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Hi, are any producers doing logs in nets wholesale in the south yorkshire area? I am looking for them to sell on etc. mixed nets , hardwood, or softwood considered, don't have to be kiln dried. thanks. Luke

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I have the same set up for hedge cutting except just a stihl hs45, besides the ladder. A longer bar cutter would be very beneficial, but they only go so far. If I was to buy another it would be long reach. I don't often have the call for one, so rather than buy i would hire, for now. One thing I have noticed is depending on what model is used, some of them blow smoke in your face, or it generally drifts that way. the engine behind me would be an improvement

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vehicles or combinations of vehicles with a maximum permissible mass not exceeding 7,5 tonnes used:

 

for carrying materials, equipment or machinery for the driver's use in the course of his work.

 

These vehicles shall be used only within a 50 (SOON TO BE 100) kilometre radius from the base of the undertaking, and on condition that driving the vehicles does not constitute the driver's main activity;

I wondered about this the other day. I can see this applying to most landscapers and arborists. Got onto the subject at a composting site about this council bloke who tried to book someone on waste as it happens. Then delved into the use of his trailer. If your vehicle was registered before around the year of 2003 ( it could be an earlier or later year i have forgot, i will look it up) then a analog tacho is acceptable, no need for the new digi tacho, card and ticket for it. Though I can see the plus side of the new digital sets.

I did some work at potteric carr in doncaster when I was on the dole. Durin the slave labour days there, some heavy plastic piping was brought in, it was rolled into the stream that was to be bridged and weighed down some. Then simply chocked up the sides to form the path with board and stakes and filled it in and over the pipe with gravel and hardcore and tamped that down. Simple but it worked well. I should point out the sand was dropped off the side of a railway tipper bogey from the bridge overhead, many many tons of it. You would need either a skilled tractor trailer driver and reverse it to it or a dumper etc. Thats if it would work for you.

This one looks suitably dangerous but a gravity feed and some covers would make it an efficient tool. Could be an old cement mixer converted.

Not sure an old cement mixer would be strong enough. One I have seen used an old international axle and diff for the rotation, attached to a tractor, and that almost had a bit of flex in it.

Oh my god I wish 'd seen the bare unit only for sale. Last year near me there was half an acre of branch wood just left and abandonned between a farm and a pit top, free for all. Little sods from the nearest village had a game of petrol and matches with it it burned for a week

Hi check out your L.A who may be purging their stock and equipment they no longer need. Some usually have stuff laying around that hardly been used. It goes to auction and can be bought cheap. It may be a bit of a gamble, but if you're lucky you can get a price list there is lots to be had.

As for a mower. A new or used honda self propelled roller 476 is the best I have found so far. I bought one off a bloke in manchester an its done me well.

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I second what Billy ( and others ) have said. The reversing is around a cone into a bay, it isn't hard. The driving steady and with some forethought is what counts. It is like an advanced driving test, maybe. I had 6 hours training, you might say 8 if you include the assessment lesson, which gave the firm a insight of how many hours training I would need. It also familiarises you with your test vehicle and trailer, and reversing it, and driving it with weight on ( has to be half a ton, by law now). As it happened, I was a right mess on my first day. Mostly from my truck breaking down when I got there after taking half an hour to start, and a little from me recovering from what was supposed to be a chilled out night out the previous Friday. Still, on the morning of my test I was in better shape and not stressed and it wasn't hard work. Stick to the speed limits, look for changes in speed marked on the road. If it is 30mph, do not go 31mph.. Above all else, you have 12 minutes to reverse the trailer and it is not a race. Do it on tickover or not far off, as showing off will likely attract a bad mood from them and this will likely reflect how they let the hour go by.

Hi. Ford ranger day cab.

Passed my trailer test on tuesday morning! I got 2 minors which is nothing really. Its another ticket to me name, well worth the money, though 115 quid for the test fee is steep! My pickups combined mass is 5 ton, the vehicle gross weight is 2.7 ton but it weights 1.6T or so empty. What does that leave me with trailer weight? Would I be able to drag a mini digger and stay within my limits? I have no idea on their weights. Thanks Luke

Looks very well made, that does! Would it pass all the test / inspections for a CE mark on it or whatever it needs now?

could you not ask an engineer to made an attachment for something like a haytor condor or similar? Gravely used to have something like that. It was the Clint Eastwood of the 2 wheel tractor world. Brilliant. Self propelled and get a decent engine powering it, it should be easier than a small normal machine. I was once given the task of cutting a small trench for burying a cable with a small stump grinder and they are heavy machines to move.

Doin a little work for someone, it is removing two climber and ivy archways that are making his wife ill and removing a small tree stump for now. ( hedge to reduce and a patch of turf to lay soon. Admin please edit my post to allow pictures to show if they don't. I try my best and they just don't work.

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The two archways to be removed. I would top them with my chainsaw and dig the rest out, the hedge to be reduced in size to allow for a proper path/turf, and the tree stump is around a foot in diameter. i am considering dig around the stump and cut it off below ground level. The customer would be happy with that. What would you charge? Price for both archways and stump, hedge and turf/seeding inline with the concrete, seperate. Thanks

A few years ago we had some "campers" on the local pitch and putt course. They were there a fortnight and it cost the local council £30,000 to clean up and repair after them. They filled the brook with conifers and carrier bags of excrement. Why don't people stop employing them they would soon realise the money has dried up and move on.

Move on to where? Where ever they go they will be a problem. Just go around in a big circle and come back again one day.

I've got 10 years worth of random scrap metal in the garage and dotted around the garden. Be even more when these sheet old radiators are replaced. I drive a single cab 4x4. Its from my own property, would I be exempted with no scrap license and waste license? Its not like I've collected it anyway.

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They are happy to pay me..

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Hi My neighbours have asked me to look after their garden whilst they are away. Keep it tidy and I'll mow the garden too. So, for collecting leaves, mowing the garden cut conifer hedges that overhang and general tidy up.. How much would you charge?

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Soory I can't get the picture to show on the forum, just click on it and it'll take you to it. Thanks Luke

If you've ever used a gun do you put the butt on your right or left shoulder? A left handed friend puts it on his left,which seems just not right to me

Beware when doing this. I once used a rifle when I was a air ( space ) cadet, and someone said don't do that. I was amazed to here that the people designed the rifle were moronic enough to design it only for right handed people. If I had fired it the spent casing would have flown out and burned the fook out of my face as that is where it would have gone. I never bothered with it again, and for all the right handed people there using them it just flew passed their face and on the floor. I can't shoot anything that needs aiming with my right eye, its no good for it..

I would agree with aspenarb. Where I work, the transit twincab with a 2 ton trailer snakes around 50 sometimes, and the vehicle is limited to 60mph.. It will all end in tears one day. I think the answer is across the pond

Don't waste your time guys, there's more money in these ;-)

 

 

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I once made some of them up for back garden. I honestly thought I was on crack if I was to cut them up, put them up for sale and it take off. Now it seems I am I would never have guessed. Now where is my saw?

I used loppers where possible, as for a silky, well I don't have one as I haven't really needed one. The main objective was to get the height down and tidy it up, as he put it. It stands nearly 3 mtr tall now, it will grow back soon. It looks well on the sides and not bad on the top. I would charge more next time, though..

HI LUKE just like say nice one but i sold you a saw NOT A HEDGE TRIMMER MATE KEEP SAFE JON

Haha I have done. I had 10mtr along or so of thick stems to get through on the top and it cleared them all. I'm ordering some new tank caps with seals today. I noticed it has started leaking pet and oil a bit. be about 12 quid for them as I remember.

How many of you have gone to do a hedge that was to be lowered and found 3-4 inch thick stems growing away? The old 048 and its 25 inch bar I bought off mendip made it quicker going. Thanks john.