Hi All, first post here but I couldn't resist joining this thread as my wife used to work for the MMB and as an inseminator she certainly didn't get a Land Rover as her company car! A Vauxhall Chevette or Morris Ital was the norm. I think the Land Rover would have been used by someone much further up the chain of command.
 
ClassikFan said:
Hi All, first post here but I couldn't resist joining this thread as my wife used to work for the MMB and as an inseminator she certainly didn't get a Land Rover as her company car! A Vauxhall Chevette or Morris Ital was the norm. I think the Land Rover would have been used by someone much further up the chain of command.
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Not sure but think it was a series landy could be much ealier or in a part of fhe country the needed 4x4 to access . Then again could be just a badge off a old MMB lorry ::rolleyes:
 
buckshot said:
Not sure but think it was a series landy could be much ealier or in a part of fhe country the needed 4x4 to access . Then again could be just a badge off a old MMB lorry ::rolleyes:
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There was no farm in Devon she couldn't get to with the standard issue company car. Mrs says Landy likely to be used by a stockman for pushing bulls around. Somebody had to collect the sperm for her!!
 
ClassikFan said:
There was no farm in Devon she couldn't get to with the standard issue company car. Mrs says Landy likely to be used by a stockman for pushing bulls around. Somebody had to collect the sperm for her!!
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What she couldnt manage that herself :rolleyes::D
 
200tdi ayre said:
I think you'll find these farmers are still around, all of the farmers around me know each cow individually and care for them like one of the family, hence when they are culled because of TB they get massively distraught
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just in vastly reduced numbers ,very few around us now:mad:
 
ClassikFan said:
There was no farm in Devon she couldn't get to with the standard issue company car. Mrs says Landy likely to be used by a stockman for pushing bulls around. Somebody had to collect the sperm for her!!
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Even in severe winters up on Dartmoor?
I am a stockman,and I don't use my landy or any machine to shove bulls around. I have not seen this done in many years in the cattle business.:confused:
 
I wouldn't want to try to push a bull around.. Last thing you want to do is upset them .. Even when playing they destroy things lol
 
Wouldn't be supprised if the landy was just a farm landy and the farmer got the badge from them to show he was part of it.

MMB was a good thing. Our family farm had 100head and followers with some blood lines that could be traced back to the first cows my dad bought in the 60s/70s. All ended when we fell out with the Dairy Inspector (madam Hitler) who seamed to dislike dairy farmers. Sold all the milkers as we needed to invest in a new parlor and wasn't worth spending the money. Would go back into it again but only if it worth while doing.

If you want to sell the badge I would be interested.
 
A while ago I worked on a cattle station in Austrailia Think there was a couple thousand cattle. We had to move some cattle to another paddock 1 day. I was in a Nissan patrol and another guy in a landcruiser, had to push them with the cars to the gate. Any that needed more persuasion got knocked down, then we tied a front leg to the opposite side rear leg loosely so they couldn't run. Now bear in mind these cows might not have seen people for a while.
 
johns90 said:
A while ago I worked on a cattle station in Austrailia Think there was a couple thousand cattle. We had to move some cattle to another paddock 1 day. I was in a Nissan patrol and another guy in a landcruiser, had to push them with the cars to the gate. Any that needed more persuasion got knocked down, then we tied a front leg to the opposite side rear leg loosely so they couldn't run. Now bear in mind these cows might not have seen people for a while.
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sounds like that when trying to get a doris in liverpool on a friday night.:D;)
 
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