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V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Small farm shop with butchery so big chillers and refrigeration stuff, along with workshop stuff etc. was £250/month not that long ago so never bothered with renewables as never stacked up. Looking at getting turbine and solar asap now! Little 6kw turbine is 40k now though, plus base, trenches/duct, cabinet. Thinking probably better to go much bigger like 50kw as vans, loaders, diggers, dumpers will all be electric within the 25 life expectancy unfortunately
that's optimistic ...... 2030 might as well be next month with the total lack of ability to comply in the UK
 
Lancs Lad

Lancs Lad

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Saw this on a job today...actually didn't look bad.
Any good? Had all Knott gear.
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William127

William127

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True but in fairness I don't think trailer prices rose a great deal in the 10 years leading up to the COVID madness
I picked up this 10x5, 2700kg, led lights(wouldn't recommend, they don't 'talk' properly to D3/D4s! That's from personal experience and the local ifor dealer.).
Cost me £2600, brand new from the second nearest dealer in march 2021, be £3500 at least now, I wouldn't sell for less than I paid for it. Sometimes impulse buys pay off😅😅
 

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V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Saw them at a show earlier in the year, I thought they looked a bit cheap…which to be fair they were. Mostly folded steel I thought, not ‘proper’ steel sections
formed sections in the right scale and proportions can be equally as good as rolled ..... used to use them a lot, having the facility to make them, back then :rolleyes::)
 
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Lee

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formed sections in the right scale and proportions can be equally as good as rolled ..... used to use them a lot, having the facility to make them, back then :rolleyes::)
Get yourself out of retirement and start up again making some quality trailers 🤣 we’d probably all be in for one or two, the lead times might end up similar to the other Welsh lot🙈
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
LOL ... thanks for the vote of confidence guys ...
just missing a workshop, a 10' x 1/2" guillo, a 320t x 12' press brake, an 8' x 1/8" power folder and all the other gear associated with making trailers/anything else :rolleyes::(:cry:
formed sections are the only way to get the weights down on trailers these days and still keep 'em strong enough for the job.
when you examine IW,s and all the others, they'm all mostly formed sections and're effectively monocoque structures ... easiest way to build TBH and maintain strength .. gotta say though, they're all serious bucks and selling on their rep. ... could be done for a hell of a lot less and I doubt they're costing 40- 50% of what they sell 'em for. :(:mad:
 
TiltyShaun

TiltyShaun

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LOL ... thanks for the vote of confidence guys ...
just missing a workshop, a 10' x 1/2" guillo, a 320t x 12' press brake, an 8' x 1/8" power folder and all the other gear associated with making trailers/anything else :rolleyes::(:cry:
formed sections are the only way to get the weights down on trailers these days and still keep 'em strong enough for the job.
when you examine IW,s and all the others, they'm all mostly formed sections and're effectively monocoque structures ... easiest way to build TBH and maintain strength .. gotta say though, they're all serious bucks and selling on their rep. ... could be done for a hell of a lot less and I doubt they're costing 40- 50% of what they sell 'em for. :(:mad:
And what would that shopping list cost??
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
And what would that shopping list cost??
A LOT!! ...
good s/h Pearson'd be £12 -15k ...
press brake - s/h ? £35-40k for a good un - could get away with much less tonnage for the lighter stuff, but been there and up-graded to the 320t ....
nice Frost power folder ... £5-7k s/h for one that's not been abused -- plenty about, been repaired ('cos some nerk's tried to put too much in 'em) ....
sky's the limit with the rest Shaun.
I know where you're coming from, but bear in mind they've been operating a looong time and all this stuff gets written down annually anyway ... you can make a lot of trailers/components in a year, with the main kit. Used to do 'em as infill, for slacker weeks or between other things ..... would knock out the main formed components 10 sets at a time - morning's work for two. On it full time we'd have made a fair few in a week, with half a dozen guys.
 
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Russell

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I guess the crane would be too long to have the dumper perpendicular and in front?
 
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Stroppymonkey

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I guess the crane would be too long to have the dumper perpendicular and in front?
Yes the crane sits about 9 foot long. Dumper was someone else I think? I was thinking about having a steel oil tank on the tracker carrier beside it. Toying with selling the crane anyway to free up some shed building funds. Time will tell.
 
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Russell

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There was about 3 or 4 mini cranes on Ryde pier the other day. The one I saw being used looked to be remote control too. Very cool things to play with by the looks of it.
 
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