The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Smallholding => Equipment => Topic started by: Carse Goodlifers on October 12, 2015, 07:31:00 pm
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I've been thinking after reading an article recently that as smallholders there is stuff that everyone would like/need but due to various reasons cannot have one.
I'm thinking more along the lines of machinery, tools, stock equipment e.g. a lamb weigh crate, a hay turner, a topper, chainsaw, a crush crate, a livestock trailer etc etc. It could be something smaller than that.
So what would you like/need that would help you on the smallholding but you can't have at the moment?
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A trailer that will take a builders' bag or sheet of plywood, and a sheep turnover crate, and a goose that lays golden eggs.
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I should have said that the golden egg laying goose and also the winning lotto tickets are excluded as EVERYONE wants them and I'm first in the que ;D
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Mobile sheep handing system, top of my wish list - oh and a sheepdog that will lie down without me having to actually hold a gun to its head.
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Hey, I thought fantasy animals were banned, Me? ;)
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Mobile sheep handing system, top of my wish list - oh and a sheepdog that will lie down without me having to actually hold a gun to its head.
What breed of sheepdog do you have? All my red welsh and my beardy are extremely obedient
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Good on ya, I may call you for help one day!
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working legs............................
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a tractor which can go up and down slopes to remove gorse, oh and a robot which could do all the jobs on the farm for me :roflanim:
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A little chap that stands beside me and says...... 'if you keep doing that you will break it' at the appropriate time. THEN I wouldnt have to say a working rotovator in answer to this thread!
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A weigh crate. As a scientist I like to weigh everything, but then I always know that with practice I will,get to judge weight accurately by eye and stop using it so....
....maybe I should start a separate thread on 'items I bought but rarely use' as these wish list items are not always as useful as you expect.
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A younger me - with my knowledge now lol :excited:
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A working pressure washer; ours died on Sunday but I believe another one is on its way :relief:
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More time!
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A younger me - with my knowledge now lol :excited:
No no no - you don't want to go back there Big Light, this time you'd break your neck :roflanim:
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A daughter :sunshine:
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A daughter :sunshine:
Awwwww
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A daughter :sunshine:
Oh FW that brought a tear to my eye! I have two daughters, two sons ,three granddaughters, eight grandsons and a myriad of nephews, nieces, great...........ad infinitum..... Wish we were neighbours, you could borrow a few!!
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A man! :innocent:
Not for any of the obvious reasons :eyelashes:.
Just someone to do the tough work, put in light bulbs I can't reach, help clean the hen and duck sheds, help put up fences, clean the high bits in the conservatory, move furniture, carry 20kg sacks of feed etc etc etc
And maybe someone to talk to in the evenings :excited:
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A man! :innocent:
Not for any of the obvious reasons :eyelashes:.
Just someone to do the tough work, put in light bulbs I can't reach, help clean the hen and duck sheds, help put up fences, clean the high bits in the conservatory, move furniture, carry 20kg sacks of feed etc etc etc
And maybe someone to talk to in the evenings :excited:
Surely you are mistaken, they are "Wife" jobs?!
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A man! :innocent:
Not for any of the obvious reasons :eyelashes:.
Just someone to do the tough work, put in light bulbs I can't reach, help clean the hen and duck sheds, help put up fences, clean the high bits in the conservatory, move furniture, carry 20kg sacks of feed etc etc etc
And maybe someone to talk to in the evenings :excited:
do I understand correctly.....that's 2 people then ? :excited:
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No, just one - after all, all you men are multi tasking - aren't you :innocent:
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Yes after much practice I can sit on the sofa and work the remote control at the same time..
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Mobile handling system.
Rappa electric fencing system for quad.
Combi Clamp.
Another collie.
And more time, land and sheep to justify them!
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My youth !!
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Patience.
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Patience.
Me too.
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A more accurate perception of how long a job will take :innocent: (Dan would like this a lot too :eyelashes: )
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A real good sheepdog
More land
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My own farm - so I can wander down to the sheep in my pyjamas and not worry about anyone deciding to sell the land I use. Failing that, a couple more hayracks would be a delight right now as I start to think about winter.
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Tractor with a bale spike and a muck grabber or at least a bucket of some kind
Stock trailer with 7' headroom or a livestock float if we're pushing out boats!
Brushcutter
A 60' (4 bay) yorkshire boarded barn or a set of old stone redes (can't buy those so would have to move but that's ok because it might come with an extra 20 acres please, tho that's not equipment ;)
Cattle crush or similar that could be used for pd'ing ponies too
Serious set of pens around each gate, long enough to tow in a trailer off the road before opening internal gates
Double farmyard gates with pullover bar to widen my access off the road
A water trough off the mains at the furthest paddock so I can give up on the 6 hoses that run water down there through another field
A workshop full of power tools for furniture making - bandsaw, table saw/planer/thicknesser combo, big dust extractor and bagging system, good sturdy workbenches, pillar drill, turning lathe, big vices, lots of clamps, huge storage areas for lots of wood and a heater (woodburner ideally).. (sigh)
Actually a wood burning stove in the house too, the open fire isn't terribly economical with the heat it produces tho it does heat a backburner
Solar PV panels
.. (I could go on for quite some time!)
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Is that all?
I'm sorry I asked ;D
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A daughter :sunshine:
Oh FW that brought a tear to my eye! I have two daughters, two sons ,three granddaughters, eight grandsons and a myriad of nephews, nieces, great...........ad infinitum..... Wish we were neighbours, you could borrow a few!!
It brought a tear to my eye too, once I'd written it down. I love my boys, but there's something special about a daughter. I have 4 grandsons and a granddaughter but they don't live close by. Thank you for the thought of sharing yours 8)
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a pto rotorvator or better still a power harrow..
And if gettign into daydream stuff then a second tractr big enough to take a really long armed hedge brusher that could also ground trim over the fences..
Oh, and enough money to redrain all my fields, relevel them and reseed.
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After this weekends wrestling match, I'd say a tup a size I can tip!
A tractor driver cutting the hedge took an awfully long time on that stretch of hedge so he could watch the full spectacle :farmer:
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And in my wildest dreams a electronic auto drafting weigh crate........
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a non waste hay rack for the goats
tractor and full compliment of haymaking equipment.
minidigger for these darn old stone drains that are completed clogged, and to move trees and shrubs that were just heeled in 'till next year', about 10 years ago.
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A pair of secateurs that stay sharp, only work for me and automatically make their way back to the potting shed at the end fo the day. In fact, a range of self-returning garden tools would be good.