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Bought a van off ebay. Did not reckon on spending nine hours on a train. Bob

If you have been driving machines you will find it easy and only need the short 3 day course. It was a few years ago now but we got a load of us together and did the assessments here on the farm. Bob

A full english with a cup of tea and a paper thrown on the table with quality totty serving you is only £4 at the local greasy spoon . And its hot. Bob Forgot to mention I was also shafted £94 for a three and a half train journey to Grimsby that actually took nine hours. Unchuffed.

I was robbed in broad daylight yesterday on the northern line Luke warm tea and a stale bit of cake

The 3125 and the newer one which is a 6180 have the same Perkins Phaser engine which is easy to screw more HP out of. When we first got the 3125 the pump was done and the pto shaft dynoed at 160hp which is plenty for the Seppi , you can get these engines up to 220hp if you want but its the torque at 1500rpm that counts and these make plenty of that, HP figures are for pubs its torque that turns things. Any more put through a Seppi and you will chew up belts. The 3125 is going to be refurbed and kept for the mulching on rough old building sites , its done 15000+ hours of mulching and worn out three Seppi`s which shows how tough these older Massey`s are. Other than service items and having all the electronics removed/wired round its been little short of remarkable which is why I got the 6180. The 6180 is virtually the same tractor except its got the forward/reverse shuttle , it too will have the pump tweeked and will probably end up with all the same electrical mods. Anyway the last thing you want when mulching is a block of flats of a tractor, its just not going to get about in the woods. The tubes are 2" x 3mm wall thickness which fits my bender ( not scaffolding), I just find working with tube easier. Bob

I got my Massey into the workshop to start guarding it up. I brought the top in this time so it wont bark the trees when its on the lean And managed to give the new Seppi a shake down. The cage on the old Massey has taken one hell of a hammering. RIP old girl.

I reckon you are about right on this for the average driver but that said we had a guy on for us that could get an old style l200 into the 30`s , no one else could so a light foot can pay off. Bob

Builders ,developers and some dopy arb outfits are just as bad. Grubbing out mountains of trees,hedges and other green waste into a huge pile with a digger then expecting it to be shifted for peanuts. Stupid questions like cant you just chip it or take it to a field somewhere and burn it Knobs Bob

I could do with 3 cutters for 2 weeks on a contract in Southampton. Own saws and transport needed. Bob

With a foot to spare.

Do you mean a grab as in timber grab or a beak Jon ? We need a mendip thesaurus on here to translate some of this west country speak Bob

Interesting about the self feeding characteristics of the drum chippers, I have that Morbark wtc festering in the yard that needs to be retro fitted with a stress kit, its been crane fed but I would like to bring it up to date so foot soldiers could use it. I was looking at the timberwolf kit which it cheap but I may need to research this a bit more because it too is a drum type. Bob

I think the only reason you need an instantaneous stop on these systems is because the rollers fire the timber in at its fastest to start with, I am not so sure they reverse slightly on stop or whether the last blade round relieves the pressure with its cut. Either way you would still need the stop and reverse buttons for HS. Bob

I Know these stress controllers work but its a shame the manufacturers never went non electronic. How hard would it have been to rig up a variable displacement hydraulic pump coupled to mechanical engine driven governor to slow roller feed down in a linear way rather than the stop start electronic route.It would be a lot kinder to the engine and hydraulics. Bob

No twin tanks allowed, last q+a at the bottom of this https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/excise-notice-75-fuel-for-road-vehicles/excise-notice-75-fuel-for-road-vehicles Bob

A decent tractor and a compliment of trailers alongside a 3.5 tonner would be a good stepping stone for those not keen on going down the HGV route. Bob

The cost of an HGV license ,a bigger truck and a crane will give you a return on the investment a lot quicker than you think. Just add up all the mind numbing trips you make in a small truck to clear up one decent size tree, in a transit thats a ton a trip, even a little eighteen tonner will carry ten transit loads. Take the fuel and man hours saved and the bigger trucks start to look like value for money Bob

Enjoy every minute of it Hamdogg , they grow up quick. Bob

Its a shame landrover never put the LLama into production HGW-GB093798.jpg (122.6 KB)

As above but I reckon one of those Halfords kits, a decent roll of spanners and a few other hand tools is an absolute must irrespective of what chipper your running. You cant be out there with nothing unless you are prepared to swallow some expensive downtime. Bob

I have lots of JR`s and they are useless at vermin control compared to my mates old Tom cat. Bob

I hear you but if the thing is registered and insured you are covered in the event of an accident. The second the wheels touch the road with someone sat on it it has to comply. Its free tax and no MOT so its not a big issue , I have an extension on my insurance that covers any ag machines on the road. You may need it one day like the time the forks of the telehandler went through the side of a new BMW. Bob

Thats a tad lumpy, a bag of them on the back of a transit would just about qualify for the overloaded thread. Bob

The only thing I would change on the side tip mog body would be the body sides. At the moment its got a lower section as in conventional tipper sides that swing down and the upper section swings from the top of the chip box. At some point I will change this so its got a one piece side door that swings only from the top and include one of those lever release mechanisms to release it like on the tipper body below, at least you can be stood to one side when the load fires out. tip_1.jpg (41.7 KB) Trying to knock out those normal tipper body latches and get out of the way of a timber avalanche is hard work. http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=177446&stc=1&d=1425117313

BTT. This is a permanent position. Bob