Matthew Storrs
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There not great to be honest, but better than a maul, they just lack the Umph to get bigger posts in. If you get one though get the hitch mounted on the side of the breaker nearer the bottom as it gives you considerably more height on posts and is easier to work with. I'd sooner a drop weight knocker on a digger- far more power and not unreasonably prices
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Yikes. a load of cheap fools with pick and spades it is! I say this because whenever I get a big job hand digging holes I invariably end up feeling like a cheap fool myself:laugh1:
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200 posts? I'd be getting a digger (any size that will fit) with an auger on it, you will have them all drilled out in a day if you have them all premarked beforehand. I can't stand those handheld post borers- dreadful things and I'd sooner use a good grafting space and shoveholers given the choice. Digger and auger every time if access permits
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Jon, is it THAT pile? I'd come and get it for my Dad if I had efficient means to transport it but I'm guessing it'd be a fair few trailer loads?
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Recommend a PTO Log Splitter?
Matthew Storrs replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in Firewood forum
Jon, iv got a PTO pump, reservoir and pipes etc if it's any use to you for running the splitter of your Deere. I got it when I had my zetor which didn't have the guts to run my post driver of its aux hydraulics. Weight use to fly up the mast on little more than tickover, could work out a fair bit cheaper way of doing it? -
Are you having a laugh? Haven't you just got that orange mpg?! Lot to be said for small and agile though so get the Gloria logic
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I assume if you have a rat infestation in your house you feed them cheese and crackers and pet them gently in the home they will go away? Sorry but MLKs quote is aload of tosh in the case of terrorists- I suspect the victims of their attacks would agree with me.
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Yes, totally agree with you there, it's not nice having kit on finance. The tb125s are belters of a machine anyway, mine has nearly 5000 hrs now and quite honestly spare a bit of pin and bush wear and a bit of smoke on startup it performs as good as a new machine. I saw one on Mascus a while back that had done 9000hrs and still looked pretty good!
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That's interesting as it's the same machine as mine- what flail are you running off it? Don't think you would get much more just because it's not a new machine, client shouldn't have to pay more just to have shiny equipment on site- the advantage comes to you in the way of less potential breakdowns and having a new machine means you get it at the better half of its life as opposed to over 3k hours etc. I always do calculations on this and reckon a new machine and an old machine will cost similar per working hour over the long term. Mainly if you plan to keep a new machine for at least 5 years
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Probably between 250-300 with a mulcher, wouldn't say 3 ton really has enough guts for that tho- I may be wrong, when I see them with flails on they are not hugely impressive.
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Unsure who to vote for at Upcoming GE?
Matthew Storrs replied to Matthew Storrs's topic in The Lounge
Are you colour blind Johnny, there's no green in the Union Jack! -
Unsure who to vote for at Upcoming GE?
Matthew Storrs replied to Matthew Storrs's topic in The Lounge
In all seriousness though, typically people in this country seem to have been conditioned to think it's a wasted vote unless your voting for one of the main 3. My wife was explaining that in Sweden (where she is from), people are generally encouraged (starting in school) to be far more open to alternative parties. -
Unsure who to vote for at Upcoming GE?
Matthew Storrs replied to Matthew Storrs's topic in The Lounge
MRLP? Seems to be a Devon thing. -
I'm sure there are plenty of us on here who really don't know who they'll be voting for in June. I took this test, I was quite impressed how in depth it was- you can answer as many questions as you like if you click more questions and rate importance to you. Not saying take the results as read but entertained me this evening never the less! https://uk.isidewith.com/political-quiz
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I bet sew-age you had never read them.
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I disagree, i think it's an excrement thread
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Those socket sets are good, they seem to have been on some kind of sale for the last 10 years though!
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Would the 'chips' not firing direct into the bags not mean rehandling? My Dad has the same model as you used to have- must admit the bags are a bit of a fiddle but does make them convenient to store/move/use.
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Like it
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Stop the spread of urban sprawl/infrastructure into the countryside. It just depresses me to see field after field being turned into yet more 'up in a flash' housing, with bigger roads and all the rest that comes with it. I don't know the answers but a party that can address this issue will get my vote Actually I do know the answers but don't think it would get many votes:laugh1:
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Yes nice setup John. I just bought myself a Herbst multipurpose dump trailer, if you put the digger on the other way round I can rest the bucket on the front headboard which leaves a lot of space for buckets and attachments.
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Yes, it works. But I don't really see the point in it, if I'm cutting a big stump off I'd bet it was quicker to either use a wedge or even a little wedge off the stump to stop it closing and just use the under bar and dogs as standard. Cutting big timber is always hard work using a pushing chain.
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With a close board fence I can't really see how it could fail unless the posts/timber rotted or posts weren't put in deep enough/not enough concrete and blow over, which I guess you could say was 'storm damage'. I did a big run of closeboard in a really exposed site on the Moors- I was proper bricking it every storm we had awaiting the phone call the following day- I went totally overboard with post depth and concrete so touch wood have been fine so far but the moment those posts begin to rot the whole lot will be over
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if you put in a 10yr guarantee on your timber you may find yourself regretting this, some timber is unbelievably poor quality, it's quick grown sapwood timber and it has barely been shown the treatment as you will see when cut open. I have installed this in the past and some has rotten in only 4 years despite being pressure treated. I would only use this now if the customer really only wanted a temporary job doing, temporary screen etc.
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I do a fair bit of fencing, I don't offer a guarantee as such, but I would certainly remedy any faulty workmanship should occur, I don't however cover rotting posts in this A) the best timber in also the most expensive-in an ideal world I would only use this but sometimes a job has to be done for a cost, I do however make the customer aware that cheap timber will rot etc. If customer wants to apply for the 15/30 year guarantee that comes with certain timber then that is up to them but it does not cover my labour in event of premature rotting.
