what transport do use for beekeeping

[jenkinsbrynmair]

"They are only half sized hives in a half sized car."

maybe only 4 big nucs that time but the infamous windsor pic includes 6 complete 14x12 set ups (albeit flatpack) plus extras. The other is a large delivery from MB.

Ah Dr S you've made Mrs J go all sentimental about her first car - a black smart she called Ethel - it's amazing what we got in the back of that thing - and what we got up to in it!!

That bloke staring at you in the photo clearly thinks you're a nutter!
Cazza

Hmmm - must be that manic grin on his face more Dr Crippen than Dr Stitson

 

[Rosti]

Skinflint VM

Now here's the problem, I've lived in Yorkshire long enough to take that as the ultimate compliment

 

[Teemore]

georgia b - nice ole ute!

 

[victor meldrew]

Now here's the problem, I've lived in Yorkshire long enough to take that as the ultimate compliment

Being born and bred this side of the hill qualifies me to join the 'Royal Antediluvian Order of Think Twice Before Thinking About Expenditure '
VM

 

[drstitson]

once the wife's 50th prezzie is delivered we'll have the back box of one of these to get from smart to apiary and back again!

 

[newportbuzz]

once the wife's 50th prezzie is delivered we'll have the back box of one of these to get from smart to apiary and back again!

how are you going to get THAT into a SMART?

 

[oliver90owner]

how are you going to get THAT into a SMART?

On the roof rack or maybe in/on a trailer behind!

 

[JamezF]

once the wife's 50th prezzie is delivered we'll have the back box of one of these to get from smart to apiary and back again!

Nice. I have the 1510D. It's entirely possible I use it more than any other vehicle I own A link box is exceptionally useful.

Do not, however, allow it to run out of diseasel. It's not the end of the world, but you do have to bleed the entire fuel line assembly to get it running again. Last time I did so, I was at the bottom of a hill I needed to get up. Having bled the lines I still had to reverse up the hill (with a trailer) to keep the injectors below the fuel tank until it had completely sorted itself out.

James

 

[Monsieur Abeille]

how are you going to get THAT into a SMART?

I thought that was the Smart convertible

 

[JamezF]

Oh, assuming you don't have them already, you might want to think about buying/manufacturing/otherwise cobbling together some balance weights to go on the front rail, otherwise the steering can get "a bit light" when you've got a couple of hundred kilos on the back. I have 3 x 20kg on the front of mine and even then once in a while I have to drive standing up and leaning forward to keep the front wheels down.

James

 

[Finman]

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[jenkinsbrynmair]

Oh, assuming you don't have them already, you might want to think about buying/manufacturing/otherwise cobbling together some balance weights to go on the front rail, otherwise the steering can get "a bit light" when you've got a couple of hundred kilos on the back. I have 3 x 20kg on the front of mine and even then once in a while I have to drive standing up and leaning forward to keep the front wheels down.

James

But enough about smart cars - nice tractor Dr S! obviously designed for a (very) smallholding

 

[drstitson]

"obviously designed for a (very) smallholding"

size isn't everything.

seriously - 1Ha of our land plus several adjacent/shared Ha. Plus woodland.

also good thing is it'll fit in the livestock trailer as a "garage" or distance mode of transport.

 

[JamezF]

And actually, the physically smaller tractor can be a plus in some cases. A number of Chinese manufacturers build tractors of similar power output, but almost twice the size. Something that big wouldn't have got around our place, which was laid out when heavy horses were the norm. That said, the more generously-proportioned beek might find the driving position of the small Yanmars a little snug

I'm trying to justify the cost a rotovator to hang off the back of mine at the moment.

James

 

[thedeaddiplomat]

The Bentley seems to do the trick, and the glass partition between the driver's seat and mine takes care of any pesky hangers on.

The current Lady DD does, however, sometimes complain when she is up front with a lively hive or two on the passenger seat beside her!

 

[keith pierce]

Peugeot partner . I can get 12 hives into the back and one on the front seat.



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[Bee-Key-Pur]

The Bentley seems to do the trick, and the glass partition between the driver's seat and mine takes care of any pesky hangers on.

The current Lady DD does, however, sometimes complain when she is up front with a lively hive or two on the passenger seat beside her!

You are awful , but I like you...

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

At the moment all the hives are at the top of the garden, but next year hopefully a few will be sited elsewhere so it will be my trusty old Jeep Cherokee which has served me well over the years - towing trees along river beds when conducting bankside habitat regeneration, shifting building materials, ferrying hounds, terriers and terrier men, a juniors bus on fishing trips, and a shooting brake for slightly more sedate days!
As well as santa's mode of transport when the water fairies (aka the fire brigade) let me down - trying to sneak along country lanes to the venue fully kitted up and hoping I would,t be seen unfortunately there'd been an accident on the main road so I was met with a convoy of returning school ron mums on the narrowest section of the drive

 

[Mike a]

Most of the time I use a smart fourtwo

Takes two deep nationals (14x12) in the back provided I use travel screens. Three if I put the third on the passenger seat. Well over 100,000 agitated bees within inches...

ps. I dont wrap a cloth over them like Dr S.

 

[JamezF]

It's not likely to happen near my home as the police only seem to visit once in living memory, but I do occasionally wonder what might happen if one was stopped by the police whilst transporting bees inside a vehicle and whether they'd have the good sense to leave well alone.

It sometimes happens when I collect a swarm that I leave the box on site and tell the owner of the property that I'll just turn up and collect it around dusk and that I won't bother them. It wouldn't take a great leap of imagination on the part of an uninformed neighbour to think that I was up to something less well-intentioned and to call the police.

James