nod Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 £300 per plus god knows how much fuel But does the work of several excavators Im burying the clay on the field Probably 1000 tons I was going to use a local farmer who’s been taking the muck from another site for the last 12 months But both he and the builder are going to be fined next month For not having a permit 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Punter Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 What a beast! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 1 hour ago, nod said: £300 per plus god knows how much fuel If that's an older D6 25 -30 liters an hour . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperJohnG Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Looks the boy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted March 25, 2022 Author Share Posted March 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Buzz said: If that's an older D6 25 -30 liters an hour . It is ☺️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToughButterCup Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 (edited) Driving one of those is an exercise in self-control. Memories of summer holidays when I was 8, and my dad a bridging engineer building the M5 motorway. He'd regularly farm me out to D6, D8 drivers and (wheeled , I seem to remember) scraper drivers - for a small boy, pure heaven. Hoveringhams (?) were doing the ground work for the Ross Spur. The engine heat, the smell, the noise, pulling the track levers and watching the machine slew. Sitting up high in the cab (on the fuel tank ?) watching tonnes of earth disappear. The thing that really got me was how delicately an expert driver could manoeuvre and how level and even their work was on completion. I still grin when on the motorway when I pass the banking between Strensham Services and the river bridge. Now, H+S staff would explode ... Edited March 26, 2022 by ToughButterCup 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 My BIL down under, a retired Diesel fitter has a collection of old machinery including a D4 dozer, a road roller and a scraper (forget the proper name) I had a go on them all. the concept of a decellerator pedal was somewhat alien to get used to. This is the only one I got a picture on that is me in the seat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted March 27, 2022 Author Share Posted March 27, 2022 On 25/03/2022 at 20:11, Buzz said: If that's an older D6 25 -30 liters an hour . I’m reliably informed that I’ve used about half of a 1000 liter tank ☺️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 27 minutes ago, nod said: I’m reliably informed that I’ve used about half of a 1000 liter tank ☺️ Ouch. I hope that is red? (last few days it is allowed) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted March 27, 2022 Author Share Posted March 27, 2022 9 minutes ago, ProDave said: Ouch. I hope that is red? (last few days it is allowed) It is Bit of confusion there I was told anything that can also go on the road White only My mate who lent me the digger and dumper said Everything including the site mixers will be white He recons it will put £8 an hour on his 15 ton machines I’m trying not to think about the dozer Need it back for another three day hire at the end of next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 2 minutes ago, nod said: I was told anything that can also go on the road White only But agricultural vehicles can use red! and they often go on the road between fields etc .? Glad i am shot of my JCB just in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted March 27, 2022 Author Share Posted March 27, 2022 3 minutes ago, joe90 said: But agricultural vehicles can use red! and they often go on the road between fields etc .? Glad i am shot of my JCB just in time. Yeah sorry Both said Agricultural vehicles are except on or off the farm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronan 1 Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 28 minutes ago, nod said: Yeah sorry Both said Agricultural vehicles are except on or off the farm Agri vehicles are only exempt on the road as long as they are moving between land parcels owned by the tractor owner not further than 1.5km apart and as far as I know if they are contractors they will need to be on road diesel. Bloody madness it will only help drive this inflation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted March 27, 2022 Author Share Posted March 27, 2022 24 minutes ago, Ronan 1 said: Agri vehicles are only exempt on the road as long as they are moving between land parcels owned by the tractor owner not further than 1.5km apart and as far as I know if they are contractors they will need to be on road diesel. Bloody madness it will only help drive this inflation. Crazy lots of different versions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roundtuit Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Ronan 1 said: Agri vehicles are only exempt on the road as long as they are moving between land parcels owned by the tractor owner not further than 1.5km apart and as far as I know if they are contractors they will need to be on road diesel. Bloody madness it will only help drive this inflation. That doesn't apply to purpose-built tractors, combines, sprayers etc when being used for agricultural/forestry work though. They can still use red with no specific distance limits, as can agricultural contractors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronan 1 Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 2 hours ago, Roundtuit said: That doesn't apply to purpose-built tractors, combines, sprayers etc when being used for agricultural/forestry work though. They can still use red with no specific distance limits, as can agricultural contractors. That's shows the confusion around it as I got that version of 2 farmers one of which was a contractor... Either way I have just asked for 15 load of stone to be delivered to site next week so I can stockpile it before they put it up the week after up to 50 quid a load to account for them switching there plant to road diesel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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