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  1. Justme
    I have emailed you. Is it the Mk2? Lets have some pictures.
  2. Justme
    Faster moving stock too.
  3. Justme
    Your not alone.
  4. Justme
    Ditto
  5. Justme
    Get weight plates for the wheels too then.
  6. Justme
    This is why lorries have 5th wheels. The pressure point/loading is in the middle of the tow vehicle so it passes to the front & rear equally.
  7. Justme
    Start weighing you nose weight once loaded at the height your tow ball will be once loaded.
  8. Justme
    No No No, level or slightly nose DOWN (not because the ball is pulling the trailer down but due to good design, matching trailer & tow vehicle & suitable nose weight) Nose up leads to trailers dancing behind the vehicle. The worse ones are the small trailers behind vans & pickup. They bounce side to side hopping from one wheel to the other.
  9. Justme
    If I had a OEM trailer kit then my Astra has a second stability program to account for the trailer too.
  10. Justme
    The damper might be reducing the snaking but its not going to stop jack knifing due to no load on the rear of the truck if you brake heavy on a bend or the road is slippy. Dont use a damper to correct a badly loaded trailer. You need some nose weight at all times. What you have when you force it on is negative nose weight. Not good. Re the OP, most likely a combination of factors. To little nose weight trailer not riding level to slightly nose down, never have it nose up excessive steering input (the landrover syndrome of rocking the wheel back & forth) To much weight on the rear of the trailer or even on one side. If its got solid sides then wind or the effect of larger vehicles passing or being passed causing pressure to move from in front of the wheels to behind (or vis versa) causing the wag / snake.
  11. Justme
    Hire in a bigger chipper that can take it?
  12. Justme
    Bogoff I'm already watching it I bet it goes for more than my budget anyway.
  13. Justme
    Your quite right. I was surprised to see just how light they were. Most that I see are flatbeds, solid & mesh sides or stock types. That or they are using normal trailers as plant ones. Dont think I have seen any pukka plant ones.
  14. Justme
    Just remember that any optional extras or additions like the spare wheel, rear stands, ramps options, bucket stand ect do not come within the unladen weight of the trailer. Even a full tank of gas in the digger could be an extra 50+kg. Just thought too, how often do you clean the digger after a job but before you load it up? I bet there can be 50kg of mud stuck to it.
  15. Justme
    2.8 tonne def out & poss even the 2.5 tonne. Most 3500kg trailers weigh over 1000kg. Also remember that the digger weight does not include any buckets / fuel ect.
  16. Justme
    I have whole trunk about 2 to 3 foot across & 20+ foot long. Was standing dead wood & has been down for 3 or 4 years resting off the ground.
  17. Justme
    This. I doubt any Agri tie would be satisfied by horses.
  18. Justme
    Your now not allowed to ask someone to get a DBS for a job where you actually dont need one. I doubt you actually need one for this type of job.
  19. Justme
    In the end the foundations were not an issue for us. We put it on wooden piles just in case we went down the exempt/PD get stuffed route. I now wish we had gone for proper foundations as they will need sorting at some point. They did initially want to know all about them as we did start to go the PD route just to slow them down to we got to the enforcement exempt time limit. Our pitch is on the minimum allowed.
  20. Justme
    Our 6x16 took 3 lorry loads & 14 active days of milling inc making the shingles. Each milling day was followed by a day moving & stickering all the timbers (1x1 1x2 2x2 2x3 2x4 2x6 2x8 1x5 1x6,bandsaw cut shingles & loads of bits for trims), processing the waste & getting the logs ready for the next day. Yes that could have been done during the milling day but as I was paying per day I wanted the operator to stay on the controls non stop. If your going for temporary watch out for perm/fixed foundations.
  21. Justme
    PS, they will expect it to sit on a substantial sub frame or have an engineers report stating that it is designed to be able to be moved without damage. We initially were fighting the council re our cabin but they refused to accept it was movable for the above reasons. In the end we beat them with the time limits for enforcement. Our council uses this:- You MUST make it as two finished sections that are then joined as the last operation. It must be move able when joined. I know its not what the regs say but its easier to beat them with their own rules if you can.
  22. Justme
    Build it with the ridge height you want for the pitch you need for the roof covering you are using & then false truss / clad the ceiling to the height limit. Make it easy to remove just in case you get planning / change your mind in the future. Low ceilings make the place much easier to heat to a sensible comfort level for minimal cost / fuel.
  23. Justme

    Overloaded

    Justme replied to Stihlben's topic in Arb-Trucks

    I always wonder what the manufacturer would rate the trailer at if they were not limited by the 3500kg regulations.
  24. Justme
    Well there is a requirement for all vehicles to have lights on overnight unless they are in a 30mph street light area so they wont be far out. Its just like siting a skip if you think about it.
  25. Justme
    Well I just got the reply so as promised here it is. This is the email I sent them I hope that helps.

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