Farmers and 4x4's
They may be good going on bad roads, but so is a well designed car. But their ground pressure means that they chew up the tracks around the farm and make it rutted and difficult to travel on. We use large garden tractors with a trailer for small works around the farm and a proper tractor for the heavy stuff.
4x4's have their places. But not many. And certainly not in Chelsea.
posted by James Miller | 5:45 pm
2 Comments:
As a farmer I would disagree with this statement. Whist a tractor may be used in a number of applications there is little substitute for a 4x4 in others. For instance when moving livestock over longer distances (market, different farms) a tractor (non 50K box) would prove inefficient in comparison to a 4x4 and trailer.
It is not infact the ground pressure of 4x4s that "chews up tracks" but rather the aggressive tyre pattern. The lugs on tractor tyres often do more damage.
Whist a stud farm may not have the need for a 4x4 for farmers of any scale it is a vital tool, of the 5 farms around ours each has more than one that are in constant use, be it for inspecting crops (you would not drive across freshly sown crops in a tractor), fencing, livestock inspection, delivering feed, header haulage etc….
I agree with the Chelsea statement.
I'll agree with you with the transport bit. We have a rather elderly Mercedes Truck which can take four horses for transport. Also what with the new regulations, most of the livestock farmers round here, seem to use transport firms.
Most of the inspection and feeding we do with a large garden tractor, that can tow a one-tonne trailer.
You have to remember too, that a lot was originally said to wind up those that insist on turning up here in 4x4s and then driving across our lawn.
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