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V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Isn’t there something about an applied load? As in if your truck is rated to have 250kg nose weight you could have 3750kg behind you- assuming you got load distribution spot on….
everyone seems to be missing the point that the max GVW or mass, for any trailer on over run brakes is 3500kg or 3.5t ... end of, whether the load is carried purely on the running wheels or 'shared', through the tow coupling, the drawn load is in excess of that permitted by law and all of that drawn load is rearward of the trailer's coupling making it illegal to tow ... similarly the driver is only licensed to tow 3500kgs
 
Giles

Giles

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I like it but that granite is the stuff of dreams. It’s when you get bastard stuff with no faces dropped off and customers expects a top job of it 😂

is it Dartmoor granite out of interest? Looks more Cornish 🧐
Do you not face them with hammer? Lads I work with face the stones as they lay them knocking bits off etc to get a square face although it’s pretty good stone in the peaks
 

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Storrsy

Storrsy

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Do you not face them with hammer? Lads I work with face the stones as they lay them knocking bits off etc to get a square face although it’s pretty good stone in the peaks
Tidy job- but you’d never do that with granite, I can thwack at it with a sledgehammer sometimes trying to knock the odd lump off but it’s basically hard as f**k 😂

it’s interesting though seeing different styles from around the country. That one in your pic is nicely coursed level too. Again granite can’t cope with courses unless it’s cropped stone so the whole thing just becomes a bit of a jigsaw.
 
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Storrsy

Storrsy

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A mate has a PTO powered stone cropper. So can face up granite building stone etc to a degree. But generally the lumps in your average Dartmoor wall are any where between 100kg and 2000kg so tend to just work with what your given
 
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Brendan

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Managed a day in the 8026, no issues all buckets that came with it got some paint off, forgot how hot it gets inside the 2.5t machines should have specified air con as the "cold" part of the dial still blows warm so left the fan off 🤣
In other news the air assist suspension bellows came today for the ranger so will get round to fitting then at some point this week
 
Furniss

Furniss

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Managed a day in the 8026, no issues all buckets that came with it got some paint off, forgot how hot it gets inside the 2.5t machines should have specified air con as the "cold" part of the dial still blows warm so left the fan off 🤣
In other news the air assist suspension bellows came today for the ranger so will get round to fitting then at some point this week
You've created a micro climate with all that foliage in there .... next will be mist and rain ........ gorilla's ... who knows 🤷‍♂️
 
Giles

Giles

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polishbuilt old forum members machine was sat in builders merchants this morning
 

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Thomas7740

Thomas7740

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Not today’s job but Tuesday night til 1 and last night til 12 putting gulleys and 50mm water pipe up my mates lane before tarmaccers come, the joys of having mates 🤦🏻‍♂️😂 hes abit agri spec
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Also @CPS you wouldnt have a hitch to suit a 60?
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Thomas7740

Thomas7740

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at least he's got a safety in it :)(y)
It’s our hitch on our 60, it’s not a safety pin, its the pin that holds the claw in place 🤦🏻‍♂️ Seems to be a slight bend in the hitch and it keeps snapping that pin, that’s why we are looking a good second hand one or else a new one
 
CPS

CPS

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It’s our hitch on our 60, it’s not a safety pin, its the pin that holds the claw in place 🤦🏻‍♂️ Seems to be a slight bend in the hitch and it keeps snapping that pin, that’s why we are looking a good second hand one or else a new one
Are you on 50mm or 45mm pins?
 
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Brendan

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A quick in-and-out job in Atherstone for a good customer with a serious badger problem…
Dragged the Bobcat down this morning to help deveg a sewage works outfall (living the dream as always!!!)
Bobcat is looking smart what's the tilty setup and controls?
 
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