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yes love the idea mate:thumbup1:, how do you find your ranger? what age is it? thanks

yh i have to agree mate, but which one would you choose? would you then use a tipping trailer or unload the chip/logs from the pickup untill it gets converted into a tipper costing around 3 k

Thanks mate, ideally would like 4x4, its ok saying you dont need it but i sold a vitara to get my van and do miss 4wd!! As with the 4wd and big tipping trailer tt105 or tt126, i suppose you would need a partner with a suitable veichle to pull the chipper? unless you load it on trailer and then leave a bit of room for it ? thanks mate

HI All, as the title suggests im in the market for a new truck, 106 van & trailer getting a bit worn out:biggrin: Ideally i would love a 4x4 as is ideal for shooting etc out of work, and been in iveco tippers when they are stuck (tipping chip on grass) heres the info i gather/have been told , please tell me your thoughts, then hopefully i will have a bigger list of pros and cons and will then be able to get a new arb truck any help would be much appreciated, ideally a tipper would be better but i guess theres always room for a converion on the king/super cabs. mitsi l200 - problems with headgaskets, but overall reasonably priced, good, strong hilux 2.5 - very reliable, very expensive, navara - conrod problems ranger - good but heard they fall apart, and thirsty landy tipper - easy to maintain, strong, very expensive transit/cabstar - not 4wd, but tipper, common as muck thanks:001_smile:

FR JONES

Thought i would upload a couple of pics from earlier, The job was to thin out certain areas, in pheasant pens etc. It was on a really wet farm, timber was cut last month but only just been dry enough for me to extract it . New Holland t 3030, 4wd diff lock, 12 speed, fantastic tool, borrowed it from the farm along with 3tonne tipping trailer to move the logs, the tractor is so nimble i was able to get in the tight spots (polaris ranger track) pulled the trailer full no problem, tommorows job is felling massive poplars on another part of the farm, happy days:thumbup:

[/ATTACH] This is what i have been using today, and the first pic is 9 loads later:thumbup1: new holland t 3030, 4wd, diff lock, and gp 3 tonne tipping trailer, I moved about 14 tonne of logs/lengths today, mixed oak, ash, alder and birch. the job was on a game farm, the timber was my payment:001_smile:, profits will be invested in a ms 660 & 36" mill

:thumbup1:Find an old chainsaw strip it down, label the parts, learn the parts then try and rebuild it !!

love the sound of this:001_smile: thanks for your help lads i cant wait to get my big saw and mill as noone i know mills around here, ive got oak beams to mill for someone and i want to make furniture

same here

ive got the stein kit big, nice size, seems strong but has got a tear in it that i had to stitch, but overall a good bag:001_cool:

insa turbo special track, awsome tyre.

thanks mate:thumbup1: proper advice, ideal, will aim to make all sorts, from rustic tables to fine table and chairs:001_smile: just need to get the 660 and mill now:lol:

thanks mate, i may however make my trailer as im quite handy with a welder:thumbup1:

thanks:thumbup1: which wood is best forf different projects?

yh they are good little chippers, had the price for a new cs100 18hp elec start, £4300 plus vat its a loy for a small chipper:confused1:

have fun mate , personally i would try the shallows with floting bait on a needle float, such as floating bread, small shots on the leader to sink the line slightly, in this weather they will be rising, try it and see, if this fails try corn, meat boilies or halibot pellets on the bottom, or go with the maggot feeder

i guess some one will buy it but it wont be me!!

im not having ago, just saying it needs respraying thats all, just cant understand why its not been snapped up yet @ £2200,

would need to get the spray gun on it,

get a new ms 181 cracking firewood saw:thumbup1:

whats his website mate?

hi lads/ladies, I would like to get into the world of milling Im a qualified climber, so can get my hands on some tidy wood!!, previous to my climbing occupation when i left school i went to college and am also qualified as a carpenter / joiner, (have done carpentry/joinery for about4 years) before i got p****d of with site work and retrained as a tree surgeon!! Ive got all makita carpentry tools, 18v lithium drills/impact driver, chop saw, skill saw, jig saw sds drill etc etc,,, Im in the process of ordering a bigger saw (ms 660!) my questions are ... what tools do you need to mill timber?? which mill would be better for a novice)?? what sells best benches, stools, tables etc..?? thanks !!

i noticed that , maybe its been in a bump? if it was as good as it looks then surely it would have been bidded on by now?