Boy English
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the pic i posted was one that sold on ebay i think it made about £1500 at the start of the firewood season.. mines in better nick, i paid a lot less than that but it was a bargain there have been afew on ebay, one just with the logging bench and a spares repair engine for under 500 and a similar model refurbed for a grand..
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fuel economy is great as its a lister well under a gallon day, as for milling i cant comment im afraid, i bought it a couple of months ago and have only used for firewood so far, it belonged to my local estate and i know the chap who has used it from new, hes given me four spare blades of various sizes and assures me its great.. i do plan on testing it out on some beams soon
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nope ??? its got its own 13hp lister twin, take a better look at the pics
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same as this
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i bought a McConnell safety saw bench, i love it has a 14" throat and can be used as a logging saw or ripping.. the rip table can fold down and a sprung logging table then comes up.. 13hp lister.. i haven't used many benches but since having this i cant say ive seen anything i would prefer, its on wheels aswell so can be towed..
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Which (compact?) tractor, to do everything on a smallholding?
Boy English replied to sandspider's topic in Large equipment
after having a better read of the previous posts i think befor making any form of decision your really going to have to know a bit more of what your going to be asking of it, a little Kubota and the similar compacts are built as a handy small machine.. they do all what you've mentioned but if you end up with 3 ton trees to pull and 10acres of grass then a compacts going to be pants if your looking for a real work tractor to take some stick then the larger built higher hp rated tractors that have been mentioned are definatley the way to go.. -
Which (compact?) tractor, to do everything on a smallholding?
Boy English replied to sandspider's topic in Large equipment
Carrying things (loader / bucket) / towing a trailer Running a log splitter / saw bench (so I guess a PTO and 3 point linkage would be needed) Mower / topper Harrowing / rotavating (reasonable horsepower needed) Extracting felled wood? (Winch, or just driving compact tractor between trees) Post knocker? (Probably not essential, but could be useful) Digging holes? Anything else that springs to mind! well mines a Ferrari but these were an off the shelf tractor so to speak, it is however pretty identical to the small Kubota tractors.. i think mines rated at 500kg lift on the front arms, the only thing you've mentioned above that really needs any horse power is rotorvating but assuming you get implements of a compatible size to the tractor it will be fine.. also if your looking at them try to get one with a decent selection of gears to ensure you can always find a nice work speed.. -
ill just drive the tour bus and offer my services as a masseuse
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Which (compact?) tractor, to do everything on a smallholding?
Boy English replied to sandspider's topic in Large equipment
little tractor in my avatar will do all you've mentioned in your original post?? same as a Kubota really, 4wd - 25hp - front arms - pto & 3 pt linkage - get one with arms for a couple of grand, only thing you wouldn't get at that money is the back actor ... plus can move on a trailer if needed -
my house is the size of a shoebox, im considering a bunker build though
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We do a lot of hedge reductions, I think this is mainly to being known that I have the machine though, some is subby work for other company's.. from our own workload its probley 50/50 with the tree work..
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use mine a lot, been looking at the tracked machines but going to see how this year goes first
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her brother visited sunday to " give her some lessons" .. I was out doing whatever, came back at 5 left again at half past (decided we were having takeaway as I could escape to collect it ) at 6pm I had a chat with them that unless a tune was being played they are just making some NOISE.. NOISE and music are very different.. cant believe I opened myself up to this one
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had a heated discussion with my lady companion last week in which I told her told her to get a hobby (aka find something to do instead of bitching about being bored all the time) its now been 4 days since a guitar turned up.. if I hear the first few chords of wanderwall anymore its going out the window
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not far from me chap, ill keep my eyes & ears out..
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Tree surgeon.. I remember one job I quoted where I introduced my mate who works for me as "my partner kevin" didn't think of it until I got back in the truck and kev said " think you that one up, chap thinks were married"
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I have 2 pieces of insulation tape on the handle of the digging spades, one for 9fts and one for eights ..there both ah inch deeper than needed to give some play if deeded..
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i havn't read every reply but saw someone mentioned putting the panels in after the posts so thought I would give my method incase you find it easier.. 6ft fence = 8ft post, 6" gravel board, 5ft 6 panel (unless its in a windy area then I go for 9ft posts) start fence at highest end (assuming its not level) post in at the correct measured height (I normally leave posts 10mm higher than panels) string line up with temporary stake at other end.. gravel board down to mark next hole, hole dug (guesses a little deeper than needed) post plonked in hole, gravel board levelled then panel put on, post then pushed up / adjust height as needed / level to line and fix.. step as needed when gravel boards need making up to match the one prior, if you need several steps try to uniform them, ie 3 panels then drop an inch or whatever..
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im really temped to make one using the front end of a car or a tranny engine and box, plenty of horses 5 gears and a reverse
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thanks, I did stumble across a post from yourself explaining your preference to lower rpm, im not sure what breed mine is but its big and heavy, the screws bigger and wider than most i can find on ebay with a really coarse thread and a replaceable tip so its got some quality to it, it came with a pto which has a ratchet clutch incorporated. after abit of reading ive decided to really go for it, ive got an old Peugeot 1.9td engine and box so i might have a play with that and see how it goes
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cheers chaps ill have a butchers
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hi all, picked up an old 3 point corkscrew splitter yesterday, I would like to make it into a self powered unit and was wandering how many horses does it really use?? obviously it was designed to run at 540rpm but since Im building it would anyone say abit more would make it nicer / less painfull to operate? any advise welcome..
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i went as far as buying an old jensen turntable chipper (530 I think) a xlwb Iveco and an alloy tipping body that I was going to make 3 way tip, trouble I found is to have the wheels in the right place not to overload the rear axle means the trucks huge, I think mine was / had 16ft of chassis behind the cab and roughly 20ft wheelbase.. driving it was a nightmare in most situations, and being 3.5t it would have been shite to say the least, I was convinced at some point it would have been usefull but to have it as the main truck would have been hideous, and in hindsight im glad I just sold the lot and started again so to speak..
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just incase that wasn't clear, the 371 mount is larger than the 362 , I had a 272xp which was also on the smaller mounts and the bar would swap with the 362..
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I have a 371xp aswell as the 362xp and I can confirm the 362 is on smaller mounts, there both around 2000 - 2002 models, both have the old style caps...
