mowingjamie

Hi, looking to surface my yard, currently just crusher run. Either scalpings or road plainings I was thinking. Both £20 a ton. Would road plainings be more hard wearing and if on a very gentle slope allow water to run off not soak through?

Really struggling to get road plainings hence why there £20 a ton now. Would need at least 100t.

Hi all, I've got my class 1, cpc and tacho card. I'd love some like a 12t hookloader to help with the building works. Sell my ifor 12ft tipper that I tow behind my sprinter. Only be moving my kit and materials around. But what realistically would a lorry of this size cost to keep on the road? I've got a large yard to park it in. Looking at ones with about 200km on 12to15k purchase cost, 2010 sort of age. 

After some advice on a log splitter, I've got a 3.5t kobelco excavator and a yard with 3 phase. Looking for a vertical log splitter, what would be best 3 phase or hydraulic off the digger?

3 phase I persume will be quieter and won't put hours on my machine, but will it be up to the work?

Hi All,

Need something to surface my yard and road in the spring next year. At the moment it's made up of 8 inch of crusher run from the quarry. Does the job, but I want something really neat. We will be putting in tons of drainage next year so hopefully that will resolve the water sitting about. What's best surface wise? Ment to use the lorry grid system with grass to keep Suds happy, but in leaning towards 20mm clean stone? Suppose concrete would be the answer! Open to options, would road plannings help?

On 25/11/2022 at 22:02, Mark_Skyland said:

Are the stihl advance xflex that you own type c or a?

 

The stihl x light, and I'm going to provide a link to my site for no other reason than to provide some further info   are extremely light and breathable type a trousers. They certainly aren't as hard wearing as many other trousers but they may be suitable for you're requirements

 

Stihl Advance X-Light Chainsaw Trousers -Type A

SKYLANDEQUIPMENT.COM

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Made from ultra-light, extremely breathable AVERTIC™ pro lite cut protection developed...

What I will suggest though is that you buy local, find a local supplier even if they aren't that local as its always better to try on before you buy. 

Cheers, will they be far lighter being type a I guess? I persume enough protection than a type c for just my use?

Hi all, looking for recommendations for chainsaw trousers to protect when chopping up firewood with a chainsaw. After some thing really flexible and light. Tried the stihl advance x flex, fine for winter but found them really heavy and hard going most of the time. Any recommendations would be most welcome!

Looking for some advice if anyone has come across such a machine? It's a forklift based on a massey 135. Desperately looking for a timing guard/gear cover, correct name??, as pictured. Having constant fuel problems with it blocking up the fuel gauze, will take the tank off and wash out. Any advice most welcome!

Hi, looking to buy a Takeuchi tb23r 2006 with 2500 hrs for about 12k. Sound ok hours and age for the money? Would this model be able to lift at all? What's the chances I could put a tow bar on the blade and tow my ifor tipper across fields? Or would that do more damage than good? Any advice most welcomed from you!

Looking for some advice on the isuzu grafter n35 trucks. I know there really good and tow like a train. But I've had serious issues with my sprinter van and short journeys causing issues with the dpf. The grafter I'm looking at is a 2008, I guess this will also have a dpf fitted but will I have issues again? Can you manually regenerate these dpfs without doing a 20mile detour? Any advice would be much welcomed. Cheers Jamie 

33 minutes ago, PeteB said:

A 1999 project? A few other people will have had the steel out of her! She should run a cement mixer okay but why? I wouldn't bother with a flail, I doubt she will have the power or flow for that. Stick to what they were designed for imo.

Just trying to find a machine that will cover most of my needs. Jcb 3cxs good powerful digger, front loader, forklift.... be nice to be able to have one machine. Ie if it could run a pan mixer for me it would be ideal. The other option is to run a tractor and trailer and a 360 excavator. PTO the pan mixer and front loader on the tractor but this all comes in at cost. The jcb cx is a bit of a compromise but for what I do it's fine.

Looking into a 1999 project 12 jcb 3cx. What's the chances I could run a pan mixer off the hydraulics? Maybe on the front forks and plumbed into the 4 in 1? 

Would love to be able to rig some sort of flail mower too? On the back arm or front bucket/forks? Any ideas much welcomed! 

Cheers Jamie.

8 hours ago, Justme said:

Owch. I can do you C1 for less than £1k all in. 

Where you based? I'm Brecon, Mid Wales?

Just realised that you only do upto C1, if I'm going to do it I might as well do the full C class 2 then it covers me for the future if I want to go bigger. 

37 minutes ago, Justme said:

If you have any questions quote me so it sends me an email.

Hi, cheers for all the help everyone. So I'll do the full course at my local place inc cpc now then. Been quoted £1800 for everything from medical to cpc. Inc vat. So once I pass it would be less hassle to get a 7.5t even though i would have the licence to drive larger. What about having a suitable yard? Can I just park it on the road outside on a restricted/ personal operators licence? What about 6/10 weekly check? I'll only be doing about 6000miles a year. How much road tax would a 2007 tipper be per year? Insurance? I'm 29 so would the insurance be sky high? Cheers Jamie 

2 minutes ago, aspenarb said:

 

If you are using the truck for private use you will not be required to take the drivers cpc and will only need to do the driving test , if the truck is 7.5 ton or under fill in the form DVSA 75 ,the truck will then be registered tacho exempt. Over 7.5 ton and it changes a bit.

 

Bob

So it would be worth while to get a 7.5t rather than a 10t to keep things simple? What if I moved my ride on mower to a job with the lorry, would this  no longer be private use and now need a cpc? 

Hi, I mainly do my own property development stuff now and moved away from doing ground care, but I trust your opinions on vehicles as most are in a similar situation to me. I have my b and e so can tow a trailer legally. But dont enjoy towing heavy trailers much, is it just me? 

So, doing this development work I move large quantities of soil, rubble etc and my materials I've purchased. I haven't set up a formal business doing this as I've needed to live in the property while doing the work. I own a 12ft ifor tipper but looking at the options of selling this and going for a 7.5t ot 10t tipper lorry and doing my class 2, which at some point I'll end up doing no doubt. Could I run a 7.5t easily as I'm moving my own materials and it's not technically for hire or reward. Would/should I do my CPC? Any other advice is most welcome! Cheers! Jamie.

4 minutes ago, Baldbloke said:

Land cruiser is a good towing vehicle 3.5 tonnes

 

 

Toyota Land Cruiser - Towing Capacity & Weight Limit Information

WWW.TOWINGCAPACITY.CO.UK

But is that age 1998 and being a 3.0l classed as a Colorado?? So 2800kg??

18 hours ago, Big J said:

I think that that was on 5th Gear. 

I think we can all agreed that big, fairly cheap 4x4s for towing heavy always end up costing a bit in repairs. I like to think that a VW is better engineered in the first instance than a Landrover, and the V10 is an addictive thing. It's such a shame that that wave of engineering innovation in the early to mid 2000s with large displacement diesels and petrols died a death. I've been getting 27-28mpg from it on the first 1 1/4 tanks. That's no worse than the Disco 4 I had, but I've an extra 120bhp. 

 

Imagine a V10 with a modern 8 speed auto. That would be magical.

Cheers for the replays do far, Seen a 3.0l toyota landcruiser on ebay, I think the age was 1998. What's these like at towing? Doesn't look like it has much hp for towing? Cant find the towing capacity on line either, 2800kg or 3500kg?? 

11 minutes ago, Jwoodgardenmaintenance said:

Don't know if it's any help but my pal has a merc sprinter pickup on a 07 plate kept doing that so he removed the cat and put a streight through exhaust pipe on it changed the airflow sensor and the turbo actuator plugged it in and it hasn't been into limp mode since and this was a month ago and in heavy daily use so seems fixed? Just a idea 

 

Jack 

Will the van pass mot like that? I will try anything!! Cheers 

Hi, long time since i used this forum! Glad to be back! just need to get it on my phone now..

In need of a tow vehicle as my merc sprinter van isnt up to the job and has been a complete money pit. on its 3rd turbo now and still in limp mode. no one knows how to fix it!

Got about £4000 to spend, open to any suggestions too! would need to comfortably tow my ifor 12x6 tipper to 3.5t with rubble. Defently manual transmittion. Seen a few discovery 3s on marketplace for about 4k with about 90,000 miles on them 2007 age. Any good or stay clear? I do love the disco3s but never owned one and worry a little about running costs, not fuel costs as will be high towing its arse off anyway.

Cheers, Jamie.

I swaped a pickp and trailer to mwb sprinter high roof with the trailer when needed. Its a much better sepup for me now, 90% of the time i just use the van and load the kubota ride on in the van with the etesia walk behind, a couple of strimmers, blowers and a wheel barrow too, all in no problem. Good on fuel compared to the pickup and at the end of a long day i just park the van up and dont have to worry about unloading the flatbed.

My money is allways on a Etesia for wet collecting, no matter how long the grass. If you cant afford to buy new buy second hand, there just as good. Very heavy mower, but standard Etesia cast alu body that will never rust.

i would personally save your money until you can afford something more like a fs460 or husky 545 which will manage long grass easier and will be a better long term investment, these small fs70/94 dont have much grunt to them and tend to get more tangled up in long grass than actually cut it.

Never seen one of these before! Looks a real good simple idea, need serious tourque and sharp blades tho...

i have a 2010 2wd mwb sprinter with the 2.1l 130hp and from the onboard computer iam doing about 33mpg ish but about 25mpg when towing. the 130hp is a little slow when towing so ud defently want at least 160hp to tow 3ton. really well made van, the diffrence between the sprinter and a transit is massive in build quality, the sprinter is more of a german utility vehicle where a transit is just a big car and i drive both a transit and a sprinter nearly every day.

i bought a etesia pro 51 with the 6hp engine in it for £200 off ebay a few months back to give one a go, best mower i have ever used. will cut and collect long wet grass all day long. its 10 years old but still works like new. All the new mowers i have just sit in the garage now, etesia does the job of all of them. Looking to replace my kubota ride on with a etesia now too. Cant say enough how good etesia kit is, the pro 51goes from tackling tall thick wet grass one hour to striped lawns the next and gives a stunning finish too.