Matthew Storrs
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I love the digger mounted ones- been using them for 10 years now and they just get in places that you couldn’t entertain with a tractor. But they also pretty effective on straight line field fencing too- yeah bigger weight would sometimes be nice, but I can always predrill strainer post holes with a 6” auger if the ground is heavy going which allows the strainer to sink in nice and tight.
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If your going for the one where it’s all operated by the digger operator than your standard aux circuit is fine. It does need to be in single acting mode though- you’ll probably have a valve somewhere you can swap between single and double. Is it a rocker switch on the joystick to activate aux hydraulics or a foot pedal?
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Basically my 2.8t digger is on its comfortable limit with the protech P18 with 180kg hammer, total machine weight is 350kg. My Takeuchi is not zero tail it has quite an overhang and is a stable machine. its all in the operator really- they can be lethal on steep ground if you havn’t got your wits about you. But little things like always try and knock uphill, travel with it pointing up the slope, if going accross soft ground keep it behind direction of travel so it keeps the front of the tracks lifting slightly on the surface, not pushing them into the ground etc. When swinging round on rough ground keep knocker nr the ground so you havn’t got far to tip! if you have a zero tail. Perhaps drop the hammer weight down to 150kg, the fact you can drive square posts into the ground neatly means your probably on fairly fertile soils?
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That’s not what I really meant by being in a comfortable position, I meant we can speculate possible outcomes and we won’t be held responsible for our thoughts, whereas the government will be (in either scenario) for a generation. so many theories and strategies going around we won’t know which is/was correct probably for 10 yrs or so. A bit like Brexit!
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The government are damned if they do damned if they don’t though. They may well be being over the top and media are certainly enjoying whipping everyone in to hysteria, but imagine if gov played it down the same as that chap has just done then it would be egg on their faces to say the least, surely better to take all precautions given how new it all is. For what it’s worth I potentially agree with a lot of what that Dr says, but all of us on here are in a comfortable position of being able to speculate as much as we like because we won’t have to face the scrutiny after this is all over.
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Sorry if I heard it correct I thought he said if it ISNT between 50-100k by mid April then you’ll know that what he is saying is correct. Well it looks like it certainly will be between 50-100k by mid April... I could have mis heard him to be fair
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Maybe, he makes some well grounded points, however in the last minute of that, he says if by mid April the worldwide death toll of C19 isn’t at least 50-100k then it backs up what he said in the run up to that. Well death toll is around 42k (?) so in two weeks time mid April it could be on towards double that based on how it’s going now- so that slightly debunks his theory...
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Yours is a continuous tile line at the eave. Whereas the other is staggered? nice job BTW
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... Something to do with ‘eave’.? d like the way water has been dripping down and algae has formed etc?
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Where do you draw the line though. I’ve worked in my own in remote places for the last 11 years and never needed medical assistance in that time, but I could just as easily slip down the stairs at home because I’ve had too much to drink- or the wife has hit me over the head with a frozen leg of lamb out of pure fustration.
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Who would you like to end up with on a tropical island
Matthew Storrs replied to spuddog0507's topic in General chat
Well I like a laugh and my own company, so it would be Triggerandy & Scotspine. Mainly for the laugh but then once they’ve killed each other I’d have the island to myself. -
Who would you like to end up with on a tropical island
Matthew Storrs replied to spuddog0507's topic in General chat
Someone has too much time on their hands! -
I used to keep the machine on the linkage and use the hydraulic mast leg to stabilise it all when it came to driving the post- found it quicker just being able to back from post to post without touching the linkage each time. It doesn’t have much impact on the tractor if the mast leg is down in use. The issue with the weight of the implement is usually trying to tip the tractor sideways if on a slope rather than lifting the front end up. But plenty of ways to counter it if it’s a problem- wider wheel track- wheel weights or if the linkage can handle it simply stick more weight on the other side of the knocker.
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Is that with the 180kg weight? I think they start doing that model with 120kg. But surprising the difference another 60kg makes. It’s not all about weight, drop height is important too.i think the p30 contractor model also has a telescopic mast to increase drop height on strainers etc
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Both tractor and trailer have been sold now with the Herbst selling a month ago. But this was a fantastic trailer. 6mm steel all round, and was more than accustomed to a granite boulder landing heavily on it which didn’t seem to dent it much. And on wide flotations tyres it sailed across the peat.I didn’t want a drop side as not as strong and more vulnerable to damage. I can’t say I ever felt the need for drop sides either. Pallets maybe, but one or two can fit loaded from the rear.
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Is that a bidding at the owners wake or something- most sombre looking crowd ever.
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The Protech P30 contractor model would be a good machine (depending on size of your alpine) it is fairly basic and close coupled, but has sideshift and back shift which if you work on your own makes it easy to get everything lined up nicely. Think it comes with a 180kg weight as standard and whole machine weighs around 550kg which I’d have thought would be ok on a reasonably sized alpine. 180kg in my opinion is a nice minimum size weight if you want to thump in strainers and the odd gate post into reasonable ground, any less and you want the ground to be ‘favourable’!
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Mine was a little gutless when I first got it, I got one of those tuning pins. Bloody hell what a difference, can’t believe just doing that has made such a difference to power- and no obvious fuel usage difference either.
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Blimey this threads gone dark! ?
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Or if people want a nice coffin, why can’t you just rent one. The body is put in a bag, and then in the coffin, when cremation comes they could just lift the bag out and keep the coffin back for the next customer?
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Yeah, I always think it’s a waste of wood really. What’s the point in a nice coffin when it’s just going to be burnt or buried? Some kind of lined cardboard concoction should surely be fine and I’d sooner leaver the saved £1k or whatever to my family.
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It’s funny that if that was a defender in the same condition with same engine/gearbox etc it would probably be £6k or so. I think the older discos are fantastic value for money. Don’t know about the Disco 2 but certainly the 1 still has an alluminium skin bodywork just like the defender which seems to keep them tidy looking. The arches and the boot floor are the bits to watch for in terms of rust.
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I bought this Disco 1 300tdi a few months ago for £1500 with full MOT, chassis is spotless and only a bit of rust in boot floor (can buy replacement panels). I bought it to cover my defender whilst it was going to be rebuilt on Galv chassis, but you know what the defender had been sat still for 2 months now. The disco is just an absolute beaut, it’s the perfect balance of comfort and refinement vs old school basic mechanics, thouroughly reccomend if you can find a tidy example of one. £260 tax a year, can tow 3.5t, doesn’t feel big. Just love it.
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Very nice Marcus, I used to have a Fleming box just like yours behind my Same. It has the scraper blade underneath it. Could do a surprisingly good job with it as long as neither turf or larger rocks were in the ground otherwise it would drag them- scoring the ground. Must admit I prefer the cut and fill finesse of a digger. My Kubota on its wide steel tracks does a lovely job of tracking it all in too.
