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700 Stumps ground out & Crane fed chipper hire???
RichardT replied to benedmonds's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Strewth, that Rotor S looks useful, I've emailed the makers in the unlikely hope that they've sold one into the UK. I've been wanting to clear a couple of acres of Sitka stumps for a while now, that looks perfect for the job: almost as fact as grubbing up and no piles of stumps to deal with, a quick run with a mulcher for debris and brash and I'd have usable ground straight away.... -
Hello Tom,
Are you still running the BCS alpine? If so I'd appreciate taking a wee look at it and picking your brains on pros/cons. I'm seriously looking at getting something similar this year (trading in the Goldoni orchard tractor) and Kilworth have apparently given up on the Highland show so there was nothing to compare with the Riko Carraros.
To remind you I live just outside Coldingham so if it's working / resting anywhere near I'd like to pop over one day.
Thanks either way. (I see you've been expanding the family so I appreciate time may be tight...)
Regards,
Richard Thomas
08931 436639
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Very nice looking Holder there, the Irish lad here who's been after an A60 will be green-gilled, as am I. Seems much more purposeful with the oversize rubber, you'll be laughing at ditches & stumps. There's a rather tired looking Holder on Ebay which may be handy for spares at the right price... four wheel drive tractors on eBay (end time 29-Mar-10 20:16:10 BST)
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I borrowed a Kubota RTV while my quad was being fixed (Suzuki eiger 400, can't afford Hondas...) and found it brilliant as a runaround for the farm but almost useless in the woods, completely flummoxed by stumps, ditches....
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There was one in the Farmers' Weekly small ads recently. May still be there: Used Farm Equipment & Used Tractors For Sale | Farmers Weekly Classified
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Thanks, plenty of useful stuff to look at there.
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Anyone know if there's an FC or other source for these, preferably along with relevant specs? I need to decide whether this will be cheaper than long forwarder runs to our existing tracks, some across clearfell with no brash readily available. We've a quarry on site here with unlimited decent shale hardcore, so it's build costs that I'm most concerned with. Thanks for any help.
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Nice shots, very nostalgia-inducing, I lived at New Lanark for a couple of years and walked the dogs past the falls daily. Tom, that looks like the Whiteadder at Preston?
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£2k was a good deal, a ropier one with a dying motor went for 3 on Fleabay before Xmas. btw if you ever need parts the Wisconsin importer is Enginetech in Newcastle.
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Stop valve on the rear lift return pipe? The cab might start looking like a plumbing showroom.... I like those little Czech alpines, that factory (Agrostroj?) is now US owned and selling essentially the same model under the 'Wisconsin' brand. Quite a bit cheaper than Italian equivalents.
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If the pipes are in the cab a simple manual diverter valve should do the job, or a solenoid driven one operated by a switch. Vapormatic sell both.
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There's usually some interesting smaller stuff here, all in Swedish so easily viewed through Google Translate: Blocket.se - Sveriges största Köp & Sälj marknad
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They're now being badged as Iveco, so you'd think quality issues will be addressed. Price will go up too. They do look a good deal though, warrantied and alongside Japanese pickups: 4x4 EM Commercials There are any number still working in Spain, including in the wet nothwest, so they can't be that frail. I had a Niva for a while, they really would go anywhere so long as the gearbox didn't decide to disassemble itself.
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Sorry for the dumb question, but is this the C&G level 2 course, or does someone else offer short intensive programmes?
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A pal drove to Cape Town and back in an ex-utilities S75 4x4 box van with no trouble at all. He convoyed part way with a little Volvo 6x6 that needed constant running repairs and an ex Bundeswehr Mog that they last saw in Lagos waiting for parts.
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Suggestion for timber forwarding on steep slope
RichardT replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in Large equipment
There's one of the old James Jones compact crawler skidders for sale in Tractor & Machinery, very handy but seller seems to want 'collector's item' money. -
Sold as Valpadanas now, saw one on the Argo/McCormick stand at the Highland Show. Tiny but solidly built like all the small Italian stuff, possibly not as nimble as the articulated Goldoni quad but that has no front services/PTO. Also I think some are reversible, handy for loading, mowing etc?
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Saw that one on Ebay, I think Haylocks were selling it? A misread A60 I think, not a bad price at all if mechanically sound (it would fetch 2-3x that in Germany), finding a loader/blade to fit would be difficult though.
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They're German-built, and still going, mostly selling into municipal markets. Holder Very hard to find forestry spec'd ones here, I've tried (plenty still working across the channel), fruit/veg farm ones appear occasionally in Kent etc. Very well built, feel like they've been carved from a cast block and weigh accordingly.
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The current workhorse and the sold (and much missed) Mog
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From the album: misc
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From the album: misc
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Query from a general talkboard I frequent. Specifically, how many are 100+ y.o.? Interesting question, personally I've no idea, either %-wise or rought totals. Quite a few in inner London parks & squares and the like I'd have thought, anyone have an answer or an idea where to look for one?
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Front steering but central oscillation joint I think. Werner built the 'Uniknick' artic Mogs back in the day: Uniknick Bilder
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Also Malwa International - Minitraktorer & tillbehör and Woodtiger. And http://www.loglander.se, spitting image of the Novotny.
