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Just remember chainsaw trousers and PPE don’t make a safe chainsaw operator neither contra to popular belief dose training aimed at the lowest common denominator in passing! however you only have to look at the complacency during chainsaw operation of some full PPE clad persons to realise they need PPE a lot more than some other operators and in fact really when your operating a chainsaw clad in PPE you should still be operating it as if you have NO PPE on what so ever thus avoiding the PPE clad complacency aspect in the first place that a lot of operators suffer from.

that’s been done years ago, the last big food related one was baby milk which killed quite a few baby’s and made many more very ill, though that was less to do with counterfeiting and more to do with putting the wrong chemical in the milk to save money. The company owners and a few others were put to death.

Its worth noting that counterfeit products sometimes replace legitimate products during trans-shipping, so what started out as a legitimate official shipment can and dose end up as a mix of legitimate and counterfeit products so end up in “official” supply chains/distributors due to the lack of security/bonding. The same has happened with bearings in the past and as stated medicines besides all the trivial counterfeit products. Also it has been know for legitimate but faulty products to be claimed as counterfeit by some less scrupulous companies wishing to avoid compensation.

your "2 new holland tractors" can only do 20mph legally on the public road (like most tractors), thus they cannot attain 30mph lawfully thus are effectively band from the motorway as they cannot lawfully attain 30mph.

do you know the specific regulation that made it illegal for agricultural vehicles to use motorway was repealed quite a few years ago and no longer exists! it was replaced with a minimum speed limit that a vehicle MUST be capable of under its own power on level ground lawfully which if I recall is 30mph, however as most agricultural vehicles (excepting Fastrac and Unimog and some other low production volume vehicles) are incapable of exceeding 20mph lawfully and incapable of exceeding 25mph without beaching lighting regulations that than that automatically precludes most agricultural vehicles from motorway use because they cannot legally attain 30mph. mopeds and learner drivers are still specifically band from motorway. very true, but that would be a better way in the long run.

Not all police are ignorant of agri vehicle regs, not all men from VOSA are clueless and HMRC officers are significantly more clued up than a few years ago. Just remember the HMRC officers have the power of entry without needing a court warrant to do so and a clued up one will want to see woodchip used as the primary bedding and will expect your books to reflect the quantities of BOTH fresh and used/spent bedding etc on site and wont fall for a lucky token amount being used. Just pry you don’t ever get a roadside stop in an joint operation police, VOSA & HMRC operation which are ever more popular now as they (HMRC) could take you for tens of thousands and attribute lots of red that was legitimately used as part of the farming operation as being used for arb and it will be down to YOU to prove otherwise as if you don’t/cannot they will take you for the full amount. mine stays on DERV full time even though I am quite well versed on the exemptions for red or agri vehicle use.

For most mog users in arb, red diesel should NOT be going any ware your mogs fuel tank for working for domestic clients etc unless the tree is bordering a public road or bordering a verge that borders a public road!

do you know how many different makes of vehicles the world over had the 's in over the years or how at the time there was nothing to touch them with little in the way of weak points and was even available as a marine version from the factory and have been built and fitted to vehicles and boats on every continent between 1960 & the present day! Yes the XUD are good BUT they are not very good in harsh environments due to there obvious inherent weakness that the ’s don’t suffer from.

Err sorry but the XUD is inferior to the totally legendary XD1 (2.1L) XD2 (2.3L) & XD3 (2.5L) which were by far the best engines with extreme reliability, longevity and the ability to be happy starting heavy loads it tick over as well as being perfectly able to pull seamlessly threw the entire rev range uniformly until the governor cut in regardless of if they were N/a, td or tdi.

I am fully aware of how it works but unlike you I am also fully aware that the HSE don’t like it one bit as it represents a needless danger to the operator, so if an employed operator gets hurt doing this because YOU allow it (as you plainly do) or a man from the HSE walks into your yard and see’s this happening expect your day in court.

I wander if my psoriasis witch doesn’t respond to the norms of psoriasis is actually plaque sarcoidosis. I use to get hay fever until I was 27 quite badly (from grasses) however woodland never caused hay fever and if anything relieved it, between the age of 27 and 31 I grew out of hay fever to the point I have never suffered from it agene since the age of 31, however since the age of 31 I have had what I thought was psoriasis over my scalp, in my ears, on my lower back elbows.

You do realise you shouldn’t push timber or other long items lengthways between the blade and a bucket or attachment, as it represents a high risk to the machine driver if it slips over the top of the blade and gets fired into the cab.

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Mmm, this is a little like a can of worms! Some considerations. Q: Was your mog first registered in the UK after 1998 regardless of if it has a year related number plate or a Q registration? A: if yes then you should technically have “E” marked towing equipment designed and tested specifically for the vehicle its attached (the same applies to all post 98 vehicles and trailers, though “E” marks have been in use for many years on both trailers and commercial vehicle towing equipment) Fitting non “E” marked towing equipment to a post 98 vehicle leaves you open to prosecution for failure to comply with construction & use regulations &/or type approval regulations, also in the event of a road accident of ANY type and regardless of who is to blame it gives both your insurance company and there’s plenty of room in law to refuse to pay for ANY damage to your vehicle though they will still pay for other 3rd parties damages in most cases, BUT it has been known for insurance companies to back out totally leaving you with a large bill to pay for ALL damage as well as voiding your insurance thus leaving you open to prosecution for not having valid insurance, also it has been know for drivers to automatically get the blame for an accident because of the illegal towing equipment fitted even though they genuinely were not to blame! “E” marking give a unique number to an item of towing equipment which identifies the manufacture, the country of origin and in the case of towing bars/frames/etc (not hitches/or couplings) identifies the specific modal of vehicle its to be fitted which proves that the item has been tested thus received type approval for the weights and forces shown when fitted to that specific vehicle. For pre 98 vehicles (first registered before 1998 in the UK) if you design towing equipment/vehicle mountings for towing equipment then you need to document your design criteria and structural calculations, also ware the item of towing equipment has a equal or lower towing capacity than the vehicle is capable of towing then the towing equipment should be clearly marked with this equal/lower value. With respect to chippers specifically mounted on a 3pt linkage the chipper manufacture AND ONLY THE CHIPPER MANUFACTURE can say if there chipper has the design capability to have a towing hitch attached and the maximum vertical and horizontal forces of any hitch fitted, it dose not take much brain power to come to the conclusion that they will NOT warrant the integrity of there chipper for ANY unauthorised towing hitch design etc fitted/made by a 3rd party even if it attaches to the same place as there own design of hitch, so the buck stops with the 3rd party and yourself, in the case of a new chipper a 3rd party towing hitch could void the chippers warranty especially if there was a later structural failure or problems. Another consideration is a vehicle towing hitch cannot be situated any further behind the rear axel than 1/3 the length of the wheel-base, though there are exceptions for 3pt linkages BUT only when the 3pt lift arms are directly acting as the “hitch” and the implement has an inbuilt pivot as with semi-mounted ploughs, cultivators, harvesters etc which use the arms to regulate implement height. Finally most 3pt linkage mounted chippers with hitches on the rear from the factory state that the hitch is "NOT approved for transportation on public roads" and is mealy for transporting small trailers off-road for convenience etc (TP, Farmi, etc) If it was me I would avoid chipper mounted towing hitches like the plague and given the stump grinder is just 6ft x 3ft I would just make a fold up/down frame that locks in in place with pins when up/down that is fixed to the Unimog front din plate that has little fold down/removable ramps then just drive the grinder on from the side so the wheels of the grinder sit in some channels then just strap it down, you have the advantage that it would counter some of the weight of the chipper thus reducing the rear axel weight so everything would be much better balanced when loaded, though you would need some razed headlights.

The only exceptions for towing 2 or more trailers are (UK): Showman’s goods vehicles. (2 trailers of which the last trailer should only be a living van) Heavy road locomotives = 3 trailers. Light road locomotives = 3 trailers. Vehicles operating under STGO (Special Types (General) Order): Heavy suspended tow recovery vehicles recovering a disabled mechanically propelled vehicle with trailer to the nearest place of safety (I.e. off the motorway etc to the next services or junction or other close place suitable) (maximum speed 40mph on motorway & 30mph on all other roads) (1 vehicle combination) AILV (Abnormal Invisible Load Vehicles) typically operating under STGO Cat1, Cat2 & Cat3. (maximum length 30m or >30m with notification for a movement order) STGO also includes agricultural, horticultural & forestry tractors. (2 trailers of which only the first may be a loaded agricultural trailer or of any other agricultural type and the rear can be an empty agricultral trailer or any trailed agricultural appliance etc, with a maximum total length of 24.9m) Engineering plant (1st trailer for equipment and tools for working and/or fuel/water for propulsion and the last may be a living van only) Trailer comprised of 2 separate “trailers” which when joined are treated as one trailer: Towing dollies which suspend or have weight imposed on them for recovering a disabled mechanically propelled vehicle ONLY (WITHOUT a trailer) to the nearest place of safety ONLY. Composite trailer, which comprise of a converter dolly and one semi-trailer. With respect to agricultural, horticultural & forestry trailer definitions: An agricultural trailer is any type of trailed device which when loaded increases the weight by 50% above its unladen weight, as such trailed sprayers, vacuum tankers, muck spreaders, lime spreaders, water or fuel browsers etc etc are NOT generally agricultural trailed appliances as such so must only be towed empty when towed as a second trailer. agricultural trailed appliances are things like trailed chippers (but NOT tracked chippers on a trailer as that would be a loaded agricultural trailer!) beat or potato etc harvesters, conveyers/elevators, cleaning/washing plants, trailed cultivators/ploughs or seed drills etc etc, trailed trenchers, graders etc, trailed mowers etc and other items which are designed not to carry additional load. Lastly and most importantly the GTW of the towing vehicle must never be exceeded (with respect to small vehicles like land rovers it’s the plated maximum weight of the first trailer counts along with the actual weight of the unloaded second trilled item - so there is no point in trying to tow a 3.5t IW trailer with a trailed chipper behind it as that would be illegal regardless of if the IW trailer was loaded or not ) also I believe that only the second trailer may be fitted with overrun and the first trailer must be fitted with powered brakes and obviously the second trailer must be lighter than the first, however both trailers can be fitted with powered brakes though the 1st trailer must always be heaver. (>20mph) Also I seam to recall the second trailer should have its own electrics that are independent to the first trailer electrics supply. (two line air brakes don’t require independent supply as any fault will cause application of both trailers brakes so simple pass-threw systems are ok)

that would be illegal as the IW trailer was loaded with a stump grinder

I have a Marlow 40mm KERR rope ~13m long rated at 30 tonnes MBL, I also have a 28mm IWRC wire hawser 12m long rated at 50 tonnes MBL as an assembly.

PM treebloke, he has a U1500 with a 9t/m crane and WernerF80.1 winch, also tracked chippers and guys to feed them along with different size trailers for moving woodchip or wood.

the secondary PRV could well be fixed directly to the pump, hence the pipe from the pump to the spool valve being the right length and the hole in the secondary PRV that would normally be used for fixing it to something has been used for a switch bracket to light up a tell-tail lamp on the dash for when the PTO is engaged (assuming a transfer box PTO) with a lever to engage. with FW525 & H14W with remote motor (short prop shaft) fixed via a bracket on the inside of the LH chassis rail ware the LHD steering box/pan hard rod affix, there were a number of motors available for the operating pressure to match your secondary service pressure so you didn’t need spool valves with PRV in each valve slice, but that’s not to say who ever did the winch in the first place didn’t fit different bits rather than order e.g. the correct motor, but if this secondary PRV did fit in the system you have all the piping then working from the tank backwards down the return towards the spool block should reveal ware this secondary PRV returns to the tank as there will be extra pipes of a fixed length, the other thing this "PRV" may be for is a bypass for the cooler & filter in case the filter becomes clogged.

with a spool block with a PRV there is no need for an extra PRV as a bleed off valve unless either A: the spool block is removable via QR couplings thus once removed there is no means of pressure regulation (should have a balance pipe for the QR couplings when the spool block is removed) or B: the pump flow capacity is higher than the spool block can handle. if its a case of B: then you are wasting the speed element thus limiting potential fluid HP at the winch which will affect winch speed, and the spool block is incorrect for the application which in turn will result in excess heat in the hydraulic fluid due to constant high pressure in the feed line and thus bleed line given that with an open centre spool block shouldn’t be at a high pressure when non of the levers are in use as it should just be cycling fluid. If its also a case of B: you WILL have to maintain the bleed line PRV and NOT replace it with a directional vale without a PRV some ware in case of accidental directional vale/PTO operation and/or without a balance pipe between the relevant pair of QR couplings when NOT in use.

Its either an over centre valve to act as a secondary brake (which normally have 4 ports and 1 pilot valve) and are mounted very close to the winch motor (though it could have 2 individual blocks with 2 ports & a pilot valve each) It could be a PRV for a secondary service (if it has 3 ports) and if the secondary service uses its own spool-block. It could be a bleed off valve that gets put on a pipe via a “Y” piece between the pump and a remote removable spool block so when the spool block is removed and the PTO is accidentally engaged this PRV bleeds back to the tank (2 ports) (this PRV would be set to a higher pressure than the removable spool block so it normally wouldn’t operate when the removable spool block is in place)

here is a vid of a quick test of my new GoPro HD in my Land Rover 90 during the last dusting of snow. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGLHYYPLXvc]YouTube - GoPro HD - a quick first test in a Land Rover 90 Td5[/ame]

FYI: OM352 & OM366 flywheels have sweated on ring-gear. With regards to starter motors a low voltage in the starting battery/s can cause the bendix pinion from flying out and engaging just resulting in the starter motor freely spinning then it flying out as soon as the ignition key is released as the armature slows causing a little “bang” as it engages and stops. Other than that the phosphor bronze bearing can go on the carrier shaft for the bendix pinion causing misalignment of the pinion/ring-gear and the extra leverage imposed on the carrier shaft/armature takes out the armature end bearing the other side of the bendix causing repeated non starting (starter motor free wheeling) then eventually the misalignment stops the armature from turning. Either way a rebuild of your starter with new bearings (3) new bendix, brushes, solenoid should be not more than ~£85 + VAT. Really you could do with testing your battery/s (both for voltage and discharge capacity [A]) and earth/electrical connections for the starter.

What a lot of you are failing to grasp is its you and your actions that are causing the biggest rise in price, because you are trying to supply more firewood than you can get hold of suitable out of spec timber locally. Fire wood should be the wood that is “waste” wood not in spec for other markets thus is by-product which naturally makes it harder to process, if you buy wood that’s really destined for other markets simply because its easer to process then your action of buying it at much higher cost is causing the price rise. If you want to use “green energy” or “renewables” or “carbon neutral” facades to hide behind then its about time you were outed, if your using wood that would other wise end up as preverbal “tables & chair’s” or other wooden products that stay as “wood” for years and the “off cuts” from making them end up as “woodchip” feedstock etc then its not very “green” to convert that same wood to firewood to burn instead of turning into “tables & chair’s etc” or extra trees getting converted to make up for the shortfall because lazy people want easy to process in-spec timber which funnily enough costs a lot more! If your tramping in-spec timber suitable for other markets but its destined to you for firewood from half way across the country rather than using just what you get locally then that also isn’t very “green” or “carbon neutral” etc given timber that stays as a high percentage of timber in an end product like preverbal “tables & chair’s” etc it can travel a lot further staying “green” or “carbon neutral” simply because its not being burnt! Logs are only “green energy” or “renewables” or “carbon neutral” if the wood comes from locally and its only sold/moved locally, logs from arb arisings are also ok and lend then selves to this given its general local nature and semi coincidental transport and general age of tree/s. As for shipping out logs in bags that you don’t retain then that also adds to cost and a larger less green carbon footprint.

it wont be a problem as compared to other places we hardly had any snow last time so deliveries were hardly affected, ok there is still snow between now and 5th Jan but its paid for and i could have had it on the 23rd Dec but i picked the 5th Jan because there is no hurry as there is still ~400L in the tank, if we have deep snow then its still no problem because I can get an IBC/45 gal barrels and can go to there depot and collect it myself as I use to for ULS gas oil when I used it >2 years ago or as I did when clearing snow near there depot I would use the ULS gas oil pump to fill the mog directly As we have used the same oil supplier for >20 years and don’t chop and change like a lot of people do over saving <0.5p/L you generally get a better service than a new customer or one that chops and changes.