Matthew Storrs
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i reckon, stick him in a kiln for the day see how he likes it, mentaly scarred? mentaly challenged more like.
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hmm, thinking it might not really pay to have it done, its a tracked chipper and most customers keep the chippings, but just wanted to try and equip myself a bit better for urban/domestic type jobs without having to buy another chipper/tipper truck etc. Its fustrating tho when i have a job which might only be a bit more chipping than i can currently fit into ifor canopy top and then have to do several trips, eats into the profit etc so was hoping tipper landy might solve that. but if it can't hold much anyway legally.... back to the drawing board!!
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self employed as in running your own buiseness, or contracting out to other companies. I renewed my company insurance with trust today and paid 850 for 5mil public liability + 10 mill employers liabilty, quite pleased with that. may be less if your a 'bona fide' sub contractor? not sure...
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bearing in mind westcountry hills.
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Smart truck, just the thing im after for mine, looks like you can get a fair bit in there too. 300tdi? whats it like with all that chip plus chipper on the back? i'm trying to work out whether its worth it to convert mine or not cos i have to tow chipper (1.6ton) plus load of chip etc, landy might struggle, unless i potter around in low all the time. zzzzzz!
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how much would you charge to work....
Matthew Storrs replied to Czlowiek Drzewo's topic in General chat
Realisticly, it could probably be done any where between 15-20 grand if you all go in 1 vehicle and theres no climbing involved etc, but... you don't leave any room for leeway should things go wrong, so yeah twenty minimum really. -
cheers for that. how about the rear wheel arches, or lack of, once the tipper beds on, won't the wheels catch the bed with a load on?
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hi, Anyone know the cost of converting landy hicap (110) to alluminium tipper and any drawbacks i need to be aware of. Cheers
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ah, fair point, it was the grey ones doing that, never had a poblem with the newer one whilst i used it.
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Had echo ones for a few years, were nice to use etc but found we had repeated carb problems after a few years use. anyone else have that?
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I have Kawasaki hedgetrimmers which i brought new off a company on Ebay, I paid £315 for a new, double sided long reach two years ago and it has been execellant, never let me down and very clean cuttting, same for their brushcutters. would defo buy one over a stihl, bit lighter too, important when your holding the thing for hours on end.
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Oh by the way, Exac one say on their website it will go on a 1.5 ton digger but this might be salesman talk??
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HI all, After a bit of advice, am possibly looking to get a stumpgrinder however, does any one have any experiance of one mounted on a mini digger (Takeuchi tb0 1.6 ton). Exac1 do one for £4500, looks to be quite good quality and I like the idea of it being on the end of a digger arm for good acess etc. Question is, Would a mini digger have enough guts (hydraulic flow) to run it and has anyone ever used one. or is it best to stick to a dedicated stumpgrinder (more expensive though)? I wouldn't be using it a huge amount but still want it to be capable enough for your average tree stump. Any insight gratefully received!! Matt
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Hi there. New here. I do quite a lot of fencing for the Duchy of Cornwall on Dartmoor using a digger and postdriver, and for stock netting I charge about £4.50 a meter supplied and installed (minimum of 100 meters), a bit more if the ground conditions are an issue, and changes of direction which require strutting etc. Another thing to thing to bear in mind is that some fencers used to use staples to attach the netting to the straining posts, and although this is far quicker and cheaper it is a major cause of fence failure when the staples fall out . It would be much better to either tye it off or use gripples, crimps etc. but again these cost a bit.
