Matthew Storrs
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I'd say that price seems more like a 190 price anyway. I think someone in the advertising department was having a bad day:001_rolleyes:
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I lay the whole lot and then crook down at the end (Devon style)
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We had one like this last year, a large sycamore in a caravan park- put a day on it. Got there, winched it into the woodland and the owner said just leave it as it fell. So we were done by 10.30am and in the pub an hour later- it was a Saturday after all. That was the serendipity.
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If I'm a passenger in one I find it most comfortable putting my knees up on the dash, sort of propping myself up- can sleep for hours in this position.
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P.s my other vehicle is a Zetor tractor, once you've driven one of them 20 miles, the landy seems like a Bentley.
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Average about 30miles a day in my 300tdi, I only cover a 20mile radius. Wouldn't have a problem going further in it though. I really think people over exaggerate how un comfortable they are. Iv done several 400mile trips in mine and I honestly don't find it uncomfortable at all. A little noisy, Yes.
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Depends on VAT too though, I'd say 9k Inc VAT is probably going to buy a higher houred machine ie 1400 plus. No doubt that is relatively low hours for the engine itself, but everything else will be fairly worn.
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Certainly a good point, 9k is a pretty respectable budget for a 6 inch road tow, but if you put say 5k down as a deposit and spread the rest the payments will be pretty low and you'll have 4k ready as a contingency fund. I use to be very anti finance when so started but with good deals to be had on the repayments you end up spreading the investment cost yet end up with a nice new machine under warranty.
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I spent your budget on a tracked timber wolf a few years ago, and if I'm going to be honest it broke my heart! Bearings failed twice in 2 years, and I ended up spending a lot on parts in general mainly because by the time I brought it, it had seen the better days of its life so electrical issues were an almost weekly battle. I recently hired a timber wolf which also had a bearing failure whilst in my use and spat the flywheel fins (which are made of soap!) Out through the shoot. For this reason if I was you unless you are very lucky finding a good tracked one in your budget then you'll get a much newer road tow for your budget.
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And nice coil sprung axle articulation:001_rolleyes:
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Bit harsh, I'm sure gensetsteve ain't that big:lol:
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Er not quite true- there is a kind of half way house if you get the lever just in between clicks:biggrin:. However if never had a problem with the doors falling off or water leaking- which some people like to suggest is standard on defenders. IMO for my line of work their benefits outweigh their quirks 100x. But I wouldn't have one if most of my work involved long motorway journeys. I will be sad to see the end of them. But mine will outlive me and I'm only 25:laugh1:
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I heard a rumour that it was also due to the design not being pedestrian friendly, ie flat fronted metal bumper which of course must just be a rumour because if I was a pedestrian I'd sooner be hit by a defender then a flat fronted artic.
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I'm wondering what dress to wear this evening, any tips Will?
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Its only a matter of time:001_rolleyes:
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Hodge- I sold mine for exactly the same reasons as you- I just found that for most of my jobs there would always be bits that the ELH made too restricting to get to- so I would end up taking off. Also the hardest part of hedge trimming is up a ladder and the ELH also wasn't suitable for this. However, in some circumstances it is a real back saver, and just for these times alone I wish I hadn't sold it. But then I only got £200 for it.
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Jesus, what a bent thread:laugh1:
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Yes, the easy lift is the best thing out there, but it doesn't take away from the fact that I find hedge trimming the most physically draining work I do. I'd sooner be shifting big rings all day over trimming tall and wide hedges. Nice little 6ft hedges are easy enough, but when it comes to balancing 10ft up a ladder trying to reach over an 8ft wide hedge - its bloody agony if you have any distance to goand the easy lift can't help with this.
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What famous landmark do you live closest too
Matthew Storrs replied to chrisgilltreesurgery's topic in The Lounge
Well, I live pretty much under the shadow of HMP Dartmoor and have been inside to get my ladders back because they were confiscated from some prisoners who saw fit to take them whilst out on a work party:001_rolleyes: -
After a relatively slow start....
Matthew Storrs replied to Mick Stockbridge's topic in General chat
Yep same here, I went on my own in 2008 just when the recession was getting going, so iv never had it so good. Pretty much booked till December with plenty in the pipeline for after. -
As said, could be worn sprockets, or track not tensioned properly/or keeping its tension. If you buy new rubber tracks don't get the cheap unbranded Chinese rubbish, I did and ended up replacing them despite no wear on them, they were complete rubbish, kept coming off despite tensioning right plus the track had about the rigidity of a rubber band so any stone that got between the sprocket and the track would pop it right off. Camoplast are good- available from digbits
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Do you hear a rumble when the you turn it of from the flywheel. Had a hired Timber wolf do this the other day, next thing I knew it was throwing its intestines out the shoot. Very Mickey mouse engineering I hasten to add.
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What's wrong with the Stanley flask, fill it and save faffing during the day. Assuming your using the jetboik at work...
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Yes that is so right about only having a defender unless you work it. I don't consider myself an enthusiast as I don't spend my weekends changing parts/upgrading parts just for the fun. But I really cannot think of another vehicle I would consider for my work, the defender is perfect for the rough and tumble type jobs I get in the countryside. The only vehicle I would consider is the Toyota land cruiser in pickup form that you can import. That's the only pickup that looks up to the job aside from the defender.
