The 'Today's Job' thread

[Russell]

Do you think you could get a post knocker on a bigger one? I think they are 1.5 ton and around a meter wide.
If you got a couple Druid we could come up to visit and play skid steers.
I wanted to see what doobins was like but as soon as I drove it on the soil it sank up to its belly.

 

[Smiffy]

Do you think you could get a post knocker on a bigger one? I think they are 1.5 ton and around a meter wide.
If you got a couple Druid we could come up to visit and play skid steers.
I wanted to see what doobins was like but as soon as I drove it on the soil it sank up to its belly.

The yanks run them with the breaker type post knockers but haven't seen one with a drop weight type. Looking at the lift capacity it would do the smallest ones but not anything capable of knocking strainers in. And would only be any good in very good going

 

[doobin]

Do you think you could get a post knocker on a bigger one? I think they are 1.5 ton and around a meter wide.
If you got a couple Druid we could come up to visit and play skid steers.
I wanted to see what doobins was like but as soon as I drove it on the soil it sank up to its belly.

That was on narrow wheels. Much better on wide wheels. Still not a patch on tracks for pushing dirt though.

 

[doobin]

The yanks run them with the breaker type post knockers but haven't seen one with a drop weight type. Looking at the lift capacity it would do the smallest ones but not anything capable of knocking strainers in. And would only be any good in very good going

My Sherpa will just about take the knocker I use 90% of the time on my diggers. I think it’s a 110kg weight. Does 5-7” strainers unless the ground is hard.

 

[Russell]

That big vmeng will do rated cap of 500kg and tipping load of 1500kg according to the specs.

 

[V8Druid]

Do you think you could get a post knocker on a bigger one? I think they are 1.5 ton and around a meter wide.
If you got a couple Druid we could come up to visit and play skid steers.
I wanted to see what doobins was like but as soon as I drove it on the soil it sank up to its belly.

I'd hard pushed to justify getting one @Russell let alone a breeding pair, or even a gaggle

 

[Russell]

More land rover rust

Not quite factory but £50 cheaper

 

[DaveDCB]

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Are you okay? Looks like you have cut off many limbs in the process

 

[Russell]

It does look a bit grim. Thats from mixing the boat paint for the under side.

 

[doobin]

Bracken has been a nightmare for timings this year. Nothing for weeks then like day of the triffids.

The slope I scraped with the Bobcat over the winter is looking great though. Look at the difference in regrowth compared to the bit that has been just mown for the last couple of years.

Banning Asulox hasn’t made much difference to me as most of my clients are organic anyhow. But I expect work like this to increase going forwards.

 

[Lancs Lad]

Bracken has been a nightmare for timings this year. Nothing for weeks then like day of the triffids.

The slope I scraped with the Bobcat over the winter is looking great though. Look at the difference in regrowth compared to the bit that has been just mown for the last couple of years.

Banning Asulox hasn’t made much difference to me as most of my clients are organic anyhow. But I expect work like this to increase going forwards.
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How come topper over flail out of interest?

 

[doobin]

How come topper over flail out of interest?

Faster on the flatter/grassier areas. Flail works better on soft bare sand and rough ground due to the roller.

 

[Routy56]

Bracken has been a nightmare for timings this year. Nothing for weeks then like day of the triffids.

The slope I scraped with the Bobcat over the winter is looking great though. Look at the difference in regrowth compared to the bit that has been just mown for the last couple of years.

Banning Asulox hasn’t made much difference to me as most of my clients are organic anyhow. But I expect work like this to increase going forwards.
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Loving the way you are dealing with 'unwanted vegetation'
Yesterday one of my favourite YouTubers showed how that are dealing with Himalayan Balsam
When doing stuff like this you need to adhere to Jen's dress code