Tommywommy

Put up a for sale sign with your phone number. You'll find out pretty quick then !!

I soil sample ag fields all day but the science and terms we are taught rarely relate to real life situations and terms / language used on farm. Our place at home is on upper Lias clay bed subsoil, the only people who would use that are land agents and enviroment agency boffins. We call it marl clay. If you want to read an interesting book on soil read "dirt, the erosion of civilisations " you will never look at soil in the same way again !

Subsoil ( bottom layer ) looks like what I would marl clay. Middle section looks like a good fire or a lot of compacted organic matter. Very hard to tell whether silt, sand or clay without handling it. Is this in a domestic garden or an agricultural field ?

Farmer with tip here. Unable to find group. Searched wood alert ! . Came up with nothing. Are you able to put up a link please ?

Know a man who's very good in north Bedfordshire. Done some for us and did a cracking job. Can pm you his number. His name is Peter Hall from Carlton.

Had another load of Euc in yard this week. The oil stained my hands black for a few days but does smell nice. Will sit in curtainsider til next winter and see what it's like. Screw splitter ( hycrack ) is awesome. On our old 85hp zeroes its unstoppable on all our nasty knotty hedge grown ash !

Just had a chap drop off 1 1/2 ton of eucalyptus off at father in laws farm as a thank you for pulling him out on the site he was removing the tree from. Split some today with the Hycrack cone splitter. Was a pleasure to do even with a fair twist in some of it. Bloody heavy though. . That is actually all Ash for next year in the photo but a biggish pile of Euc next to it now. Smells lovely

There's a group on Facebook called Timber tractors and lorries. Can't add link from phone . Ask to join full of nutters who love taking their machines out and working them properly. Awesome machines, can't build quality like that now. A sensible post including location and I'm sure you'll get a few local to job contacts. Good luck and don't forget some pics !!

I have a battered 55 plate single cab with 130k on the clock parked outside my place most days. Car dealers driving transits and show pony hilux's constantly stop an pester anyone whos in the house as to wether its for sale, its utterly battered and the dings on the rear body technically write it off. got one " dealer " upto £3500 cash which he funnily enough had on him!! just for fun to then told him to piss off. My point, would they be offering that or stopping at all if it was a ranger / isuzu / l200 ? No they wouldn't. Only bad thing with hilux is legal towing capacity, mine pulls triple axled stock box with fifty 60 kg ewes no problem but is it legal, absolutely not. Buy a Hilux, you wont regret it

As a farmer and someone who recycles hundreds of thousands of tonnes of organic waste and Digestate to land ever year across the South of England I can confirm there is a massive reduction in earthworms in arable rotation soil. We know more about space than we do the soil beneath our feet ! That's astounding . A farmer I spread for said if he bought his great grandfather back and showed him the condition of our soils they would curse us. It's not sustainable how most arable farming is carried out now. Mixed farming is a lot better.

Firm I work for ( not arb ) pays less than a pound for derv ( white ) on fuel card set up. However daily bill is £22,000 and there's max three days credit !! Welcome to haulage !!

It's extremely heavy. We use it round the farm a lot. Will never buy a sheet of ply again however the 19mm stuff is very heavy but structurally also very strong so it has its drawbacks.

That's a trailer mounted stock box, hope there was no livestock being carted on that trip ! In farming we are so bad at keeping things roadworthy. Don't think much will change whilst 90% of the time we get away with it.

We farm here as well as me working as an agent for a liquid waste recycling company. Everything I / we do is bloody dangerous . Dagging lambs is potentially lethal, very sharp comb and cutter next to left arm / wrist all day. Got some killer scars on legs from machinery and cattle handling. I once heard on radio four statistically the most dangerous part of ANY job is travelling in a vehicle to get there !!! I do however take your point on board. At work safety very important, all 150 guys out on sites are told no jewellery. Last week one gloved finger and another bloke fell in ditch and ripped earing out. Awaiting claims from employees who ignore rules is fun !!! Maybe just keep here . Wouldn't want to see neighbours son losing fingers / arms !