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Gordon Couger writes
Your problem is simple put in a big freezer and deliver as they can use it. If that is against the government rules buy a freezer a sell it to a cooperative of you customers for one pound a share or some such. Now that's an interesting suggestion. X-posts reset, subject change. -- Oz This post is worth absolutely nothing and is probably fallacious. Note: soon (maybe already) only posts via despammed.com will be accepted. |
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Oz wrote in message ... Gordon Couger writes Your problem is simple put in a big freezer and deliver as they can use it. If that is against the government rules buy a freezer a sell it to a cooperative of you customers for one pound a share or some such. Now that's an interesting suggestion. X-posts reset, subject change. yes, it bides thinking about, store the beef for them. They would have to buy it up front really. The problem would come with delivery/collection. I tend to drive a maximum of about 30 miles to dispose of all a bullock, and that is on a bad day, normally I will do about six milees. If we have people coming for a couple of pounds or worse still expecting me to deliver it, you are talking about using a couple of pounds worth of fuel for a couple of pounds worth of meat. I would prefer to encourage them to put a freezer in of their own, but with small houses this can be a bit daunting for people. -- Jim Webster "The pasture of stupidity is unwholesome to mankind" 'Abd-ar-Rahman b. Muhammad b. Khaldun al-Hadrami' -- Oz This post is worth absolutely nothing and is probably fallacious. Note: soon (maybe already) only posts via despammed.com will be accepted. |
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Jim Webster writes
yes, it bides thinking about, store the beef for them. They would have to buy it up front really. The problem would come with delivery/collection. I tend to drive a maximum of about 30 miles to dispose of all a bullock, and that is on a bad day, normally I will do about six milees. If we have people coming for a couple of pounds or worse still expecting me to deliver it, you are talking about using a couple of pounds worth of fuel for a couple of pounds worth of meat. I would prefer to encourage them to put a freezer in of their own, but with small houses this can be a bit daunting for people. It's a co-op. They pay in 5/week to co-own a bullock and get X lbs of meat a month. -- Oz This post is worth absolutely nothing and is probably fallacious. Note: soon (maybe already) only posts via despammed.com will be accepted. |
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Oz wrote in message ... Jim Webster writes yes, it bides thinking about, store the beef for them. They would have to buy it up front really. The problem would come with delivery/collection. I tend to drive a maximum of about 30 miles to dispose of all a bullock, and that is on a bad day, normally I will do about six milees. If we have people coming for a couple of pounds or worse still expecting me to deliver it, you are talking about using a couple of pounds worth of fuel for a couple of pounds worth of meat. I would prefer to encourage them to put a freezer in of their own, but with small houses this can be a bit daunting for people. It's a co-op. They pay in 5/week to co-own a bullock and get X lbs of meat a month. I cannot see them wanting the hassle. I have had people buy one from me for co-operative butching and have sworn never again because everyone wants that bit and no one wants that bit and someone takes a huff and walks out which means they have to split it 7 ways not eight and george doesn't like stewing beef, Anne will not have brisket under any circumstances and it is probably lucky that the butcher cut it up as no one is standing there with a sharp knife. . One advantage of my system is they only ever see their box. The butcher fills the boxes so even I just assume they are all equal. My worry is that they would all want their steak and roasts and then I am left with their stewing beef and mince and them whinging that they were sure that had some more roast left. Put the meat in their freezer and they can do what they damned well like with it. -- Jim Webster "The pasture of stupidity is unwholesome to mankind" 'Abd-ar-Rahman b. Muhammad b. Khaldun al-Hadrami' -- Oz This post is worth absolutely nothing and is probably fallacious. Note: soon (maybe already) only posts via despammed.com will be accepted. |
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David P writes
How much of the £5 is for the delivery charge? Nothing, I guess. FOB freezer. Delivery extra ... -- Oz This post is worth absolutely nothing and is probably fallacious. Note: soon (maybe already) only posts via despammed.com will be accepted. |
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says... David P writes How much of the £5 is for the delivery charge? Nothing, I guess. FOB freezer. Delivery extra ... Damn - I'll just have to keep making the journey then. -- David Visit http://www.farm-direct.co.uk for your local farmgate food supplies. FAQ's, Glossary, Farming Year and more! |
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"Jim Webster" wrote in message ... Oz wrote in message ... Jim Webster writes yes, it bides thinking about, store the beef for them. They would have to buy it up front really. The problem would come with delivery/collection. I tend to drive a maximum of about 30 miles to dispose of all a bullock, and that is on a bad day, normally I will do about six milees. If we have people coming for a couple of pounds or worse still expecting me to deliver it, you are talking about using a couple of pounds worth of fuel for a couple of pounds worth of meat. I would prefer to encourage them to put a freezer in of their own, but with small houses this can be a bit daunting for people. It's a co-op. They pay in 5/week to co-own a bullock and get X lbs of meat a month. I cannot see them wanting the hassle. I have had people buy one from me for co-operative butching and have sworn never again because everyone wants that bit and no one wants that bit and someone takes a huff and walks out which means they have to split it 7 ways not eight and george doesn't like stewing beef, Anne will not have brisket under any circumstances and it is probably lucky that the butcher cut it up as no one is standing there with a sharp knife. . One advantage of my system is they only ever see their box. The butcher fills the boxes so even I just assume they are all equal. My worry is that they would all want their steak and roasts and then I am left with their stewing beef and mince and them whinging that they were sure that had some more roast left. Put the meat in their freezer and they can do what they damned well like with it. Farmer's co-ops over here have problems exactly like you describe only they are playing with millions of dollars. Killings are rare but not unheard of. You sure have it tough driving 30 miles. It used to take me 115 to check all the places I farmed of my own or 250 to see after everything I did from myself an others doing custom plowing and harvesting. I bought a little Subaru pickup to save gas. Gordon |
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Gordon Couger wrote in message ... Farmer's co-ops over here have problems exactly like you describe only they are playing with millions of dollars. Killings are rare but not unheard of. You sure have it tough driving 30 miles. It used to take me 115 to check all the places I farmed of my own or 250 to see after everything I did from myself an others doing custom plowing and harvesting. I bought a little Subaru pickup to save gas. I suspect the fuel cost over 30 miles is probably dearer :-(( I collect calves from a chap 40 miles away, it will take an hour and a half to drive there and the same to drive back and that is without traffic. To give you an idea of the roads round here, I used to have to travel 34 miles to see Brenda before we were married at it took over an hour. And that isn't the traffic, that is the road. -- Jim Webster "The pasture of stupidity is unwholesome to mankind" 'Abd-ar-Rahman b. Muhammad b. Khaldun al-Hadrami' Gordon |
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David P wrote in message ... In article , says... David P writes How much of the £5 is for the delivery charge? Nothing, I guess. FOB freezer. Delivery extra ... Damn - I'll just have to keep making the journey then. well it is either that or getting involved with a bunch of shady individuals swapping blood soaked boxes in quiet corners of a motorway service station car park and you wouldn't want to get caught up in that sort of thing. -- Jim Webster "The pasture of stupidity is unwholesome to mankind" 'Abd-ar-Rahman b. Muhammad b. Khaldun al-Hadrami' -- David Visit http://www.farm-direct.co.uk for your local farmgate food supplies. FAQ's, Glossary, Farming Year and more! |
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Jim,
My traffic wasn't so bad. I have seen combines with 20 foot headers on come down the main street of town. You can get a combine almost anywhere in the county with a 20 foot header on it with out taking it off you are just not supposed to move at night. At night they take the headers off and no one bothers them. Gordon "Jim Webster" wrote in message ... Gordon Couger wrote in message ... Farmer's co-ops over here have problems exactly like you describe only they are playing with millions of dollars. Killings are rare but not unheard of. You sure have it tough driving 30 miles. It used to take me 115 to check all the places I farmed of my own or 250 to see after everything I did from myself an others doing custom plowing and harvesting. I bought a little Subaru pickup to save gas. I suspect the fuel cost over 30 miles is probably dearer :-(( I collect calves from a chap 40 miles away, it will take an hour and a half to drive there and the same to drive back and that is without traffic. To give you an idea of the roads round here, I used to have to travel 34 miles to see Brenda before we were married at it took over an hour. And that isn't the traffic, that is the road. -- Jim Webster "The pasture of stupidity is unwholesome to mankind" 'Abd-ar-Rahman b. Muhammad b. Khaldun al-Hadrami' Gordon |
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Gordon Couger wrote in message ... Jim, My traffic wasn't so bad. I have seen combines with 20 foot headers on come down the main street of town. You can get a combine almost anywhere in the county with a 20 foot header on it with out taking it off you are just not supposed to move at night. went to collect two friesian stirks from a lass, not last saturday but saturday before. Went on the JD 3130 because there was no way I was going to haul a two cow trailer round them roads in the car. At one point the road went between two houses. The gap between the two houses was no more than eight feet. This is followed by a right angled bend. There is a way there without passing between these two houses but that is also narrow and twisting. They were shot out with fmd last year and the army had to find short wheelbase lorries to carry stuff out. When you get to the farm yard (in which there isn't room to turn a lorry) the road runs out onto the fell, the buildings don't have foundations, they are just set on bedrock. There is one local haulier who will deliver to them. -- Jim Webster "The pasture of stupidity is unwholesome to mankind" 'Abd-ar-Rahman b. Muhammad b. Khaldun al-Hadrami' |
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