Matthew Storrs
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SDS Drill vs standard cordless for drilling wood gateposts
Matthew Storrs replied to Matthew Storrs's topic in General chat
Bob- that looks ace. I have considered the Stihl BT45- I'm sure it would be the boss compared to any cordless drill- iv tried loads of 18v cordless, yes they all got through a big gatepost but none of them have lasted over the long term. I have a stack of knackered drill! I think it's the same old story there is no one machine that'll do it all. The only think that puts me off petrol drills is (I do a lot of fencing) having to crank it up every time I need to drill a hole- even if its just to pilot a hole. Cordless is beautifully grab and go- and quiet too -
I'd imagine it would be done regardless but perhaps less effective with PR... id have thought it wouldn't be to the voters incentive to vote tactically as much- who ever has the most votes wins- just like the referendum- how can you argue with the results. There can be no coalition.
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Maybe it's just a psychological problem- and you may be right that PR wouldn't change the outcome but can't see how anyone can dispute it if done proportionally. I certainly wouldn't but as I said above I felt like I must have wellstayed at home last election!
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Maybe, but to me I can't see how the loosing side have a leg to stand with proportional voting whereas I can the current system. It just seems far more logical and fair- local elections would be conducted in the same way. I agree with your last sentence but it's not hard to see why they feel this way with the current voting system?
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SDS Drill vs standard cordless for drilling wood gateposts
Matthew Storrs replied to Matthew Storrs's topic in General chat
Helpful points cheers- just been googling the Hilton TE2 as it happens. I have a 5kg corded sds which is great but I'm always in the middle of nowhere and it's a PITA dragging a genny around with me too. I guess what I want is something that can drill 28mm holes into a granite gatepost (for resining gate hooks into) but that can also do standard wood gate posts- which always seems to stress my hitachi cordless somewhat. A standard cordless hammer function won't touch granite so has to be SDS. Or perhaps I'd be better off with 2 machines rather trying to economise and get 1 that does everything. -
I just couldn't agree more with this. I felt my vote was wasted this year- I knew which party was going to win in my area and my vote was lost in the wind. Had it been individual votes counting directly towards PM id have felt much better about it.
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I give the customer an idea of when I hope to do the job but also explain that weather and other circumstances can have a knock on effect- so I say I will firm up nearer the time- usually give them at least a couple days notice, I put aside days where I don't book anything in, that way it allows leeway if a job overruns and if I finish on time I use that day to either fit a little job in or do kit maintenance etc. In my experience if I book 4 days a week the 5th always get filled in one form or another- quoting/ job gets extended or maintenace
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SDS Drill vs standard cordless for drilling wood gateposts
Matthew Storrs replied to Matthew Storrs's topic in General chat
perhaps I should quickly add- I don't plan on drilling wood whilst in the 'hammer' function. but I think most SDS have option to use as standard drill... -
So iv totalled another cordless 18v drill (the rain gets in which doesn't help) But if I was to buy a 2kg SDS drill 18v cordless would this have the same or better torque for augering through gateposts than a standard 18v cordless? I could use the SDS function a lot for granite gateposts etc so if it could do wooden ones (chestnut) too then that would be ideal. cant find any data how much torque they kick out- just joules.
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Doesn't look like septicaemia to me. But I'm not a doctor though so if you have any concerns or it gets worse definitely get another opinion. A friend of mine developed an allergy to something growing in hedges (he's a tree surgeon) but gets incredibly itchy and feels ill, can't sleep because of it- so it's possible to develop an allergy in later life to something which you'd normally be fine with. In his case he has had tests done and narrowed it down to a family of plants containing something like 5000 species! Including dandelion and lettuce... Hope the antihistamine works:thumbup1:
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We've got a 5k Stovax- but have had a few issues with it. Can't shut it down for love or money and was roaring away without being able to do something about it, dealer said it's meant to be like that as it's got a clean burn kit fitted- I could nt live with it so took an angle grinder to it and cut the lug off that stopped it shutting down. Also door never made a good seal which no doubt contributed to the overfiring. So had to make up my own packing to get a tighter fit. So in short I wouldn't buy it again I don't think- I really like the AgaL Little Wenlock- family member have them and one is 30 years old and still doing a great job:thumbup1:
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Heavy rain now. Probably need it in fairness, but doesn't stop me from having an 'extended' lunch break!
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I agree Beau, my 395xp rarely gets used anymore and is never drained of fuel- yet to have a problem on the odd occasion I come to start it and use it. Brushcutter sits all winter and again usually fires up pretty promptly come summer.
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Had to watch that 3 times to see if the video had been sped up or not, God knows what was going on with the driver- to me it looked intentional or he had a sever case of lockleg. Either way far too fast
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Agreed- when it suits I think is the case here. It's easy to talk about being green and pretend to care about the environment as long it doesn't cause inconvenience to them what so ever:thumbdown:
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Ikea and HandM too I guess.
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Youngster's ignorance of recent history.
Matthew Storrs replied to eggsarascal's topic in The Lounge
Old Order of course. -
Yes- happens alot to use/ despite having a pretty small cowl. Yet to roast one but I hear they make good eating so we'll see
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Nice one- look forwards to the pics. You,lol have no problems with stability- the TB125 I have has the same track base and spends it's life with a heavy post knocker on Dartmoor and handling big granite rocks- it amazes me where it manages to stay upright. Interestingly the new tb125 I have just got came with a 900mm digging bucket- yet to use it but seems pretty big for the machine.
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If the kubota has longer reach, longer tracks and no believe a bigger 4 cylinder engine you wonder where the extra weight in the Tak is to make the same- il bet it has a good counterweight and the king posts are always massive
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That's interesting. Operator weight includes 75kg for the driver , so with you and the buckets you should be ok. Bateson also make a high payload trailer where you can take the ramps of easily and stick them in the pickup. Kubota kx71-3 is quite an old model now- I'm not sure what they have done along the way to keep up with the likes of the tb230 coming out. Out of interest what are you planning to use the digger for mainly?
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Well done Foster- you've obviously put a lot of thought into that and nice to have auger/spike and rammer all in one place. Do you find you have problems trying to get posts in that are up against banks/wallls etc with the auger sticking out? I'm a big fan of digger mounted postknockers as you know for many of the reasons you have outlined. Quite often I use a plumb line with a small weight hanging of the post as I ram it in- you can get your posts just as straight as a spirit level and easy to adjust as your knocking it in
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I always find Kubotas lifting capacity chart a little 'optimistic'. Even if it can lift what they say you are limited by it trying to tilt on anything but flat ground (on why these charts are based) I do believe if you run a defender you can tow the Kx71-3. It's 2.8t operating weight and buckets can go in the rear tub of the truck. The TB230 however is pushing it on the weight- I think it's over 2.9 machine weight if I recall. Wider and longer tracks are always a good thing- but I think you will find the TB230 very stable and it has a good hefty tail swing. Poor paint on Takeuchi, in 5 years time it will probably look 10years old (they may have improved newer models) but then again easy enough to touch up if your bothered about that kind of thing. I reckon it probably comes down to which dealer makes the best coffee. Honestly think you'd be chuffed with either machine
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Yes- can definitely see the considerable advantages of a proper fixed rotating grab likes Stephen Blair has on his Cat, I may look at this on my new digger but For many on here running sub 3 ton machines I'd say the fixed grapple has a lot of advantages over the floppy rotating timber grabs for general arb work, loading trailers and clearing brash etc
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I know kubota have a big following on here but whenever I drive another make of machine I just wish I was back in my Takeuchi. In my opinion Takeuchi are beefed up in all the right areas- the blade on my TB125 is more substantial than the 4ton kubota kx121 I looked at which had already been bent. The Takeuchi tb175 has twin rams on both the boom and dozer blade whereas most 8toners only have 1. Generally massive kiingposts etc. Taks have nice flat plate glass- easy to replace, all metal bodywork- which takes abuse well Everyone has their preferences of course!
