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PeteB

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  1. If the oil level rises, the previously mentioned stain test is good but I would also consider the hydraulic system. Is there an oil pump driven off the timing chain in the engine? Have you an engine mounted hydraulic pump? It may be that the seals in this are poor and leaking hydraulic oil in to the pan. What colour is your hydraulic oil? If is darker than previous, then engine oil may be getting through the seal in the pump as they mix.
  2. PeteB

    Jokes???

    Got it! Is that Morrison's in Coalville?
  3. Once walked away from an OHL crossing a railway job as the access along the gardens backing meant several gardens where owners had lobbed waste over the boundary to the trees and shrubs. Vile people!
  4. PeteB

    Jokes???

    Ditto! Could it be air out of the spare?
  5. Police rang this morning. She had been allocated the case to investigate and would approach the council and 4 local businesses to ask if they can view the CCTV....... One supplier of trackers admitted that thiefs can obtain a device which jams signals and identifies if the kit is fitted with any devices at all! I visited a Rail contractor in Chesterfield and they had a tracked chipper and trailer stolen from a 24hr manned, secure yard! Someone told me a story about a Mercedes-Benz dealer who lost a load of new cars, later discovering that someone wearing a Dealership branded shirt was walking into the dealership and asking for the keys and papers for certain cars and driving them away!
  6. PeteB

    Jokes???

    Sadly, classed as bullying in the workplace.......
  7. I'd take the risk with that Mick!
  8. Is your ball hitch at the right height? Our Indespension is awful on my Ranger with a low hitch but the two twin axles and the 18ft tri Brian James are ace! I'd rather take take the tri axle anydayvefen though it is a long thing. Well, I would've done if someone hadn't stolen it!
  9. I think demand was not that stumbling block, variation of design and component cost now could be though. 4 plus years back, we were buying 30+ tonnes of sheet steel per month at £350 per tonne. Now, we are paying some £1,200! There is a price which folk will pay for stuff and a price which is too much! That and the often daft regulations that we have to build stuff to, like ensuring people cannot intentionally or unintentionally hurt themselves adds cost yet reduces usability of the product - think nip and pinch or crush points etc.
  10. PeteB

    Gone mad

    Good luck! I've enjoyed several narrow boat holidays and would it again! We used to get the odd moorer on The Soar, at the end of Soar Lane, my yard was at the end. Amazing how the log fairy visited at the same time!
  11. Buffalo in America is enjoying a decent fall of snow, about 6' going by the pictures in today's Telegraph!
  12. I was told that they dropped this to focus on the 240/280.
  13. In a similar vein, "I'm sorry, I have a clue". Is back on Monday I believe.
  14. PeteB

    Energy Bills

    I think my provider is getting a call. The smart meter reckons I've had some £30 in energy this week but my DD has gone up from £77 pm to over £400pm!!!
  15. A GreenMech Evo205DT and Tri Axle Brian James trailer has been stolen from South Street in Retford overnight. It is a demo unit and was locked to the back of a Ford Ranger. Serial Number 220311 and Trailer ID is SJB4605BPE003042. Please contact me on 07774 282481 if spotted.
  16. The whole concept around the Wee Chippers is getting the thing around the house and into the back garden instead of dragging arm loads of brash and timber to the roadside and then the subsequent clean up! Our CS100 will do 4" but why really bother? Just chip the brash at source and carry the logs out!
  17. What make of wheels and tyre size is that Dan? Looks smart!
  18. The Evo165 and Evo205 from GreenMech are top performers! The 205 could load an Artic trailer through the barn doors!
  19. If you got 100 at the shaft, a GreenMech 220 would run okay in 1000 speed for the most part, less diesel, less smoke, less noise and they always been a right "crisp" chippervwith a good action and heavy rotor! Prior to working for GreenMech, I had the predecessor on a Unimog 1250 - worked a treat! Get a demo of one!
  20. Howard Marshall may do Deere approved stuff, tow a CS100 and trailer or an Arb130?
  21. To be fitted with mega crane and grip n snip! Ash die back?
  22. PeteB

    Jokes???

    Spotted this in a well known sports retailer! Told the staff, "head office problem, DILLIGAF"!
  23. The F1 motor museum has gone now. It is a bike shop and bikers cafe!
  24. Wanted a holiday job before Poly. Asked Uncle for a labouring job and stayed. Went from self employed to being employed to the employer. Had 6 teams out but bad luck on my part and bad management on the side of the Utility company and it crashed after 18 years! Mother's side of the family had been contracting since before the First World War. Went to work for GreenMech so have technically been in the game (loosely) since 1982!
  25. PeteB

    Overloaded

    Needs to change his chipper blades too! Blunts as buggery!

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