{"product_id":"farm-tractor-and-trailer-with-bales","title":"Farm Tractor and Trailer with Bales","description":"\u003ch2\u003eFarm Tractor and Trailer with Bales — the vehicle for a farm, not just a tractor\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA wooden tractor with a pivoting removable trailer, a peg-person farmer, his dog, and three wooden bales marked with the numbers 1, 2 and 3 and the letters A, B and C. 25 x 8 x 9cm, 554g boxed, in a rope-handled gift box. CE and UKCA marked, tested to EN 71. Suitable from 18 months. It is part of jumini's farm range, and that is the thing worth understanding before you buy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e🚜 It connects to a farm you may already have\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not a standalone tractor. jumini's farm vehicles and trailers are designed to be swapped between sets, and the sets themselves connect to one another — so the tractor is the piece that services the rest of the farm rather than a toy that sits on its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe stock two of those sets: the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/chicken-coop-set\"\u003eChicken Coop Set\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/pig-sty-toy-set\"\u003ePig Sty Toy Set\u003c\/a\u003e, both also from 18 months. If you have either, the tractor is the obvious next piece — something to arrive at the sty with, something to take the bales away in. If you have neither, this is still a good wooden tractor, but you are buying the first piece of a system, and systems have a way of continuing. Worth knowing that now rather than in March.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e🔄 The trailer pivots, which is not a small detail\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe trailer joins the tractor on a pivot and comes off entirely. Pivoting matters because it means the thing follows round a chair leg instead of jack-knifing and tipping over, which is the usual reason a toddler gives up on a two-part vehicle in the first week. Coming off matters because taking things apart is most of what this age wants to do — and because an empty trailer is a thing to load, which is a game in itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e🧑🌾 The farmer and the dog do the actual work\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA tractor on its own gets pushed about. A tractor with a driver and a dog gets a story: the farmer gets in, the dog sits in the trailer, they go to the sty, the dog falls out, everybody is fetched back. Pretend play starts somewhere around eighteen months to two years and the two figures are what unlocks it — they matter far more to how much this toy gets used than the bales do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhich brings us to the honest bit about those bales.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e🔢 Three numbers and three letters, and what that is really worth\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bales are marked 1, 2, 3 and A, B, C, and the range calls them educational. We would rather be straight with you: three numbers and three letters do not make a counting set or an alphabet. They make three blocks that happen to be marked, and at eighteen months they are things to load into a trailer and tip out again, which is exactly right for the age and has nothing to do with literacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLetter recognition generally arrives after three; understanding that the bale marked 2 stands for two of something lands somewhere around two and a half. By then the marks give you something to talk about — \"pass me the B one\" — and that is a genuine use. It is just not the reason to buy it. The reason to buy it is the tractor, the trailer and the farmer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e🪵 Wood, and what we can and cannot tell you\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWooden, with child-safe paints and lacquers, and it carries CE and UKCA marks with EN 71 compliance — the European toy safety standard covering mechanical hazards, flammability and the migration of elements from paint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ejumini are a UK family business and the tractor is British designed. Designed, not made — those are different things and plenty of listings blur them, so we say which one we mean. On the wood's origin we are not going to repeat a certification we have not verified ourselves, so you will not find a sourcing claim on this page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e⚠️ Worth knowing before you buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe farmer and the dog are small and loose.\u003c\/strong\u003e They are also the pieces that make the pretend play work, so losing the farmer is a real loss in a way that losing a bale is not. This set deserves a box or a shelf rather than the bottom of a toy basket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWooden wheels are loud on hard floors\u003c\/strong\u003e and they do not roll on deep carpet. On boards or lino this tractor travels properly; on a thick rug it gets dragged. If your downstairs is all carpet, a toy that does not depend on rolling will see more use.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt is from 18 months, not from birth.\u003c\/strong\u003e If you are buying for a baby, our \u003ca href=\"\/products\/wooden-tractor-toy\"\u003esimple wooden tractor\u003c\/a\u003e has no loose pieces and starts far earlier.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAges quoted elsewhere vary.\u003c\/strong\u003e You will find this tractor listed as 1 year plus and as 3 to 10 years depending where you look. We publish 18 months, which is what the range is rated at and what matches the rest of the farm sets. If you want the figure straight off the box before you buy for a very young child, ask us and we will read it to you.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat we like about it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA trailer that pivots, so it follows round corners instead of tipping\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrailer comes off entirely — and jumini's farm trailers are interchangeable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA peg farmer and a dog, which is what turns pushing into playing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree bales to load and tip out, marked 1-3 and A-C\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConnects with the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/chicken-coop-set\"\u003eChicken Coop\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/pig-sty-toy-set\"\u003ePig Sty\u003c\/a\u003e we already stock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArrives in a rope-handled gift box, so it needs no wrapping\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCE and UKCA marked, tested to EN 71\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWooden rather than plastic, with no batteries and nothing to switch off\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSuitable from:\u003c\/strong\u003e 18 months\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 25 x 8 x 9cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 554g boxed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContents:\u003c\/strong\u003e wooden tractor, pivoting removable trailer, peg-person farmer, dog, 3 wooden bales marked 1, 2, 3 and A, B, C\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterials:\u003c\/strong\u003e wood, with child-safe paints and lacquers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDesigned in:\u003c\/strong\u003e the UK\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePackaging:\u003c\/strong\u003e rope-handled gift box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSafety:\u003c\/strong\u003e CE and UKCA marked, complies with EN 71\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e wipe with a damp cloth only. Painted wood does not take kindly to sitting in water\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e❓ Frequently asked questions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAre the bales really educational?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot in the way the word implies, and we would rather say so. Three numbers and three letters are not a counting set or an alphabet. They are three blocks that happen to be marked, and at eighteen months they are cargo. The marks become useful conversation somewhere past two and a half. Buy it for the tractor and the farmer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoes it work with your other farm sets?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYes — jumini's farm range is modular, the trailers are interchangeable between vehicles, and the sets connect. Our \u003ca href=\"\/products\/chicken-coop-set\"\u003eChicken Coop Set\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/pig-sty-toy-set\"\u003ePig Sty Toy Set\u003c\/a\u003e are the two we stock, both from 18 months.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWill it roll on carpet?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot well. Wooden wheels need a hard floor. On carpet it becomes a dragging toy, which toddlers mind considerably less than adults expect — but it is worth knowing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow easy are the farmer and the dog to lose?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEasy, and they are the pieces you would miss. A peg figure in a sofa is a well-known phenomenon. Keep the set together in its box between plays if you can bear to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs it suitable for a one-year-old?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe publish 18 months, which is what the range is rated at. The loose figures are the reason. For a younger child our \u003ca href=\"\/products\/wooden-tractor-toy\"\u003esimple wooden tractor\u003c\/a\u003e is one solid piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow do I clean it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA damp cloth, no detergents, and do not soak it. At this age the bales will go in the mouth, so it will need wiping.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoes it make a good gift?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA very good one, and it arrives in a rope-handled gift box so it needs no wrapping. The one review on the maker's own site is from a grandparent, which fits what we see — this is the sort of present a grandparent enjoys buying as much as the child enjoys getting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e🚜 The jumini farm, and what else fits\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe farm range is modular, so the pieces compound. What we stock:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFarm Tractor and Trailer with Bales\u003c\/strong\u003e — this one. The vehicle, with a farmer, a dog and three bales. From 18 months.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/chicken-coop-set\"\u003eChicken Coop Set\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e — a place to drive to. From 18 months.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/pig-sty-toy-set\"\u003ePig Sty Toy Set\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e — another one. From 18 months.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/pop-up-farm-animals\"\u003ePop Up Farm Animals\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e — the simpler farm toy, from 12 months.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf it is the farm theme rather than the vehicle that appeals, our \u003ca href=\"\/products\/chunky-wooden-farm-puzzle\"\u003echunky wooden farm puzzle\u003c\/a\u003e starts at 12 months, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/farm-lacing-game\"\u003efarm lacing game\u003c\/a\u003e at two years and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/wooden-farm-dominoes\"\u003ewooden farm dominoes\u003c\/a\u003e at two as well. For a plain tractor with nothing to lose, our \u003ca href=\"\/products\/wooden-tractor-toy\"\u003ewooden tractor toy\u003c\/a\u003e is one solid piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e🧸 More for this age\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrowse our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/wooden-toys\"\u003ewooden toys\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/push-pull-toys\"\u003epush and pull toys\u003c\/a\u003e and everything \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/toddler-toys-18-months\"\u003esuitable from 18 months\u003c\/a\u003e. Our guide to the \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/for-the-baby\/best-toys-for-an-18-month-old\"\u003ebest toys for an 18 month old\u003c\/a\u003e covers what they can actually do at this stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSafety information\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor supervised play. Contains small loose parts — keep the farmer, the dog and the bales away from children under three who are not being supervised. Check the wheels and the trailer pivot before use and stop using the toy if a wheel works loose or the wood splits or splinters. Keep away from water and naked flame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e❤️ From our family to yours\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarefully chosen products for babies, toddlers and parents. Browse more \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/wooden-toys\"\u003ewooden toys\u003c\/a\u003e and the rest of the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/jumini-toys\"\u003ejumini\u003c\/a\u003e range — free UK delivery on orders over £25.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"jumini","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54291991331163,"sku":"JU2383","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0891\/3626\/7611\/files\/Farm-Tractor-and-Trailer-_with-bales_-Inside-Out-Toys-173545730.png?v=1791624107","url":"https:\/\/forthebaby.co.uk\/products\/farm-tractor-and-trailer-with-bales","provider":"For the Baby","version":"1.0","type":"link"}