Suffolk-Matt

Sounds a handy size for odds and sods. Waz77 - Looks good. I need a flat roof for all my ladders and your design may well work out better. More to think about, thanks for input guys, good to hear some feedback

Looks good Mitch, can you get much in the chassis lockers?

Yep, I have a BR400, good point. I think the best thing would be to get all items that could potentially be stored in the locker and measure them up. The buck will cost a fair amount of money so i dont want miss anything silly and regret it.

Most appreciated

Thats bang on hodge, love the idea of having the bench with vice also, looks a really good setup. Any chance if you get a second to give me some rough dimensions? I assume its just on the one side?

This is the issue, my other truck is a transit with plenty of tool storage, the 110 has been my daily drive / quotemobile for the last year but i fancied converting to make it more usefull for work. Small jobs will be done in the landie as and when needed. I was thinking of a small locker maybe 18" square running the width of the buck? Cab will have roof rack with large lock box on that and fuel storage. should be enough room for everything?

Looking for some input in regards to the design of the chipbox. Think i have all the truck cab parts sorted to turn my hardtop into a single cab but im going to have the buck made professionally out of aluminium. Did any of you who DIDNT have a tool locker installed regret it? did you go for a tool locker as part of the buck or a separate unit? Thinking about having a simple square back with high barn doors that can be locked, flat roof for the ladder rack. Really looking for input from those who have had one made and weather they would change anything? This truck will be a second works vehicle so not used for the day to day stuff

Interested in replies as he is also on the longlist for doing my 110 buck conversion.

Dont be silly Johny, this is the ultra dense super pine hybrid, easily 3 ton there, someone gonna make a mint selling it on....

Pine Firewood Logs Excellent Wood Burning Quality | eBay Be interesting what it goes for...

Will PM you to keep this thread on topic.

Yes makes sense, im post 97 hence if getting anything bigger than 3.5 would make sense to go as close to 7.5 as possible, still on the to-do list

The correct techniques are shown in this video, watch and learn... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgCYLTojay8

Turntable though?

Alloy Geckos for me with velcro uppers and strap lowers, love them. Carbon will wear a lot quicker if walking in them even if you say to yourself you wont do it!

Interesting point, currently collecting bits for mine as its a hardtop so i need the truck cab changed first. PM'ed you combined tree services

5.5 I believe, never understood the idea of going over 3.5t and not getting something as close to 7.5t as possible.... I may have missed something though!

Just got outbid on a Husky H14W on ebay seconds before the end, spoke to the chap and it sounded ideal for my needs. Where else should i look for second hand winches other than ebay? Really cant stretch to a new one currently sadly

After a PTO or Hydro powered winch for a 110 if anyone knows of one for sale? With or without tray/bumper. PM if you know of anything

Whatever it is, the second picture is impressive, guessing phone camera? Pretty good if it is.

Heard from mixed sources that 2017 is on the cards now for the final run of Fenders? More info on the Landie forums. You mentioned before about not being interested in a defender, is this because the production is stopping at some point? From what you have said on these threads a 110 hicap sounds like the perfect truck for you.

Just remember Leon, stick to your side of the river... I have trained snipers on the Orwell Bridge! Took me about 9 months to set up at level where I had pretty much everything I needed and cost in region of 20k. My personal overheads are next to nothing though so any money made was ploughed straight back into new gear for the company. Once your advertising, just sub for as many people as you can, networking is key i found, fit your own jobs in around that until your workload increases. I had plenty of subbing work when i got my chipper and got a higher dayrate also which then funded the new chipper... take it slow and build it up gradually. As for advertising make use of all the free places online first, there's hundreds, make a note of when you started the ad and when it will expire so you can relist your advert. Google is your friend also so get a website, even a basic one page wonder and point all your adds at that. Parish mags are also good but now we're talking about paying for advertising. Post office windows in villages can work well also. I found leaflets best when i first started on my own but i had people prepared to deliver them very cheaply.... As said, a clean smartly written truck is excellent advertising, and once the writing is on, its free! Best of luck with it mate

Having just played with my MS150 with great results Ill be having a crack at this also, thanks for posting. I bet within 2 weeks I wont own a non-modded saw!

Had a similar late night vist myself a while back - Followed by this a few days later - It was an elephant moth I found out and they get to quite a size.

Funny you should say that but I may also have someone interested, yes have a word and update here, may well be some others on the forum interested in doing it.