Peter
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You can load a trailer, reverse up a drive and load from behind, feed a chipper, reverse up to a tree and lift sections straight off. Also the weight distribution is better, especially when the lorry is empty. All trucks have the engine and gearbox sat on the front axle, if you add the crane onto that as well the front tyres will just sink straight in. In an ideal world is have a 12 tipper and an 18 tonne drawbar rig, flat with removalable pins on the lorry, and skeletal and beavertail trailers. I think my rig is a good compromise for a one vehicle set up.
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It's mostly down to supply and demand, the vast majority of rigids are 7.5, 18, 26, or 32 tonnes depending on the number of axles. There are a few 10/12/14/15 tonners out there but only a handful by comparison. Not a big fan of front mount cranes but it's better than no crane, putting wide wheels and tyres on the front will help if you want to drive it on grass, go up to 385s if you can.
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Don't know, can't see the options? I thought the point was, once the person in question has gone, what should the rest of the crew do? I may have misunderstood the scenario.
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On Tapatalk, no poll.... Assumed the poll would correspond with the information in the OP.
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Think we're getting a bit off topic here. Obviously the person who has to leave leaves, no discussion there. The rest of the team crack on until finishing time, after all it wasn't their emergency.
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http://www.chipping-contractors.co.uk
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Not quite. If the feed table is 600mm or less from ground level, then it doesn't need a bottom stop bar. If it's over 600mm then it does. I have a feeling that is changing soon though.
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You just put the fresh logs on the bottom. I only light the fire two or three times a year, whenever it needs shutting down and cleaning. Then when it's time to relight I just take a shovel of glowing embers off the other wood burner and chuck some logs on top. No kindling or fire lighters required.
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Most of them do, that's a waterii which is more of a small tree than most cotoneasters
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Cotoneaster
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More hp and torque is better, and adblue isn't a major headache. Most garages sell it now and trucks use very little of it.
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I believe the free banking is no longer available to new members.
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Looking again, full time permanent position for the right candidate, either ground worker or climber, but must have towing licence.
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Check the gap between the sensor and the flywheel, and the safety cut out on the hopper.
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No, looks interesting though, never seen an 11.7 mm 16 strand before. I do like blue ropes too.
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The traditional method of smoking is to hang it in the chimney for a couple of weeks, which is why old farmhouses have huge chimneys. Doesn't work so well with a wood burner though as the flue temperatures are much higher. I built an outdoor hot smoker last year, not difficult and lots of info online.
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I'm sure if you ordered 50 they would discount that a little. You will probably get a better price for a one off from a smaller firm. To put into context, that build contains at least £3k of materials and a weeks work.
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Class 1 double braid. Samson do the best splicing instructions. http://www.samsonrope.com/Documents/Splice%20Instructions/DblBrd_C1_Eye_Splice_WEB.pdf
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I can almost certainly sort you something out, I'm based near Wicken, and we work all over Cambs. I have a 18 tonne crane lorry so I could drop 8-10 tonnes at a time and I can get in almost anywhere with it.
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My mobile mechanic has invested (quite a chunk of cash) into diagnostic computers that work with any make. The days of having to take a vehicle to a main dealer for diagnostics are thankfully over.
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Nissan fit light duty leaf springs for the UK market, I upgraded mine to a new aftermarket set with an extra leaf. Softer springs help with rear end traction, but they're not much good if you need to haul heavy loads.
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That's the one, it was travelling so fast it looked yellow!
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Spotted a nice big yellow bandit heading up the A500 in Staffordshire today, was that you Dean?
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Chipping rounds of any timber will produce lots of slivers. Poplar makes good biomass chip otherwise, although it will lose a lot of weight of water as it dries, so if you chip a tonne of wet timber you'll end up with much less than a tonne of dry chip.
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Skip chain is the way to go on those super long bars, I run skip on my 42" bar on the 660, vast improvement in cutting, chip clearance and sharpening time.
