Matthew Storrs
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:lol:There isn't anything you just retire to the Bahamas and live on all the fat profits you have made as a tree surgeon
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need to hire cherry picker or scissor lift devon
Matthew Storrs replied to carpenter1's topic in General chat
Brandon tool hire have a few floating about which I have hired in the south hams in the past. 12m tow behind jobbies but beware of the battery ones as I have had 2 go flat on me half way through the day. I think it was £120 a day from memory. -
Well he says he used it for his fencing business so I suspect he uses it with a postrammer or wire rollers neither of which require a PTO. I know someone locally who has a PTO on the rear but no linkage, but linkage on the front but no PTO, work that one out:laugh1:
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Iv done plenty of post and rail back filled with peat as that's what came out. Surprising how strong it all was once the rails were on. Evenentually the soil settles anyway and firms up. Might be different if you had cattle scratching their asses on it but otherwise most soils will back fill OK. Before I had a postrammer I used to back fill all my gateposts and hang a 12ft wooden gate on- and it still didn't move.
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lJust spotted this, doesn't appear to have a PTO but looks tidy never the less:001_smile: Mercedes Unimog U1200 Tractor Ag Regester | eBay Would be tempted myself if I hadn t blown it all on a zetor:001_rolleyes:
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I don't concrete post and rail myself, its more time, expense, can cause the timber to rot quicker at the base plus its a pain in the backside if it ever needs removing or replacing. Well consolidated back filled posts with 750mm in the ground and staggered rails will be good and strong enough. Even better is driven posts if you have a post rammer and a means to keep the posts square as they're being driven.
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Or probably better way would be to lower it off neighbouring treewhilst it was being carefully pulled away from the fence with a truck- hardly any cutting involved except maybe one severing cut at the top.
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If it was my own tree I'd put a rope round it as high as I could get it, the higher the better tye it to tractor or landrover and floor it with the aim being to pull the butt away from the fence as quickly as possible before it lands . Worse case I'd have to spend 10 mins repairing the fence (the top wires look slack already anyway) If I was being paid for a proper job I'd go up the neighbouring tree and tye off the hung up limb then either get the groundie to nibble away at the bottom with a pole saw until it was hanging free then lower the rest to the ground as said groundie pulled it clear of the fence as it was being lowered.
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Iv got the real deal- the 1.6t model which I got on eBay with a brand new proper tirfor rope for £200 and it is in immaculate condition. I'd try and find something like that if I were you. It only gets used maybe half adozen times a year but worth its weight in gold.
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Yes that's a good set, particularly like the fact they have a selection of ratchet spanners- very handy
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I have a 3/4 inch drive silverline and its awful, none of the sockets can receive any punishment without them splitting the cup- most of them have been welded back together! I notice however the newer silver line set is actually beefed up more on the sockets which should eliminate the problem.
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Ha-ha, only in India would that be happening on a busy road! At first I thought he was on his own and he was pulling the truck towards him with the arm.
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We used a halfords pro set for years trying to bust rusted nuts on an old unimog- well surprised how much abuse it took. I have a Draper 'expert' set in a nice tin set. Again- I give it stick often putting a scaffold tube over the handle to give more leaverage on stubborn nuts- not bad for the price £58 from Mole valley farmers!
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Did you hear about the Man who picked up an Adder?
Matthew Storrs replied to bazbro's topic in General chat
Yes, certainly not clever picking it up but I reckon it probably got 3 bites in before he had a chance to put it down. I use to keep snakes and they sure move fast when they want to! -
Did you hear about the Man who picked up an Adder?
Matthew Storrs replied to bazbro's topic in General chat
Result! Sounds nasty though, I guess different reactions different people? -
Did you hear about the Man who picked up an Adder?
Matthew Storrs replied to bazbro's topic in General chat
The job I'm on at the moment involves putting a fence over a stretch of very 'undisturbed' moorland, the farmer cut a path through the bracken and brambles with a topper for the fenceline and the place is riddled with adders, I saw several yesterday and A)regretted wearing shorts and B) maybe sure my dog stayed in the tractor when he wasn't being supervised. I do like to see them though- beautiful creatures. I also have seen lots of lizards and frogs there too, and was frequented by a nasty looking hornet whilst having my lunch which made me shift pretty quick! -
Have you tried interfluid in gunnislake, they know their hydraulics. I'll be interested what solution you use as I have the same problem with my post knocker.
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Fair play, good job. At first glance I though your alpine tractor was a toy peddle one , its so far away!
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using 4x4 to pull trailer in the woods?
Matthew Storrs replied to blacknora's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Sorry to have to echo everyone else's comments but a 4x4 (any of them!) are VERY limited in muddy conditions as soon as you start adding any kind of trailer- I spent years struggling away day after day with my landrover/trailer combo getting stuck trying to get fencing materials to site accross fields. Summer = fine enough, winter= different story! Also if you have 14k to spend you will be able to pick a good basic 4x4 tractor/winch and possibly some sort of trailer too and that will just p*ss all over a 4x4 truck when the going gets tough. -
Beat me to it,
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I use a company called printing.com. good quality stuff and find them to be very reasonable and efficient.
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My mum was a neighbour of Nick Mason the drummer when he lived on hampstead heath. Quite a noisy neighbour by all accounts!
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I'm booked up until October with fencing work- I can deal with the heat fine but the ground is like concrete for banging in posts which is slowing me down a bit.. I think parish mags are a good source of advertising- I always seem to get nice customers from them too! The hard bit about starting up is inevitably work is going to slow down until you have enough customers to rely on repeat buisness- once you have established them you will never have to advertise again!
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Yes that's a great idea tapping into the blade supply to tip, would save connecting a hose to the dipper every time I want to tip:laugh1: The trouble with all these projects is how practical they really end up being, I'm sure a tipping trailer behind a digger would be fantastic for certain odd jobs, but I can't think it could ever stack up against just having a dumper on site if there was much to be done.
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Another improvement on the trailer towing thing would be to devise some sort of ring and pin hitch with a self supporting leg/jack on the draw bar of the trailer- purely laziness but I'd quite like to be able to hitch and unhitch without having to get out of the cab and faff around with a jockey wheel.
