tim361

I've been delivering logs in my hi cap landy all week and notice that it sits quite a bit lower when it's loaded. Can anyone recommend me some bits so it carries the weight a bit better. The previous owner fitted pro comp shocks and the springs are orange but apart from that I don't know any more. Cheers all

What tooth sproket do you guys use on your 361's. I'm running an 18" bar and don't know which one gets the best out of the saw.

I've been asked to price a job for some friends and need a tip site near by. Anyone know of anything? Cheers all

I've been towing a 2 ton digger behind my ranger this week and I've averaged 19mpg. Looking for something a bit cheaper to run as we've got alot of work coming up that involves towing a digger.

We've got a walnut tree in our garden and having just been and looked at it I'd like to know if this is normal or not. All this years growth is still a nice green. The rest of the leaf on the tree has either fallen off or is turning brown and due to fall off. Just seems very odd to me as the rest of the trees near us are still green and it's just the walnut browning off. Anyone any ideas?

For no other reason than just having a look, I've seen an l200 warrior 07 plate for sale locally. It's done 70,000 miles has 10 months MOT and he is not asking alot of money for it. Does anyone on here use one as a work truck, why do you think of them? Is there any age related problems with them? Cheers all

The only reason strikes don't work any more is because alot of people will quite happily moan about the increase but won't do anything about it and just carry on. Its about the only thing the French can do right, when they have a strike the whole country gets behind the cause. Not just a few die hards and the other who will winge but cave in far to early. If a strike was to work here everyone has get behind it, not just the tanker drivers.

A few weeks ago i won a contract to carry out some tree work for my local parish council. Having met with the guy who was organising the work he said we had won the tender. Although the work was being organised by the Parish coucil a local home owner was paying for the work. A few days ago i got a phone call from the counciller saying the gardener of the home owners house has said the quote was to high and wanted to get a few more. Having asked all the other companies to re tender i didn't get asked. I then got a phone call saying that the tender was getting cancelled and re awarded to another firm who were previously alot more money. I was not informed of any changes to the decribed work or asked if i could lower my price at all. My question is do any of you get the client to sign something once you have been awarded the work to recover any costs for time or cancelled orders etc.. I was thinking along the lines of £100 or 10% which ever is greater? This is only because the work was worth quite a few thousand pounds. Its not just the lost work but the time i have put into getting the quote put together and having to cancel things i had booked for the job. The whole thing was done on a very informal arangement so is there any advice anyone can pass on for future referance? Cheers All.

I've just gone through this process, Hilux is probably the best pickup to buy but you pay a premium for the relability, build quality etc...... With you budget you'll be looking at a high mileage 2.4td or a lower mileage 2.4d Ford Ranger/Mazda B2500 this is what i settled for. I paid £3000 for 120,000 miler with full history, immaculate body, and a 6 month warrenty. Really pleased with it. I do more road driving than off road so suits me fine. There are normally a fair few for sale so you can shop around a bit. I didn't look at L200's or Navaras. For the money you've got to spend would either get you a td25 Navara with lower miles or the dreaded d22. If you opt for a d22 check the history of the engine. Alot of them have shot conrods throught the block. Ones that have had repalcement eninges may not have had the required mods to cure the problem so be aware. L200's can crack their heads resulting in a £2k plus repair bill. This won't have happened to everyone's navara/l200 i'm just speaking from what i have experience with friends ones. Both on my mates who had navara's had to have new engine's fitted, and i've got 3 friends who have had no end or problems with l200's. In my opinion have a look on ebay, autotrader, local papers etc and see whats around locally. Its alot of time and money to loose driving to the other side of the country to see something that's no good. Work out what you need and not what you want. Oh and not to forget the mighty defender. I've had two of these, great off roaders but i do alot of miles so wanted something a little less agricultral. Parts readily avaliable, only tin worm effects them fairly badly.

Sorry should have put I'm in Sussex near haywards Heath.

Is it worth more as log wood then or worth contacting someone to see if they would buy it for turning?

I've got a job taking down three large lime trees. There is going to be a large amount of rings to be taken away from the job. Question is is the wood worth anything apart from for log wood?

Does anyone know what a hilux 2.4td can do mileage wise? I'm looking at one which has done over 160k miles. I know these will go on forever just dont know at what point they will die.

Yes it was hallmark forestry, don't know where exactly it was cut. If your interested send me a pm and i'll pass your details on to him.

Depending on where you are in Sussex it might be worth giving David Rossney a call on 01580 712 417 or email [email protected]. He runs a company called esus forestry who just deal with training. He's a really nice bloke and if you qualify for any funding he'll sort all the stuff out. When I looked at doing my CS38 it worked out £300-£350 for the training and the ticket because of the funding i qualified for. Hope this helps, Tim

A friend of mine is cutting cord near Hailsham in East. He's got about 150 tonne cut and stacked at the moment, with another 150 tonne to come out over the next few weeks. He offered me the wood but due to problems with the council i can't buy it. He's after £45 a tonne roadside, he can arrange deivery at extra cost if needed. The wood is a mixture of hardwoods with the first 150 tonne having alot of hornbeam in. If your interested PM me your contact details and i'll pass them on. Cheers Tim

Just wondering if any hauliers are free in the mid sussex area or are passing through. We've got to get the last of our wood moved before the end of the year and i'd like to get it moved sooner incase the weather turns. There's probably 25-30 tonne to be moved, if by lorry its about a 5-6 mile trip. If its tractor and trailer its a 4 mile round trip. If there are any hauliers or anyone with a tractor and trailer who are passing around the Haywards heath area please get in touch if you can spare a day.

After my landrover being stolen I'm now left without a 4x4. I'm after something I can use on a daily basis, is four wheel drive, and can carry logs. It has to be something my other half can drive. I'm looking at getting a hilux, but have thought of getting an l200/navara tipper. Got up to a £10k budget. What are you all using?

That's what I'm wondering. Did they steal it to drive or steal it to tow something heavy. I know the assessors will repair all visible damage, but are they going to check/notice any mechanical damage done to the landrover. A friend who works in the police has looked at the case file and it was used in a ram raid before it was dumped but what else did they do in the 3 weeks it's been gone.

2-3 weeks ago my defender got stolen from outside my house one night. A few weeks have gone by and I haven't heard anything. Then today I got a phone call from the police saying they have my landrover and it will be transported to the insurance assessors yard Monday or Tuesday. I phoned the police yard to see what damage has been done and they said from what they can see all windows have been smashed and the interior has been trashed. The repair company will now assess if it can be repaired or if it's a write off. Apart from all the damage that you can see what happens with all the running gear? The landy has 14,000 miles on the engine and all the running gear was really good. Presumably they stole the landy to tow something or things very heavy. What happens with regards to all the running gear if it's not how it was when it was stolen? Does anyone have any experience with this, any help dealing with this would be greatly appreciated? Cheers tim

+1 for the riko one. Haven't brought one yet but after looking at alot seems to be very well made, tungsten blade and not a bad price.

Was at the wealden wood fair today. Had a good day out, looked at alot of things and talked to alot of exhibitors about they're product. Just need to save up some pennies now. Had been there about 15 minutes when I got a phone call from my girlfriend. She asked where I had hidden the landrover as she couldn't find it, after a few mintues of me thinking she was winding me up it dawned on me that it had been knicked. Some b*****d had come along last night and broken into the landrover, and drove away without waking anyone. Really put a downer on the day. Apart from that, was a good day out.

Ignore that, just re read it. Oil is only around 57p per litre at the mo.

What price was the oil when you worked this out?

My dads got a 2.0 turbo petrol one. Didn't have any problems on the snow, got everywhere. The ground clearance isn't as good as a 4x4 but better than a car. Mpg expect somewhere between 22-25. Depends on how your drive it. They can't pull a massive amount of weight. But as a daily driver they're brilliant.