Gav912

We are looking at ways around it but there are further issues as the machine has to be clinically clean before it’s allowed back into the U.K. by DEFRA which would take hours with some things we sell

It’s not just second hand things. I work for an agricultural machinery distributor, if we want to send a machine to Ireland on demonstration we have to pay 20% export VAT on it then to bring it back it’s 20% import VAT to pay. When the value of some of this kit is in excess of £100k the VAT soon adds up even if it can be reclaimed. Once things settle down it’ll be far cheaper to fly a customer here than to take kit to Ireland so as it stands now no Irish demo’s anymore.

An extremely frustrating one when I spend my days training you guys how to obtain your Pa certificates then I get asked why some of the more common stuff can be sourced from eBay and other online sellers with no requirement for proof of qualifications needing to be shown. I’ve recently seen a 25kg bag of slug pellets on eBay along with products like Stomp, the latter and a whole load of other even more hazardous pesticides like Actellic being sold on there by Italian and Eastern European sellers.

Mountain Top roller shutter off a 2017 Ford Ranger Limited d/c, never leaked the whole time it’s been fitted but now need more enclosed space so had to change to a Truckman top. Just the top, no roll bar but can include the riser brackets to fit one if required. Central Norfolk. Looking for £650 ono

As does the Limited unfortunately, about 50kg over I think from memory when I bought mine. Mitsubishi was the other choice but they can’t tow 3500kg (at that point in time anyway) and I found it less comfortable than the Ranger but slightly more economical. 11 months on and 16000 trouble free miles I’m still happy with my choice.

There’s something wrong with it if it’s using that much, he should be doing 4000-6000 miles on a 20 litre fill up.

Spent most of last week in bed with what has turned out to be one of the worst chest infections I’ve had in years, my emergency supply of antibiotics I keep at home didn’t touch it so grudgingly crawled out of my pit to see the Dr last Wednesday for some stronger ones which seem to be working, was told to revisit today for a follow up.......saw a different GP who ought to consider a career change, executioner maybe! Apparently it’s all my own fault and I wouldn’t have been ill at all if I’d had the flu jab, amazing diagnosis without having read my 37 year history! Be glad when I’ve stopped coughing and wheezing as work has been torture this week, the downside of being self employed and running training courses, cancelling and rearranging them is near impossible at times!

Must be a Case man then as no other red one is worth having 😂

Agricultural training instructor specialising in pesticides but also cover forklifts and machinery across the whole of East Anglia. Occasionally do a bit of tractor driving still but the training keeps me busy most of the year now.

That's one of the reasons I bought my Ranger from Busseys at Fakenham, Martin there couldn't have been more helpful.........I walked out of their Dereham branch which is less than 5 minutes from my house as the salesmen there couldn't even be bothered to speak to me, the receptionist actually handed me the keys to look at the truck and no sales person ever came near me despite requests being made. I've now heard the same from two other people who went in there with the intention of buying a Ranger who've had exactly the same experience, in one case the young salesmen actually went and played on his phone when he said he'd go get more details!

I bought a new Ranger 2.2 Limited at the end of April this year, I've now done 6500 miles in it and have no complaints with it so far. It's my daily drive in my agricultural training business so I travel over all sorts of terrain in it, yes it's not the smoothest ride but it's a commercial vehicle at the end of the day and still more comfortable than the L200 it replaced. Regularly returning 35mpg plus so no complaints on fuel use either. Oil pumps have been modified on all the newer ones so the engine problems mentioned should have been sorted. Plenty of space for 3 adults in the back and loads of space in the buck for whatever you need to carry.

The neighbours to a farm I do some work on lost a lot to CSFB last year, the seed we bought actually had the damn things in when we put it in the drill!last year.

Nail on the head, it's also an expensive crop to grow some years and can easily be lost in a later thunderstorm prior to harvest. Speaking to farmers as I go on farm with training courses, those that have stopped growing it don't miss it, also they are noticing less slugs in their fields without it.

Both OSR and winter barley being cut around here, one or two people had a go 10 days ago on the lighter sandier land. Earliest harvest a lot of people can remember for a long time.

Maximum train weight of 31000kg, trailer weight of 18290kg. Would need car and trailer license for telehandler/combine etc and trailer and a Cat H for a twin track crawler. No restrictions on weights of the above as long as they don't exceed the legal maximums.