Ricky Magee and Sons Plant Hire

[Big Jordy]

In all fairness we don't get anywhere near the bother over in here NI with vosa/dva.. they seem give agriculture and folk that use tractors a by ball.. Thomas what you think of the mcm stuff? Just curious starting to see a lot more on the road

Jordy

 

[Thomas7740]

Hi Jordy, well impressed with it, seems well built. This is the 10ton low loader we have, it’s 13x8 on the flat, tows well on the road and it’s well balanced, although it’s a bit steep to load onto but not the worst. Well priced too. Will defo look at their tipping trailers when the time comes to change

 

[Big Jordy]

Aye been seeing a hell of a lot more of their stuff on the road every kind of trailer agri and commercial had a look at their 7.5ton 50mm drawbar plant trailer real beast of a trailer looks solid made and like you say competitively priced

Jordy

 

[Thomas7740]

Clearing dykebacks for a customer so he can get s fence up, and scobing sods out of the shuck while I’m there

 

[V8Druid]

Clearing dykebacks for a customer so he can get s fence up, and scobing sods out of the shuck while I’m there
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Tha's a lorratree for a lil' 'Tachi

 

[Thomas7740]

Tha's a lorratree for a lil' 'Tachi

That’s why we have hitachi

 

[doobin]

Why oh why don’t you have a grapple??

 

[doobin]

Why oh why don’t you have a grapple??

 

[Thomas7740]

Why oh why don’t you have a grapple??

I do, but wasn’t for putting it on to push a ween o trees outa the way while I was cleaning the shuck

 

[CPS]

I do, but wasn’t for putting it on to push a ween o trees outa the way while I was cleaning the shuck
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I know what you are saying...... wonder does anyone else

 

[V8Druid]

I know what you are saying...... wonder does anyone else

 

[Thomas7740]

I know what you are saying...... wonder does anyone else

Sorry I should really type in proper english
“I do have a grapple, but I could not be bothered to put in on, just to move a few trees out of the road whilst I was cleaning the ditch”
Better?

 

[fred]

this is the joy of an engcon, makes switching attachments so easy and fast. Little jobs like you illustrated that with the right tool goes just that little bit faster. They all add up.

 

[Thomas7740]

this is the joy of an engcon, makes switching attachments so easy and fast. Little jobs like you illustrated that with the right tool goes just that little bit faster. They all add up.

Love tiltys and what they do, I can get that part to add up, but unfortunately the sums don’t seem to add up. At cheapest it would cost £6k for the basic Engcon and for something with a better spec £9-12k (quote I got from steelwrist). And going by Facebook and on here etc there doesn’t seem to be a huge increase in rates to cover the cost of one. Plus it speeds up the job, but that’s not ideal when you are on by the hour.

 

[TiltyShaun]

I am mainly on work by the hour. I ha e the basic set up that cost £6k plus the vat. What it has done for me is increased the work that my clients want me to do for them so I am actually staying on a job longer. Now word has got around what my digger can do I am now finding that when the phone rings for a job that really suits the tilty I can be stronger on my rate as the clients now see the advantages it produces.
When my starter motor stopped and I had to do 2 days on a non tilty machine, the client said, hopefully back to normal next week!!

 

[Thomas7740]

Putting a drain in today for a friend, 2004 ZX130 with NPK breaker, digging and breaking out the drain and I was stoning and backfilling with our ex30

 

[JD450A]

Love tiltys and what they do, I can get that part to add up, but unfortunately the sums don’t seem to add up. At cheapest it would cost £6k for the basic Engcon and for something with a better spec £9-12k (quote I got from steelwrist). And going by Facebook and on here etc there doesn’t seem to be a huge increase in rates to cover the cost of one. Plus it speeds up the job, but that’s not ideal when you are on by the hour.

Same reasons as me.... Nothing wrong with old tech..... Section of angle welded in the top of the 3' bucket and a bit of skill will pick up most things.

 

[Thomas7740]

Same reasons as me.... Nothing wrong with old tech..... Section of angle welded in the top of the 3' bucket and a bit of skill will pick up most things.

I agree Can only think of a few times in the past year when a tilty would of been useful. I’d rather have a quick hitch on the mini than a tilty if I’m totally honest.

 

[doobin]

I agree Can only think of a few times in the past year when a tilty would of been useful. I’d rather have a quick hitch on the mini than a tilty if I’m totally honest.

I reckon that would definitely save you more time first off. Hartford wedgelock are good

 

[Thomas7740]

So thought I would update. Been awhile since I have posted, have been watching but never really had the chance to post. From last post it has been pretty hectic, from the aul boy having a heart attack to buying cattle to lambing and expanding the agri contracting side of things. Digging has been very busy too, so here are some of the things we have done since then.

Cleaned some shucks, before and after pics

Scraped dykebacks ready for a fence, was during a really wet spell in December, pictures don’t do justice how steep it was

Dig out and stoned a road into a house