Hardyspicer
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theres a lot of contractors (and many arbs) who really push their luck when running agri machines on the road especially fastracs and mogs taking advantage of cheap running costs, running overweight and too fast and covering large distances in a day no wonder vosa are trying to crack down
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I heard somewhere that in Sweden the G.T.W for tractors is 60 tonnes
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most big arable farmers still run faster and heavier then the new law anyway
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do you mean farmers or tree harvesters
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40 - 60p to bale or 1.50 for the complete job left on the field, plus extra for carting and stacking if required
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it looks like a 100" wheelbase I think
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i have heard of people using propane injection but that is for competition vehicles and too extreme for what you are after
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MF 135s go for mad money there was one made £45.000 and it had just 5 hours on the clock
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if you enjoy changing head gaskets get the petrol freelander
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surely you would need a tracklayers licence to drive it on the road
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also if you are to be using it to strain make sure you lift the netting up so the jaws catch the bottom strand of the netting otherwise it will make then netting go out of shape and make sure the jaws don't clamp and of the knots because it wont pull up and can slice the wire
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I have used one to roll out 6ft deer netting using the long tubes which you lift on. I have also used one on a 3500m stock wire job we just knotted the wire at one end then spooled it out then used it to tension the wire against a strainer or turning post then carried on until the next break in the line (gate etc) which we would then knot it and pull it up with the clamps.
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Does anyone tow a trailer with a telehandler ?
Hardyspicer replied to gensetsteve's topic in Large equipment
even though they are slow on the road as already mentioned you would need to think about brakes especially if you are looking at a older machines. this would depend on the weight and trailer type and you would also have to think about the load on the rear axle -
seatbelts cut out of a car to tow it home with
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have a few portable holiday lets e.g. shepherd huts, converted buses etc. it would need quite a bit of input to clean and maintain but could be quite profitable. electricity, water and sewage services would be needed
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if the land is wet then cricket bat willows may be a good option but it would take years to get any money back but they could be incorporated in with something else like animal grazing
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Hi everyone, first post. I'm 17 and have a land rover series 3 and I insured it with Aviva for between £950- £1000 but I cant remember the exact figure, i'm the main driver and it is fully comp
