difflock
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I would have thought the dozer, or a 360 with a dedicated ripper tooth and grab, put stumps into windrows or piles, leave a few years to dry, and then burn, thereby returning nutrients to the ground. Keep it simple. I would not like the thought of paying for a stump grinder, either tractor mounted, or tub type, nor indeed the fuel bill alone, for 21 acres of stumps. In any case the dozer or digger operator is the key to the success of the operation.
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"Good fences make for Good neighbours!" old country saying, apparently
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We are responsible for a mixed bag of gritting in the wintersmonths ( & now got car parks under our responsibility ownership, hmmm? might require a rethink) but to date despite slick sales pitchs for various expensive contraptions, and certain Directors having daft notions of what ud work. I have found a plastic bucket and a plastic feed scoop and a flick of the wrist, works better and never breaks down, the key being a dropside truck handy to refill the bucket from. I suspect the lack of spend on expensive machinery, more than pays for the extra labour on the infrequent occassions it is needed. We simply use a couple of hydrostatic drive vehicles with loaders, in lieu of snow ploughs, since again, where does one "plough" the snow away to in a car park, or urban area,. Need to lift and dump, either in a corner or into a truck for removal. Cheers Marcus
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Paper waste i guess! Clue kinda lies in his user name. Any used bank notes going spare?
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Sniff, need to introduce Sharks crossed with Flying Fish crossed with Piranha to our UK Salmon and Trout streams then, to better "even the odds", Cos fish got memories and nervous systems too! M
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Could be the "Avant Loader" part of that statement answers the question, if one merely needs a loader, I am sure there are better cheaper loaders out there. I imagine, as I find myself saying, it is an Avant, i.e. the same as a Hoover, or Magimix or Jeep or Kango or Tommy Gun. i.e. a defining concept. The hydrostatic tool carrier, not a loader. m
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We have put near 1200 hours on a 640 in about 2 years, a wonderful tool, coming in just under 2000kg with the extra weights on the back, and will lift a tonne and manouver it from place to place, but great care is needed if placing at height as the boom moves out in an arc as it rises, so there can be a tipping point. The rotary steel wire brush is simply magic for scouring weeds off pavoirs and flagged paths and kerbs. One of my better purchase, the worst being a 3220 Case tractor many years ago. I would love one, but poisonious dear for all I would use it.
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If as Google told me human blood 650 Calores a pint, I can enjoy 3 pints of Guiness(at 210 Calories each) in fair exchange.:thumbup1: How many pints a week could I manage, of blood that is.:confused1: m
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We ran MX120 2-stroke Suzi engines in Rover box mowers on Cem duty. Absolutly stonking good engine, never missed a beat for a good no of years running prob 6 hrs a day for 6 months of the year. Run on meticulously mixed red stihl at 50:1 When we no longer could buy replacments the last 2 were kept on for several years past their "best before" date.
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cutting hay meadows in Sept and removing arisings
difflock replied to difflock's topic in General chat
I got our local contractor on the phone today. Voila! They run a Wiedenmann Super 500, apparently very pleased with its performance, and would be keen to take on our work. About £20,000.00 (less reasonable LA discount), to purchase, so workable either way! marcus -
cutting hay meadows in Sept and removing arisings
difflock replied to difflock's topic in General chat
Bob, I seriously figger an old single chop Tarrup or similar and an 1980's sized silage trailer, I have suggested contacting our very active local classic tractor club, hopefully they could sort out some sort of PR exercise deal, most of the sites will be adjacent 12th or Halloween bonfire sites, ergo expect rubbish, though fewer old gearboxs, now scrap is worth of collecting, or has been. But I would not expect the arisings to have any fodder value. The Council do however run their own green waste recycling operation, so that will be the disposal site, prob del in a humungeously expensive and expensive to run green waste bin lorry. sigh all quite mad! marcus -
cutting hay meadows in Sept and removing arisings
difflock replied to difflock's topic in General chat
Bob, "BINGO", Your experience is exactly what our Council is planning. Any my pref would be to contract it out to a local contractor, who specializes in a mix of Agri and sports pitch construction and maint etc. but 2nd choice would be to buy the Amazon and spot hire a suitable tractor, if ours arnt suitable. btw. Exactly the type of comment/info I was after, and indeed it confirms my gut feelings based on 25 years experience grass cutting. Job Done! PS I can only presume you run the Amazone kit because it is the best you are aware of? cheers Marcus -
cutting hay meadows in Sept and removing arisings
difflock replied to difflock's topic in General chat
I imagine I will recommend the only machine I am aware of this no of years, an Amozone, (and probably one of the larger trailed GDS ones), high tip flail collecters, then into a skip or direct into the back of the green waste 8 wheeler BigBite refuse truck. We already got 2 Agri tractors an 80HP Case and the wee honey of a JD 3720. Still need to sort the issue of us running Agric spec tractors on the road mind, regardless of the colour of the diesel, and we run on clear anyway. Next up will be an HGV beavertail to transport this kit. Marcus PS Unsure of total acreage, but some sites are quite small with narrow akward access/weak bridges etc. Typical Council operation. So I figger the JD 3720 would be the most likely contender. -
A daft enterprise if I ever heard of one, since "they" think (i) either a farmer will do it for free i.e for the value of the dog **** and rubbish strewn grass. I suggested a 40 year old single chop rather than a modern Big M or Class Katana might be more appropriate technology for disgesting the somewhat varied fodder:confused1:. OR (ii) Purchase a dedicated machine to be used for one month of the year, capable of cutting quite a few Ha of heavy hay meadow. And transport the arising 20 odd miles for disposal at a green waste site. A small round baler was mentioned:lol: All For £15,000 or £20,000:lol: So, thoughts please. Marcus
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I liked her £1,000,000.00 garden extenstion. 1970''s building was generally proper poor anyway.
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Fergus is making me a sign reading; "My other tractor is a Porsche" for my beloved DB 1490, or perhaps "My Skoda is faster than my Porsche" Ps I ud then needa buy a Porsche tractor!
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It all depends! Dig a small bucket in at full boom reach and use a strop round the dipper arm near ground level perhaps? And put the bucket on arse about face to form a better anchor. Also depends a lot on the angle of the re-direct, minimal deflection, should not be an issue, getting on for 180 deg = 16 tonne of virtually doubled line pull, assuming winching in 8 tonne.
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A joint venture wit Nissan or somesuch, is it not? Der Gay wagen pick-up, factory spec natch, is the real mccoy. Or one o them new Aussie Army yokes!
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Rethink required, billet bundles are too heavy
difflock replied to difflock's topic in Firewood forum
Ah hav a plan to use the 17 tonne splitter downstroke to, via a wire strop, to "winch" the bundle down tight before strapping, in which case I could possibly get away with using blue rope, with or *without those clever patented plastic german Knotti thingamabobs. *Without simply by throwing on a farmers hitch with a flick of the back of the wrist. But got plenty of polyproplene strapping to use first. Just need to up productivity:blushing: -
Rethink required, billet bundles are too heavy
difflock replied to difflock's topic in Firewood forum
An update on my glacial slow progress to date. Note the 1/2m3 bundles have stayed tight, and they have been sitting exposed outside since early last September. I stack reasonably carefully, then winch up the strapping, then "beat" the protruding billets into line with a long (18"/2') shafted 3lb club hammer (one handed job) then retension:thumbup1: Note despite the log grab pinching in tightly, they go back to the round when set down. Then simply lifted with the borrowed JD and pallet forks, though I would intend to make a 2 toed/pronged frame outta 76mm tubing, with tapered ends to easier thread through the stacked bundles.(or 2 buckrake tines more likely, why re-invent the wheel!) The stacked bundles also "breath" very well, and lend themselves to easy covering, and the easy securing of said covers. Also easy to stack high in the shed, and again, allowing for really good airflow through the stack. Marcus
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JHC! WTF is your problem?, this addressed to all those numb-nuts who, in the linked article, made out like he was some kinda airborne Attilla the Hun cum Adolf cum Stalin cum Pol Pot cross-bred wit Idi Amin, 'n a wee dose o ISIS thrown in forby. Get a life, and a grasp of realities, likelyhood of risk/harmful outcome etc. etc. PS Note the one sensible opinion from the professional Pilot! Marcus
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:thumbup: Nice one :thumbup: Would "a celeberation of a life lived" be an appropriate comment? PS. My 84 year old, and ailing Mother recently asked me to stop by the local Undertaker recently to leave in a bequest for a recently deceased relative. I dropped her off at the door and sat myself back in the car, when I saw Mum re-emerging from the "shop" I got out to help her back into the car. The undertaker, after my mother was safely in behind the closed door then asked?, "And, how is your mother keeping?" I merely replied that I understood his professional undertakers judgment, should be a better judge of my mothers life expectancy than any relatively uninformed opinion of mine. Which I repeated to my mother when I got back in the car, having noted the quizzical look on her face. She, my Mum, proper snorted with laughter at my account of our exchange. Marcus
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Got boils on yer arse or sommat!
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(i) Senior Managment never finishes hers. (ii) I sit behind a desk most days, and simply do not work up an appatite (also being near 60 is a factor) (iii) I only got 3 teeth, and 2 of them are very loose.(seriously and ashamedly) PS When I were a lad . . . ah cud fair eat . . . but I never were inclined to pay for a steak, unfortunate, when i had a set of teeth. Sigh But no teeth need to consume Guiness and champ, so no danger o starving to death!
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Home made bread, fresh from the breadmaker, butter 'n "leftover" rare Sirloin steak, from last night. 15 secs in the micro wave to remove the fridge chill. A pickle of salt. Perfect!
