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  1. Matthew Storrs
    A transit round these 'ere parts is about as much use as a chocolate tea pot, wide, cumbersome and absolutely no use off road, I can't imagine many tree jobs I have done in the past where this would be the 'truck of choice'!
  2. Matthew Storrs
    You may not see the point, but everyone's setup needs to suit their workload : type of work, if alkt of your work is smaller scale or chip on site etc I can totally see the appeal of the hilux above, as he said it doubles up as a family vehicle too plus giving off-road ability, both of which a transit would not be able to do.
  3. Matthew Storrs
    Just past you, working in Yelverton this morning, nice truck!
  4. Matthew Storrs
    Perhaps it's just me and the desperate sort of ground conditions I work in but I find a 4x4 with a load in the back is pretty good on most off road terrain, stick a decent sized trailer on the back and you increase its chances of 'spinning out' alot, fill said trailer with chip (or fencing stakes in my case) and its abilities on anything but pretty dry flattish agriculture ground is pretty hopeless all together. Ifor trailers and the like just seem to dig into the ground when full and the increased drag on the tow vehicle is considerable. What am I saying? 4x4 and 3.5t tipper is a great tool on road if maximising payload is your goal, nothing short of lorry territory will beat it. But as an off-road unit it's pretty limited and if a lot of your work involves off roading I'd say it's more effective to have the tipper in the truck and tow a light chipper. Or go tracked:thumbup1:
  5. Matthew Storrs
    Bit soft for her here though! The hicaps as pictured are easy enough to convert to tipper- but most of them are only 3050kg gross so simply not worth it if you want to keep it legal. probably have a payload of about 300kg!
  6. Matthew Storrs
    I agree, had my 110 for 8 years, worked to the bone on and off road, regularly serviced, caused very little bother in all those years. I think half the trouble with defenders is that there is such a vast range of aftermarket/ non genuine parts some of which are shockingly poor quality. People fit them and then moan that they breakdown. For me Landrover has been an exceptional workhorse at 20 years old and on same engine,gearbox axles etc. It's all about servicing and knowing how to use them without simply abusing them. That all said they are outdated beyond belief and LR made no real attempt to ever improve the poor fit and finish that also lets them down.
  7. Matthew Storrs
    it's mendiplogs using a pseudonym I reckon!
  8. Matthew Storrs
    ? Confused me, sorry!
  9. Matthew Storrs
    Iv lived in or near to Tavy for 10 years- never had cause to go up Rocky hill. There's a day out in the pipeline if there ever was one.
  10. Matthew Storrs
    I'm suspecting that Felix's post was on the money, if you have put in as much effort as the OP to register as a member and post a post that long surely You are opening yourself up to discuss further, if he went 20 years trying to find a local supplier there must be part of him that surely wants to buy local if the quality is there and where better place to find it...
  11. Matthew Storrs
    Ah that's news to me, I know he had issues operating from home barn because of neighbours/complaints etc. I always found he was good on price when I got saws off him in the past so pleased to hear this.
  12. Matthew Storrs
    Yep, definitely Tavy hire- top chaps! Not too bad getting down to Tavy from up top either but I'm sure they'd deliver it to you if that made more efficient use of your time....
  13. Matthew Storrs
    OP- it's not just logs, when was the last time you went into a chippies and genuinely knew the quantity of chips a large was, and it varies from shop to shop and its most fustrating not knowing if they are chips that have sat in the fryer all evening or nice fresh chips. Let alone variety of potatoes. So I just get oven chips from Lidl:lol:
  14. Matthew Storrs
    I guess it might depend on what is going to be done with this land- if it's going to be re landscaped, wall built, shed putting up etc it's probably more beneficial to remove the whole root plate...
  15. Matthew Storrs
    I find this though with Agri fencing work, look at a job when it's bone dry and access across steep clay slopes (for example) is a doddle, but if the job then happens to land on bad weather it makes the whole job a complete nightmare requiring more speacialist access machinery potentially and time spent repairing damage to fields etc- the price doesn't change- just my stress and enjoyment levels- if can work vice veraasometimes. Swings and roundabouts and all that- although I think a string of roundabouts sums up my work life pretty well lately
  16. Matthew Storrs
    I use to have an older model than that but same shape. The scissor tipper isn't the best as there seems to be a lot of flexing in the bed when tipping resulting in cracks to the tipper bed over the long term. That one is a twin wheel but I had a single rear wheel and it was uttterly uttterly utterly can't stress how utterly rubbish on any thing but nice dry tarmac- forget lawns unless height of summer and woe betide you find yourself on a wet leaf going up a country lane! That said they are workhorses go on and on and we had no bother with the engine or running gear and the flat front is great for manouverings
  17. Matthew Storrs
    Few years ago when I had a 1.5 ton digger I had a massive macrocarpa stump about 1 meter DBH to dig out- it had Blown over in a storm, still took a hell of a lot of digging to get the other half of the root plate free,, eventually I got it lose, put two tractors on it to pull it out of the hole, all 8 wheels were spinning- not a chance, there must have been a massive riot going down underneath or something, by now the 2 meter hole was filling with water, Rather than waste further time trying to get under it through the water to the root if was decided we would just make sure it was dug outb enough and sit it back in its hole, where it sits to this day with the stump at ground level looking like it had just been felled.
  18. Matthew Storrs
    Yes I was £8 a month better off, I don't see how much i drink has anything to do with it though, surely that's just a leisure activity as much as how often you got to the cinema of anything else? Or am I missing somit
  19. Matthew Storrs
    With plant trailers the draw bar is longer to accommodate bucket rest and also to prevent digger arm 'communicating' with the tow vehicle so by getting a flatbed you have a longer bed space but as Paul says not necessarily longer in total. Obviously they are lower ride height than a tipper too. I carry my 2.8ton digger on a 10x6 flatbed and it tows just as nicely as the dedicated plant trailer- it's all about balance!
  20. Matthew Storrs
    Ifor make a range of 2ton gross flat beds which only weigh 500kg. Get them with internal lashing rings on the bed so you don't have to remove the drop sides to strap it down
  21. Matthew Storrs
    Plant trailers are designed to take diggers, the rear wheels are set back because that's where the main weight of the digger sits. As you say yours looks nose heavy. I think you would be better off with a flatbed with prop stands and ramps, it's easy to get the weight distribution right and they are also more versatile as trailer, easy to load timber if needed with the drop sides. I think a 10x5 or 10x6 would suit that fine. They also have more surface space to put attachments and other tools too. Only negative is not quite as convenient to load and unload but only an extra minute or so each time.
  22. Matthew Storrs
    Yes, cutting big wide hedges and over stretching all day whilst balancing at the top of a ladder is knackering and bad on the body IMO, plus fumes in your face a lot more. I only trim 1 hedge a year now and that's only because it's a regular customer. Anything can be knackering if your going hell for leather at it, pacing yourself makes a big difference but easier said than done when your trying to get the job done in a day or on piece rate.
  23. Matthew Storrs
    Cheers Steve- emptied!
  24. Matthew Storrs
    Hmm, this could be bad news for me I pretty much run my fencing business on the back of sweet Chestnut that comes from Dorset.
  25. Matthew Storrs
    I'm pretty much seething with anger at my recent trailer theft, the whole injustice that I know they will get away with and the police have done nothing basically. I can tell you now I wouldn't give a jot about English law or 'reasonable force' should I ever catch them. They are stealing my liivlihood that provides for my family.

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