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A friend of mine had the ultimate set up. He fitted r/r air bags instead of springs on the back of his hicap. Nice soft ride when empty with a simple rocker switch on the dash to correct ride height when loaded. He used to dump the air when hooking up trailers rather than mess with the jockey wheels. It really was a neat set up and cheap. Bob
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+ 1 on the ms180 . We had a heathland clearance contract and needed some lightweight saws so I bought 8 of these. Most have broken the choke fulcrum point which is part of the case, oiling issues and temper-mental running . POS IMHO. Bob
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We have got a twin beak on our Fdi telehandler that also has four conventional forklift tines. Its the best of both worlds because it will still grab up 4` diameter sticks and can still be used as a forklift. we have a 3yard bin that slides onto the forks to load rings and chogs over the side of the bulker trailer. I will take some snaps of it. Bob
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Kin awesome. I am going to say congratulations for finishing the course let alone getting placed:thumbup1: Bob
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You could always hang a dead rabbit off the tailboard and use exemption 19:lol: They wrote the rules. Bob
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Read exclusion 17 of the below.If you are forestry based and within 100km this exclusion may fit. Bob https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/211905/hgv-tachograph-exemption-application-form.pdf
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You lot worry me:biggrin:. The bit I dont understand is considering the amount of dosh everyone throws at kit why the reluctance to just sit the test hgv or whatever and get a truck the right size???? The lads I know that have got themselves 7.5 ton trucks and bigger would never go back to smaller vehicles. Transits and the like are filled in minutes, you must spend more time driving about emptying the things than working. Bob
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Butt ugly pointless copy of a UMM Bob http://worldcarslist.com/images/umm/umm-alter/umm-alter-01.jpg
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Hydraulics are pto driven off the transfer box, there is a hydraulic switch over valve to divert from the mewp and a two way spool valve just for the winch. Its 6ton pull or twelve with the snatch block. With all the weight of the thing sat on the spades it really is a good anchor and pulls like hell. Being hydraulic it never gets tired or hot. Bob
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When our old land rover had lost its newness we shoved it in the workshop and got our fitter to fit a mewp + hydraulic winch+spades +pullout tow bar. The poor old girl now weighs a few kilos under the three ton. We fitted the fd35 nissan engine in it and it now pulls the whole thing with ease even with a chipper up its arse. This lot must have a train weight of 4 tons , HP is not everything its torque that turns wheels. Bob
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It seems very strange that on the monday morning nothing ever happens even when all the locals have called just about every authority that owns a phone . Yes the tree officer normally turns up, yes we sometimes get a visit from the FC . They always shrug their shoulders walk away saying the same thing " we have to be seen to follow up on complaints" . If there was the remotest chance of being prosecuted I would not be there. Going back to my first post, just get a written work order detailing the work and it clearly stated that the site is free from restrictions. Bob
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I dont want to get into a whats best stump grinder fest but we recently had to grind hundreds of stumps on a bank so hired in a couple of toytown tracked grinders. One was the big predator and the other came from Green plant and was the tracked Rayco. http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRdvKHsLi7FLYUSsXvOcllFALEa3O_Ah2Fa38rYP1SomYf_uGAClA The Rayco easily out performed the predator all day despite being half the power ( probably twice the amount of work)Those pumping losses on the hydraulics are still an issue. The only thing about the Rayco was its on a very short track and is not as stable on the banks. One other thing is the Rayco is petrol engined which I hate but if they lengthened the track and put a diesel lump in it it would be the nuts. Bob
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So we want a tracked chipper no more than 26" wide with a stump grinder on the other end and a winch underneath. How about a blade to doze the hole back in ?? Bob
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And by the time everyone has finished messing about another contractor would have been in there done the job and sent the invoice in. The developers we work for want every site flattened period, they wont have a tree dictate the layout of any site they own. On one site in particular it was checked for tpo`s and restrictions late on a friday afternoon , we were in on the saturday and dropped 300 trees. Its a crap way of working trying to clear up a bomb site but the stakes are high with development land.. I have seen one developer spend upwards of £180,000 to re stock a garden with trees and shrubs, in fact he planted more than we took out. Bob
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Yes ask them why no one has made a small tracked chipper with a hydraulically driven stump grinder on the other end and a small hydraulic winch under it. Its about time an all in one tool was made. Bob
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If anyone wants wood pm me your details and I will put you in the book .If you are near anything I am doing you can have first shout, the last thing I want to do is haul this stuff back to the yard. We are clearing a monster of a job near Jct 25 of the M25 at the end of the month. There is a lot of Ash and Oak in there so the same applies let me know. Bob
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Guildford Surrey but our work takes us all over the place. The trailer has a crane on it so the front takes sticks between 12` to 15` and the back takes 20` ish . The tipper that goes with same truck holds about 80 cubic meters if heaped up and we sell all the rings / short bits by the load for the same money. Some people prefer the tipper load. Bob
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I have just browsed through this thread and its become apparent I am underselling timber from our forestry and land clearance work. Its not suitable for a processor but they are still 30ton loads.I sell a mixed truck load of oak,ash birch or beech for about £650 delivered. I normally run out a dozen or so loads a month and I have got them screaming at me for timber. Bob
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The only damage I had ever seen one of these chippers was on the Mog pto driven chuck and duck. One of the lads grabbed a big hand full of twigs/crap and lobbed it in and in a split second a topper flew past him on the end of a rope, straight into the disc and all hell broke loose. That spat the blades out and stuffed the anvil, didnt do the topper much good either. Bob
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They are not that bad:laugh1:. The one thing they have got in their favour is the amount of fan on the chute. The chip could hit the headboard of a 40` artic trailer on an old 9" vermmer that we had, in fact you needed the easy sheet pulled over all the time to contain it. Modern chippers dont do that, you have to get in there and shovel it about. Bob
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This is true, as a self employed person they are still ok for use but you cant let employees use them. About 20 years ago we had a 9" pto driven chuck and duck running behind a mog, the things are evil. It would scoff as big a lump as you could launch at it and if that lump was coming off you shoulders all the brush coming past would try its best to rip your ears off:laugh1: Much faster than roller fed chippers. Bob
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West African Soldier - An AK-47 - And A Chimpanzee - Dangerous - Extremely Funny - YouTube Bob
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All you need is a written work order from the client with clear instruction as to what he requires, also a brief note added to it to say that its clear of any restrictions on site. Crack on Bob
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This chap rightly or wrongly was given a big financial slap but its probably a 100% tax deductible legitimate expense that will paid by an offshore holding company. I read somewhere that 80% of all uk commercial property owners keep their assets offshore. So basically IR will be short of this out of his company tax returns. HMRC explains offshore property 'mess': ePolitix.com Bob
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The 4x4`s fuel comparison from what we have here in daily use. Freelanders td4 - 45 to 55 mpg landrover 90 - 28 to 35 mpg landrover 110 - 25 to 30 mpg if not driven by some of our looneys Range Rover v6 30 to 35 mpg Disco vans 300tdi - 28 to 35 mpg Ford ranger - 25 to 30 mpg Mitzy l200 18 to 25 mpg Shogun 2.8 25 to 28 mpg nissan lwb pickup 25 to 30 mpg And lastly but by far the best for a truck is the poxy old gutless vaxhaul brava at 35 to 40 mpg. I wont start on the mogs and lorrys you would have a heart attack. Bob
