V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
I'll take ten if you can find me some round here worth having
Giles
Well-known member
No this is to the main road, the gate is 100m down so anyone can spin Rd here in bellmouth but not get past gate.
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
JD450A
Feral as Fk 🐾
Ahh the massively over engineered Nato pontoons strike again
D
DaveDCB
Well-known member
Better than money in the bank
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
too right it is ... got my eye on 15 lovely acres .... just waiting for it to come to marketBetter than money in the bank
D
DaveDCB
Well-known member
Don’t wait, go door knocking , most land never makes it to the open market!too right it is ... got my eye on 15 lovely acres .... just waiting for it to come to market
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
no can do ... got to sit this one out -- there are reasons
Giles
Well-known member
Most land agents have a list of mates or back handers who get first knowledge etc unless estate/farmer determined to auction it never goes on sale
doobin
Well-known member
It was a comparison. Average farmland price £10k per acre,average topping price £35 per acre. Seeing as farmland is ten times that down here, it's fair enough that topping is more expensive!Don’t think I’ve seen 10k an acre for a while, nearly 20k up here
thus why I was wondering how many acres got done for 200Can soon make a gateway bigger
As it happens, I don't think I was a total rip off merchant in this instance. 4.4 acres topped, so £45.45 per acre. It made me £50 per hour less £5 worth of diesel per hour (hours include transport and truck diesel too), so £45 per hour. Not mega money but scale that up across a few different machines out each day (we are local work only) and it's a respectable business with plenty of happy customers and reccomendations. Say what you like, but there's plenty that put a 6t machine out for that money! I'd much rather have the three diggers, two dumpers, compact loader, mini loader and two compact tractor- all for less than the price of a 13t and tilty new!
You could have gotten a larger tractor in on this job, but often you can't. I doubt it would have been that much quicker (maybe a 8 or 9ft topper? can't go much faster otherwise you miss lots), and capital outlay would be much greater. That Kubota was £15k new inc the topper (5ft but I reckon she'd run a 6ft). It fits easily and quickly on a trailer and can be 'roaded' at 50mph. Why would I want to have a bigger tractor costing £80k new just to do the job half an hour quicker yet burn three times the diesel getting to the job?
That hydrostatic transmission makes the job so simple too. My only bugbear is that the cruise control isn't great- it always sets lower than when you engage it, and there's no easy way to adjust it. You have to take it off, set the foot pedal speed again and engage it again- whereby it promply locks at a mile an hour less than you wanted.
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
tidy job done ... customer obviously happy or Doob wouldn't be there ... 200 quid ain't gonna buy you much of anyone's time or gear IMHDO ... sounds fairysnuff to meIt was a comparison. Average farmland price £10k per acre,average topping price £35 per acre. Seeing as farmland is ten times that down here, it's fair enough that topping is more expensive!
As it happens, I don't think I was a total rip off merchant in this instance. 4.4 acres topped, so £45.45 per acre. It made me £50 per hour less £5 worth of diesel per hour (hours include transport and truck diesel too), so £45 per hour. Not mega money but scale that up across a few different machines out each day (we are local work only) and it's a respectable business with plenty of happy customers and reccomendations. Say what you like, but there's plenty that put a 6t machine out for that money! I'd much rather have the three diggers, two dumpers, compact loader, mini loader and two compact tractor- all for less than the price of a 13t and tilty new!
You could have gotten a larger tractor in on this job, but often you can't. I doubt it would have been that much quicker (maybe a 8 or 9ft topper? can't go much faster otherwise you miss lots), and capital outlay would be much greater. That Kubota was £15k new inc the topper (5ft but I reckon she'd run a 6ft). It fits easily and quickly on a trailer and can be 'roaded' at 50mph. Why would I want to have a bigger tractor costing £80k new just to do the job half an hour quicker yet burn three times the diesel getting to the job?
That hydrostatic transmission makes the job so simple too. My only bugbear is that the cruise control isn't great- it always sets lower than when you engage it, and there's no easy way to adjust it. You have to take it off, set the foot pedal speed again and engage it again- whereby it promply locks at a mile an hour less than you wanted.
craig
Well-known member
Here it seems to be the welsh goverment buying it before it comes on the market
doobin
Well-known member
This is my trailer for it. Bit of an oddball (doubt I’ll ever use the sides) but so quick to load
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
for treble its true worth very often (Talybont)Here it seems to be the welsh goverment buying it before it comes on the market
and with fingers in multiple pies
GazCro
Well-known member
Something a lot of people don't realise when you do a small job is that it's often taking you away from a full day job elsewhere and even though you may only have been there a few hours it might have cost you most of the day. Gotta make a living out the job.It was a comparison. Average farmland price £10k per acre,average topping price £35 per acre. Seeing as farmland is ten times that down here, it's fair enough that topping is more expensive!
As it happens, I don't think I was a total rip off merchant in this instance. 4.4 acres topped, so £45.45 per acre. It made me £50 per hour less £5 worth of diesel per hour (hours include transport and truck diesel too), so £45 per hour. Not mega money but scale that up across a few different machines out each day (we are local work only) and it's a respectable business with plenty of happy customers and reccomendations. Say what you like, but there's plenty that put a 6t machine out for that money! I'd much rather have the three diggers, two dumpers, compact loader, mini loader and two compact tractor- all for less than the price of a 13t and tilty new!
You could have gotten a larger tractor in on this job, but often you can't. I doubt it would have been that much quicker (maybe a 8 or 9ft topper? can't go much faster otherwise you miss lots), and capital outlay would be much greater. That Kubota was £15k new inc the topper (5ft but I reckon she'd run a 6ft). It fits easily and quickly on a trailer and can be 'roaded' at 50mph. Why would I want to have a bigger tractor costing £80k new just to do the job half an hour quicker yet burn three times the diesel getting to the job?
That hydrostatic transmission makes the job so simple too. My only bugbear is that the cruise control isn't great- it always sets lower than when you engage it, and there's no easy way to adjust it. You have to take it off, set the foot pedal speed again and engage it again- whereby it promply locks at a mile an hour less than you wanted.
L
Lynchy
Well-known member
Spud legs only one hole....right at the bottomAhh the massively over engineered Nato pontoons strike again
doobin
Well-known member
Very true. That's why I only work close to home and my time includes travelling and loading/unloading.
Lancs Lad
Well-known member
So ..would you notify or not when swapping from traditional tank to treatment plant?
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
hell no ..... minimum info. exchange with any dept. of the Stasi
might get this ****er round asking awkward Q.s
out of interest .... https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-p...id-press-sensation-and-its-historical-reality
Lancs Lad
Well-known member
Was more thinking of the faff when you come to sell. Someone was muttering the other day they had a right palaver as hadn't had bldg regs. Thought fk thatFooter block 1