Matthew Storrs
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for 3 years I put up 1000s of meters of fencing with a takeuchi tb016 with a post rammer on, it used to struggle with strainers unless it was good going but I used a auger to predrill a 4" hole and the strainers went in much better then, it was a brilliant little outfit particularly for the smaller faffing around jobs where access would have been an issue for tractors etc. I use a wrag knocker now with a rock spike which is also good but id say 200kg is the very minimum you want if you want a knocker that does everything. As far as charging goes, I do anything less than 50meters for £3 PM, depends how many turns etc too. bigger stretches I tend to be between £2-£2.50, although to be honest £2 per meter is starting to become a bit cheap for fencing unless its anything other than nice long straightish lengths in reasonably good ground. hope this helps!
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Mini Digger Hire Sheffield Doncaster jcb cat takeuchi terex hitatci komatsu | eBay Came across this whilst perusing on ebay, look at the rear leaf springs:scared1: digger weighs 3 ton.
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i also think the VW could be lumped in with the newer hilux- site supervisors and foremen and so on.
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Yep I agree with most of them- I drive landrover because I can wash out the cab with a hose!
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We rarely travel more than 15 miles. Ocassionaly do the odd 20 mile job if theres enough money in it. Its not just doing the job, when quoting I don't want to travel 50 miles for a job I might not get.
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I use my 3 tonner to help with river bank clearance- what it can't reach we will just put a strop round and pull it closer and what it can't lift just cut smaller- it still lifts a decent bit of tree out of the river and we wouldn't have been without it. 5 ton will be that much better- but I still say bigger the better for this kind of work...
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Ah- thanks for pointing that out Russell - a slight technical error I think! Nice website on yours too- good pictures - do you manage to fill most of your winter work entirely with hedgelaying?
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Dartmoor Rural Services - tree surgeon, fencing, countryside works Just had my website updated/rediesigned by my sister who runs her own designing business- very pleased with it.
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I got a really nice Tirfor tu16 off ebay for £200 with brand new tirfor wire rope. I think that is cheaper than a new Ace and will certainly last me a lifetime. I did consider getting an Ace at the time but this Tirfor turned up and glad I got it. Id say get the 1.6t over the 3.2t which is just too much of a lump to be easy to use and carry. You can always use redirects to generate more pull if needed...
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Roughneck ROU68265 Heavy-Duty Post Hole Digger
Matthew Storrs replied to Timbur's topic in Landscaping
Caldwells Heavy Duty Steel Post Hole Digger - Twin Spade Shovel - Double Holer | eBay Here you go- well worth the money! -
Roughneck ROU68265 Heavy-Duty Post Hole Digger
Matthew Storrs replied to Timbur's topic in Landscaping
iv got some Caldwell (made in England once owned by Bulldog) shuv holers all steel, you couldn't break them if you tried, iv been twisting them and ramming them into soil for years without barely any wear at all. I find the wooden ones a bit pathetic to be honest and I don't like the fact that everything flexes. -
Big J- I have a list which shows untreated durability of different woods- they give larch 15 years- which is pretty good!
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£20 is ok if the posts are already in- just fit the hangings and swing the gate- but I wouldn't want to do posts too for £20- madness! I don't know about everone else and perhaps its just cos I work in such rough country but I can never do driven round posts and rail accurately enough to not have to cut the rails to fit which means exposing untreating wood and having to retreat- dug in posts I don't have to cut rails to fit- still takes longer though.
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Just remember that you will lose a few horsepower through the PTO, so a 30hp tractor will probably produce 27hp at the PTO, so on that note I would say 30hp is a bit on the small side to power a 6 inch chipper and definiatly if the chipper doesn't have a no stress control, 40-45hp would powera 6inch chipper more comfortably. I ran an 8inch of a 70hp tractor and wouldn't have wanted any less hp.
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I would agree with £200 as a minimum to supply and fit a 10ft gate with 2x posts and relevant adjustable hangings etc. the materials alone would come to about £120 so you certainly want a bit on top by the time u've sunk hanging/shutting posts and got it all hanging nicely. Post and rail- are you proposing to drive the posts or dig them in, also I assume you mean using sawn 5x3s as posts- not the more agricultural/cheaper round stakes?
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So what are your business plans/ambitions for the new year?
Matthew Storrs replied to Steve Bullman's topic in General chat
2014 was my greatest year since starting on my own in early 2009.not just financially but also the quality of jobs I was getting- nice long projects working in beautiful locations and I also finaly have managed to get good newish reliable bits of machinery which was the problem in earlier years If I can have a similar year in 2015 I will be very content with that, as long as I am still making a good enough living from decent jobs that will do me nicely- no plans or aspirations to grow into a big business or employ loads of people, that just means more hassle as far as i'm concerned. Happy New Year everyone! -
No that is just in low ratio, no diffs locked, I havn't yet needed to lock them yet on the road, but im sure if I was in a 4x2 rear wheel drive pickup there simply wouldn't be traction on the rear whees when pulling up a steep devon lane simply due to the lak of weight over the rear tyres, also I doubt many modern pickups are geared low enough that they could do a reasonable hill start with a genuine 3.5t in tow, I know the ranger certainly can't because we've tried it, so this means dropping into low- which means diffs are locked in a pickup- is that correct? consider there are hills round here which can be 4 miles straight drag up hill- that's a lot of time to wind up the transmission.
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I do appreciate the comfort and quietness/ general car like attributes of pickups, and in this respect the landrover is considerably outdated and suffers from many niggles to boot. But I do need 4x4 on the road too, as Beau says, the devon lanes are a complete nightmare being single tracked and covered in mud/algae, Even with 4x4 on the landrover I can get a fair bit of slippage when I tow my 3 ton digger up a hill particularly when you have to stop several times whilst going up to let oncoming cars squeeze by! I would not want the same weight behind something in 2x4 in those circumstances.
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I'm absolutely amazed at how basic the 4x4 system is on these modern type '4x4' pickups, I had no idea. How can it possibly be rated to tow 3.5t (as many are now) when it doesn't even have a usable road going 4x4 system- I believe this is a very dangerous combination unless your on flat ground most of the time. I was recently for a moment just ever so slightly considering trading my Landy in for one of these pickups as its now a 15 year old truck, but I wouldn't even consider it now iv learned about this- they would be almost totally useless in my application. I remember using a 1 year old L200 a while ago, and had to back a 1.3ton trailer along a section with a few winds in it, I consider myself to be good at trailer work but the clutch was stinking by the time I had finished, not something iv ever experienced with my Landrover shunting considerably bigger loads around.
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wow, im surprised a truck is rated to tow 3.5t if you can't be in 4x4 on the road- I assume they are rear wheel drive when in 2x4? This would provide minimal traction towing on the hills unless you had the truck bed filled up too (which would then put you over the GTW).
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Surely you can have the truck in 4x4 without the diffs being locked (just like a landrover is as standard) which would be fine on the road... Is there an option on these trucks to be in 4x4 and in low ratio whilst on the road and not have the diffs locked- for example if you had to tow 3.5t up a hill.
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Front Projection Rules for Tractors/Mogs?
Matthew Storrs replied to LGP Eddie's topic in Large equipment
I might have missed this in the thread, but why not just carry the chipper on the front and tow the digger on a trailer behind? A bit of time would be spent when on site putting the chipper back on the back but not drastic? But thinking of the way you intend to hook the link arms on to the digger- do you mean you will have brackets welded straight onto the side of the track frame so you can hook on to them- where will the top link then hook onto? and would the trackframe actually be stong enough to have that kind of leverage applied to it- its only aprox 5mm steel from memory on the takeuchi track frame... -
I didn't say all the time, but when it does happen I like to know I can pop to my nearest Landrover parts place and on the shelf will be waiting a selection of non genuine or genuine parts priced to suit. I bet your Japanese dealership doesn't carry all parts for a 10 year old vehicle on the shelf- and if they did you'd need to remortgage your house compared to Landy. Personally- I need very few parts for my Landrover so your first sentence is irrelevant to me:001_smile:
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I like the Defenders for the fact that when you need a part you can find them very easily on the interent- and most towns have a Landrover parts place- how many other 4x4s can offer that and be good value too?
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That said I wouldn't ever spend 25k on a landrover. 12k max for me, the rest id spend on another vehicle to make my business more versatile- or just keep it in the bank for a rainy day (or to fix the landy!)
