Red letter day around here (groan)
The tractor arrived this morning.
It's a 25hp, 4WD Kubota tractor with a grader, slasher, S Tine Cultivator, Carry-All, Towbar and a spray pack.
It's a lovely little tractor - exactly the size I was hoping for (and about half of what he was hoping for 
) but in the end we agreed that the really big jobs will need a bloke with a bloody big gizmo, whereas this will be absolutely perfect for the day to day tasks.
He's been wizzing around the yard, putting all the implements away and getting it parked up in it's newly cleared out spot in the machinery shed and there's been a bit of a grin. There's even a bit of a hole dug and a spot graded out the back of the sheds!
All these gadgets I'm reliably informed we have a use for - I suspect the carryall is going to rapidly become my favourite, particularly if I don't have to keep pushing wheelbarrow loads of straw around!
Alas, it's a working day, otherwise I would have expected not to see him again until well past dark. As it is, the tractor had to be tucked away and he'll have to go and play it with again on the weekend I'd imagine.
Not - of course, before he and she had to check out the whole situation (there's nothing like people standing around in the front yard while they are locked inside to make them spit chips!)
