Chris Sheppard
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They all will have legs, but they still need a good amount of weight to keep them stable, especially when on the three point linkage, Some extra bars from the top link bracket of the tractor to the end of the lower link arms helps take some movement out but it's still never going to be as solid/strong as a permamnently mounted (either roof or Jake frame) crane like on a bigger machine. Even trailer mounted - 30"x8' is a big stick for a compact tractor sized crane. Not saying it's impossible to move that size stick with small kit, but it's not going to do it much good doing it very often.
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3pl mounting a small crane on an compact's definitely doable, but handling 30" by 8ft poles is going to be more than what you'd handle with that set up. Even if you had the hydralic power for it, the tractor's unlikely to have the weight to cope with it. Even with a front loader and grab, based on what we've moved, I'd be fairly sure you'd struggle with a lump that size.
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Not so much the rain but how wet the ground is - we've not been getting a right lot done these last few weeks. Finally getting caught up with jobs at home though; got boiler out today and should get acrow's in ready for knocking wall down shortly
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Aquired Stihl 056 and Husqvarna 242 Chainsaw
Chris Sheppard replied to Chilledbud's topic in Chainsaws
As awesome as the 242's are - I'd not want to spend any time ringing up 2ft diameter timber with one. Never used an 056 so can't really say for certain, but, for ringing up firewood it's more than likely the better saw than the 242. I would say though, that once youve used the 242 for a bit of felling, you'll definitely not want to sell it. They are, in my opinon, the nicest handling little saw ever made - best suited to a 13" bar but a 15" is OK. I can almost guarantee if you part with the 242 you will wish you hadn't. If it was me, I'd keep the 242, sell the two stihls and eventually buy something like a husky 365 or similar as a general work horse. -
I'd really like another one of these, but rot free. 4L n/a 6cyl and built like a tank, but silky smooth engine.
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Found out this week just how tough the 242's really are - saw one after it had been ran over with a teleporter and other than a broken chainbrake handle, a bit of a twist to the front handle and a cracked sidecover it still ran fine
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Used to work alongside a HD 110 tipper and that had a 3 cube back on it and when full was on the whole still legal and carried the weight well. I had a 130 single cab of my own, but with the quadtech rear box on it. That would hold nearly 5 cube from memory (was a good bit wider than the 110 and a longer overhang) and was easy to over load. Also, the extra bit of wheelbase made it a barge for manoevering in tight spaces. Other than the lack of space for tools, I think the 110 was the better base vehicle.
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If it's a normally aspirated diesel one, then they are very, very sluggish - like worse than the old n/a hiluxes (and they were gutless!). Otherwise, they seemed to just keep chugging.
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I know of an Ag contractor who does similar, but seem to think one of them got to a fairly high milage before they got rid. They're usually quite rough on vehicles so they normally fall to bits before they blow up with him:blushing:
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Update: After a long and drawn out despute ith Paypal, they sided with the buyer and the saw turned up yesterday. Miraculously, this supposedly knackred saw fired on the second pull and started on the third It looks to have done a fair bit more work than the buyer was suggesting too so have put in an appeal to Paypal - chances are they won't listen but can only try. Can't decide what's annoyed me most; the fact the guy's lied his arse off or that I'm back to square one and still have too many saws
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Went to watch the Fast Eddy extreme enduro round at Tong today - those boys are just plain nuts, but superhuman I reckon. Some of the course I reckon would have beaten a lot of guys on trials bikes even in the summer, yet these guys were doing lap after lap in the middle of winter, on Enduro bikes!
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Not a bad trouser either - they are the old ProLight's (what became the first generation Husky Functional). I've had 3 or 4 pairs in the past and really liked them. The only thing I found was the backs were quite easily ripped, but they were really airy (in the days before zipped vents). I didn't realise there were any new pairs still left in circulation - might have to be having another pair meself
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I'd agree with Stubby - chaps are awful to work in, even for a short time. If I were you, I'd have a look at a pair of the Husqvarna functional type A's or the Englebert strauss type A's. Shouldn't be that much more than a pair of chaps but should be loads nicer to wear.
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My 550 was the same until I took the spark arrester mesh out - don't know if you've tried that but if not it can't do any harm.
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There is/was a guy running a Vimek forwarder (the 6 wheel one not the tiny one) somewhere Northern England/Southern Scotland - I think he was called Swailes. From speaking to Caledonian at the APF, he's the guy who's put the most hours on one in the UK and would be the guy to talk to for some decent insight into them. I've always liked the idea of a Vimek forwarder but just couldn't convince myself the figures would work - though sitting in one I really did like the feel of it compared to the draughty Kubota seat
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Like the others have said, they take a bit of starting. There's a bit of a knack to it but once you've sussed it it won't bite quite so hard. It's been a while since I've had mine out but from memory I found it started best if pulled over til it was under compression then give it a proper pull, otherwise it hits compression mid pull and pulls through your fingers. I like using mine from time to time - it's not the highest revving of saws but plenty of torque in big sticks.
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Been dead lucky really, I'm only the second owner and the first guy had only used it as a car. As far as I can find out it's still on it' original engine/gearbox/transfer and axles. I rechassis'd it a couple of years ago but it would have patched up if I had to
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1996 Land Rover with 305,000 miles. Thinking about swapping it but only because could do with something different.
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What sort of fuel economy for defender 90 towing.
Chris Sheppard replied to Woodworks's topic in Arb-Trucks
If it's on bigger wheels but still on the same speedo drive, it might be underreading on the speedo - making it seem worse than it is? -
Sweet chestnut - how far north?
Chris Sheppard replied to wrsni's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
We see odd ones round us, but did some work near York where there was quite a few planted about the wood and they all looked to be doing OK. -
What sort of fuel economy for defender 90 towing.
Chris Sheppard replied to Woodworks's topic in Arb-Trucks
I still reckon it seems quite low as it's not like it's on it's knees with that sort of weight. Do you ever get it out on normal roads? If it was still really low on normal roads then maybe there's some underlying problem? Out of curiosity, is it still running the tiny standard wheels and tyres (205/16)? That does make them very low geared - Mines on 265/75 and I swapped the speedo drive to the right one to suit the bigger tyres. -
What sort of fuel economy for defender 90 towing.
Chris Sheppard replied to Woodworks's topic in Arb-Trucks
My 90's a little newer on a P reg (so 300 tdi) and has a little over 300,000 miles on it. Typically it's returning 28-32 mpg without a trailer and 25-28 towing a decent load with something like the tractor on the trailer. -
Absolutley
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Short length wood extraction
Chris Sheppard replied to JamesWood's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
We've had good results with handloading a rack on the 3pl of the tractor and the grab on the loader for short extractions. We moved around 40T or so that way last year on one site and hadn't been looking forward to it at all but it wasn't bad at all. It was a long, narrow site though with a track running through the middle so probably the longest trip out was 50m or so.
