Tom D
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Nothing wrong with a high revving saw, my old 254 is a screamer and its 20 years old!
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Any hydraulic experts- slight issue with tractor/loader
Tom D replied to Matthew Storrs's topic in Large equipment
I meant the one on the valve block and the one on the tractor itself. I know that on my loader the valve will blow off if you dig too hard into a heap, allowing the bucket to fold back... -
Kilworths, made it, I don't think BCS offer it. They are good engineers so I think they would make whatever you want..
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One other thing I went for was 260/70-20 Agricultural wheels and tyres in lieu of the 280/70-18, this gives you a wee but more ground clearance, and a slightly wider footprint.
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Yes Josh theres an electro hydraulic splitter on the tilt circuit and a button on the joystick, press the button and tilt becomes grab. Go for the guarding, and I would advise you ask for guarding under the mid section too, I have already knocked out the handbrake warning switch, plus if you get caught up on a stump or log it can stop you being able to press the clutch or brake... I was chatting to a guy on thurdsay who had the pasquali version, without the auto reverse fan, he does a lot of flail work and ended up seizing his after it had been overheated a few times, so I'd recommend the reverse fan.. Anything else you want to know just ask.
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Whats with the cab on the one on the right, looks like its been crossed with an american school bus.
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Are you local? I had always assumed you were down south for some reason?
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Any hydraulic experts- slight issue with tractor/loader
Tom D replied to Matthew Storrs's topic in Large equipment
Sounds like the pressure relief valve to me, the rams on the lift will be a wider bore and so will lift more at a lower pressure. The thinner rams on the bucket will be far more susceptible to low pressure. If its the valve block leaking then you would expect the bucket to relax over time even when not in use. If its the pressure relief valve it will only happen under load. You will have two pressure relief valves, one on the tractor itself and one on the loader valve block. they can sometimes stick slightly open if a bit of dirt gets in, even a half millimetre gap could cause a pressure drop. I'd remove the valve and check carefully. -
We have a 261, it has been an awful saw, loads of clutch problems. I'd go for the 550. although personally I'd find a second hand 346xp and get spud to port it.
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Depends on the council Dave, for us borders council go cheapest, if they bother to get quotes at all, there's been some shocking work done recently. Edinburgh have a framework which took into account quality as well as price so the standard there is high (because we are doing it). Procurement rules are changing and It would be worth contacting your LA's procurement teams and asking why they don't use a "best value" approach which takes into account training, qualifications, and experience. It is depressing when they only look at price though.
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Simple answer is don't use ebay. Use Arbtrader instead, I have sold a few things on there now and although you're selling to a smaller market every buyer is going to be an arb related business. plus its cheaper too....
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Sure is, I have some more stuff to take out of the river in a few weeks time, Im going to take some more video and make a proper promo for the website. There are so many jobs where the narrow access make the alpine invaluable. Doing a job like that with a tirfor fills me with dread, we have had an alpine so long that we take it for granted now.
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Any thing more than 30% profit is very good, 60-70% is awesome! I would suspect that you are including you own "wage" in that? We manage about 25% which I am quite happy with, but thats on a decent turnover of around £350-400k. Usually its re-invested into new kit etc. This year has been a strange one, we had a very slow start, and now its gone mental, not really sure what it will average out to this time. on the first 6 months of the year we will have made a big loss, the last quarter of the financial year will be well over 130k which pro rata would have given us and annual turnover over the 1/2 million, however given that we only managed about 50k in the first quarter we'll probably end up somewhere like last year. As far as cost cutting goes, its best to look at your biggest costs as these are where the biggest savings can be had.
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Yes it is.
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The last example is not correct, in a recovery situation where one of the vehicles is the intended load that yes it is correct, but here we are talking about the load being the object to the right and therefore this image depicts another 2:1 pull. This is assuming that both vehicles remain static, the force applied at the snatch block is double the pull of the winch.
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This is a couple of clips from a recent job,narrow access down some steps and a footpath, I forgot to film pulling the sticks up the bank, but you get an idea. The last log being lifted required Ricky and Fraser to stand on the winch as counter weights, so thats about max lift. It was a decent chunk though... [ame] [/ame]
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On my old Igland I had welded an attachment for the purpose, as Eddie says the Tajfun one we have now is only rated to 750, although I suspect that is down to towing regulations.. Another tree adjacent to the tractor is my advice...
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Good effort John....
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given that the cost of a TM setup is likely to be between £200 and £400 per day hired in and if you own your own stuff you need an additional vehicle to transport it to site its hardl surprising that many don't bother. Imagine all those £300-£500 domestic jobs with those costs added, you're not going to win many. Its common sense, if the situation requires you need TM then you have to have it, safe in the knowledge that only a real cowboy wouldn't bother. But on residential streets we' will block a lane on the road rather than the pavement, let the traffic find its way round us and keep the pavement clear..
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Mobile phone masts - Arb worker/tree health concerns ?
Tom D replied to David Humphries's topic in General chat
We had a mast shut down last month. I think if you are going to be within 6 m of the transmitter then you need to shut it down. -
That is busy Edinburgh! A mile out of the city centre....
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Trying not to get wet today.
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Not clean any more Spud.... Still goes well though..
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Saw this and thought wow! an affordable tracker that would fit on a chainsaw... then it turns out that its only crowd based GPS so only works in bluetooth range. Unfortunately it needs to be in range of either your phone or someone else who has the app.. Might be handy for finding your keys on a monday morning..https://buy.thetrackr.co/br/07/?utm_source=GU&utm_medium=GU&utm_campaign=GU&aff_id=1160&creat_id=321&clk_id=20909277&sub_id=188427
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A little heat goes a long way, if you can get a gas axe or even a blow torch near it without burning something else then thats the way to go, after that you may be able to get it off with mole grips or a smaller socket. Plumbers merchants sell fiberglass sheeting that you can use to protect the surrounding area from burning, handy stuff. Also look for a 1/2 " socket that has a hexagonal hole rather than a dodecagon, these are less likely to round the head, often plug sockets are like this...
