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  1. Chris Sheppard
    What's always put me off mousses is that they aren't just fit and forget (unless you can afford to replce them regularly), the other thing being that, supposedly, they aren't legal to use on the road either. I've tended to use the cheap h/d ones from MD racing and so far been OK for punctures this last couple of seasons. Like Geoff says though, any of the mainstream manufactures will do a good h/d one. Do you run rimlocks Stevie? Itching to get out on the bikes again - not ridden for a month or so (the little DR expired on day two of Ryedale ) but hopefully out on the KTM in a week or so.
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    From memory, I think Logbaron's is a Nokka 400 RS, with rollers. Think they're a bit marmite - some people seem to get one well with them and others not so well. I had one on the back of the County briefly and it wasn't great, though was fairly tired on all the pivots and joints. I always fancied a Patu stroke one to replace it but never got round to it and the County went a few years ago.
  3. Chris Sheppard
    Ammo can here too, though not a 50 cal one. It's about half the width - think it might be a 7.62mm one.
  4. Chris Sheppard

     

    <p>Evening, not had chance to check at bank yet; did you manage to ping that money over?</p>

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    <p>Ta,</p>

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    <p>Chris</p>

     

  5. Chris Sheppard
    If you're worrying about your defender, I think you may be getting a little mixed up as a defender and trailer would be B+E (vehicle up to 3500kg plus trailer) C1 is vehicles over 3500kg.
  6. Chris Sheppard
    Know it seems to be the old fashioned way of doing it, but it seems a lot less hard work just sending each load out over a weighbridge/using wagons with on board weighers. Those who worry about mc and/or different species affecting weight - simples, vary the price/T to suit To me, volume is too easy to manipulate to suit either party.
  7. Chris Sheppard
    I used to run two sledgehammers - a 14lb and a 7lb depending on what I was doing. Both were wooden handled and had a little over a third of the handle cut off. The 7lb'er is better for carrying around in the woods, but the heavier one was good with the highlifts on heavy backleaners. I say was, I left it in the woods one day and couldn't find it and never got round to replacing it. Axes are OK if it just wants a little help, but for big hitting the hammer's the way to go IME
  8. Chris Sheppard
    Same here, though where we've been the last few days, the customer's been great at bringing out cups of tea and ice cold can of coke at just the right times making it a bit more bearable
  9. Chris Sheppard
    Have had a go with similar and it was a bit agressive for general peeling, though fast.
  10. Chris Sheppard
    This is the one I have, just had to fit a suitable handle myself but still worked out a lot cheaper than buying the stihl one (which I think is a rebadged muller one) De-Barking Blade at Westfalia Mail Order - UK I have seen pictures of modified garden spades though, but being such a short handle means you're stooped a lot more I'd guess. Not sure leaving it to do it's stuff is the best as it starts to go off underneath the bark. When we peeled it fresh, it weathered really nicely, rahter than looking a bit manky.
  11. Chris Sheppard
    Don't know if he has anything that small Barry, but have you tried Rich Blakey, near Ripon? He's on here as "Bruks" I think.
  12. Chris Sheppard
    I helped out on a similar project for another arbtalker a couple of years ago where we had a big pile of Larch poles to peel - we tried all sorts but in the end it came down to lots of sweating. Long handled de-barking spade (looked like a garden hoe with a really sharp edge) to get the worst off then set to with the draw knife to clean the last bits off. Felling it at the right time of the year can help massively though and it'll come off much easier - when the sap's rising from memory?
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    <p>Hi Ian,</p>

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    <p>We've nothing spare at the moment, best bet would be to try RichieG on here as he sometimes has stuff come up Helmsley way so not a million miles from you.</p>

     

  14. Chris Sheppard
    If it's biting you, I reckon you might be using it wrong then - you can ratchet the load off of it so the line's slack before letting it freespool, or you can with the one's I've seen/used.
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    Don't know if they still do them, but Riko used to do the two wheel tractors, and there was a selection of allen scythe type cutter bars available for those.
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    Absolutely
  17. Chris Sheppard
    280K, pah, try 310 now Have run/used others jap stuff in the past and if anything they've cost more on repairs/maintenance than landrovers. They all have their good/bad points but so far my current defender's been pretty good so far in the last four and a half years.
  18. Chris Sheppard
    Must have been PeteB - I've not had one, though my defender's currently got over 300,000 miles on it without much drama
  19. Chris Sheppard
    Once dry, it burns hotter than just about any other wood I've encountered - proper grate warping stuff
  20. Chris Sheppard
    After investigating a rattly top end a few months ago (found the cam welding itself to the head ), finally got round to getting little Yella back together ready for it's first MOT in several years. Decided (maybe rather foolishly) to enter it in this years Ryedale Rally, though thankfully I'll be scored in with the few Vinduro bikes rather than the modern rally/rally lite/enduro/trail bikes.
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    Rode a Vinduro a couple of weeks back in Northumberland and took the old KTM for a bit of a change over the little XR - took a lap or so to get back into it, then soon after the front wheel bearing collapsed (again). Grabbed buzzsurgeon's spare bike (DR350) for a lap, then he got a puncture so he jumped on the DR while I fixed the puncture on his Husky and I got a lap in on that. I may have DNF'd, but I was the only person to get timed round the special test on three different bikes The little XR's still feeling a bit sorry for itself after it's last outing - a hare and hounds in Wales. Hugely underpowered but it tried hard.
  22. Chris Sheppard
    I found the opposite. Several years ago I applied for a management position I knew little about, without any management experience and didn't expect to hear anything, yet got invited for an interview. Didn't get it though, don't think I'd have fitted in right well though anyway
  23. Chris Sheppard
    Going by what my dealer said (so may or may not be correct across the board) anything newer than 18 months or so should have already had it fitted. The kit has a few bits, including a green (I think) bung to go over an existing hole - I've still not fitted mine (a 2011 saw) but I think if you look around the top of the rear handle between the tank and the engine you should be able to see the spigot the green plug will or won't be on. That's all saying they haven't changed the tanks on the later ones though. Apparently the problem was made worse when saws were laid on their side when not running, especially after refueling, which sort of makes sense with mine anyway. Usually though, if it doesn't restart straight away, I'll just start it as though it's flooded - I really should get round to fitting the breather kit but it's not bothered me enough to do it yet.
  24. Chris Sheppard
    Did wonder about the articulation. Other thing is the legs look a little weedy for an hiab type crane rather than a timber loader.
  25. Chris Sheppard
    Couple of years ago I'd have said haix, whatever model, but they just don't seem the same quality as they used to when I tried them on. I went for Tirrol Fighters in the end, but if I hadn't I'd have bought the woodwalkers, and sometimes wish I had instead. The Tirrols are wearing well and are comfy enough, but not as nice as the Meindl one's felt.

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