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Renovating tractors/machines, original colour or not?
gdh replied to drinksloe's topic in Large equipment
It's nice to see things stay original where possible but if vandalism is an issue that has to take priority. Can you just spray the main body work so it could be redone if you ever wanted to sell it. -
I've only skim read this thread so might have missed something but in terms of pickups Isuzu have done well for us (80 and 25k miles on them at the moment and no out of the ordinary issues). The 2018 model which is manual tows well, has enough space for my dad and me who are both 6'3 and averages about 29mpg delivering firewood on bad roads. It also has 5year warranty and is obviously tax deductible. Our ones aren't high spec interiors but they're comfortable enough and there's plenty of options. Never seen a Ssangyong pickup but we're happy with our rexton which we went for after seeing the price of a new discovery...
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Those measurements would be if it held completely square. By the time they're heaped and stretched you get more in.
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The problem with softwood is with current prices it can't be sold much cheaper than hardwood and while it's fine to burn, and I love processing it, it's getting harder to recommend something that doesn't last as long when the price gap keeps closing.
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That's a reasonable price, especially for a single load and about what we're paying in mid Wales. The wood price has been increasing steadily for the past 10 years and demand means it's very unlikely to drop regardless of Brexit. I work on 1.8cube per ton but depending on species, log length etc it can be a bit either way. It's the equivalent of 2 90x90x90 builders bags.
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We usually have someone else operating it when the shears on to be honest but it's fine to use for most stuff, it's not very heavy for what it is, just the bigger trees you have to be careful with but a bigger machine would just cause more access issues so I think it's the right balance.
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It's a Geith quickhitch/tilt so it works with any attachment but can't be removed if you don't want it on for something like digging rock. We bought it with the digger so I'm not sure on cost or dealers. I think it's this one : Tilting Quick Coupler | Geith Excavator Attachments WWW.GEITH.COM Tilt your Excavator Bucket or any Excavator Attachment up to 180°...
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We've got a tmk 300 on our 8ton takeuchi with tilt which works well. I've got a friend with an omef on a 13tonner which he had a couple of issues with (due to heavy use) but all fixed and he's happy with it.
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Another vote for blademaster from me. He has a good range and decent prices and does sharpening to, although I haven't tried that yet.
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We never had it until recently when we bought some ripper37 blades and couldn't work out the problem. Just gave them a quick wipe with a rag and they were fine after. It's possible they just overdid the oil on that batch.
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Tracking takes a bit of getting used to but it's not too bad, just remember not to track the other side unless you talk to them first. We had a problem with blades coming off and it turned out to be oil /grease on the new ones we had to wipe off.
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Outright is the best way to buy unless you can get 0% interest which we try and get but usually only succeed on tractors. Finance is easier to manage with a monthly cost though and of course if you're like us you've spent all your money on wood and the bank can't stop you getting one a vehicle on finance. I've debated how often to change a lot and keeping longer/buying second is better value but I still prefer to keep things new as they're covered by warranty so there's less risk overall and more importantly you're less likely to have downtime which is where you can very quickly lose money and reputation. Also it won't apply to everyone but my personal view is I would rather spend more and have a newer and higher spec vehicle to be comfortable in at work than spend the money on going out on holiday etc because that's where I spend the majority of my time.
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Basically the same workings but I do it over 5 years minus 10k sale value and plus finance of a few thousand so slightly more per cube.
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Yes it is, it's got air suspension on the back end which you can adjust with a compressor according to the load the same as pumping a tyre. It also gains you a couple of hundred kilos of legal weight over the standard leaf springs. Not sure on the cost as we had it all as one price but it wasn't a massive increase from what I remember.
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Yeah, it's very close. I wouldn't want to weigh every load of Beech or Oak. ;) Most our loads are smaller anyway but a bigger back gives you the option and makes loading and sheeting easier. Never had any issues with the oil level on either pickup (80k miles and 19k so far) and I don't remember any other issues except one clutch and we change brake pads quite a lot. They've been very reliable and there's 5 year warranty anyway.
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That's exactly what we used to have. Now we've got 2 Izuzu pickup tippers, one with a 2cube back and we just replaced our ifor Williams trailer with a second one with a 4cube back (and air suspension for 1400kg).
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Not definite but we'll go up to £145-150 for 1.8cube delivered up to 20miles this winter so equivalent of £100 for you although realistically slightly more to cover delivery if I did it. That's kiln dried in mid Wales but I would charge the same for anything dry. We also do bigger loads cheaper.
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Assuming you've tried another file, try sharpening a few strokes on each tooth at more of an angle (30 instead of 25 for example) then a few more strokes at the correct angle. Or just get another chain if it's not an easy fix. I've stopped trying to save as many damaged chains now and it's cheaper to buy a new one a lot of the time.
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With Husqvarna (and friends have similar with Stihl) I've found the newer saws perform better (rev up faster, are lighter and cut faster) but are slightly less reliable. The autotune itself I've never had any issues with and if I had a choice of new saws of any age it would be a 550 or 560 and a 572.
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No it was a photo I uploaded. Nothing important, just don't have it on my phone anymore. Most photos I take are too big to upload straight away if that's anything to do with it.
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I couldn't get my old one back but uploading a new one works fine.
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I'm not sure it will catch on, it looks nice and the end could be an improvement for loader arms but it looks more effort than an electric one and I would rather carry my milwaukee around than that. The milwaukee is 10000psi as well and the battery lasts a few cartridges so there's nothing else to carry. Only reason I think ends aren't like that already is they wouldn't fit through the holes in the guard of a pto shaft or similar. When a person invents autolube for shafts I'll be very happy.
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It's £30-35 a ton to extract hardwood and stack here in mid Wales. Per hour is going to vary on the size of the equipment, skill of the cutters etc.
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Yes, we usually get a couple of buzzards and often 5-10 red kites at a time, it's always nice to see. It's a phantom 4 drone, they're very good once you get the hang of them but expensive and there's a lot of new regulation coming for drones this year if you are looking for one. I miss the shoot, it was only 3 years though as we had to concentrate on the firewood and to be honest we didn't have the area to compete with the big ones and were just losing money.
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They're just shock absorbers for the dogs underneath that stop the bale sliding back. Ours has got them top and bottom so you can push the last bale out of the chamber. Dry matter varies on the crop, they weigh 4-500kg for good haylage and it's about £3 in plastic for 3 layers (£5 total to wrap bales).
