Conor Wright

Theres a lesson in that. Don't boast about your overloading skills until you've made it home safely! Theres another more serious lesson there too but having posted some images on this thread myself I'm not one to lecture others. Out of interest, which is cheaper, delivery of two ton of sand or a rear spring for a transit and a days work lost?

I know someday I will have to do it for my parents. The thought of it alone is daunting. This may help..

Savage looking! Wouldn't mind something like that for my hilux, not necessarily as complex as that, but to be able access through the sides would make a serious difference to the versatility of the rear tub. I would imagine there is a market for such custom builds. High security bespoke type builds may suit your business idea more than multiple units built to a price.. just a thought.

That an lt15 hiding behind that stack?

Often thought if there was such a thing available. Had never seen them before. Thanks for posting

I'd try the nearest person to you with another lr. They were probably just borrowing the parts they needed to get their own one going. Truth be told if it wasn't nicked by teenagers acting the goat and driven into a ditch, it may well be stripped for parts already. Seems to be the mo for a lot of gangs now..

It's either a cherry picker or it's not. 300 using my own mewp and the farmer remains locked in the house until I'm back on the ground.

That is chipping faster than a lot of bigger roller fed machines, must have a twin pot fitted to work like that. To my knowledge it had a loncin single cylinder 15hp and he swapped it for a twin 24 hp and moved the fuel tank up top. A great tool for back garden work.

I think these lads have modified this machine with a larger engine. Seems impressive.

Slightly jealous! Opened one of our hives last week to find wasps in stealing honey. Sure sign of a weakening colony. Enjoy it. Wild honey is a rare and delicious treat!

Sher that's only half a car. Well able for it. I can only assume his unloading of this was to involve sudden braking!

... careful now!

A brother of mine has 7 acres and makes a good living off it. Organic salad leaves to supermarkets and direct to hotels and market stall holders. Churns out 250 kg in a good week. Polytunnels keep production going year round, although they usually stop for January as it's the only chance they have for a holiday. No subsidies. No grants for the tunnels, we took down old mushroom houses and bought secondhand over a number of years. Zero govt support meant he had to make it work. And he did.

Wondering what the queen earns?! The royal farms get approx £18m annually in subsidies, plus she gets a nice big castle.. or two.. or three.. then theres all the less readily available data.. suffice to say it's excessive wealth to say the least. Not bad money for waving and occasionally shaking hands with people she dislikes. People who have lost their jobs on the other hand... By the way I'm not condoning dossers or those who play the system at the lower end of the scale, or those who claim benefits when working on the side but there is a place for support for tax paying individuals who slip between the cracks through no fault of their own.

That's what I used, I went through about a dozen large and small farms, some only receive a few hundred, most a modest few thousand. one was in excess of 50k. I've used the site before. It can be useful when pricing work for "poor ould farmers" which may not be so poor after all! Some are genuinely struggling but lack of education and lack of willingness to change their practices is a major factor too, as is depression, inability to access funding and pure ignorance. It cant be all about cows and corn.

83 million euros. That's what the largest single farming subsidy granted in ireland was for one year. This went to a large mnc, greencore. Their after tax profits were 640 million in the same year. Never mind bitching about small landowners getting a few thousand here and there. Far more insidious things are happening while everyone blames their neighbour. A rough estimate leads me to believe that the average payment in my local area is in the region of 15k. Roughly 135000 family farms in the country gives approx 2bn in payments based on this average yet there is over 4bn granted. All the top recipients are large privately owned companies. Many receiving millions annually but returning profits far greater than the grant/subsidy amounts. These companies have unfair market control and can influence price therefore squeezing family farms to the brink, farm takes a loan on the land to try and make ends meet or improve production, price falls again, bank takes land, large mnc buys land, entitling them to even greater subsidies. Repeat.

Biggest I've seen is 30 inches, built to last but sadly left outdoors during a workshop refit. Was offered to me for 500 quid but I had no means to run it or transport it at the time. Probably been scrapped since. Largest I've used is 20inches, in a family members workshop.. from the late 40s, twin motor. Beautifully engineered machine. A 50 inch would need it's own power station to get it rolling!

Not familiar with what happened in nz. Did it work?! I live under a mossy rock and news can be a while coming my way!

A better long term solution would be to phase out subsidies, causing farms to either improve, diversify or become competent at what they are doing and start turning a profit. Those that have been dossing and living off subsidies may well sell up, allowing more land and property to become available. Those that expand, improve or diversify (or all three)will generate employment, both direct and indirect which will benefit the local economies. A greater variety of foods will be produced closer to their markets, land will be maintained and utilised better, less profitable land will be forested as a long term, low input investment. More people with fresher ideas will be able to enter into land ownership and planners will be forced to accept the fact that people will need housing and small enterprises in the countryside which meets their requirements as residents and caretakers.

Beagle charging

Looks like a neat bit of kit but given how hard it is for bespoke furniture manufacturers to make a steady profit on wide slab work it may be hard to justify the cost. Many of them are handy enough to knock up a router sled for less expense.. Maybe some of the mills specialising in off standard wood might invest in one..

Dealer. Jurgen greiner. A bit "german" in manner but all paperwork was in order and the machine was as advertised. He was so confident of it that he offered to drive it to my door. I declined as it was cheaper to get a back load through an international haulier! You would find a 416 for that money easily enough a 424 might (will)need some TLC at that price, or be lacking in extras, which are costly to add afterwards. They are not the best dump trailer machines my tipper which takes 6 ton is enough behind it, plus two ton in the back. No way would I go for a twin axle 16 ton full fat dump trailer.

Nice bit of kit!

From experience, that particular company is expensive and not always straightforward to do a deal with. I tried to buy a mog off them a couple of years ago only to find that even though it was advertised for sale they were unable to sell it at the time as it hadn't been examined by their mechanics, a week later they told me they were waiting on confirmation from its owner that he was happy to sell it. I took my money to germany and bought exact same spec with significantly less hours and no complications for 12k less. Have contacted them regarding parts and have rarely found them to be competitive with european prices. When I ordered a workshop manual from stock it arrived three weeks later with no valid explanation as to why it took so long. Whilst they are friendly and knowledgeable I cant see the logic in their pricing.

I dealt with john Mason before, mason woodchippers in yorkshire. Not sure if he refurbishes for people or just for resale but I found him helpful and knowledgeable.