richy_B

Can't you request a map from the fsc? You just provide grid reference and scale.

Both have there advantages. Front steering is better on slopes, articulated has great turning circle and manoeverability. One thing like about the articulated steer is if you find you self bogging down in the muddy rut you can 'wiggle' you way out of it. It's going to come down to what you intend doing to most of. If you are in the woods more than 50% of the time I'd go for articulated. Any less go for front steering.

Greenplant Guildford is an hour away. They have a few.

Looking good. What's your rates for North/ West London?

From humble beginnings great things come. Good luck to you.

They look good. I'd really like to try out a turntable trailer. I am sure they take some getting use to but can see the advantages. Reversing them must be hard skill to master.

I think a lot go through BCA. They seem to handle a lot if ex lease stuff so you will find a lot of 3-5 year old 24-60k pickups, drops ides and tippers. Don't get much over 3.5t gvw in my experience.

I'll join the choir. Really uncomfortable. I'd rather have wet feet. Plus you'll need a mate to help get them off.

Agreed about the winch. In fairness the uniforest one is well suited and I doubt there would be much gain in fitting a larger model as you haven't got the weight/traction to make it work. My 35m can easily drag my 835 backwards even with the linkage right down and digging in.

Fair enough but I think the point remains valid.

Agree, it if a pain on the arse. But if it all goes tits up you don't want to be the one with your name on the ticket! As with most problems, there is rarely a simple solution.

Vehicles logs to avoid this. Driver, date, time and miles out, time and miles in. The problem will be if the driver/employee at the time denies it is them. You could end up in hot water or at least a load of hassle.

Triggers broom springs to mind.... Obviously you can ask what you want for it but that's a lot of money. You can buy a brand new 130 chassis cab for £21k.

I've only had it 6 months (from new) but it's been straight forward and no issues so far. They are pretty simple and you can get at all the gubbins should you need to. I guess it down to personal circumstance but probably best to get the maximum HP you can. I get on well with my one but often wonder if I should have gone for the 860 and it's extra 33hp. If you are doing a lot of mowing/flailing the bigger the extra would enable you to run a much wider flail amd probably run it a higher gear too.

That's odd because it the V5 clearly states on the front it is not evidence of ownership. Surely it's all about the name and VAT number on the invoice. I suppose all companies are different and they might have a policy on it...

AGT for me. Simple mechanics, not a lot of electrics. I have a 835 forestry spec. Wanted the extra guarding.

It'll make a big difference to your insurance cost. I found in a limited company name it was twice my own. The V5 is also just the 'registered keeper' so makes no difference on who actually owns it.

Looks good but £14.5k for a 22 year old defender is crazy.

I like the idea of them but I wonder how the road legal tyres fair in the woods? Wouldn't it bog down pretty easily when loaded.

I'm no expert but from my understanding in order to get an agricultural/forestry dwelling you are going to need to prove a very strong case for why you need to live on site. Again just my understanding but I would have thought you'd need a genuine need to be there for more than 50% of your whole week (over 85 hours a week). That there is no genuine alternative (ie local housing you could live at). That there is an genuine occupational need to be there and it is not just lifestyle. Finally I would expect it needs to be financially viable according to a planners perspective (ie the business enterprise makes enough income to provide you and your family an average income). I would expect this would need to genuinely be £20k plus and you could argue that you live sustainably and can survive on £6k a year like some of the hippy esque people who attempt this. From what I have seen, if you have 12 acres or more and genuinely need to be there you can easily get permission to site a static caravan. This will generally have a 2-3 year time limit. In that time you need to prove all the points above to the planners. It's definitely not easy as not many people achieve it. I suppose though if you could live in a static for three years you could do some serious saving and if it didn't work out have a decent deposit for somewhere else.

Could have done with a 360 with a grab for my day. Still 'little red' held his own. I am amazed how much you can get done with an alpine.

Wet day in the woods today.

I don't think these 'private tickets' are enforceable. They can't give you a penalty charge as per a council as they have no authority to do so. They treat it as a contract but as you have not expressly entered into one I doubt it would stand up in court. Presumably they rely on people just paying up. I'd not reply, even 'contesting' helps them as they then know who was likely driving at the time. Say nothing, let them waste their time.

I saw a large firewood producer in Germany and it was very impressive. Huge log stack being fed onto a hydraulic log deck by a guy on a timber crane. Huge processor operated by another guy (didnt recognise the make model but looked like posch colours) with saw dust extraction fans. Going into a posch packfix unit. The forklifted away into a building, presumably into a kiln. 3 guys running it but in five minutes of watching it seemed like they did a couple of cubes. Firewood production on an industrial scale.

Gnerally but certain additions add weight on. Expanding tracks for example adds about 160kg which can make the 8018 quite a bit heavier.