doobin
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Mine was a fraction of the cost, doesn’t have any ad blue/dpf problems, no rusty chassis…🤣 I’ve chipped it to around 170hp and fitted airbags. Tows my 2t machines very well and happy enough with the 2.7t on also. horses for courses, I’d rather brand new machinery than trucks. As well as two of the Rangers I also run an LDV 🤷♂️😂
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I was very happy to find my 11 plate Ranger, which is a Mazda underneath. 50k on the clock. Last of the proper Rangers.
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The latest Eagle is a very good bit of kit. A foot pedal that disconnects the belt drive. The TCT blade cuts like a dream. For smaller stuff an electric saw is ok ish but it’s just no good in the large diameter stuff- that which you’d want to split also. The saw guarding in particular is excellent. Running on my 26hp Kubota it averages 3.5 litres per hour, being fed hard and also running the hydraulic splitter. It’s a really easy bolt-on sale to a lot of my customers.
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"Try before you buy" Tree Surgeons Mastermind Thursday at 19:30
doobin replied to HRG's topic in Business Management
This website right here is a (much, much larger) peer group of like minded business owners, and it's free to use. My top tip for you all is to avoid snake oil salesmen. If Henri made anything like what he claims to make (the second time around 🤣), he wouldn't need to charge for his 'advice'. He'd do it for free, to give back. I have been fortunate to have such a mentor as this. But he ain't that. Why are you wasting your time pushing this bullshit rather than focusing on making your money the way you claim to? This belongs in the same category as real estate investors who will give you all their secrets for one low monthly price. -
I'd say about a ton, same as any 3.5t tipper. 1850kg empty as a pickup, 3050 max. Fuel 50kg, men 150kg (I don't employ fat pricks) The alloy body can't be that heavy, maybe 150kg more than standard tub. So possibly legally around 800/900kg payload. That's all you get with most modern Transits! It's a really useful sized vehicle, and tows well too.
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I've had the melted shaft (ooh matron!) issue too. A slight bend in the tube can be all it takes- pretty sure mine was on a strimmer. Pulled the driveshaft out and it was wrapped around like a candy cane, couldn't scrape it off either.
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Nope, wrong size tube. The smaller brushcutters (up to FS240 I think) have the right size tube. For hedgecutting you really need the loop handle and trigger too. I've done as you describe with handlebars on a FS130 before for rights of way maintenance (the less you carry the better!) It works OK-ish with the handlebar folded round but that was for rough old footpath bashing.
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Nope, probably never will! 🤦♂️
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You bloody well do! Look how much lower the shed is. That bank is steep 😉 To prove it to you- I almost had to call for a tow after tipping off 🤦♂️The mud tyres went on shortly afterwards. Also- it’s not just about 4wd when choosing a pick-up based tipper. It’s often as much about getting into tight spaces. The LDV would just about fit down the track to tip that muck (but would get stuck and graze trees on the way down). The iveco no chance.
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Happy now? 🤣
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OK, it's wet. If it clears up I'm off topping. If it stays wet, then today's job is to make.... a mancrate for the Sherpa! It'll be the perfect thing to increase profit and safety on your average large back garden hedge. I've tested it with my current crate and the forks, and it doesn't tip over once you climb in although it rocks about some! So I'm going to fabricate a smaller crate mounted direct to the loader hitch, as I can see an awful lot of uses for it. Most of the time you'll drive up to the hedge and set it 'against' the hedge to reach the top- being able to push in to the hedge like this makes a heavy reduction on a hedge that's only been tickled for years a lot easier. I have a mate who recently lost a finger to a hedge cutter when the ladder gave way, so I don't care what anyone says- this will be safer than a ladder.
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I love mine, but I’m not Arb.
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Thanks guys. The stacking area is reasonable. Any best guesses for the tonnage per acre? Appreciate it's a wild stab in the dark without photos....
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If you wish it to continue running so fantastically, might I be the first to suggest that you change the oil?! It may not have shit the bed yet due to a complete absence of (very cheap) preventative maintenance, but thre's no reason to tempt fate. A failure due to shitty oil isn't like just swapping a spark plug when that fails.
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How is that fraud? No dodgy BACs details to pay to, no similar-but-not-genuine websites. Looks like a mistake on HMRC's part.
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Processor grade, 50% thin on about three acres. Trees skinny but little brash to them, ash and beech average 10-12” diameter. Only really access for a tractor based forwarding outfit to move. What would be a fair price per ton standing? There’s not a lot there but it’s easily felled and processed with our processor.
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Hate to say it mate, but if you are getting quiet then so will the firms you hope to sub to.
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Flexible is my middle name. It's gonna hurt to let lads go but if it comes to it that's what it'll be, my machinery makes the most money and paying the finance on that will be the priority. I'm seeing used kit prices start to drop from their giddy post Covid heights.
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2600kg is going to put you firmly in the category of 'relatively thirsty 4x4' I'm afraid.
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I’m not getting many takers at £100 for that size post. Not sure why, we are in a rich area. people went nuts for these yew planks though that I sawed just to save from the firewood pile. £20-£30 each.
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What do you charge for a 6x6 gatepost 8ft long?
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Bitcoin down to £16.7k now.
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Who's cashing out then? Oh wait, you can't, the exchanges are freezing funds 'temporarily due to extreme conditions'. So much for your unmanipulatable, free market ponzi scheme.
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I've been saying this all throughout this thread. They are all the same drum unit from China, these companies (Skarper too) just stick a totally superfluous stop bar on it so that it looks like a roller fed chipper, add a Briggs engine, then charge literally five times the price and make a big thing out of 'stafety features' and the 'proven engine' Briggs engines are indeed proven- proven to be wank rubbish. The only people who still say proudly, 'It's a Briggs' are those who also wax lyrical about their Stanley tape measure and their Spear and Jackson spade. All crap riding the very last of the wave of a once good name.
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Sounds like a good idea. You wouldn’t need a crazy large winch, so the starter battery might be OK.
