josharb87

It would appear that you never had total train weight of 12t, but instead, those who passed before 97, were able to drive vehicles upto 7.5t AND able to tow trailers exceeding 750kg (hence the "E") along as the GTW never exceeded 8250kg (hence the 107) Those that got the 7.5t after 97 could ONLY drive trailers unto 750kg, even if the vehicle was only say 5t. (unlike the pre 97 who could then tow 3250) Passing the E gives the 12 gtw So Midget man, you can now only load your tranny upto 8250 GTW But even though your over 45, you don't need the medicals every 5 years, silver lining and all that

I found this: The 107 restriction is only found on licences where the C1 category is present by virtue of grandfather rights, ie if you had a full car licence before the new categories came into force (1997 I think) you could drive vehicles up to 7.5 tons gvw and 8.25 tons gtw. This entitlement has no age-related restrictions, so will remain present as long as you have your licence. The "new" Euro category C1+E allows 12 tonnes GTW but since this is a greater gtw than you would have had with the old car licence, the restriction 107 was invented to reduce the scope of your entitlement. The new Euro C1+E has the same age restrictions as the cat C, ie it needs to be renewed every 5 years from age 45, but this only requires a medical, not a driving test. So the current situation is that if you have C1+E through grandfather rights you have the code 107 restriction and an enduring licence (ie it doesn't need renewing at 45). To remove the restriction you would need to take a current C1+E test which would give you the full 12 tonnes gtw entitlement (ie remove the 107) but this will need renewing every 5 years from age 45. If you have the C1+E (107) by grandfather rights and take the C1+E test to get the 107 restriction removed, and then don't renew the licence when the medical falls due, you will revert to entitlement you held through grandfather rights, ie C1+E (107). If you have taken the C1+E test since the new category was introduced, you will be 12 tonnes rated anyway. This also will of course need renewing every 5 years from 45. One slightly odd outcome from all this come is you had a full car licence and a full HGV 1 entitlement prior to the introduction of the new licence categories, like I did. Despite having full car and full HGV1 pre-97, my licence now has B+E, C1+E (107), and C+E. It took me a while to work out why the 107 hadn't cleared since the C+E obviously allows me to drive unlimited gross trains weights on the road (subject to Special Types regs etc). The reason is due to the different expiry dates; the C+E now has to be renewed every 5 years (since I am over 45) whilst the B+E and C1+E (107) do not. So if I chose not to renew the C+E entitlement, the 107 restriction would again become effective. I hope that you can make sense of this, it is actually less complicated than it sounds when you write it down. It does however require a little thought to figure it all out!

Thanks for the replys. Done it at the weekend Didn't know about glycol degrading, useful info!

That's terrible, they should have a Segway to get back to their vans

Thank you Justme for posting helpful stuff Its quite black and white as to when you need the licence or not. You have no place here Roseyweb. I mean, you've got common sense, doing things legally, might even know what you're talking about

Could anyone direct me how to do this please? Needs to be done as i suspect the coolant is rated to -15c as stated on the machine, but temperatures here can plummet to -30c As i understand its drain from the radiator, refill with water, run with radiator cap off for 10 min, drain again, refill with coolant, cap on and done? what about bleeding air out? thanks!

One name is tounge and groove felling cut

Press the youtube tab matty to watch it on youtube. Really enjoyed the first video Alex, first one in a long time, and the editing from 1:35 in time with the music 2nd video, do your customers keep the wood and branches? Is that why you didn't use the crane to take the tree out to the road? Really like the honest work style!

I think your comment was in jest, but looking at the specs it would!

At 45hp (19 more than your 528) and 550kg higher tipping load capacity, (1500kg as opposed to the 528s 950) isn't it more equivilant to an Avant 745 (45hp) or maybe size wise a 640?

Surprised theres a discussion about it TBH!

I used to use a Giant 203, possibly tougher than an avant as it was all metal, which was good as it tipped over for fun, the wheels could be turned around though to widen it a bit. I didn't like the levers, every movement was a separate lever, where as the avant were all on the joystick. New ones might be different. Gianni Ferrari is also a similar loader to avant and multione, has a premium price here, but really liked it. can't remember the model, but must have been similar size to a 5 series avant. Then theres Norcar, another Finnish brand, same principle as avant, sf etc, but has an oscillating central pivot like the older Multiones is a big plus. Never used one though. IME of mini loaders, the biggest factor is the wheels, the solid yard wheels like you get on forklift trucks in warehouses are USELESS for arb work, turf tyres are fine if its dry, you want nice wide tractor profile tyres which have a bit of bounce and give in them. The extra width really improves the machines stability, downside is the extra width if access is narrow.

Machine specs with lifting capacity and tipping load, stick a bigger more powerful ram in and of assume it'd be able to lift more but still tip at the previous weight

Yes, on a 635 (twisted the boom out of the bearings) Spoke to a guy who made the norcar tracks, he explained (which I've half forgot) the difference in stated lift capacity and tipping weight, tipping weight is if I remember correctly the weight the machine will lift before rear wheels come off the ground, so tipping capacity is more important than what the loader would lift with the rear of the machine was chained down.

I talked to Jesper at Nordik greenteeth about a 2250 he had for sale with about 350 hours on it, we spoke about what i do and currently use (new version vermeer 252, 27hp belt driven) and he said i'd be disappointed with the 2250. (I was disappointed at the 27hp hydraulic drive vermeer FWIW) I liked that honesty. So it would make sense in my mind that if Ty is considering larger HP machines, or even the 252, then the 2250 would be too small for him too.

RE the 2250 Bandit, I use the vermeer 252 a lot, on hearing this the bandit dealer wouldn't sell me a used 2250 he had as he said id be disappointed!

Depends on nut and bolt size 310 for my 530

Can't remember tbh Paul

Looks great for the right application, like chipping, hundreds of kg quickly rather than thousands slowly Smaller scale than the bio mass stuff here

Crikey! Gusting hard up here.

What do you want to know?

Thats probably the main reason i went SE!

If access allowed yes (OP mentioned fences could be removed) My reasonings: Costs (with operator) £100 more than a groundy. Others on here have mentioned chucking "a load" of guys at the job. This sounds more expensive, although more inside the box thinking. "A load" of guys would frustrate me. Id get frustrated at the ones not pulling their weight. Just because its designed to work in the woods shifting cord doesn't mean it can't be used in a garden shifting branches! Its far more viable IMO than a quad-quads are useless at dragging stuff up hill and would need to do many more trips to extract everything. The alstor is great at shifting loads up hill in comparison. Someone mentioned a mini digger.....that would need hundreds of very slow trips to get everything out. No faffing around winching trees and branches up, maybe redirecting and winching again, dragging to final resting place, manually stacking. Winching here sounds slow imo. no manual handling - crane, grab and rotator does most the work. I don't have access to petrol winches, or any decent winch tbh. Felling and shifting everything looks like an easy day for 2 guys and the machine. And IMO the most cost effective option. However, i don't know the uk prices or availability of Alstors, and i wouldn't own one-too expensive and unreliable!

Steady on sweetheart Whats an argocat got to do with anything???? Completely different type of machine. A simple google search would have pointed that out to you. I said kit available TO ME and the OP was looking at alternate ideas. The alstor (with driver) costs me about £100 more than a groundy, for the day. So perfectly viable imo.