My Land Rover Defender 130

[igottacabstar]

Frans I've drilled the bumper both sides, so I can fit another hitch near side versatility is the key.

 

Cabstar yep it was worth fitting high sides they can serve more than one purpose! They mean I can carry a level load of timber to tailgate hight and then stack kit on top without having to rope down. They also make carrying road signs easy as I can stand them all up against the sides and front so its easy to select the right ones when I'm on chapter 8 duties for other people. I hear what you say about chip but I tend to work in the small inaccesible woodlands around here and its not economicaly viable to haul all the timber out. That and the fact site management plans won't allways let you.

 

Something else to bear in mind is this isn't just my work truck I like making/fabricating in the workshop so I'm not paying people to fit most of this stuff. Everything is thought out and I don't tend to waste time or money on something unessarcy.

 

That's cool, sounds like you've got it set up just right:icon14:

[18 stoner]

With me anything not good for the fire gets chipped and sold for ground cover/mulching, I don't see how leaving a saleable product on site is a benefit?

 

An interesting point cabstar, are you saying it is viable to run a chipper just on the basis you can sell the chips, even in matts situation when he could leave the stuff on site?

 

Main reason i ask is, around us chips tend to be a bind, can be sold with some effort, but definately not worth producing just to sell. Perhaps its different in the south west?

[18 stoner]

Matt, do you use your front ball much?

 

I never put one on mine but have occasionally wondered about one, perhaps its a tool you would use a lot if you had the option?

[madmatt]

An interesting point cabstar, are you saying it is viable to run a chipper just on the basis you can sell the chips, even in matts situation when he could leave the stuff on site?

 

18 stoner, Cabstar can have an oppinion on whether its viable for me however he can't have the definitive answer (no disrespect Cabs) Quite simply because he has never visited the sites where I work and seen the jobs we do. Its easier to sit behind a pc and think all timber can be chipped. For example a recent job I helped a friend with nothing larger than the landy could get on to site, and they were felling 6' diameter sycamores at base. All that was viable went in the charcoal kiln but whats left you would need a huge splitter and a chipper the size of an artic. for what a few quid a tonne? Oh and a rollocking of the owners of the SSSI and no repeat business cos I've cleared a path wider than the M6 to get it all in! LOL

 

Yep use the front hitch quite a bit for shunting stuff about.

[igottacabstar]

An interesting point cabstar, are you saying it is viable to run a chipper just on the basis you can sell the chips, even in matts situation when he could leave the stuff on site?

 

Main reason i ask is, around us chips tend to be a bind, can be sold with some effort, but definately not worth producing just to sell. Perhaps its different in the south west?

 

I sell 2 or 3 loads of woodchip mulch most weeks (5 cubic metre loads) at £60 a time. I advertise it in the local press, most of it goes to private individuals with large gardens. It's not a bad little earner, only takes a couple of minutes to load with the tractor and it keeps the yard clear. Money for old rope.:wave:

[Dean Lofthouse]

I just put a sign up saying "Free woodchip / mulch, please help your yourselves"

 

Seems to keep my yards clear, you sometimes get a bit of a build up.

 

Trouble is with my chipbox it's hard to load with the tractor, the customer thinks your going to tip it in a nice neat pile to one side of the drive or handball it round the back of the house for them and always have to move their cars.

 

Too much of a pain in the rear to sell, there's better money doing trees if you have the work in, ok to sell chip if you go a bit quiet.

[skyhuck]

I just put a sign up saying "Free woodchip / mulch, please help your yourselves"

 

Seems to keep my yards clear, you sometimes get a bit of a build up.

 

Trouble is with my chipbox it's hard to load with the tractor, the customer thinks your going to tip it in a nice neat pile to one side of the drive or handball it round the back of the house for them and always have to move their cars.

 

Too much of a pain in the rear to sell, there's better money doing trees if you have the work in, ok to sell chip if you go a bit quiet.

 

 

 

I give all my chip to the farmer next door,he will take all we make conifer and all.

 

If I get any enquiries for chip I just give them his number,he sells some and uses the rest for bedding or to dry up gate ways.

 

I can earn far more cutting than making delivery's :wave:

[18 stoner]

Yeh, dont want to dwell on the chip subject as its off topic, but my point was around here most people try and avoid carrying chips home, they tip them where they can- giving them away etc.

 

I do sell them, but never have the time to arse around with them for a few quid, when i usually have a good list of tree work to do, and definately wouldnt run a chipper when i could leave timber on site!

 

Hopefully back on topic matt:icon14:

[madmatt]

yep c'mon back to landys chips is boring!

[crosscut]

Matt,

 

If you don't mind me asking, where did you learn to weld? I see a lot of the guys on here can do. I might go to night school. What sort of welding plant have you got? I'm looking in to buying one myself to do little projects like your bumper?