Matthew Storrs
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Ah right- fair enough. As you say I think they’re establishing a pretty good dealer network now. I have one local to me who seems to be doing good business with yanmar. Incidentally you could have got it in baby blue Kobelco. Their sv26 is made by yanmar, identical except the colour.
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Why would you not have no after sales from yanmar- dealer not near? must say if I was buying a sub 3 ton towable machine new it’d be the yanmar sv26. It just ticks all the boxes for me. Conventional tail swing and a wide track base at that, Good ground clearance, comfortably towable plus nice proportional auxiliary controls/option for a 2nd of aux lines. Just think it’s a really well thought out machine.
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Unless your working between tight buildings, I’ve rarely found an issue with conventional tail swing in this size bracket. 45cm overhang, if you can’t work with that you must as well just get a smaller machine in. unfortunaly most manufactures seem to be doing mostly zeros now, think takeuchi, Kubota and yanmar are the main 3 still offering conventional tails in 3 ton size.
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Yeah, I’ve found the same. Zero far more jumpy on the back track. Can’t beat a nice big ass! i might be wrong but think that Bobcat is basically the same as your doosan- made by the same company anyway I believe.
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I quite like using finance even if I don’t necessarily need it- I’d prefer to have the money in my account and just treat finance as another monthly business expense.
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Ah right, probably not far off then. I paid 800 for just over £5k borrowed over 24 months. The longer the period the worse it is.
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Got to say that seems dear to me. Over what period?
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First time I used Finance they wanted to see my business bank account statements going back 6 months. Since then because I’ve stuck with the same company each time they don’t want to see any further documents- I’ve never missed a payment or anything so guess they know the score.
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The whole thing is surprisingly efficient once you’ve go a system. Il do about 20-30 posts an hour on my own. Me and a mate will knock 550 meters in a day at 3m intervals
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Could do that, or hang a chain from the knocker- sometime I use a bit of tree spray paint- once all the posts are stabbed in wall along with a measure and put a mark on each post- takes a minute or 3 for hundred meters so not the end of the world.
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I hang a plumb line off each stake, basically a small weight hanging off a string- reckon I get them just as straight as my conventional contractor model on tractor and spirit level I used to have . I just have a wire at ground level- stab all the stakes in then go along- hang the plumb line on, knock it in, get out and move the line to the next post whilst checking to make sure the post you’ve just done is straight. Sounds a faff but it’s only out the cab once per stake and you get into a rhythm. Few pics, all done on my own with digger and knocker.
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If it’s a zero swinger then it’ll be less stable though. ideally you’d use it sideways over the tracks so it’s quick to go from post to post using blade to level machine- on very steep ground you’d have to have the blade down in front of you. Recently I had it on very steep ground that they’d had flailed- it was far too steep for a tractor but by having the knocker extended full reach up hill I was able to manoeuvre about and get to all of the posts. A heavy handed /jerky operator would have had the machine on its side pretty quickly because you have to lift the knocker on to the post if you start to tilt its too late to stop yourself like you’d do with a bucket.
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Protect p18 with a 180kg will be ok- a good operator will get to most posts with it on most ground
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Can’t think many owner operators would be happy offering a riddle bucket as a service. Fine for the odd bit here and there- but as you say a killer on the bushes if using regularly.
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If you have only a 1” mesh you will need it to be absolutely bone dry for it to work, I have a rake bucket with 3” tine spacings which I use for sifting rock from soil and even this is pretty intolerant of damp soil. Like this
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considerable skill involved here. Very underrated is Lindsey Buckingham.
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3.5 ton plant trailer for 2.6 ton digger and other duties...
Matthew Storrs replied to benedmonds's topic in Large equipment
Mad isn’t it.. who’d pay £300 less than new for a trailer that will likely need £600 spending on it soon! Ifor do hold their money that’s for sure -
3.5 ton plant trailer for 2.6 ton digger and other duties...
Matthew Storrs replied to benedmonds's topic in Large equipment
I’ve always had Ifors- generally been pretty good- I’d look elsewhere though if buying again though- I think the competition have really upped their game, look at Nugent for example, their tipper they do looks really well put together and haven’t seen their plant trailer in the flesh but certainly looks good. -
3.5 ton plant trailer for 2.6 ton digger and other duties...
Matthew Storrs replied to benedmonds's topic in Large equipment
I used to have the Ifor gh1054 (before it got nicked)for my 2.8 tonner. Nice trailer in general had nice bigger wheels on it which was better goi g off road -
Master and Commander was another one I enjoyed a lot, more recently Dunkirk was very good
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Going slushy now- the snow that is. Heavy rain forecast tonight so that should see the end of it. More people up here today than yesterday, you can’t blame them but those photos going around yesterday make headless chickens look smart!?
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Should have dropped in for a cup of tea Beau! I went to North Heasary for a spot of sledging with the little one and was very surprised how little people were about- think they were all stuck at Peek hill by the sounds of it!
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Good dump this morning?
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Yeah, I had the same in my tractor- had six ton on the trailer on the back, getting back up to Princetown I had 4wd and difflock engaged, the whole lot was spinning for about 3 miles up the hill. Tractors aren’t great in these conditions unless there is enough for it to ‘bite’ into, compacted snow/ice your almost just as good in a 4x4.
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Dartmoor- right on the top. Amazingly drive 5 miles off the moor and it’s a different story.
