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Matthew Storrs

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  1. Matthew Storrs
    I don’t claim to be an expert on this, but from my experience a flail will leave a better finish and less likely to get bogged down by thick long growth- they are more expensive though. a chain swipe is great for bracken and little self seeders etc but think flail would be the better tool for brambles-rushes.
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    Yep biting wind as Beau says, but I’ll take that anyway over rain- I love the fact that the ground is turning dusty now due to no rain for a week or more. Abominable winter we have had, can’t stand the thought of any more rain and looking forwards to some good long spells of Spring sunshine. Yes?!
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    For me as I work mainly on my own. The biggest hassle at MOT time is getting the truck there and then either getting home/ to work and then repeat when the truck is ready- I do a fair bit of repair work to my Landy when it’s needed but when it comes to MOT, I don’t want it back untill it’s passed.
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    Just aske my swedish wife- says it means forestworker!
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    Some things can be overgreased though, slew bearing on a digger for example- too much grease will push out the seals causing dirt ingress etc, bucket pins and the like, more grease is good as it pushes out any dirt. i like that grease gun though- the problem I always have with manual ones is when changing over a cartridge I always seem to struggle to get grease to come out for a while- possibly air locked or something- does that dewalt make it easy?
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    http://ricoeurope.com/ i get mine from these chaps- always get there nice and quick and easy to order- can also get them from them through Amazon.
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    You sound like you run your buisness in a very similar model to myself, I also do mainly Agri fencing and digger based works. Work mainly on my own through choice as i sooner put my investments into better machinery than staff- I’m also just under the VAT threshold, although I may put an end to that this year as I think I will be better of registered. I tend to price reasonably competitively but price directly reflects whether I like the job/customer or not! If I get hagglers, they generally get put to the back of my priority list- I’m lucky enough that I have enough decent customers without wasting time with this sort of thing. I have no problem discussing pricing and alternatives solutions to reduce costs if that’s what they want- but I’d never reduce my price just to get a job or because so and so is cheaper as I generally only put in a quote which I thing is acceptable enough to do a good job and not have to rush like a fool.
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    Carfull, that ride hand doors hinge pins have nearly worked their way out- always doing it on our Stovax.
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    Up in the Cotswolds Gloucestershire at the mo but didn’t feel a thing!
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    Fawtly towers and the office are my two fave British comedies so far, inbetweeners was good too. i don’t generally like US comedies- can’t stand the laughter track for one thing, but the humour is a bit obvious and basic compared to the British stuff. Although used to love King of Queens.
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    Cheques do my head in. I live 20 mins from the nearest bank, it costs a couple of quid to park, that is if I manage to find anywhere, v rarely go into town anyway. Really if people want to pay by cheque I should add on 2 hours of my time to cash it- time lost! Most folk seem to pay Bacs though thank God. I wait about 14 days before I start hassling them for payment. Had a few Jokers who have managed to drag it out for months, one was for £4K and only way I could get payment was to accept in instalments and caused me some stress at the time. This kind of agro is the kind that makes me want to cease trading and the associated hassle.
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    Hope you’ve got good eyesight Eddie- can barely see the log out there! Superb.
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    It’s not just saws- I was gutted this morning when I looked closer at my trailer and realised it wasn’t a genuine.
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    Yes, They are a handy attachment for sure but I’d agree with your mate- doesn’t feel kind to the machine.
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    http://augertorque.com/product-range/log-splitter.html have you any need for an auger too? I have the auger already and often think about buying the cone splitter for it so I have break up tree trunks- think it is quite a cost effective option.
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    I’m pretty sure anything welded won’t stand up to the forces of a pecker. That’s why all the usual bits and even post driving cups are always made from one billet of steel- it may be ok if only used on wood but doubt it. I think I’d prefer the idea of a cone splitter myself- probably cheaper than buying a pecker and speacial bit and I’d think you’d find a way to work with it on both large rings and trunks- at least its reversible so easy to get out- a pecker isn’t so if it gets stuck in the timber it might be a PITA getting it out again?
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    Would the breaker be any use on trunks? Wouldn’t have thought it would unless it had a particularly wide splitting wedge....
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    Looks awesome. How have you managed to get the rotate and grab function running of just one aux circuit? I can see the lead coming off the grab- does that run to a switch in the cab somehow? would you mind saying roughly how much it cost to have that done inc price of the grab- id love that setup on my 3 tonner.
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    Insightful ?
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    Can’t imagine the ‘pincer’ really being able to cope with trunks. Iv see the cone splitter on excavators (you can get a cone splitter to run off an auger driver like Augertorque), they look quite good for splitting up trunks but perhaps a bit tedious for big rings- I think you mind need a jig or some way of securing the ring easily to stop it being spun before it splits...
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    Graham- superb!
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    I lived in Lochabriggs nr Dumfries for a bit working for an arborist on and off whilst at Barony. Big Js right, it’s pretty wet round there, but no worse than down here on Dartmoor. I didn’t find it a hugely inspiring area, but gets nicer the more north you go. Pay- no idea- this was 15 years ago nearly.!
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    They live even if they do split down the stem a bit. I tend to have the length of the tongue 3x the diameter of the stem . Not cutting through the stem enough and forcing it over causes splitting too. I should add I only do Devon hedgaying which involves laying the pleacher more or less flat to the bank on which the hedge grows, so splitting is probably more commonplace. I cut the stub off to the bottom of the split if it happens.
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    Not yet eggs- it’s on my todo list. machines out on site at moment anyway.

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