrity for FFS .

Never understand why CW is so highly paid, perhaps its to stop her joining the celebs claiming they have been touched up

 

[Av Gorritt]

Never understand why CW is so highly paid, perhaps its to stop her joining the celebs claiming they have been touched up

Would anybody even want to?

 

[rob1]

Would anybody even want to?

good point,