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  1. richy_B
    I'm sure it's a difficult situation but he always has the option of selling up, buying a fantastic 5m house and living exceptionally well his entire life. Money generally buys you choices.
  2. richy_B
    It's probably bad reporting. Two 'jcbs' involve was probably taken to mean two being carried. Doubt the general public know what a fastrac is. Also excavator hasn't toppled or broken it's ratchets. Looks more like trailer jack knifed, maybe disconnected then hit the cars. From the location of the fastrac it's seems more probable.
  3. richy_B
    It's described a two diggers on trailer being towed by an agricultural vehicle so I assumed the fastrac was towing. The jcb excavator pictures looks pretty big though, minimum 10t. Hard to see how two excavators could be on one agri low loader. Only one excavator pictured and no hgv. Stuff may have been removed though.
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    Saw in the news this evening about a nasty crash in Glasgow. Apparently tractor (Fastrac from image) pulling a low loader with two large looking excavators, hit a bus and hgv and a digger toppled onto nearby/passing cars. One dead. From the rwport it sounds like brakes failed but i wonder if the hgv was overtaking the bus on the wrong side, which may have been at a bus stop. That's a lot of trailer for a fastrac if someone did pull out on him amd he had no where to manoeuvre to. Regardless, RIP. HSE are going to be onto this big time. http://metro.co.uk/2016/05/24/diggers-topple-on-to-cars-on-outskirts-of-glasgow-5902239/
  5. richy_B
    'Management consultancy and personal injury law'.......
  6. richy_B
    I believe that because rings kilns are portable they benefit from several exemptions. If that was a fixed light industrial items you'd run into issues.
  7. richy_B
    You'll be waiting a long time for that to happen! 99% vote with their wallets.
  8. richy_B
    Thanks. If you have the sales it's worth investing on the right kit. If you are going to do charcoal and make a living you need the volumes you mention. Our Exeter retort can produce a 100kg a day so has to be something you run along side another activity. Standalone you'll never make any money.
  9. richy_B
    Jaymo, can I ask how much you're kilns were? Presume these are quite pricey.
  10. richy_B
    True but if you are pulled you are highly unlikely to get a fine for less than 5% overloaded. On a 3500 that's a 175kg margin for error.
  11. richy_B
    You can get a 2.8t on an ifor gh1054 trailer (660kg). Just put the buckets in the tow vehicle. Legal but it is a lot of weight and I'd certainly be wary of keeping your speed down and leaving a lot of braking distance.
  12. richy_B
    I agree. If biochar if your aim an Exeter retort will do it but you will never make a profit. High grade bbq charcoal with the fines going for biochar is the best approach.
  13. richy_B
    I have an Exeter retort in London.
  14. richy_B
    I've only got limited experience of cone splitters but at smaller sizes it is down to the skill of the operator. Trying to split 6" stuff will not be very productive though. The larger the diameter stuff seems more dependent on the length than anything else. You could split 60cm rings if they were already cut to firewood length without too much drama. A 60cm diameter log that is 3 metres long is a very different deal.
  15. richy_B
    I regard forestry as the management of multiple trees and arb as the management of individual trees.
  16. richy_B
    Can I ask what region it is? Some rules differ in Scotland and NI.
  17. richy_B
    One thing that did occur to me is does you partner work? If not I wonder if they may be better placed to lead the applications. It could be much easier for someone without another income to prove this was their main occupation and income. In my experience agricultural ties do not refer to spouses etc so if would be less of an issue if you wee full time arb. Could be a good angle?
  18. richy_B
    If it states equestrian then I suppose riding school or livery could work. As others have mentioned agricultural ties are usually dictated by occupational need/main job or income being derived from the land. Arb is the wrong industry and I'd not mention this at all. Firewood is workable but I reckon you'd need to demonstrate it was part of a larger forestry operation. ie you fell, extract and replant from woodlands within 50 miles of the site, the harvested material is used for firewood etc. Keeping animals is fine if it's your main income. 6 hens and a goat isn't going to cut it. 1000 hens maybe. The main thing to remember with planners is they don't get in trouble for saying 'NO' , they can find them selves in bother for saying yes though. Hence you will find the default answer to everything will be no and you'll have to do the arguing. Get a consultant to talk of through for an hour. Then go from there.
  19. richy_B
    I'm only speculating, no idea how it really happened. I supposed he could have also been using a wheeled mini and been yanking/wrestling with it and again, lost his footing. Regardless, bit of a nasty way to go. RIP.
  20. richy_B
    It might have mortgage lender implications. I'd recommend careful wording, be very quiet about out firewood and tree surgery and emphasis forestry.
  21. richy_B
    He could have slipped and backed it over himself. I've seen the potential a few times with tracked chippers - reversing towards yourself, lose you footing and lack of experience/spare of the moment just hang onto the levers. With a stump grinder I guess you wouldn't need to go far over till your legs could get tangled.
  22. richy_B
    Nothing wrong with the axe and chainsaw approach. If I did a day of 10 cubes by hand I'd probably want a week off to recover!
  23. richy_B
    2500ton a month! That's some serious output. Do you mind if I ask what your machinery set up is? Can't even imagine what you'd be running to produce all that.
  24. richy_B
    Just joined the 'wee chipper' club with the receipt of my new jo beau m200. Thanks to the guys at Global. Not only do I have a new machine, I've got a matching jo beau t shirt, fleece and hat!
  25. richy_B
    Not of mine but something like this would be the same http://www.12voltplanet.co.uk/battery-terminal-clamp-with-isolation.html

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