PeteB
-
Posts
10,292 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
26
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Classifieds
Tip Site Directory
Blogs
Articles
News
Arborist Reviews
Arbtalk Knot Guide
Gallery
Store
Calendar
Freelancers directory
Everything posted by PeteB
-
An interesting point is that many of you say, "free hand is better than guide". How are they done in the factory? - by machine, which is in effect a guide. I used to encourage the boys to go and free hand 4 times then guide as the angles were then good. Most people are slightly stronger on one side than the other and using an adjustable guide enable all the angles to be set so that the user could then concentrate on tooth length etc However,I did know one old salt who would file without any aids and get it right, even on the last tooth on the chain off a 5ft bar!
-
No secret Johnny - their the best! Plus I work for them:sneaky2:
-
I'd rather have a GreenMech:sneaky2:
-
I've an unfinished MK4 project crane lorry that may be sold for the right money!
-
I don't know if this is true, but, I was told that in order for any tractor to do more than 21mph on the road, it needs to have speed rated tyres, full ABS and brakes on each wheel and have suspension front and back. Was I being spun a line?
-
I ran a dropside 4x4 Transit 10 years or so ago, lousy on road and not too handy off road TBH. Twin wheel rear following a single front across mud meant you were cutting two sets of ruts. Articulation wasn't to good and the carry capacity was restricted (unless you were a tree surgeon:sneaky2:). Top speed was noisy and about 55, mpg was not too good and the noise from the tyres drumming was worse than the Landrovers. Shafts ate Uj's and they were pressed in so not DIY stuff. The exhaust was a special part so mega dear and ours was fitted with oversize wheels so tyres were not "off the shelf" and it ate fronts. Having said that, I liked it's "can get there" looks and the fact that it was different.
-
"leg out of bed" Love it. I would not want to see my Granny running for the last 50 years (she has been dead 7 now bless her!) She last did when she caught her #its in the mangle! I put a turbo on a N/A Landrover - ran well enough 'till a rod went shortly after, but would have run better with and intercooler and a variety of other bits! Bu there can be many differences that can occur, including the section of the conrods, big end and little ends, piston profile and depth, valve clearances and size, crankshaft journals and bearings, fueling profile, oil delivery and cooling amongst a long list et all. Sorry, but cannot just bolt on a turbo and forget it is the lesson to be learnt.
-
Find someone with a TW190/45 and lift the lid!
-
self propelled chipper (Shreks wee chipper)
PeteB replied to Stephen Blair's topic in Large equipment
My, that's a smart tool - but you gotta be hurtin bad to need that at that price! Tunnisen (TS) doe something similar but, as above, I tink the price kinda prohibits things a tad. -
There was a thread on this a while back - anyone find it? Basically, anticipate the next move, the next tool, the next need. Know how many sugars everyone has, who smokes your fags and returns them, who is Alpha Male and don't challenge them (yet). Learn how to clean up, learn how to drag and carry big loads, load lorries and chippers, load the tools before being asked and smile when you do it - you are, after all, enjoying it! Good Luck.
-
I can remember 10 years ago when a nationwide company had an outpost in Crosshands and had a load of GreenMechs on hire. ncluding a tracked machine which weighed 2.4t which they towed on a trailer (another 750kgs) behind and Transit for a year before they realised why they were getting through clutches rather quickly!
-
15 years ago I got permission to pollard a weeping willow in a back garden near some 132kv lines. No site visit required (the guy would not meet me) so we cracked on!. He was livid to see this willow stem rising out of his lawn. He threatened legal action etc but I promised him that at the end of the next spring I would pay him suitable compensation if he wasn't happy. Needless to say he asked us back to do a crown thin and lift(?) as it was restricting his view of the fields, limiting the light into his house and he like his lawn with grass instead of mud. I refused because he had been extremely rude and I did not work for rude, ignorant school teachers!
-
Nice little Farmi chiper on fleabay
PeteB replied to combined tree services's topic in Large equipment
There still is a tidy CH260 Farmi in the Classified section too! -
Sorry, but "Do the crime - do the time"!
-
have any of you mounted a hiab to the front of a mog ?
PeteB replied to combined tree services's topic in Large equipment
I wondered when Shrek would come to this, Steve, I still have that remote crane to fit on the front of your next Mog and it has stabilisers! -
well there you go! Get yourself a new toy! If you have a cheap digger of that size then you've got a good set up! The Kohler is a good engine as long as it is maintained properly with the correct oil level kept too at all times. The Kohler has a sentry for when you tip it too far.
-
Plus it can melt the grease covering the steel core which then can rust/age harden prematurely.
-
It weighs the best part of 200kgs, so at full reach you need a dab hand in a reasonable sized digger. What engine is it, it is a Kohler 25hp (?), the same that is fitted to many smaller, less expensive (if you have to get a digger etc)hydraulic sweep machines so you have to have a use for it. Alan Oldfield has one for sale (possible hire) in his shed - give him a ring on 01759 372552. The benefit of the digger is the ability to grade/dig with the buckets and reach over/up/down things - plus your sitting down and out of the weather!
-
My Dad flew jets for the RAF and he has told me that they they used to fly their spyplane so low over the desert that it used to leave an embankment of dust behind them and they always tried to fly between two lorries and photogrpah the look of horror on the two drivers faces. Save nothing of the fact of the pilot who radio'ed in a birdstrike in one of the welsh valleys and when he landed, a black lace bra was stuck to his wing tip!
-
Very inventive! Like the mans style.
-
Does he mind you playing with it Johnny?
-
Sorry, no idea!
-
Oh, how wish I had space and money and time!
-
Nice tool! Just right for bolster/chipper conversion. Has the heat gone off from the EPS Hire Centre?
-
3 TINS! You Bloater!
