Lillywhite
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It’s a good size for arb work, it’s small enough to get into gardens & down footpaths but big enough to actually get something done in a day. It fits on the lorry with the chipper so turn up stack timber, chip the rest & back on the lorry & home because round my way if you leave any kit on jobs it won’t be the in the morning i have been thinking about a 6 tonner but it will sit in the yard a bit whereas the 3 tonner is out everyday
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I move it on a 14 ton beavertail lorry i gave up trying to keep under 3.5 ton towing years ago
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Takeuchi tb230 with tiltrotator, grab & a bit of cab protection on the weight bridge is heavier than you think
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It's for factory fitted 3rd service ( hydraulic quick hitch) & if it's not piped it's a spare button. It is earth switched so if you wanted to use it for a diverter valve you may have to run it though a relay
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We've had a few fodens over the years also ERF 's. alpha 3000 405 hp cummins 6+4 on landfill waste but the best 6+4 was foden 4525 525 hp 14 litre cat 65 ton on a low loader but had to get red of that because it had a drink problem with diesel, 2 - 3 mpg. The foden made a good truck that could be repaired not need to bolt a new bit on. I worked at foden Heathrow as a fitter till they closed the factory and DAF took them over
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My dad used run a few lorrys and he had a 6+4 foden that would tow a walking floor waste trailer, and when it got wet on the landfill at Knowl hill you had to fly off the weigh bridge at a rate of knots and keep the momentum going pass the stuck bin trucks and tippers till you got to the rubbish face but normally git stuck trying to go backwards. After unloading 26 ton the dozer would give you a little push to git you going then keep it nailed all the way to the weigh bridge, it was surprising how much mud you can git a 44 ton artic though as long as you could pilot it right
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It looks a bit hillbilly made and I like it, telescopic dipper, grapple saw, hydraulic rising cab, winch in the trackframe and a bit of extra counterweight all in a compact size
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I'll ask next time I'm in there but it does have a nice bit of road rash down one side. It's been there for months
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You mean like this one that went for a little roll down the road with less then a hundred hours on the clock sat in lister wilder's yard at reading
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A few pictures from Iceland last year, the Middle picture is when we got stuck on a snow drift at 1am looking for the northern lights. All good fun
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A picture of the line up of showmans engines in the day & night
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A few Dorset steam rally photos
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I'm going Friday night & will be on the steam plough with a cider bus hangover Saturday / sunday
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A digger ticket doesn't mean anything, it just means you've jumped though the HSE hoops to get on site. Half the drivers you see on the building sites shouldn't be allowed a shovel let alone a digger to make a mess with and they still get paid. skilled drivers are few & far between in the south
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Intermercato Log grabs
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Takeuchi tb 228, 3 ton machine
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I've got a cone splitter coming out from approved hydraulics in sept for the week on hire for job in Henley just to down size stuff to fit into a 12 inch bandit, more of a trial really. I'll let you know what it's like after I've had a play, it's half the price of a lasco so I've got an open mind on it
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http://www.approvedhydraulics.co.uk/specsheets/Grabs_Attachments/Crane/Intermercato/Residue_Grabs/TG22PROSR4.pdf Speak to Adam @ approved hydraulics he can sort out any thing. Mine is a tg22 pro sr5 which means it's made of Hardox with 5 tines, it also has a different bolt pattern on the top so I could turn Turn the top hat 90 degrease. You can have these made in 3 tine up to 7 tine for different applications. I went for 5 tine so I could use 1 side as a rake to clear up small twigs and leaves into a pile then pick them up with the grab. The normal timber grabs tend to pick up lumps of turf and soil and if your feeding a chipper they don't like eating it, the open tines tend not pick up stones and soil so the blades last a lot longer in the chipper
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It helps a great deal to have rotator for sorting brush from cord wood, loading Chippers and making life easy but not essential, I spent years using a fixed leg grapple on my tb 125 and it is an art to be good on one
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The 228 is a great size machine, the grab and Engcon is a bit heavy but still surprises me and the lads on site at what it will lift / drag / manipulate. You get used to the weight of any grab but bigger is always better and Hardox is a must on the end a digger
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What about a grab without a rotator but lots of gripping power to get you going then add a rotator later on
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got to borrow one for a wedding the other week, 10 feet wide on the low loader. put a bale trailer on the back with the bride & brides Maids & drove to the reception, 14 litre Cummings engine sounded sweet
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Yea, trev was on the bench next to knotty
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Bonfire Saturday night, I'll bring the marshmelows
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And finding water pipes
