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  1. renewablejohn
    Muldonach Who makes the THT400 I have googled without success. Would any of these trailers be road legal for towing behind an 814 Merc I am thinking of piping up the merc for the trailer crane hydraulics but using the trailer crane instead of mounting a crane on the Merc and reducing load capacity.
  2. renewablejohn
    What if you all joined together in a workers cooperative then you could have 1 fee divided by the number of members.
  3. renewablejohn
    Just received my CLA mag so can answer my own question. According to the CLA if you passed your test prior to 1997 and have not been banned or disqualified then you retain "grandfather rights" to drive and tow vehicles up to 8250 kg gross combination weight. Post 1997 just dont go there
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    While your at the farm auctions old IBC's that leak which nobody else wants make ideal log boxes especially if in the metal pallet frames. just cut the top off with a jigsaw and drill some holes in the bottom
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    Combination weight for my 814 is 11 tonnes but am I right in thinking you need a HGV licence once you go beyond 7.5 tonnes even though it is a 7.5 tonne truck.
  6. renewablejohn
    Pete Apparently you do not need a large excavator as you do not hang onto the tree once it is cut you just rotate the head which drops the tree to the left. The other make of tree shears hang on to the tree which is when you have problems if the excavator is to small.
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    b101uk Could be bi purpose have dug out the letter which quotes part 2 of schedule 3 1995 which I think is more to do with us being a farm.
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    b101uk good job I have it in writing then from the area inspector for our region based at chadderton.Every year MOT is passed without tacho certification because of the vehicle being a dual purpose vehicle. Horticulture is still part of agriculture which means I still have to fill in stupid Defra statistic forms.
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    I have my 7.5 tonne Merc registered with VOSA as a dual purpose vehicle as it is fitted with a tow bar for towing trailers, horse boxes, etc. Added advantage exempt from tacho regulations and no operators licence requirements.
  10. renewablejohn
    log-ologist You should have gone for an appeal the revenue always try it on until they know you will stand up to them.
  11. renewablejohn
    I used to rent out christmas trees from one year to the next. Quite frankly they grow like weeds the secret is not the size of the rootball but the time of year it is transplanted.For Schools and Churches we would dig up using an excavator 15 to 20 foot trees which had been grown on ridges to encourage the tree to spread its roots lengthways along the ridge making sure not to damage the bark. Remove most of the soil to give a bare rootstock then immediately transplant into a large pot or back into the ground ensuring good drainage.Best time of year end of November so long as there is no frost in the ground
  12. renewablejohn
    Has anybody any experience of using one of these http://www.sidneyattachments.com/ I am proposing to fit a 10" to a 3 tonne excavator
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    TC Dont touch it with a barge pole. It is an accident waiting to happen. I have a browns pto 3 point link sawbench with sliding bed and fully covered blade. Did not want to be like my father having thumbs stitched on 3 times (twice due to saws once when a flour mill exploded)
  14. renewablejohn
    I have a mercedes 814 plated for 7.5 tonnes on an ordinary driving licence (at least for an old codger like me) 2nd Merc I have had 1st one was 26 year old when we finally got rid of it but transferred the body to the newer merc.
  15. renewablejohn
    Andy What is your problem of course the dog is a tool of your trade how else are you supposed to find the truffles in the forest.
  16. renewablejohn
    You can claim for a working sheepdog as it is a tool of the trade
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    Treedave depends on how sophisticated you want your woodburner. You can now get fully automatic burners like the refo which can work in the same way as a gas or oil central heating boiler using woodchip or wood pellets. If the fuel store is large enough you may only have to fill up and take the ashes away once a month. We have an Esse woodburning range for central heating and cooking.And a Yeoman stove for the living room also linked to the central heating.We inherited the Yeoman and will eventually replace with a clearview as the Yeoman is very inefficient We used to have oil central heating using 6900 litres each year.When the price went up to 28p from 9p we moved onto wood. I think the current price is about 62p per litre for heating oil as opposed to timber for nothing.
  18. renewablejohn
    If you have a working farm then upto 25% of your farmhouse cost is normally accepted by HMRC as allowable expenses. Make sure the farm is over 5 Hectares and you can prove it is actively farmed.
  19. renewablejohn
    I use a polytunnel for drying wood as we used to grow herbs but there is more money in generating electric. Our tunnels are on a slight slope so hot air automatically goes through the tunnel with windbreak doors at either end for ventilation. Wood is stacked in standard reused plastic boxes.
  20. renewablejohn
    Thanks all for your comments Its nice to know they do actually work. Speaking to Lee the canadian outfit have issues with European CE certificates but he has found an alternative source and should be in the country next week for me to view. Have taken on board the low ground clearance with the alpine tractor so are looking at a john deere 955 to pull the trailer. Do you think it would be worth paying the extra for the powered trailer option As for using horses I did suggest to my daughters I could give their horses some useful exercise but they flatly refuse.
  21. renewablejohn
    Will soon have a CHP unit operating on the Lancs/Yorks border which will be able to handle woodchip
  22. renewablejohn
    We have a lot of forests which need timber extracting from stump however due to the nature of the woods large tractors are not suitable so we are looking at approx 30hp compact tractors to pull mini forwarders. Can anybody recommend suitable mini forwarders for the task

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