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  1. 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....
  2. 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:
  3. 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...
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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.
  7. 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
  8. 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!
  9. 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
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. Matthew Storrs
    Cheers Steve- emptied!
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. Matthew Storrs
    Exactly my thoughts. Hands chopped off and left for the crows would be my prefeeed choice for these types. Waste of air and tax money.
  16. Matthew Storrs
    Sorry didn't see the build pictures which answers my questions- surprising amount of space inside.
  17. Matthew Storrs
    That looks like a really tidy professional job. Do you sleep above the cab leaving the bed for living/cooking space? What is the body made off?
  18. Matthew Storrs
    This is the only photo which shows anything is wrong. And the fact that when you pull the tow bar there is a good inch of movement in the whole Dixon hate/chassis connection. I'm just glad I caught it in time
  19. Matthew Storrs
    Was towing my digger yesterday and thought the dampener must have gone on the trailer as it felt very jerky. I have a Dixon bate towbar fitted and turns out one of the bolts has pull through the rear crossmember and anothe has pulled the anchoring bolt out the bottom too, the two bracing bars had pulled the bolts which goes though the main chassisbrail about 10mm through the steel- visibly I would never have noticed but it's quite a sorry state and reckon another few journeys would have seen the trailer pull the whole thing off. It was a new rear crossmember 5 years ago but reckon its going to need some either a new one or at least a fair bit of plating to put it right
  20. Matthew Storrs
    Yes I'd expect the new ones would be that kind of money. At that money I'd have serious considerations of Buying a transit connect or even panel can and kitting it all out myself- still has to been insured taxed and maintained though. Could be good fun designing and building your own top and could get it just how you want it. No news on trailer, Cctv is being checked but gone rather quiet on the police front too. il follow it up on Monday but guess the horse has bolted now:mad1:
  21. Matthew Storrs
    That's interesting, I was diagnosed with under active thyroid 8 years ago and will be on pills for the rest of my life despite showing no obvious physical signs of being under (almost opposite in fact) I have days and some times weeks where I feel so fed up and deflated in general, very irritable but like eggs I really have nothing to be moaning about- I always tended to put it down to self employment and basically having my brain so active about work stuff all the time that I could think of little else. Do you have many hobbies or pastimes eggs? If so try and focus on these.. although that said when I'm down I struggle to even enthuse about them. As much as I don't really like everything being given a label I'm sure there is a direct correlation between weather and wellbeing- call it S.A.D if you must!
  22. Matthew Storrs
    I have thought about these in the past, I think I came to the conclusion that the space would be so small it'd be hardly worth it. I can definitely see the appeal and saves running a seperate vehicle and being on a 4x4 it'd be good for sneaking into areas you might not otherwise get to. Do you know what sort of money they are?
  23. Matthew Storrs
    Yes, totally agree. Buying new works out a lot cheaper in the long run, buy a used one and you will perhaps need to get braking system services plus new tyres, new floor etc and it still will look like a used trailer. Buy new if you can and lock it up to the hilt, wheel clamps, hitch lock, get it sign written, anything to prevent an easy theft.
  24. Matthew Storrs
    Look at Bateson or Nugent , from what I have seen they look like really good quality. Are you buying new? I wouldn't say that IW were much dearer when new but perhaps hold their value better than other makes. Iv just had a Ifor Williams nicked, possibly more likely than other makes, who knows.
  25. Matthew Storrs
    Can't lose! I went with a Nilfisk in the end, appears to be good quality and works well enough but kind of wish I had gone a petrol one like Bobs

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