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  1. Mike Hill
    It depends on your situation. Buying new means it is less likely to let you down. Buying used means its cheaper initially but could be more expensive in the long run. If you are not particularly handy with the spanners and have plenty of work on,then buy a new one. I was always adverse to finance.This held me back in the development of my company.In recent years I have changed my attitude and financed some expensive machinery.This has ment I am able to tackle large jobs more efficiently and to be honest is one of the best decisions of my career. These decisions were made after some great advice from people on here.
  2. Mike Hill
    Only the lower bits are eyelets. The rest are hooks, they lace up quicker than you think.
  3. Mike Hill
    Depends. If you wore European style boots in most of the stuff we used to climb in Alaska,you would have been stabbed in the calf by what's left of Spruce branches that had broken off the stem. They were pretty hopeless dragging brush but climbers wernt ment to do that there. By the end of the season some would have punctured through the leather into your skin anyhow,the leather at least slowed them down. If you just do large dismantled and you are in your spikes 12 hours a day for eight months a year there us nothing better.
  4. Mike Hill
    9X19 mm Parabellum
  5. Mike Hill
    I used walnut oil on these. I microwaved the grips for 30 seconds to warm them up
  6. Mike Hill
    Manufactured wire rope eye,with thimble and talett
  7. Mike Hill
    Untill it burned through. The problem lies in the fact that as the name suggests it's a ring. Eyes will elongate under load,That is why "thimbles" the metal inner part of the eye in a manufactured wire rope connection are teardrop shaped. They remain in contact with the elongation of the loaded wire eye. A splice will elongate under load as it is dynamic.A solution would be to manufacture the ring as a teardrop shape and have the rope around it pressed together"taletted" so the surrounding rope is pretensions and will not elongate under a rated load. You could call them "X drop's" for example.
  8. Mike Hill
    Indeed Mr Businesss.
  9. Mike Hill
    You are telling fibs.
  10. Mike Hill
    Generally the Bells will start to chime when approaching 70% of the lift capacity.So in a static lift you have 30% remaining.This is all considering the load remains static and the boom angle remains constant. There are many factors that can overload a system,even if the lift was originally inside the spec's.Out rigger placement,crane angle,wind loading,sudden boom movement,conflict with other branches. I have been doing crane dismantles for a bit over 20 years,I would estimate I have done several hundred.Thats not many for alot of people,especially in the states where some crews might do the same number in a year.But its enough to get a general idea of some of the factors.
  11. Mike Hill
    Good on the Boss for letting the new guy have a go. Shame it worked out like it did but you have to make mistakes to learn.
  12. Mike Hill
    I increase my prices every year. I do loose some clients but the good ones remain and attract new clients. Also the people with deeper pockets are more likely to have contacts in the commercial world than the cluents who grumble over a few quid extra. You get the clients you deserve.
  13. Mike Hill
    You have not done very many crane jobs
  14. Mike Hill
    When I first moved to the UK I got a job thinning on the Scottish Boarders. "How big are the Trees?" I asked "Oh pretty big" He said Got up there and when he said most of the lads were doing about £40 a day I thought he was just joking.They had to get themselves to the site and run their own saws from that. The way they were doing things was like the 1930's but with smaller saw's.His "Big Trees" were able to be stacked by hand. What a Whanker.
  15. Mike Hill
    If no one is hiring,then there is not alot of work around.
  16. Mike Hill
    064 was the first saw I bought.I still remember the anguish when it got smashed under the Buttrigging.
  17. Mike Hill
    Are you chipping with the flow valve wide open or have you slowed down the rollers? The filter is in the grey housing on the back of the cutting disc housing on mine,the relief valve is on I think the left had side close to the filter housing.Its Brass coloured and has a knurled knob on the top of it. You can disconnect the return line to the pump and idle the machine untill no more oil comes out,I cant remember if there is a drain on the oil tank?
  18. Mike Hill
    Two things mate. 1) you hdo is english stuff not designed to be viscous at low temps. Drain and change. 2) overfilling will cause it to foam up too. The filler lid on mine is a breather and as the oil is forced through it when overfilled it foams. I take it you have acceptable function on the rollers and you just filled the oil level to the bottom of the sight glass?
  19. Mike Hill
    Has Erik come out of the closet yet?
  20. Mike Hill
    It gets quite hot in Norway sometimes
  21. Mike Hill
    Might be alright then!
  22. Mike Hill
    Well,the Swedes are named after a Vegetable for a reason... Front wheel drive tripple axel with the weight on the lazy axels,must be great in the snow!
  23. Mike Hill
    The D max is standard in most places with a 3.0.Thats probably the minimum engine I would have for towing any chipper with authority.I think the Dmax is probably the best work truck going at the moment. Someone got a good deal on that F-350.Gearboxes are not too expensive for the Yank stuff and a weekend will have it changed.
  24. Mike Hill
    Put a set of chains on the leading Axel of the Trailer and a set on the front Axel of your Wagon. Without Winter tyres on your wagon you are pretty much driving a big sledge .Depending on what kind of Snow it is and what the road is like underneath.
  25. Mike Hill
    Love a site clearance! Does your Heizo have the feeding chains on the feed tray?

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