[MAK]

Cool John ( as my kids would say). I hope that things turn out as you would like them too. To give like that you would mean the world to recipients and will enrich your life so much. Which I could come up with a way to to those less fortunate than us. You may have even inspired me. what part of France did you live in? 

[plumseverywhere]

We are on the list for visits from children of Chernobyl. They come to Evesham for 'fresh air holidays' each year and look for places to visit. There might be something similar near where you are or where you end up living 
Last year I found several local businesses willing to sponsor and provide craft activities, finger buffet food and we had friends offer to do facepainting etc. The children are then able to meet the animals, collect eggs from the chickens and so on 

[Daisys Mum]

We have a quad bike and trailer but the most useful is my muck truck, little 1/4 ton dumper, great for mucking out and poo picking the fields as it pulls me up the hills. Also have a Mitsubishi pickup, a livestock trailer and a horse trailer.

[SteveHants]

I have a landrover Defender 90 300TD.


One of the farms I graze has a Massey 135 that I use sometimes for topping, harrowing etc.


That is all. 

[FiB]

First 2 years feet and a brilliant wheely 'bin' thing. but 8 tons of logs up a hill (and getting the scudo van stuck a couple of times) has finally convinced us to shell out £400 for a quad.  Ah the joy!  We only have 12 aces so couldnt justify a tractor 

[Backinwellies]

a question we are still trying to answer ..... 16acres of  slope  ..... even a few hedging tools in a wheelbarrow is a real trek back up the hill.... very wet so no old vans for us.   with a further 12 acres a possibility a tractor seems to have moved up from second place.  needs a cab (its Wales afterall!) and think a loader could be an advantage.  Still think the quad probably just as useful on wet land to just move stuff A to B .... so maybe both?    ..... If I agree to both then he can't  argue about a few more legs .. can he???

[john and helen]

Cool John ( as my kids would say). I hope that things turn out as you would like them too. To give like that you would mean the world to recipients and will enrich your life so much. Which I could come up with a way to to those less fortunate than us. You may have even inspired me. what part of France did you live in?

just give it a go... see what happens
our place is in gipcy ..allier  03... we loved it out there,

[OhLaLa]

A JCB. 
 

[Lesley Silvester]

Wheel barrow and sack trolley.

[FiB]

in france i had a 64hp SAME tractor..that thing was awesome... it had a back box which was great for lugging the rubbish from the roofs out and the front bucket was so handy

i guess a lot of it depends on what ground you have , i would love some woodland as well as a paddock..
i am so looking forward to changing my lifestyle... i know it will be hard work...but i don't mind that..
and its something i have wanted to do for years ...

i love laying floors and creating things..but i just hate the flooring world..building sites are just rush rush rush..there is no time to take pride in what your doing

to be able to grow things, rear animals for the table, do up a barn..thats right up my street..and the best bit will be having helen to share it all

one other thing i want to do is... invite units who have children with disabilities to come over and muck in one way or another..even if its just to stroke a pig... ile never forget when i was young and dad took us to a farm.. my little sister annie got to stroke a lamb... she is 55 now and has never forgot that..she has a mental age of 5.... funny how the small things to us can be so massive to others

of coarse..a quad bike is going to be massive for me  I know..i am a big kid too 

John, look up care farms - we are trying to do same 
 

[john and helen]

Nice one FiB 

let me know how you get on... 

[CameronS]

Our best vehicle is the 8wheel 25hp Argo cat, goes all but anywhere< even accross rivers and ponds! though it's sh**e in any form of deep snow

[stufe35]

My dad bought an old knackered grey gold ferguson 35 for our small holding, that was when I was 11 when I learned to drive on it.  I'm now 44 and its still going strong and I love it. When I eventually bought my own run down small holding 6 years ago, I bought a job 3cx to help with renovations.  I could not have anticipated how useful it would be,  if you need stress relief after a day at work just get on your jcb and go bulldoze something.  Definitely the most fun you can have with your clothes on !

[Fowgill Farm]

Our best piece of kit is a JCB Loadall 526 Farm Special which was originally bought JUST to build the house and then to be sold on but 9yrs down the line we've still got it as its so useful. Clears the drive & roads in winter, bangs in fence posts, relocates pig arks, flattens lumpy ground, shifts humungous pig poo heaps and pallets of pig feed, lifts me up to the top of hedges to get those hard to get sloes and clean windows, wouldn't be without it.
mandy

[MikeM]

why have you got windows on the top of hedges?