Chris Sheppard

Yes - they're great

Yep, it should work well as most tractors don't quite put that out. The flow would be a big factor though as well as whether there is enough oil to fill the ram, as others have said.

That must be where we fall with the two vans and trailers I reckon. Though there can't be that many load carrying trailers designed for 3.5 tonne towing vehicles which weigh more than 1020kg can there?

I do like that Yep, they are adjustable but there's still a bit of a gap because they are artic steer and the headboard would get clsoer to the cab on full lock.

If you run a 3500kg towing vehicle and want to tow anything whatsoever over 50km from base then you have to have a tacho. and as peter said any combination of over 3500 kg requires a tacho too. So for instance, LR 90 with 700kg gross of trailer behincd it is just under 3500kg permissible mass (even though in reality you might not be anywhere near that) - so no tacho, whereas a 90 with an empty twin axle ifor would be over 3500kg permissible mass so would require tacho once over 50km form base. It's not neccessarily what yuo weigh when you get stopped it's what you could weigh if you wanted to. The O license (from what I can gather from work) only comes in once the vehicle itself is over 3500kg - so as long as you have a tacho on your 3500kg vehicle (and you have B plus E on your license) you can pull the trailer legally, but then do become bound by the driving hours and if you drive once in a week with the tacho, the whole weeks hours come under that which then becomes a nightmare.

No else everyone would have one

Reckon these are low enough a well placed .410 would do the job I thought we were just a tad early with the sloes round us but it's strarted to colour the gin fairly well so hopefully jobs a good un

The one we had at the show is actually the biggest one on the market, with the biggest lift capacity too and has the most ground clearance for any alpine @ 16" Sorry for the derail

I didn't like to say but did wonder........

Yep, bang on Steve It was amazing how many people wouldn't beleive me though.

We've got blackberry gin and sloe gin on the go but that's it at the mo. Got a lone raspberry cane in the garden trying to put some on - thought that was quite good for it's first year as wasn't expecting anything this year. We're right on a flight line for Canadas but have too many neighbours that wouldn't approve and the landlord is only a few hundred yards down the village.

The whole three days of the show were a bit of a blur really. That crane was just the slightly bigger version of what the college had on that Mars -might have been something to consider. There's also a stroke harvester head with shears that we're hoping to get over to have a play with soon. That Alpine in the picture - how many HP do you reckon?

Yep, we had a good selection at the APF - and not as dear as you may think - smallest one (alpine sized) @ £1250 plus vat going right through to slewing, extending rotator ones @ £3900 plus vat with a few in between.

Scary thing is how small he makes that saw look.

Haix tibet Forest Pro - had two pairs so far, first set did over two years in the wood, second set haven'ty done that much so far. Dead comfy, proper sole with grip on it and also waterproof. Had the old stihl brown ones - OK (6-8 months) Had the stihl ones whioch look like elten fellsman - OK (6 months) Had some old black oregon ones with red soles - liked em - (12-15 months) Had one good pair of husky ones (2 years) but then they changed colour and three pairs went back after a few weeks.

I've a pair that are about 7 years old now and still working (just) - have snapped the aerial off and cobbled it back on at least twice, and resoldered a couple of wires over time - well worth the investment if your working alone a fair bit

I used one for the first time last winter and was thoroughly impressed. I'd always just assumed it was going to be heavy and numb for a small CC saw but what it really is is a big saw in a little body - we used to use 365's as all rounders at Birdsall and they were slugs compared to the 357

Tommer, do you need to have the pumped turned up a lot with it being thinner? Never tried it yet but intrigued now.

I like the making use of the roof rack too

adrian flux are worth a look too. some companies doa bonus accellerator for young drivers too - 10 months premium so you get a years no claims after 10 months instead of 12 - SWMBO did that for a couple of years and it helped out a fair bit.

We have an iveco 50C14 van, which has been downrated to 3.5 tonne. as 3.5 tonne we can carry 900 kg but it drives as though it's empty at that and even with 3.5 tonne trailer behind it it barely notices. I would imagine as a tipper at 5 tonne it would be great. We were reluctant to go Iveco at first and also worried about the lack of carrying on ours but it has some serious power. I did also see a C17 (I think it was 35C17) but either way 170hp would be quite a tool.

I knew what you meant

That's what I've still got - used to work it's nuts off on thinnings and even had a tree roll across the crank, nipping it on the conrod (a gentle tap with a big chisel sorted it) and it's just kept going. very light and very, very flickable for snedding. From what I can gather it's just a 346 with a little less poke?

A 3 point linkage mounted one would be without a trailer (unless you bought a trailer to go with it) Pretty much any timber crane out there can be supplied three point linkage or made to be three point linkage with a bit of thought. or do you mean you want Cab/roof/jake frame mounted? Main thing to consider is whether the tractor will be of sufficient weight to handle it and whether the crane has the correct angles to clear the cab if you run it slewed over the front.

that does look a good idea, but I'd guess only really suiatble for telescopics and not much use on a forklift or loader due to the bag dragging behind when going in to the heap.