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Reason for farmers dying in harness, is, or was that when the farm was Inherited on the death of the previous owner, the CGT value was reset. Simple as that. If it is handed over via the 7 year rule, that reset does not apply.

We are both retired, and don't own enough ground or property to be affected by thriving Reeves budget, as it stands, and anyway we will soon* be signing what we have over to our children, hopefully well before we die, and then paying them rent to still live here. But LFC! I hate loathe and detest Labour and all they stand for. Deceitful lying grasping barstewarts that they are. The party of envy greed and spite. * had to wait and see how they got sorted with spouses, it was not looking good for a while there, but fingers crossed. . . .

The perfect end to a perfect day.

It is quite depressing seeing how little 2nd hand tractors were worth 10 year ago. Ditto for new ones I also realise.

I based my remark on a comment I read, made by a farmer last night, on his return from a packed to capacity monthly machinery buyers group, which group apparently comprises a mix of farmers with their own acreage, tenant farmers, contractors and each and every other permutation connected to agriculture. They all were saying that as a result of yesterday's budget, that they were not for buying any machinery, even if they had otherwise planned to so do. If true this has to have major implications for the sake of agricultural machinery. I suppose the auction prices will be the first "tell".

"Every cloud has a silver lining" time post yesterdays budget, with its kick in the teeth to land owners and farmers re IHT changes, which is bound to hit agricultural machinery sales, in the short-term at least. So how do I best take advantage?

I am of the opinion the TR is a thug on the make, shades of Hitler, perhaps, but without the brains, BUT! he has much material to use, wrt the two tier justice system with its total aversion to getting to grips with non white pedophiles, criminals, benefits abusers crash-for cash specialists, or terrorists, let alone those criminal thugs that like to travel about in caravans, all while jumping all over and instantly jailing so-called "far right" activists, or people who offend the all too easily offended on-line, by using nasty rude language FFS! The disparity in treatment is downright blatent.

Btw. I still got the 1490 for timber extraction. So I am not bothered about my "new" tractor being forest proof. It will be saved for road work and other non contact pastimes. But with a loader, preferably. I seem to be caught between non-electronic but shagged done 1990's stuff, and fresher but prone to electronic failure newer stuff. Gerrr I would not rule out the likes of Kubota, Kioti, Tumosan or Armatrac. Cheers

Had a look at a 2013 MF 5455 wi loader, local dealer =36k + V, GULP Prob pop over to Limavady on Mon to look at thissun Case JX1100U Tractor - DA Forgie Limavady Lisburn FORGIE.COM Case JX1100U 2005 4277 hours Quicke front loader (not long on) Simple tidy tractor locally owned Though it should be an x4(bigger) loader for this tractor size!

I watched a very factual Youtube about how wind and solar can only(as yet) follow national grid frequency, since they generate DC which must be changed to A.C with invertors, which must match the frequency they provide to the grid. Except when the grid goes down, these invertor sources muct switch themselves OFF. Which is so really really useful when the dammned grid is needing more juice. Etc etc etc

I would kinda say 50/50 liability. The MEWP should not have been used there(without lane or road closure!) BUT The "professional" bus driver, being held to higher standards SHOULD have seen it. Except I suppose the law looks at the fact that the collision could not have happened if the MEWP had not been there. Simples.

yes.

Was it China or Vietnam, where our unwanted used tyres were exported to, at our some great expense to us, for them to use as free and unregulated or emissions controlled fuel for their ceramic kilns! To produce tat to sell back to us! Thats the hypocritical way, export the pollution.

Thank you Mr Blue, but no loader, and apart from the drivers seat, looks dog-rough and rusty, specially round the back end. Though if I wanted a direct replacement for the DB 1490 to plunder about through the moss and and extract trees with, "quite perfect".

I would probably be good with the 30Km/Hr, being somewhat used to 20 Km in the 1984 1490 DB. And over the 6 miles, mostly on mossy and virtually single track roads, not a lot of odds between 30 and 40 k, sans front axle suspension?