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  1. Matthew Storrs
    V6 Navara eh? Is that available in uk?
  2. Matthew Storrs
    Funnily enough- when you mentioned yours earlier I initially thought a sprinter would be just about the least suitable vehicle for me- but actually the more I think about it I can see many benefits- mobile workshop, carry all tools securely in the back/no need for loading them up from shed eveyday just keep it in their. Ok for moderate off roading. Does it tow 3500kg and does it do it comfortably? still plan on keeping my landy anyway for glorified wheelbarrow work and proper off road jobs.
  3. Matthew Storrs
    Yep- feel castrated! but I’m sure I’ll find something else to buy to restore a little manliness.
  4. Matthew Storrs
    Yeah- thanks all, seems like options are very limited for someone who absolutely needs 3.5t towing capacity, a good and robust 4wd system etc, preferably the ability to travel on road in low range- or at least enough power so that you don’t need low box to tow 3.5t on steep Dartmoor lanes. its a well trodden path for me but as I no longer have a tractor the requirement for all the above is even more essential, comfort and ‘features’ are the last priority on my list as only shortish journeys.
  5. Matthew Storrs
    Either that - or folk are so fed up with them they can’t bring themselves to discuss it on a forum! ? Although done enough reading on Toyota forums to be convinced enough not to go down that route.
  6. Matthew Storrs
    Considering new alternatives for my defender- what to minimise downtime issues/mechanics, which as a sole operator and no back up vehicle is becoming costly. Generally not into buying new vehicles but is anyone running a new hilux out there doing short trips mainly- under 10 miles. Have heard about issues with DPFs etc...
  7. Matthew Storrs
    That’s the only thing I’m flashing I can assure you!
  8. Matthew Storrs
    Yeah- pic is of a toad (obviously) but same job encountered the adder.
  9. Matthew Storrs
    Always coming accross toads and lizards when I’m wallling- On this particular job I scooped an adder out of a ditch with the digger- fortunately he was unharmed- but a little irritated to have been disturbed in such a manner- understandably.
  10. Matthew Storrs
    He looks like he belongs in a rainforest- lovely.
  11. Matthew Storrs
    If I wanted to be away from people I wouldn’t go into a pub! Know what your saying though- another one is when you go into a largely empty car park and park away from cars and some one comes and parks right next to you.
  12. Matthew Storrs
    Is that the yanmar SV26 Stephen? Just had one on a job myself with view to replacement. Did you like it?
  13. Matthew Storrs
    Or as AV said to me (in jest) sign a blank cheque and send it up and they’ll do the rest. im also in the “I’d love a mog, could put it to use a lot, but costs when they go wrong put me off” camp.
  14. Matthew Storrs
    Hmm, the U1000 I used to drive. Think you’d struggle to fit a 3tonner in the bed-or at least the tracks/blade would probably just fit on but no room for arm. My Herbst dump trailer is 12ft long and even that has the arm hanging out the back a fair bit. Just googled specs- short wheel base is same length as tracks so definitely wouldn’t fit one in that- maybe a long wheelbase variation?
  15. Matthew Storrs
    Nonsense, I bought my first digger at 21, tractor 2 years later. If you’ve got plenty of work for it and know that your in it for a while- then why put restrictions on yourself. Plus the more you can save your body at your age the more you’ll thank yourself later.
  16. Matthew Storrs
    Plant Search | Auto Trader Plant PLANT.AUTOTRADER.CO.UK Small duck come up for sale here in Devon- looks a handy setup.
  17. Matthew Storrs
    It’s amazing what you can do with a powertilt hitch though compared with just a tilting grading bucket. Because the hitch tilts so much it’s easy to pour material accurately by tiliting a full grading bucket up, or putting a small trenching bucket in it you can work it underneath stuff- be creative with it etc, also if you wear the bucket out it’s cheap enough just to buy a standard replacement bucket, the actual hitches though are very robust- I know someone who has put 11000 hrs on one and still in daily use.
  18. Matthew Storrs
    Bit of a derail- but what’s going on with plant hire companies at the mo. Hewdens have just gone bust, and WH Bonds (a bigger hire firm round here) have packed it in. Also just heard Eagle plant have gone too. I mean plant hire seems to be a bit of a race to the bottom to me- is it all coming to a head?
  19. Matthew Storrs
    Looking at the E20 though it’s basically based around a 1.8t machine . Same engine,tracks, reach etc. I’d have thought it would be well worth spending the extra £5k to get the E27 instead if it’s that good. Turning up with let’s say a Kubota Kx18-4 @ £18k will do the job that the E20 could do, whereas capability difference jumps massively once your up to 2.8t etc.
  20. Matthew Storrs
    £30k all in for an E20 sounds a lot to me.... especially if that is meant to be Bobcats 0% finance..... I had a quote for a 2.8t Yanmar which was £23500 plus VAT. And Takeuchis new 2.4t TB225 is similar.
  21. Matthew Storrs
    Id love to try a setup like- To me that lowest picture just looks wrong. The whole geometry that the engcon changes. Surely breakout must be massively reduced looking at the distance from the tipping link to the tip of the bucket- the leverage is collosal- an extra 12-18” of height in there. When you curl the bucket it in youd have a job not to foul it on the boom on a little machine like that.
  22. Matthew Storrs
    Don’t say that! I was going to offer mine to him!
  23. Matthew Storrs
    I put down £5200 inc the VAT. the rest is £380 a month over 48 months. Full cab etc. I sourced the powertilt hitch myself. however a better deal would have been a new hitachi zx19u which was offered to me for £14k plus the VAT. It was canopy which living where I do in the mist and rain never works for me!
  24. Matthew Storrs
    Yeah- bugger me, the price he’s been quoted is top spec 3 ton money.
  25. Matthew Storrs
    I have a harford hitch on both my Taks, it’s ok but I wouldn’t say I’m crazy about the geometry- I reckon it loses a load of breakout force- the old miller hitches I used to have were better in that respect but boy did they wear- soon got yourself a self levelling bucket! is that over 60 months that price?

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