aspenarb
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The locals The boat is only about 16`but its really heavy so we pull it behind the ten ton beavertail.
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I will post up some pics of our 40` steel barge with keel cooled 9" Schiesling chipper, hiab and winch with 20` shallow draft pontoon when I get a chance. Its going in the water after a major refit very shortly. Onto this post which involves annually cutting back all vegetation on a small island in a disused gravel pit to allow the birds to nest on it. for this we used our steel ex army landing craft, its all steel with buoyancy tanks each end. Good for about 3 ton carrying. There was 27 builders bags of chip/crap to get off, the boat is bomb proof we just point it at the island and go flat out until it beaches:) (no wet feet) Bob
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Ever considered a dodge or chevy 4X4. I had a 6.2 v8 diesel chev for years (ex fire brigade RHD), it towed a 4 ton trailer as if it was not there. Good on fuel if you behave yourself, dual cab,single cab and fifth wheel coupling if you want. Available from oz in rhd. Edit need to type faster. Bob http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=135472&stc=1&d=1379859876
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The use of a mog,tractor or agri machine all fall into the same category as far as motorway regs go. Clever well informed and on the ball motorway plod pulled our mog+trailer off the motorway a few years ago, they did a truly legal number on the driver with over 20 offenses committed. My advise despite what others do or "get away with" is keep off the motorways. Even on normal roads the use of these type of vehicles is limited for agri/forestry uses, that does not include arb/tree surgery which is considered domestic trade. When you register for vat your number can tell plod if you are a proper agri/forestry contractor. Without going into huge detail because the case against us was massive we got away with it. The case timed out because of the massive amounts of paperwork going backwards forwards ,it ran past the six month deadline to bring a prosecution. Have a read of this. http://www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/meetings/iacs/aiac/transport/conference0308/paper2.pdf
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Here https://www.gov.uk/motorways-253-to-273/general-253-to-254 The only time they are allowed on is if they are working on the motorway as part of a contract. We had a 5 year watering contract for trees on the m25 with our Bedford 4x4 bowser and it was only allowed on at junction before the site and had to come off at the next slipway . Bob Edit . you can run a mog on the motorway but it has to be plated and conform to all the same criteria as a lorry. Virtually impossible.
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Nice spec with diff and cross locks, I cant remember how many gears its got but it goes like the clappers. V8 13ltr engine , 17,000 km from new ex gritter. To rid the vehicle of its hgv status just take the v5 into a dvla office and change the body type to AG machine along with the taxation class.This is now Tax free and test exempt. They sometimes want to see photographic evidence of the body type. We also have a Bedford 4x4 plant watering unit (Bowser) registered the same way. Same as a mog its not allowed on the motorways. Bob
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Started this a few years ago, the music in my head told me to buy it. Anyway an ex council 6x6 magi deutz bought as a chassis cab, its been blasted and given a coat of the obligatory Bob blue. A 25 ton hydraulic winch up the back with spades and a 9.5 ton meter crane with double extender. Its all mounted up now with just the bolsters and pipework to do. It will come in handy for some of the bigger sticks that the artic timber trailer cant lift and get into some of the smaller jobs. Registered as an agri machine so even the nippers can drive it ( god help me). Will post up again in the new year when its done. Bob.
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Unfortunately yes Bob
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Its quite funny how everyone has a different idea as to whats best. The truth is its down to capacity, some get on famously with a transit or smaller as it suits the style of work they do. The problems start when the business grows and the vehicles end up permanently overloaded. Mogs are great but not the be all. Ours are the least used on the fleet, other than romping around the common clearing/chipping for heather regen the lorry`s or transits get the most use. Bob
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I have said this before on here but here we go again. I dont see the point in flogging a transit or small truck to death if its outside of the size of vehicle you really need. If you need a proper truck go and get the correct license to drive one. Its a few days out of your life and a few quid that is all tax deductable. With all the money some people throw at kit perhaps they should spend some on themselves and make their lives a lot easier. The bigger trucks are also cheaper to buy and the extra fuel they use is a non issue because they stay put all day rather than too and fro with tiny amounts of chip etc. No one on here with a decent sized truck would trade down which says it all. Bob
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1 metre spacing for Silver birch and willow?
aspenarb replied to amd7000's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
2mts minimum, dont forget you will need to get a jungle buster down between the rows or you may never see your crop again for other regen. Bob -
Come on now who built this .Dish the dirt:laugh1: Bob
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I made her in doors very angry I seem to getting better at this:confused1: Bob
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Not overloaded but full:) foden 002.jpg (108.3 KB)
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Men in sheds rule the world:) Brilliant idea with the storage lockers under the bed. Why dont the trailer manufacturers push the boat out and include stuff like this? Bob
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Caught napping in a feed scoop, black and tan jack russel pup that went awol.
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It depends on how it built. As far a dvla are concerned it is quite feasible that over a period of 30 years or more that most of if not all of the vehicle components may have been changed/renewed/replaced or altered including chassis and body parts. . It may well not have any of the original mechanical parts still in place ie. engine gearbox or axles. In these circumstances and these are vosa/dvla words "the vehicle has undergone progressive change". That does not mean turning up with a 90 on a series 11 log book:) but it more than covers a series landrover as the whole thing is a nuts and bolts. An engine conversion ie td5 would not mean re registering the car. Bob
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I have not weighed it with the tipper body but standard they are about 1250kg and the double cab is about 1420kg. It carries a ton with no issues on the standard springs. Toyota Hilux Double Cab specifications, data, images, photos 35893 Bob
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I have about 15 sticks 5` plus in diameter and between 2 and 3 meters long. They are not in the way but could do with them shifted in the next six months. Nr jct 10 of the m25 Bob jpg.gif 001.jpg (104.1 KB) jpg.gif 007.jpg (95.4 KB) jpg.gif 011.jpg (173.7 KB) jpg.gif 006.jpg (130.2 KB)
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Not as good as a landy but when the back body on the Hilux lost its newness I bought a transit tipper body and had our fitter mash it onto the back. If you get the ali floor one , it disassembled a bit like tongue and groove flooring making for a very easy chop. Works a treat on the truck but only good for carrying one ton. Bob 017.jpg (81.3 KB) 018.jpg (79.3 KB) 019.jpg (73.2 KB)
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GDC have a bigger version of the one below on a 20 ton excavator. it would romp through that pile in a morning. It would be the logistics that kill using it on a small amount of timber. The good thing about the pincer type cracker is it doubles up as a grab making light work of splitting and restacking. It makes the screw type splitters look painfully slow. Bob https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRauNCrrCCU3gZUyVGRSbrtfOB9cEg_LXXe8qVX9hH_WEUY-em6gA
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In this area he would have to chip 900 tons to cover the £2 per ton you get round here then you would have to load that onto 30 of Stobarts trucks for nothing. I know prices vary up and down the country but around here the only outlet for chip was Slough power station which stopped burning biomass and have gone onto burning rubbish waste. They no longer need to pay for chip as they can charge money for burning waste. The logistics of running the chip now to the nearest power station means there is virtually no money in it other than the transport costs, enter Stobart. Bob
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We get around £15 a ton for softwood roadside, it might be worth looking at getting a small grab.The Biomass industry has got everyone into the chip market spending fortunes on chippers in the hope of good returns ,they have then pulled the plug.You have to feel for those on the bigger end of the scale with hundreds of thousands tied up in the game getting nothing for the product it will probably take a few under. Bob
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Its because of this we chip the absolute minimum. All the crap from 70-500mm gets cut into 2.7 - 3 meter lengths and stacked, at least you get paid a decent return on it.Its much better than £60 for 30 ton of chip and you have to load it. A bit more work but worth it. Bob
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Its generally accepted that there is 2/2.5 cubic meters of chip per ton depending on what it is http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/7002-weight-woodchip.html Weights of wood http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/forestry-woodland-management/13148-timber-weight-m3.html. You can reduce the bulk of lop and top but you are fluffing up cord when its chipped.Our trailer is 60 cubic meters and it feels like its empty when full of chip compared to when its stacked out with rings and chogs.
