Mark Wileman
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You could just prep a load of rings and then hire in a man with a petrol splitter for probably about £200 for the day and split the whole lot. Just do that every time you've built up enough enough to justify, will save you hours of your life.
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I grew up in Kingston, we must have been right over the Gatwick flight path used to hear them most days. Now I live in West Wales under the RAF low flying training area. ?
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Yeah, in the end I ran out of cash and had to get her working so spent under £150 on wood to make my body, it won't last forever and I plan on getting an ally one to my 2400*1700 dimensions made locally. Probably with barn doors etc...
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I priced up the raw materials myself, again from metals4u, time you add up all the joints/angle iron for planking and supporting beams to make it not shake all over it gets pretty pricey. My dad also rang some guy in the SE asking how much to make just the tipping frame, not body, he was quoted £3500+vat for something that cost me less than £700.
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My chassis needed a bit of welding anyway so when I had the tub off I got all that done. The frame will actually strengthen your chassis and in the steel alone, it's lighter than the tub. I just made a frame that bolted onto the 6 existing bed mounts, was easy to do. I probably paid overboard for the steel too, I ordered it all from metal4u and it came cut to size, so all I had to do was weld it together and drill some holes. Didn't have to move my fuel tank/lines, my filler cap not sits in an ally mount I made instead of in the tub, the angle isn't quiet what it should be, put if I put the nozzle upside down at the garage she'll fill up quick.
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Hi mate, Yeah it's pretty simple, I'm no mastermind with a welder. I spent about £1000-1200 converting mine, but I only have a wooden body as aluminum would whack another £1500 to that budget. I spent the most headscratching trying to figure out how to mount the ram, try and get a ram with the mounting brackets from it's host vehicle, will make your life a lot easier!
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Here is a picture of inside the drum, excuse the quality... kitchen knife is pointing at one of the screws that hold the counter blade in place.
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Thanks for the advice Rob, That's a reasonable rate, good to hear your to busy to fill your round as well!
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I thought that was the case, lets put it this way I don't think I've ever seen a log splitter being towed/on a trailer around here.... thats probably a pretty good indicator Stuart, how does the 12T go, I'm tempted by her.
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I totally get that, along with buying well once instead of cheap multiple times! The realities of my business expanding is trying to figure out what to buy in terms of returns, since I have a wishlist of about 10 bits of machinery/plant that I could find work for! What splitter do you have and how big is it? I've been looking at a 12T, light enough to move around with ease and I've split on a 10T frequently in the past and that only struggled on big 2 year old beech rounds.
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Depends on what you use it for. In gardens, not having a swivel chute really isn't an issue since the thing is so easy to move. When I have my Rock Machinery mounted on my trailer she only chips into the right hand side of my box, which is annoying, but hardly the end of the world. I just watched a video of the Beaver in action, it looks, sounds and chips just like mine (can't really see any fault in it).
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? I scratched my shiny new adjustable tow hitch coming down a bank yesterday..... I knew there was a reason they are high!!!! ? I'm going to buy another plate that attaches to it and stick a winch on there to justify the expense of a £50 bracket instead of a £10 lowering plate (which I saw in a hardwear store the next day) ?
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Does anyone do it? Worthwhile? Lucrative? Guys around me do it for £20 an hour, I can't see how to make any money on that - but I'm trying to justify buying a big splitter. Going mobile with it a couple of days a month would pay for it a lot faster than just doing a few logs here and there..
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I skidded in the snow this morning!
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You need some subcontractors!
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I use a holding cut more than I probably need to, winched over about 20 large sycamore from a hedge today and bore cutted most of them, mostly to build up some tension on the winch so they wouldn't get tangled up as they were all pretty close together. But I agree about the increased kickback risk. I think instructors should stick to teaching people the cuts and their application and leave off any personal habits/preferences... half the job is applying the correct type of cut to various situations and there is no one-fits-all answer.
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I'd like to see how many gadgets you have strapped to you in your profile pic ?
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What about mounting a big hanging basket on the pole and have trailing plants coming down, wouldn't get out of control and easier to change your mind on what plants you want in it. -
Please can I have a job?
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Yeah theres a line between being a good worker and letting people take advantage of you. I work 8-4.30, any days needing longer than that (not that theres many of those this time of year) I'll pay more, and charge the client more.
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Leylandii won't cause you any problems ?
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Oh fuck off ? Bit the bullet and got one of those adjustable hitches, levels her out nice. Please excuse the state of the trailer, not enough hours in the day for the amount of projects I'm juggling!
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I drive a single cab ranger 2006, it was cheap and so far not a problem!
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Yeah I'm sorted, cheers. I wouldn't mind seeing a pic of his trailer though!
