Matthew Storrs
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Just been doing a bit of reading up on the ford F150, mostly from American forums... The curb weight of it is 2489kg, it may have a big lump in it but I'd sooner be going down the route of a Toyota land cruiser. The F150 is sold stock rated to tow 5000lbs (2272kg) in order to increase that you have to upgrade radiators/inter coolers and purchase the uprated towing package which will allow you to tow 8000lbs (3636kg), apparently the tow package isn't cheap. In top of all this you have a city MPG of 17. And I'd assume that repairs are going to be costly and parts hard to get hold of(this is just an assumption mind!) In short they don't appeal one bit to me.
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Has the stump already been dug out? Couldn't you a hiab truck to lift it?
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I may be wrong but reading your other thread its clear you really want to be running your own work so I'd be surprised if someone gave you a few days seeing as you are potential competition already. I'd keep phoning companies in your area looking to learn experiance- just don't mention you want to start on your own- that'll make them run a mile!
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Actually its different with tractors because a lot of the weight is on the tractor itself whereas 3.5t behind a pickup is pure dead weight.
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Spot on really, towing 3.5t behind 2t always seems a bit the wrong way round. But then tractors tow way over their own weight.....
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30 years to build it! I take it he's not being paid by the meter:lol:
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Oh can he? I'll ask him next time I go in. Cheers
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Yeah 54 cans would be over a grand excluding any discount, quite a lot of money to have tied up in fuel. Does the 200liter drum have a tap or something at the bottom?
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Yes that might be the way to do it, or just use it as an excuse for a day out. So a pallet is 54 5liter cans?
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Anyone know how much to import one?
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I'm going to start using Aspen, but shame the nearest dealer is about 25 miles away.
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Liking the knuckle duster handle!
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Surprised volunteers where allowed to use it, they usually have the assigned chainsaw operator in volunteer groups!
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Ha ha, yes 'never touch the same stone twice' is always in the back of my mind, sometimes I get what I call wallers block, things seem to progress rather slow then you have a spurt where it flys up. Flint work would be interesting to see....
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I'm not sure if they have competitions, not something iv looked into, it all depends on what your given and having to work with whatever stone you have to hand, so no different to hedge laying comps I suppose.
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Thanks, I don't really advertise walling so never get enough of it that I get bored/tedious of it. A chap near me does it pretty much day in day out and his work is incredible but I think he said he wouldn't mind never seeing a stone again!
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Yes, and heavy lumps of granite hurt when they bite! I don't tend to do much free standing walls so don't have a problem with fill in, although if I'm rebuilding a wall I still end up coming short of stone a lot of the time!
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I'd go for 460 on 24 inch?
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Blimey, that ash has seen better days, was it over a footpath or something?
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Holy smokes, its raining so hard now its making quite a racket even indoors.
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Well I'm on my own tonight, other half's at work so beans on toast with a fried egg on top and a pint of tea!
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yes Id like to see other peoples work from round the country, so many different regional styles
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a few walls iv done over the summer. Mostly granite. The last one is a turf faced (mainly) devon hedgebank which I built 2 years ago. 50 years ago they were paid to bulldoze them flat now we are being paid to put them back again in the same place!!!!
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ha yes, the tractor puffed a bit pulling the trailer out of the mud once it was loaded up to the top with chip!
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My setup for tree and fencing work- works for me!
