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I'd have thought that those running the climbing comp would have a better understanding on equipment. The 12kN rating is no suprise, a device like this will slip long before it breaks. It may be the only way to break test with a rope is to tie a stopper knot which would jam against the frame of the device - at which point the links are slipping and doing nothing. Or to pull it directly at the top link against the swivel eye without a rope but thats not in any way realistic. These mechanical prussiks are not really covered adequately by the standards - and neither are actual prussik cords - they that go under EN795 Personal anchors and is intended for testing them as PPE slings. The tests have little related to its use as a friction cord. Some details of the Zigzag here... https://m.petzl.com/INT/en/Professional/ZIGZAG-certification?ProductName=ZIGZAG Unsure if ISC have similar details available for the Reflex yet.

Can come from 30mm upto 70mm or open too!

Sir Jim Ratcliffe - good to see one of UK's most successful businessman speak out about immigration. I suspect King Charles probably also has similar feelings, but wouldn't dare say anything - this is why the monarchy stinks. It doesn't really matter if the colonists 'win' and outbreed the white honkeys and eventually take over. Khans in every public office. It's all nature - they are like grey squirrels that's what Farrage should say - non white people are like grey squirrels

Will be interesting to see how it reacts over the next couple of years in that case... will post pics once it's been pruned.

You're making me feel old!

We have a new Jansen KL200 loader with log grab coming into stock should anyone be interested, £6,500 + VAT.

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Not so sure Steve. There is a guy on one of the yankee forums with a petrol TW280 who is very impressed. Mobark wasted no time getting them rebadged and on the market over there. They must think there’s a market there. Homeowners will be tempted by the Jobeau and Elliet grade machine.

This is one reason why im very careful when using AI for content

Shame (in a sense) you can’t buy Defender kits. Save some labour cost on them. Unless it actually makes it more expensive by being a picking and packing nightmare. I can’t see Amazon leaping to partner with them.

I meant to add, for a project as large as a house, the timbers would usually be milled to order, to suit the structural design, rather than bought ‘off the shelf’. Andrew

Morning all, Rain forecast, but sky looks ok. Hopefully putting the hedge cutter on the compact tractor and doing local job. Yesterday I took a 4 cu metre load of wet heavy chippings to a customer. Hydraulic hose failed when I operated the tipper. Came home, dragged the chip out with the digger, hose now off and got to get one made today. Keep buggering on.

Is it just covered in rubber? I do think all all the boots are bloody overpriced. £150 would be more like it, especially as they only last a year!

Spoke to one of the old managers at Macduff shipyards up here, they used Larch or Spruce for propping up.

Like Mick says. Is it the accent?

If the seller said it ran fine on regular fuel and you have only tried it on aspen. my advice would be to try it on regular pump petrol before you start messing with anything else. this will prove if the seller was being honest about it running or not. if it runs on petrol and not aspen then this would suggest there is an issue with a non metal part in the carburettor, ie a diaghragm (most likely the problem) as others have suggested, if a machine has been run on regular petrol for a considerable time, there is a chance that the rubber parts are already damaged before you switched it to Aspen and that Aspen has highlighted this issue. usually this doesnt happen and usually machines will swap over without any changes. the quality of rubber used in machines is constantly changing, hence why there are still machines out there which have been ran on petrol for over 15 years without any carburettor issues yet some new machines will experience problems very quickly. luck of the draw really.

Yes, when I bought my saw I had an order going into L+S Engineers for a bunch of spares anyway and I just added a new filter for spare and some extra fibre washers. Stihl call it a gasket, part no. 1144 129 0900

Yep that easy 😁 what you don’t realise is by the time you collect the timber cut it to size ,kindle it and deliver . One person can make 5 bags an hour 🤣

Check if you are getting 12v to the forward coil plug on the DCV when the rollers start working. That'll determine whether your problem is electrical or hydraulic.

Looks like it’s not pissing down Stevie. AI?

Fabulous

Does anyone have any experience of the 1988 version of the Japa 700?

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No , although it would not hurt to lap the valves i . I was talking about the valve guides . They might be worn .