Peter
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Sell the crane and buy a timber crane instead. Repipe and new valve block will be very expensive, and the older atlas cranes arent the best anyway, very heavy for what they can lift.
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Dont think you would need Premier tbh, try the free trial of the starter package and see if it does everything you need. You can always upgrade anyway.
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You can get Quickbooks for Mac now.
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Good basic no nonsense machine, I had the turntable model with the 50hp Hatz engine for a bit, nothing complicated about it, just chips whatever you put in it. Release on the stop bar is only on one side, tad annoying but not the end of the world. Not the lightest machine either, but then you get a lot more chipping power than a 6" machine.
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January 2010 Guidance Notes from the DFT say £3100 for first vehicle, £1700 for each additional. Standard National and International are now both £8100 for the first, £4500 for each additional. The same figures apply btw whether you are running a brand new £200k 8x4 recovery vehicle or a 20 year old 5 tonne tipper.
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Not for a restriced licence. An international unrestriced haulage licence needs more.
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Obviously all the MOG owners are too busy on the spanners to come on the forum and give a price.
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I havent seen the film, so I dont know how they presented it, but by the time he cut it off I believe he had pretty much lost all feeling and use of the limb anyway, through the crush injuries. -
As Yale or any manufactorer will tell you, their in house splices are finished using brute force, whereas a hand splice relies on finess and skill.
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I have the Stretchairs, had them nearly 4 years now, had plenty of use in that time, but they are very very expensive. I will probably try a pair of SIP next.
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With regard to the chassis modifications, all you have to do is fill in a form detailing the changes you have made and take it to a VOSA testing station, they give it the once over and decide if its up to scratch. It doesnt make any difference to insurance, in fact a high proportion of trucks are lengthened or shortened at some point in their working life, quite often by the supplying dealer prior to purchase. It is due a new headboard at some point, although that one is a lot stronger than it looks. There are plenty of flat artic trailers carrying timber with no headboard at all, not my idea of fun though!
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Forgot to add earlier, one other downside for the rower: The sequence of actions used to row is very similar to ones you already do at work, ie pulling the oar towards you is much the same as body thrusting/brash dragging/pulling ropes, and the leg press part of the row action is very much like lifting logs or footlocking. As part of a workout no problem, but again if you want just one machine, and you do tree work during the day, then get something that uses completely different movements, otherwise you will just be working the same joints and muscle groups twice over.
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They do give you a good all round going over, but if you want just one machine at home that will do the best all round workout then get a cross trainer. Personally I hate cross trainers, and I'd have a treadmill before getting either of them, but that's just my personal preference. If you are looking at buying a proper rower that will last forever look at a Concept 2.
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I can?
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I have dug some holes with it, once a client asked me if I could remove a shrub and grind the roots out, just swung the grapple round, stuck the blades in the ground either side of the rootball and squeezed the whole lot out in one! Thats one thing you cant do with a brick grab!
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Had one, used it to pick some logs up, sold it for a handsome profit. On a sensitive surface a good operator will tickle the blades of the grapple under the log while lifting at the same time, getting a good grip and avoiding damage to the ground. I have lifted plenty of logs off lawns and tarmac drives without so much as a scratch.
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A good operator will do the same with a log grapple.
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Swap the grapple and rotator, the brick grab rotator will work, but isnt really up to the job. Original piping is fine, but you may need to fit a pressure limiting device to avoid damage to the log grapple, as most hiab cranes run at around 300 bar, whereas log loaders tend to run at around 220 bar.
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I think I shall start putting Phoofle in all my thread and post titles.
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Mixed planting is better for several reasons, and don't forget some Leycesteria formosa, Partridge Berry Bushes.
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Now dont give in to peer pressure Steve, just because your little girl has a vast collection of guns doesnt mean you have to get one too!
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Or are not insured at all.......
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Just delivered my first load of firewood :) But...
Peter replied to chrissishrimp's topic in Firewood forum
How is the number of logs relevant? If you cut them all in half there would be 640...... -
Is the stress of parenthood inducing short term memory loss? Ad15's other 660 v 395 thread
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I have a brand new HD filter with that part number on the bag in front of me, and it does include a blue brillo.
