Bri963
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Beautiful bit of work there, Giles.
doobin
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Steel tracks and a clamshell grab making some conservation scrapes efficient and easy.
I quite like the ranger for these kind of jobs. Saves dragging a dumper to site- two of you can go in the truck with the digger behind you. With it’s suspension it’s easily as quick as a 3 ton dumper on a 300 yard drag for this relatively light and bulky stuff.
Im aware that conventional wisdom is that conservation scrapes need to be wavy. The clamshell is great for that too but the client has asked for larger straight areas to compare. I really hope it works as it’s a lot quicker just to bulldoze.
I quite like the ranger for these kind of jobs. Saves dragging a dumper to site- two of you can go in the truck with the digger behind you. With it’s suspension it’s easily as quick as a 3 ton dumper on a 300 yard drag for this relatively light and bulky stuff.
Im aware that conventional wisdom is that conservation scrapes need to be wavy. The clamshell is great for that too but the client has asked for larger straight areas to compare. I really hope it works as it’s a lot quicker just to bulldoze.
Furniss
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Conservation scrapes ....can u explain when you get a minute ?
Ive never heard of one.
Ive never heard of one.
doobin
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Bare ground to encourage native fauna to naturally regenerate. In this case heather, but it's also common to do them for chalk downland. You want to remove organic matter down to the original nutrient deficient soil.
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Stroppymonkey
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I had to google it!
JerryRtilt
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And the theory behind them needing to be wavy ??
doobin
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varied habit
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fred
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all that open space and you had to muck away. crazy
doobin
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It went to a dump site on a low value habitat about 400 yards away
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fred
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dreckly for pikey site ?
Furniss
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Worth the hassle cobbling up the old bucket, years ago I had a v bucket, bought specifically to dig a new ditch down the middle of a field but otherwise a complete pita for cleaning out existing without a knuckle boom so it went, but under a tilty they are brilliant - track along pretty much
doobin
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Steel tracks pretty much essential on this greasy shite.5 hours on it today and half the big stuff is pulled. Will clear it up with the log grab on the alpine, then give it a pass with the cut and collect when the bramble shoots.
A much better conservation result for chalk downland than the roboflail they originally asked for.
A much better conservation result for chalk downland than the roboflail they originally asked for.
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Stroppymonkey
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Looks more fun than my day stuck in front of the screen. Your Ranger must be newer than my last one as mine wouldn't tow 3500kg
Storrsy
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I think it's more a case of no fucks givenLooks more fun than my day stuck in front of the screen. Your Ranger must be newer than my last one as mine wouldn't tow 3500kg
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Monkeybusiness
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@doobin’s tows 4 plus, I think it must have been an Irish import!Looks more fun than my day stuck in front of the screen. Your Ranger must be newer than my last one as mine wouldn't tow 3500kg
doobin
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I’ll have you know that I towed the digger to the track with the iveco daily. Then unhitched, went back and got the ranger. Drove to site, hitched up, engaged 4wd low and towed it to where you see it!
Airbags and a tuning chip helped immensely with the gruelling drive along a flat chalk track.
Simon edwards
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I always find it’s nice to get going early when you might be towing ‘around’ the limit,usually quiet around 4am!
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Stroppymonkey
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Local operator (now sadly deceased) always used to have the machine out on site before 6am with the Ag Tractor + Low Loader. Think it was a 15tonner so pushing the boundaries.
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AHPP
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AHPP
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I could happily copypaste about half the BEEFY FLAPS facebook page over here. Very relevant.
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