Matthew Storrs
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He's never going to live that one down poor chap!
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Exactly what tasks do you have in mind for the boxer- I haven't used one myself but I think they look a little numb for timber work and the amount of skewing/rotating and travelling you'd have to do on tracks will undoubtedly make a considerable mess in the wrong sites. if it's mainly timber handling and brash work a mini digger 1.5-3t will be far better suited as long as there isn't distance to be covered, the 360 aspect means you can do a lot from sitting in one place and you have far better degree of accuracy placing timber and sorting brash than a loader, plus you can tidy sites up once your finished, sort out chip piles. pluck out smaller stumps and like any machine is always there to pull those back learners over. On top of that it opens doors to all kinds or other work- if that interests you!
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Close to meeting the big man in the sky....
Matthew Storrs replied to kevinjohnsonmbe's topic in General chat
I'm certain those trailer brakes were not up to scratch, good trailer brakes should pretty much pull a tractor to a stop never mind itself. Well done though Kev, your quick thinking certainly saved your truck if not yourself. Appropriate reaction too.enough to make the lad think but not get yourself into bother as a result! -
Crown lift it taking branches off the bottom of the canopy not the top hence the 'lift'. Perhaps it should be called a canopy lift actually as a crown indicates the top???
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Trangia is a great tool as everything pots and all fold down neatly and includes kettle, but also it's probably the most effective cooking option in the wind as the flame is totally shrouded. i would add if you get a trangia for heavens sakes get the ones that run on gas- the meths is slow- runs out every 20 mins and is just generally a faff to sort out. i have thought about having my Genny in the truck before to power things like sandwich press etc. But as with all these things you have to clean all the pots or whatever out everyday after work and frankly I just stick to sandwiches for convenience sometimes if I have a bonfire on site il stick some spuds and beans on it.
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Where does your domestic work come from?
Matthew Storrs replied to Tom D's topic in Business Management
6 years probably, I'm on my 9th year now and works seems to come in without too much effort. However I work mainly on my own with suBbies as and when, probably harder for bigger outfits with lots of blokes to keep in work. -
Where does your domestic work come from?
Matthew Storrs replied to Tom D's topic in Business Management
Just roughly, 70% of my work is regular customers with the odd new/one off customer here and there .website and local parish mag enticed them to begin but mainly word of mouth now which is great as my advertising costs are very low- perhaps £200 a year. -
Nice one! Love the hiab bit, for when you've left the digger on site and decide you need some attachment left back at the yard. You still got that 3cx?
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Iv got a set of the newer design anvil blades and I think they leave a beautifully clean cut, I'd also say they can handle 'abuse'better than bypass types which can be handy when topping laurel hedges and the like as you can force them through 40mm stuff. Obviously sharp blades are key to clean cuts with both designs.
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Surely you can read round the punctuation errors to see what he really meant?!
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I agree on this, don't get me wrong there is nothing sophisticated in the slightest about a Landy on the motorway- but I get a much worse back in my wife's Golf than in my defender- I like the upright position and find it has good visibility compared to other pickups
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Don't listen to all the Landy negativity- they are built to do a job and not much will touch them for off road capability- and running gear is built for heavy towing, I can't say the same for many (not all) of the Jap equivalents) Iv never had reliability issues either in 8 years of owning mine- but it was a good-un. Id go for a 130 if I was you- you get 3500kg gvw and should have enough room for a storage box between cab and tipper- plus perhaps a roof box? 130s are no longer than most Jap pickups.
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id be using it to camp in myself superb opportunity for someone though.
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MJs song 'beat it' as in that vid- the solo was recorded by Eddie Van Halen who happened to be recording next door- he just made the solo up on the spot.
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Just thinking the same- I keep looking at it in the hope that it may have progressed on to other topics- but it's been on the same merry go round for months now. The odd futile effort of others to introduce other topics of the day is quickly reverted to the same old same old!
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I honestly think every job has hidden problems that one might not consider on the face of it. I like your suggestions Richy and know where your headed but if there was an easy way to make a return on something everyone would be cottoning on? I wish I was a little more enterprising sometimes- some people seem to make money out of nothing but I'm not one of them! In response to the OP- I'm sure if your in the right circle you will get work with the setup you describe but just be aware to expect every day will be a flogging. I.e. People will want their money's worth and the only way you can deliver that with that sort of work is to beast yourself and chipper- I may be wrong but used to offer myself with a tracked chipper and gave up in the end - too much sweat for little reward. good luck what ever you decide.
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Look at the yanmar sv26. Nicely towable with an attachment or two. It's conventional tail swing and wide track base so should be pretty stable. And 2x hammer circuits as standard (I think) so can run rotator and grab easily . i think you will be hard pushed to better your Volvo tbh, Kubota you suggest is zero tail swing- no point having that unless you need it? Iv never found myself needing zts on a 3 tonner myself- I prefer big bottoms
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Augers will take the easiest path- and often the auger will just screw past a root if it can fit in the auger flight. what tip have you got, I have the tungsten tipped flight on my x2500- rarely find it gets stuck on a root unless very large 4"plus- anything less it normally chews through. only a 3 tonner behind it.
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Branch logger OR Bilke S3 - Any good ? opinions please
Matthew Storrs replied to Bustergasket's topic in Firewood forum
I haven't used it enough to give an answer to this- it's my dads machine so only used it a handful of time- is estimate a bag every 3-5 mins perhaps maybe less if brash is neatly presented for the machine -
Branch logger OR Bilke S3 - Any good ? opinions please
Matthew Storrs replied to Bustergasket's topic in Firewood forum
My dad runs a branchlogger of his 60hp zetor which it powers easily. Good machine, the bags can be a bit of a fiddle but easier with 2 people to keep the flow going! i think they are great things for the landowner/smallholder types- they get rid of brash and leave a useable firewood product at the end. -
Yep fair one- nothing to be lost by trying.
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Felix- surely they'd not pay it saying they never agreed to a price to quote? Probably just end up wasting more of your time than just sucking up these bad eggs as they turn up.
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I've got it wrong on many occasion- in my favour- of going to look at a job (usually arranged en route to somewhere else) thinking that its most likely a waste of my time only to find the complete opposite- 2 of my most regular and easy going customers are such examples.
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Thats fair enough Mick- you've obviously got more self control then me/most. I can't help thinking I would have explained in a fairly dry manner that I was glad they felt it acceptable to waste your Saturday when they had no intention of paying to have the job done. It makes you think though, it's be nice to charge say £20 for a quote- refundable on acceptance of job- I know i know- it'd never work but still- it cut out the time wasters
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Confident enough to not take the gate off its hinges- like it
