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  1. markieg31
    Wifes car. Got to the top of porlock hill when it decided to sh!t its self. Had to roll all the way back down backwards. And then tow it home
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    Looking to go hp as it will wprknout better tax wise i think. Have seen a couple of dmax second hand on main dealer website 20k miles and considerably cheaper than new low spec ones.
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    think 35 would be the best to expect on a pick up. An old isuzu 2.5td 02 would get 40 and may be 45 on a run but was gutless. i am looking for a 4x4 double cab btw for a mix of farming, tree work and mountain bike uplift amongst other things
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    What is the cheapest main stream pick up on the market? Looking for low spec truck, no need for chrome, alloys and leather seats. Got to be a double cab. When you look for comparisons on trucks all you find is top spec motors which are a waste of time on the farm.
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    I was trying the sugi narrow kerf bar with oregon chain. Had one bar that lasted a month before the nose sproket disintegrated and got a replacement only for the same thing to happen again in a very short space of time. Both times i was just cutting some timber, no reason for it to bust. First bar i greased the nose second one i did not, the end result was the same.
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    I have sprayed with a 50liter single pump using a regulator. Done the job fine but it is running the whole time trying to keep up with the demand. Used a 70 litre one with a sperate pump and motor, much much quieter, fills the tank real fast and can more than keep up with the demands of spraying, get short periods of quiet before the pump kicks in again and pumps up tyres a lot quicker. But as said a 25l one will blow off your saws so if that's what you need it for than why have anything bigger.
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    Is that a mower deck as well, looks like that tractor does it all!!!!
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    If it was legal to carry a gun they would not have bothered with the knife. they would have been straight in there with the gun.
  9. markieg31
    My 02 transit single cab. Steel bed and sides with ply greedy boards weighs 2250 empty with no driver giving me a 1250 carrying capacity.
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    Rather you than me. I have the utmost respect for the pro planters that can wallop them in day after day on the most challenging of sites. I have done a fair share of it in the past and it is something I always try and price myself out of- doesn't always work!
  11. markieg31
    Lets get a consensus here. I think for the most part people, vesp not inc, think that the burning cardboard Grenfell was of bad taste and was quite a bit more than distasteful. But who thinks that the police response was just, considering that (at least round me) the police target response time seems to be 3 days and that would be for an actual assault.
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    I was always told that road going engines don't quite work the same as a commercial engine. something along the lines of the lorry engine in the tractor would get bogged down more easily when it gets put under load. perhaps not the same sort of torque being produced.
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    They used to do ones that looked similar to the pro tipper but this looks like the latest incarnation, I am sure there is reasons why they have gone from twin to a single ram, perhaps they could use a multistage ram but then that would add to the cost. Give them a ring if your interested, they are nice chaps who came out and showed me one on the back of a hilux a couple of years ago- I am local to them. But it looked solid and had a smooth tipping action and it was easily removable as well so you can return your bed back to standard when the tipper is not needed. furthermore they can fab up something to your spec like if you wanted high sides etc.
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    imagen your 90, or my, hp transit running a pto chipper. I wonder if the RAC would still cover it after the guts have fallen out of it.
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    bit offtopic but your post title cordwood reminds me of a post that was entitled 'codwood' that took a turn for the worse with some fishy puns and an irate OP!
  16. markieg31
    Had to tow it the last 4 miles on the hub, with out the wheel, at tick over in 1st because the threads had stripped out of the drum. Took quite a while.
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    Not as cheap as I was hoping for but old chippers seem to hold there value. Old entec diesel, Had the hopper off flipped the anvils and tickled the rollers. Hour meter is fecked but the engine runs like a peach without a hint of smoke so that is a bonus. Will get me out of a hole and hopefully in time I will be able to buy a newer (2000-2010) machine that is more of a keeper.
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    all sorted for the cheap and decrepid chipper. Its a pup, the wheel came off on the way home- the sign of a solid machine I have heard
  19. markieg31
    I think the jensen no stress set up is dead easy to hook up. Real simple, even i understood it.
  20. markieg31
    Probably can stretch to £3500, if you know of anything let me know.
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    Afternoon all. Long story short i had to sell my chipper to get my rent paid, didnt get a very good price for it bit i still have a roof over my head. Now i have mangaed to get by but it is a royal pain and somewhat impossible task trying to do tree work woth out a chipper so i need to look at getting another one. So i am looking for something that is A) cheap and B)cheap. Older machine and or something that needs work. Have overhauled a couple of chippers in the past so reasonably confident with the spanners. Please pm me if you have anything, i am based west Somerset but i will probably have to travel but abything considered. Many thanks Mark
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    Not saying the trucks cant tow it in the real world bit it is what happens when vosa are on the pull? I live rurally hardly see police let alone vosa but have noticed they have been opperating from a layby and putting each wheel on a set of scales to get the weight. Lot of tippers, double cabs more so, are up to weight before they leave the yard. Will stick to the mark 3 ranger and not worry about the 3.5 towing me thinks.
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    Looking at the plate on a 15 plate it states that the train weight is circa 6t. Truck weighs 2600 ish with full tank of fuel. (Figures are not correct but they are around that mark) so there for once you have some kit in and people you ha eaten right into the towing capacity. Bit of a con it seems to sell it as a 3.5 towjng capacity if it cant tow that in the real world work environment unless your a jockey with no baggage or tools in on board. Are other makes of truck similar to this or is ot just the dmax? Just interesting as someone bought it up the other day
  24. markieg31
    two days a week work than the rest on the mountain bike... that used to be the dream i was living but my circumstances have changed now so having to pack in some mega hours myself but their is light at the end of the tunnel-i hope I like what the OP was saying. Sometimes you can see an opportunity but you sit on the fence because it involves an element of risk and self doubt will stop you going for it. Speculate to accumulate. Nothing ventured nothing gained. I am in a position myself where i can see an opportunity but it will involve investment in the form of a loan. I could proceed with a crap set up on the cheap, my usual style, or go the whole hog and hope fully bring in some coin! "He who dares rodders"!
  25. markieg31
    On paper the nissan is the one to get, short and narrow truck- great turning circle- strong engines. But 90 horse power is under powered, i actually went up a hill in first gear and it died, it literally would not pull my chipper and half a load of cherry rings. Watch out for rusty cabs, not just the transit that suffers. Uncomfortable cab definitely not suitable for three women let alone wide shouldered tree men. Parts are expensive and some are main dealer only. So i changed to a transit that was 90hp, had no issues with pulling loaded. even had it loaded to the gunnels with oak rings and towing a chipper and it done it- slowly. Plenty of second hand parts. Most parts are on the shelf and reasonably priced at the motor factors. Nice driving position, handles well on the road. Transit for me

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