mikecotterill

Thought my luck was in then but just missed out on one on eBay for £69 oh well back to the engine crane idea!

How much money do you think you have generated for this site then??

I know I use it more than most and I have not earnt Steve a penny but I have donated a lot of money to the site in a way of a thank you and every penny of that Steve has given to the Childrens Trust.

Me?

The only thing I've contributed is to the arb listing and that was for my own benefit. Well done to steve for giving the money to charity, Stephen I'll get you a medal sent off!

Like I said in my original post it's down to steve how he runs the site I've no problems with that I was just pointing out the fact no other forum I know charges and that it's because of the forum users the site is still here, (and steve obviously, before someone says something).

I don't know why people feel the need to get on their high horse because someone expresses their opinion!

Without turning this into another post I don't think it was a good move with the classifieds the main problem for me is it won't work on the tapatalk app so I have to go onto the site etc. Which isn't great on iphone. Why isn't there a members only part for selling or a minimum post count to sell. The way I see it without the regulars here the forum wouldn't be here so it gives them something back. Then again it's steves forum so it's up to him how it works

Thanks missed that unfortunately, hoping someone on here may feel like selling up?

It was item number 220834917834 it didn't sell might be worth an email

Steve thought Mick was havingit for £400??

There was one on eBay a week or two back for 3k

Yep that'd be a great tool not sure what 4x4's have a noseweight capable of 400kg though. Might have to have a trip up there and see how it's mounted, cheers mike

That's a bargain!

 

By the time you've fannied about adapting the engine hoist you'd be wishing you'd bought the proper thing.

I enjoy fabricating things so I'll enjoy doing it and I'll have something that exactly fits my needs and could if needed lift a ton. Ive been keeping an eye on eBay for a while and they go for between 100-300 ish so steves is priced right it's just I've not got 300 to spend on something I'll use a couple of times a month.

Steve looks like you've sold it for £400

Mike got a penny hydraulics 500 kg swing lift crane 2005 model excellent condition with wander lead and all cables for sale at 300 quid ,cable and crane are as new ,

Hi mate, yeah that's too much mate. I've found an engine crane for 50 quid. I'm a bit skint at the minute.

Yeah it's an ifor with the newer type a frame. Cheers gonna have a go and see

I'm interested in knowing what hedgehog flavoured crisps were like!

If I bury the ash from my fire will it grow into an ash tree?

Seriously though I've worked with a supervisor who thought regen' was a species and called one tree an acorn tree, it wasn't even an oak haha

I've been looking at buying a crane to fit onto my trailer, mainly for lifting my Jo beau onto it. I've seen the Lucas and penny hydraulics ones but they can go for silly money, I'm thinking of modifying a folding engine crane instead. Thing is I don't want to mount it on the bed so was thinking of mounting it on the a frame? The idea was to mount a steel triangular plate on the a frame then bolt the crane onto this, and adapt it to swivel. Now I could have an outrigger for the side when i lift of the floor but I'm wondering when it turns to go on the trailer is it going to be too much stress on the a frame? I think the chipper weighs 120 kg ish. Hope that all makes sense

Oh should mention I am aware of the noseweight etc. Cheers mike

Not sure on the point your trying to make there mate?

That’s a different thing, its an exemption based on distance.

The exemption is for vehicles under 7.5t train weight, where it it's used for part of the drivers work AND where it's within 50k of base, it's not an exemption based soley on distance

And doesnt cover you for removing arisings/waste from site........

But that would be on the van if you were towing the chipper?

This was the part I was looking for on a vosa publication

https://online.businesslink.gov.uk/Transport_Theme_files/Goods_vehicles_tachograph_hours_0511_2.pdf

Like I said the ntta has the same diagram which I suspect would be where indespension got it. As far as I know indespension have nothing to gain as to wether a vehicle has a tacho or not as they don't fit them.

As far as hire or reward, most things dvla etc. that refer to hire or reward are for when your paid to do that, so in the case if a minibus I can drive one if mates are in it stag do etc but not as a taxi as that's hire or reward. Same with the trailer side, hire or reward would be if you were being paid to move the trailer or something on it. If it's for the drivers own use,ie it's needed to do the job then tacho isn't needed.

I found this chart on both indespension and the ntta website

I've not read all the posts in this so apologies if this has been mentioned but I'm pretty sure you are fine towing over 3.5t if it's for your use in your work so a chipper would be ok and wouldn't need a tacho. I think the tacho comes in more when it's for "hire and reward"

Whos that? Think I'll be watching more if that too!

Just wondering if anyone uses this type of clamp I was fitting it the other day and it seems to me if the trailer was jacked off the clamp would come off? Is that right, can't see it being, but it looks that way to me.

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turbotoolman

Did someone actually pay you to remove this tree??? I guess the entertainment value alone is worth something.

Jun 14, 2010

Haha

How so???????

Presume he means in low box where the torque can bust things

Yep its fine to leave the hubs in, although it defeats the object of them, saying that I don't think they save much in mpg anyway in the grand scheme of things!