Chris Sheppard
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Jim, I've a 200tdi disco sat here with a good engine but no tax and test - was going to whip engine out to go into the old 110 but I'll never get around to it. Not looking for a massive amount for the whole vehicle now as it's getting in the way a bit. PM me if you want to come for a look.
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So that the bucket doesn't fill right to the top with water and they can climb out.
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We found a good way of catching them was to part fill a bucket with water (deep enough to drown a rat) put it next to something for the rats to climb up and then drop a few handfuls of dry dog/cat/horse food on the top, the food floats, the rats jump in and cant get out so it drowns. Only problem is it needs some sort of roof over it ideally. Failing that, air rifle or .410 and a lamp on a night, brilliant sport! Terriers are great but I wouldn't fancy shifting the pile every time. You could try running a pipe from an old saw exhaust and running it with a bit too much two stroke oil in and stick the pipe into the bottom of the heap to try and flush them to the terrier. Always thought too much of my ferrets to send them down to rats, at least the odds are a bitt better even if it's one terrier to a few rats.
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More by fluke than anything else http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1359578 Anyone else's designs seem to all resemble some sort of tracked vehicle or is it just mine?
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looks like you had a great day, really sorry I couldn't make it - had been looking forward to it.
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I was on a landrover forum asking madmatt about his 130 and he pointed me this way. I tend to lurk about a bit in the background keeping quiet but find the site really helpful and informative
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thing with that one is it does look quite similar to a stihl though
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Smart - liked how it goes into road mode - very clever.
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Doesn't look like I'm going to be able to make it this time, ended up bringing a van full of machines back up with me that need delivering today.
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I'll hopefully still be able to make it - could be a bit hit and miss though - cacthing a plane back in the next 2 hours to get me back down to hampshire - hopefully fetching the works transit back on friday so at least I'll have a vehicle (130's on SORN and the Discovery spat a CV joint out coming home on Friday)
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That is one bad attempt at a copy - thing is though some people will think as it's orange it must be husky - nasty nasty nasty:thumbdown:
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Funnily enough, I was thinning the woods around the campsite a couple of years ago, it was a bit strange - we used to gather firewood from those same woods as Scouts and there I was 10 years later doing pretty much the same thing My avatar pic was taken only a mile from the site.
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All being well, by the time Septeber comes around I should start to get a bit more spare time on my hands (new job should be 8-5 mon-fri) so I should be able to help out - what i was worried about before hand was saying yes I'd help but never being able to actually turn up Is there a lot of red tape now? I'd heard they'd stopped Troops from using what was our local scout camp (Kirkdale) as it had no flushing toilets - we used to camp there loads and it never did us any harm.
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I was in scouts for a few years, ended up as a Patrol Leader but then had to choose between scouts and D of E, ended up doing D of E but quite fancied the idea of helping out with my old Troop (1st vale of Pickering)
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sort of, it's got one of the arms a bit like the table ones but it goes up and down as well as sideways so you can stab the spike in the top. this was on a big vertical splitter (think they go up to 22 tonne) Didn't get a proper look but am sure it'll catch on
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I know it's dragging up a topic from last week but the company I now work for has a vertical splitter where one of the controls is set up in such a way so that you can grip the billet with a spike on the control and then pull the other control with your other hand - so simple once you see it - just so surprised none of the other manufacturers have done it. Its not a plug but if anyone wanted to know which make then I'll post it up.
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Mine does
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I know my 300tdi 130 has discs on the back and it's never been great, but it will lock up if you jump really hard on them
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Most of the wood I was doing at the time was fairly small stuff in long lengths, never had too much problem with loading it. You could pull big chunks to the splitter with the crane and then it was just a case of rolling it on end over end. Did look at horizontal splitters at the time but glad I went vertical.
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One of the splitters they had where I've just left had been modified so you had to use both hands but was easy enough to still use one handed - you needed one hand to hold the log in position otherwise you ended up with kindling. used it all the time I was there and I've still got all my fingers.
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Do you mean a bit like this Dean? Before anyone says it - I wasn't trying to hump it We had 2 horizontal splitters where I worked last, they were ok on smallish stuff but a right pain in the ass on anything that needed splitting more than 4 ways. I'd go vertical every time, and pto powered. That Thor I had was a monster - fast and powerful. Before we bought the processor we used to use it for billeting up lengths for the sawbench. in the end we used to just use it with the table on it for busting up big discs.
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I nearly did convert it so many times but fortunately it was always too far away from the workshop and then I'd forget
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What part of the country are you in? I have a mate with a 300+ hp tractor mounted mulcher who covers most of northern england and that thing makes short work of anything. PM me if you want his number and he should be able to give you an idea of price
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Sounds like they're as bad round you Dean as they are around us. There's a few manky old Sycamores in a Field next to the primary school in one of the local villages, all within easy reach of a row of powerlines , the school building and also the main road. They first approached the electric board early this year (can't remember when but it was frosty still) and apparently are still no further on with it despite the fact that one of the trees has already blown over since then and only narrowly missed taking the wires with them. There's already been talk of just giving them a yuck with the boughton but I dug my heels in and said I wasn't having anything to do with it.
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Seeing as I've just handed in my notice today, the Estate I work on near Malton, is now looking for a replacement. Fairly varied work, bit of felling/extraction, some planting, general estate work, logging, tree maintenance, tractor work etc Even if you didn't fancy full time, they're open to anything if you can help out either on the books or self employed. PM me for a contact number, Chris
