Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Bikes...

We treated ourselves to a Yamaha AG200.  A purpose built farm bike with lots of useful features like hand grip protectors, a side stand on each side of the bike, a fully enclosed chain, a clutch lock so that you don't have to fiddle around with finding neutral when you are on a slope etc.



Then we decided we needed a 2nd bike so I bought a cheap Chinese 250 through EBay.  It came in a box with no instructions!  Took me a while to figure it out but here's the before and afters...




John Deere 'Gator

What a useful little machine this is!  And it's safer than a quad bike...



New cattle crush

It's not often we are the recipients of a Govt rebate but we couldn't pass on the $2,000 they are handing out for capital purchases related to Work Cover and improved safety in the work place.

The existing cattle crush is a home made monster and would present a challenge for even the most experienced cattleman.  Here's the new one...