A little car is pretty handy on a farm for going to town and back. Our Nissan Micra was fine as a farm car but could not do everything a maca farmer needs to do. When I hired equipment it was delivered and picked up which cost extra. The little Micra could not tow. We hired a van to transport trees from a nursery to our farm. We recently bought a new car, a Toyota RAV4. We bought it in the hope it will be okay for city and country driving. We had a tow bar fitted and it’s much bigger in the back than the Nissan. It actually uses less fuel than our old car because it’s a hybrid. The only downside is it expensive, more expensive than our tractor. So I don’t have much money to spend on farm stuff. However what I have on the farm should be enough though I think I will buy a flail mower to crush the setaria grass.
For an SUV that doesn't chew through too much fuel but could survive the bush, I like your choice of a RAV4 Karl. I doubt you could tow a large farm machine with it but it could probably handle a zero turn mower on a box trailer or something.
@@nutkinfarm the only reason I can think I’d need to tow a machine would be to take it to a mechanic for repair. There is no way I could tow a tractor with a RAV4 but yes I could probably tow a smaller vehicle on a trailer. My farm is only around 4km out of town so it’s not too expensive to get stuff towed or delivered. The RAV4 should tow a little trailer full of stuff. We’d only tow into the local town and maybe sometimes up to Coffs. It’s a good car to drive on the highway. The driving assistance functions include adaptive cruise control & lane assistance so it basically drives itself.
Hi Karl, when I spoke to my accountant last year she informed me that a dual cab ute up to a value of $68,000 could be purchased as a tax deduction🤔 1ton bulk a bag in the back of a Toyota Corolla isn’t going to go too well.
I drive an Isuzu Ute/Bakkie with a canopy. I transport most of my own requirements. I pull a fair size trailer when required.
Good point Greg - I should have talked about towing a bit. I think a ute/bakkie with a canopy is a good mix of capabilities for a maca farmer.
A little car is pretty handy on a farm for going to town and back. Our Nissan Micra was fine as a farm car but could not do everything a maca farmer needs to do. When I hired equipment it was delivered and picked up which cost extra. The little Micra could not tow. We hired a van to transport trees from a nursery to our farm.
We recently bought a new car, a Toyota RAV4. We bought it in the hope it will be okay for city and country driving. We had a tow bar fitted and it’s much bigger in the back than the Nissan. It actually uses less fuel than our old car because it’s a hybrid.
The only downside is it expensive, more expensive than our tractor. So I don’t have much money to spend on farm stuff. However what I have on the farm should be enough though I think I will buy a flail mower to crush the setaria grass.
For an SUV that doesn't chew through too much fuel but could survive the bush, I like your choice of a RAV4 Karl. I doubt you could tow a large farm machine with it but it could probably handle a zero turn mower on a box trailer or something.
@@nutkinfarm the only reason I can think I’d need to tow a machine would be to take it to a mechanic for repair. There is no way I could tow a tractor with a RAV4 but yes I could probably tow a smaller vehicle on a trailer. My farm is only around 4km out of town so it’s not too expensive to get stuff towed or delivered.
The RAV4 should tow a little trailer full of stuff. We’d only tow into the local town and maybe sometimes up to Coffs.
It’s a good car to drive on the highway. The driving assistance functions include adaptive cruise control & lane assistance so it basically drives itself.
Hi Karl, when I spoke to my accountant last year she informed me that a dual cab ute up to a value of $68,000 could be purchased as a tax deduction🤔
1ton bulk a bag in the back of a Toyota Corolla isn’t going to go too well.
@@mattikelby5571 yeah we thought about getting a ute. However we really only want one car and a ute is a bit difficult to drive around the city.
Boeing 737-800 😂