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Matthew Storrs

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  1. Matthew Storrs
    I really don't know how any one copes without 4x4 (doesn't have to be landrover although I am partial). Yesterday I spent the day subbing for a largish firm who had many many large contracts. however they didn't have a 4x4 between them, instead we were using a Iveco tipper which was A COMPLETE LOAD OF CRAP! spent the day getting stuck on wet leaves on the side of the road (crown lifting job on a devon lane) and pulling over to the side of the road meant either getting stuck of grounding out. Personally id sooner cope with the smaller bed of the landrover and be able to go pretty much anywhere than struggle along with that Iveco. Guess that's just my line of work, but anything other than a Landy(or anyother 4x4) mog or tractor would be a complete waste of time.
  2. Matthew Storrs
    Definiatly be wanting a galvanised chassis in that budget, saves welding/waxoyling costs in the long run. I think id have a 3500kg 110 myself, id possibly find the 130 too awkward on many sites. Superwinch h14 hydraulic winch, 300 tdi engine. An alloy chipbox- but one that could be stripped down to just dropsides too. BF Goodrich mud terrains. Probably a roof box with a side access panel so you can just stand on the steps/treesliders and get kit out.
  3. Matthew Storrs
    how much you want/need to make in a day depends on what sort of outfit your running. Someone who has minimal equipment- few saws and hand tools etc with barely any business costs- high insurance/finance/yard rental etc would be doing quite well if they earnt say £130 a day for some relatively basic chainsaw/hedge work (for example). On the other side of the spectrum- well established tree surgery outfits with plenty of machines/yard high insurance could easily be needing £130 a day just in running costs before they,ve even begun to earn themselves a wage, a personal wage of £24k a year is roughly £100 per working day, add the above running costs of £130 and that's £230 a day before the business has actually even earnt a profit. So in short in response to OPs question- could be anywhere between £150-350 .... Just work out your own costs and don't worry too much about others- as long as you can get the work and you are happy with what you are making- all is good:thumbup1:
  4. Matthew Storrs
    No I would just feel sorry for the wolf if it was re-introduced, I just don't think there is an eco system to support them- The last wolf on Dartmoor was shot nearly 300 years ago, presumambly people couldn't live with them then so can't see it happening now when the human population has multiplied x6. Too many roads, houses blah blah, and the countryside has been 'precioused up' too much.
  5. Matthew Storrs
    You really need to be looking at the train weigth of a pickup- the trouble being- many pickups are rated to tow 3.5ton but because their train weight isn't high enough you are not allowed much/if any weight in the actual pickup. IMO this is pretty much essential when towing the full 3.5t on hilly country. The Landrover is brilliant in this aspect as you can load up the landrover to its full capacity AND tow 3.5t which is safer then towing 3.5t without any weight in the pickup- the backends are light enough as it is.
  6. Matthew Storrs
    Not quite correct, my landrovers TRAIN weight is 6550kg meaning the landrover and load on its bed can weigh up to 3050kg and it can also tow 3500kg to bring it up to its train weight- something which it does regularly towing a 2.8ton digger plus 500kg attachments in the pickup bed which also serves as necessary ballast to tow the heavy trailer. All this talk about tail wagging dog is 100% down to bad driving and bad loading of trailer, iv never been wagged in my 110, simply cause I load it correctly and drive accordingly. In response to OP, the landrovers are good towers being low geared (a problem which many other pickups suffer from is too higher gearing). I would say they handle 3500kg with relative ease on flat to moderate hills. Pulling 3500kg up a 1in3 hill can get interesting if you don't have the landrover ballasted enough- lack of traction, ifor trailer brakes don't work going backwards- so not enough weight in Landy means being pulled backwards if you have to stop when going up a steep hill.
  7. Matthew Storrs
    Around water courses you mean?
  8. Matthew Storrs
    I once ran a standard oxdale tractor mounted splitter of a 1.5t mini digger, I had a bracket made to go on the splitter so I could hook it on with the digger. It worked well on the digger- quite quick return etc.
  9. Matthew Storrs
    OOH, You've got me green with envy, That's the new version of my Takeuchi, very handy size, does Mark manage to tow it legally with a pickup (under 3500kg) I notce the new 228 is 100kg heavier than the older TB125 which would push it over the 3500kg limit for towing- which is a shame. That looks a decent size grab he has.
  10. Matthew Storrs
    Well, I prefer a cab, im on Dartmoor most of the time and its nice to be sat in the warm and dry still doing a days work when its pishing down out side. The only drawback is possibly slightly reduce visibility, but in short I would never buy a cabless model if I planned on spending any time in it, they also add a bit more weight to the machine (150kg) which all helps. I loved my TB016 it was brilliant for pretty much everything I used it for - plenty of grabwork, they have good reach for a 1.5t machine. I wouldn't go for the digbits grab myself, I had one but it was too small(tines weren't long enough) to get a good grip on logs and I had to weld teeth on the tines to get it to bite into the timber. I have an RSL engineering grab now on a 3 tonner and its far more up to the job- iv given it some serious punishment shifting piles of big granite bolders and its held up very well, they were at the APF show and the one on the 1.5t also looked much better than the digbits one I had..
  11. Matthew Storrs
    Hmm, that's interesting, I phoned augertorque to ask for a planer to go on my augerdrive, and they said 8ton machine minimum! must have been a new salesman, how is it on your size machine?
  12. Matthew Storrs
    Yep, could have been, didn't think of them. Perhaps it was blocking out their sunlight. Could have been nasty if it had landed the other way though/ no more Pixieland:001_huh:
  13. Matthew Storrs
    That's more like it:thumbup1: Did you have anything to do with the Beech which snapped in half outside pixie land? Strange place for it to break off- looked quite sound wood??
  14. Matthew Storrs
    Cheers for the responses:thumbup1: This is the sort of thing I had in mind, This is a 6ton trailer which weighs 1.5t plus 3ton digger and about upto 1ton worth of attachments etc. http://jpmtrailers.com/images/p1020903.jpg I would probably preferred a dual axle trailer but they increase in weight a fair bit so single might just do mine fine. The tractor has genuine 4 wheel braking, ie discs on all 4 wheels as opposed to using the 4wd system to brake.
  15. Matthew Storrs
    Yes 24 ton is GTW. tractor only weighs 3.5t:laugh1:. Im looking at various multipurpose dump trailers so I can tow my digger to the job plus all its attachments and use the trailer on site. I always had this plan with my 95hp Zetor which pulled like a train, but lack of adequate brakes prevented this. (typical zetor). Iveco kid- that's some serious pulling:thumbup1:
  16. Matthew Storrs
    I agree Jon, on the Same website they show a picture of my tractor towing a bale trailer with at least 18 round bales on, which would probably be 10ton plus- might be fine shunting it around a farm but no way id go on the road with that kind of weight.
  17. Matthew Storrs
    That says 24 ton:scared1: Jon I was thinking 6 ton would be about right. Yes it is a light tractor, good on fuel:thumbup1:
  18. Matthew Storrs
    Looking at various trailer options for my SAME Dorado 86 tractor. Im wondering what sort of weights an 86hp tractor weighing 3.5ton will safely handle on the road? The tractor has excellent disc braking on all 4 wheels and will stop on a sixpence and of course the trailer would have braking too. I will be towing up and down dale so to speak so don't want to a) kill the tractor and b)kill myself or anyone else by being pushed about by too large a trailer. Any thoughts? Thanks.
  19. Matthew Storrs
    Is it though? I would consider that good money for 3 men (inc climber) and a chipper. I recon if you can't make a good enough profit out of the above figure you need to reconsider your overheads. I'm confident of what prices get work round here (Dartmoor) and those quoting over a grand for that tree simply wouldn't get it if the customer was getting other quotes. I love these threads, so much variety all the time:laugh1:
  20. Matthew Storrs
    You'll be fine, fell what you can out but just be mindfull of any lumps hitting the tarmac. If in doubt lower it, there's a nice crown to work with. Good luck!
  21. Matthew Storrs
    Cool, Did anyone else notice the rat(?) that was in the street in the backround for the first minute and then ran across the street just after the woman put money in his case!
  22. Matthew Storrs
    At least I reckon, I do mine every 4k miles which is about every 6months.
  23. Matthew Storrs
    This sums it up for me, im exactly the same and quite happy to work with the competition as and when. Perhaps those in a more urban environment can get away with being a bit more 'ruthless'?
  24. Matthew Storrs
    Fair enough, each to their own:001_smile:
  25. Matthew Storrs
    Sounds like you get on all right with them to me, do they know of your tactics with the TPO applications?

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