Whats in your shed visits a Dorset dairy farmer

Dorset dairy farmer Andrew Gould shows James Andrews around his largelyblue machinery shed.

How loyal are you to individual brands?

Well, my grandad had his first Fordson in 1931 and weve been blue ever since. Weve always liked the Fords and New Hollands, and the dealer back-up has been good, so weve always stuck with them.

Who is your favourite dealer?

C&O Tractors is our favourite. Weve dealt with them for years and get almost everything from there now. The Claas stuff comes from Vaughan Agri in Frome and its pretty good, too.

Favourite piece of kit?

The trusty Ford 7840. We bought it new in 1994 and its just nudged over 12,000 hours. It had a turbo fitted at 3,000 hours so it could handle the old Jaguar 75 forager and when we put it on the dyno it pumped out 135hp. We did have to uprate the main bearings to the turbo spec, but its taken the extra power pretty well otherwise. Its still nice to drive and its main duties are maize drilling, grass seeding, slurry tanking and trailer work.

Farmer: AS Gould, Townsend Farm, West Stour, Dorset

Farming:100 acres owned,60 acres rented,150 British Fresians,120 acres first cut silage,34 acres maize

Contracting: Working with a neighbour, they carry out 400 acres silage contracting over four farms.

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Whats in your shed visits a Dorset dairy farmer