Matthew Storrs
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Tidy 856, 2wds have alot of advantages working in tight spots. Get most places too with a good set of tyres the back. Firm near me makes up trailer to pretty much any spec you like, I liked the idea of a multi purpose drop side dump trailer. With sockets to accept bolsters too, that way you can have a trailer for chip one day and a timber shifter the next...
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That's very inspiring- nice one. How thick are the doors? Must be quite a weighty thing all in. Wish I had skills like that:thumbup:
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I have a 300tdi myself and it's been bulletproof. They are both pretty good engines, but 300 more basic, cheaper and easier to fix. They are however getting on now, the latest ones being 20 years old! Plenty of places rebuild them though if it ever comes to this. I swear that tdi chassis were made of better steel than later defenders but I have no evidence to back this up. I don't consider myself a particularly accomplished mechanic but i have been able to do most things to my 300 myself if and when required.
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Or pull the wool over your eyes, some can be a bit horny though I find.
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Sorry to hear this, but to clarify, you have divorced your (ex) wife yet she is STILL entitled to your pension??
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Hope he's rolling with Beethoven and telling Tchaikovsky to move. Legend, love Chuck Berry
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Sorry Beau, I just can't really see 'microwave dried logs' ever really catching on, but gives a new meaning to the term cottage industries!
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I want to mortise a load of posts and be able to do so for future jobs. I currently use a standard bar but it not great because of kickback but also it makes a quite big hole [ame] [/ame]This looks like a handy attachment but can't find any for sale over here so donyou a carving bar would do alot better job than a standard bar? Cheers
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Bit like if you have paid into a mortgage all your life for a house, the moment your in a care home- you have to sell to pay for the care, if you don't have a house to sell/large pot of money they pay for you!
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Luckily I don't employ anyone- but if I did I'd be expressing the same sentiments as you Simon, then again if it wasn't the case would they be raising national insurance or national minimum wage instead so people can make their own provisions?
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I hope you took before and after weights for us to guess
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But on the other hand, slow grown twisted hedgerow beech, probably denser and heavier than your average beech?
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Somewhere between 540 and 580. 562 final answer.
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Il go 585kg for the Beech if it's fresh.
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This is my Same dorado 86, had it nearly 3 years now and has been brilliant, got loads of power and had 8ton behind it on the road which it handled fine. They are quite light as tractors go and require a big of weight on the back to be a goodnloader tractor- but lovely and quick on the road. I could drive a 30 mile round journey do a days postknocking with it and barely use 20liters of diesel!
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New 4wd wheeled digger? Reckon your probably best with tractor mate. Can do so much with them over other machines, these dedicated handles are no doubt handy as purely that, but become a bit of a one trick pony compared to a tractor. Plus not much in the second hand market and priced to suit. I find by running a tractor they are a pretty low cost to keep on the road- no tax, mot etc, and can haul chip, logs etc so takes the strain of any 4x4s /transits etc.
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Old 2wd Wheeled digger? Rear back actor with a grab and 4in1 bucket on front, they push like a train too- mainly cos they weight so much. Plus hydraulics to power splinter...
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2wd drive is ok as long as you have a hefty rear counter weight, mostly for rear traction but also to lessen the stress off the front axle as they are not built as heavy duty as a 4wd front axle.
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I don't like canopies in the traditional sense either, my old Ifor canopy I hacked the rear 2 3rds of the top of to make as a chip box which it did well but just lies in the nettles now. Peeing on domestic jobs is underemphasised problem, agreed!
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Got to be a tractor and loader surely? PTO for log splitter and processing, and loader for chip/timber handling etc, plus can put a trailer or winch on it to use on jobs if need be? Telehandler has more lift capacity and reach but perhaps not hugely advantageous to the average Arb yard....
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Think they look far smarter than the generic Ifor canopies which are flimsy and just makes you look like a farmer:lol:
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Yes they do, in fairness the ones I have seen look fairly good, was hoping to find someone a bit more independent who would perhaps be more up for discussion on my requirements etc and not feel like I'm being done over for the privilege! Might end up using them though!!
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Can I ask where did you get your back made up? I'm wanting a bit of a custom canopy to go on the back of my Landy so I can have took boxes etc built in but still be able to carry fencing stakes etc. Not sure who does that kind of thing round here.
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Why, did they come over and ask if you could trim the same tree!? It's funny actually cos when I read this thread earlier in the week and saw the pic of your hilux I had no idea you were from round here, could have been from Manchester for all I knew. So thought it was a bit of a coincidence to pass your truck when this thread was running! No- not spying, wife was driving so didn't barely get a second glimpse!!
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Sounds good. I use to have the pleasure (if you can call it that) of trimming a bright green tall conifer on the front lawn of the house 2 doors up from where you are, nightmare to reach the top of it and the customer had to make sure the point was just right! Fortunately don't do hedges any more.
