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Good luck with it Dave, that's terrible news.

It will drive fine, don't give it too much beans though. It won't wind the diff up, but you are putting all of the drive through the front axle which it isn't really designed to do long term. I recently replaced a UJ on the rear of my 56 plate (old shape) Ranger - the part was over £140 from Ford but a Land Rover UJ was exactly the same size and a tenth of the price! Get your verniers out before parting with your hard earned...

Sorry Dean, I didn't think you'd mind. I'll stop now.

Is there a fuel strainer in the tank on the end of the pick-up? If so, this may be blocked. Try blowing compressed air through the fuel line back towards the tank from the tank side of the in-line filter to see if it clears it temporarily. If it does, drain and clean your tank out. It's unlikely and the wrong colour smoke but make sure your air filter is clear too...

I did that with a pair of Haix in the same place and there was no blocking material present - in discussion with the importer it turns out the blocking material is basically on the top of the boot running through the tongue. There's a thread on here about it somewhere. Don't rely on your ppe even if it's super expensive. Glad your 5 little piggies are still wiggling happily!

The difference between safetrac chippers and normal tracked machines is massive - I can't talk highly enough of the 1928 greenmechs. They will go practically anywhere and have a really wide infeed hopper and feed rollers which are great for dragging brashy material in. I'm not sure why others have experienced these machines blocking up - I have used a damaged machine that did this but once repaired the problem was cured. If you are looking for a smaller fixed track machine from a weight/budget point of view greenmech now have a machine that takes the 6" timberwolf and Jensen on, but it has a 6x9 letterbox feed (taken from the quadchip) so is much better at dragging material through. These machines are available with the round disc blades (criticised by many - normally those with no operational experience of them - but in reality the longest lasting chipper blades available) or the square quadchip blades which look to me to be an expensive alternative. Get some demos from the different manufacturers and let us know how you get on.

Perfect! Where is that? It looks like the wrist has been a tree in its own right at some point looking at the way the sets are lifting.

I've never had a problem with Saturn knives personally - they seem to be the equal of OEM IMO!

100 hrs is easy with Greenmech discs. Move away from orange metal/plastic - the future's green!

Good on you Lochnager and great call Ty - please post some pics of the working party. I hope to visit the Somme one day (I'm ashamed to say i have not been yet) - Normandy was a humbling experience last year. The work you are doing is of great importance - this history needs to be kept in the public eye ad infinitum.

My 3 year old niece was walking along a busy train carriage ahead of my sister, looking for a seat. Upon seeing a man wearing an eye patch she turned to my sister and shouted 'There's a pirate on this train mummy!'. Nobody laughed.

Exactly! Have you run it with an 8 pin sprocket? That with a 15" bar is the recipe for super snedding!

Standard 560xp is miles better on 15-18" bar than 362 - 362 is better on bigger bars IMO (seems to have more torque).

If you're getting doors make sure you've got a heater - I don't know about the Kubotas but the doored Gators mist up for fun!

Defo Greenmech - either the new 160 or if the budget will stretch get a quadchip.

I know nothing about cranes but I was on a demolition site once and a 1000 tonne (I think) crane turned up along with a trailer full of weights that got loaded onto the counterweight. There is no way that machine could have weighed more than 200 tonnes all up. I don't understand how it works and may well be very wrong though...

Someone told me that Timberwolf fans blow air out of the engine bay through the rad - I'm not sure if that's true as I've never checked but if so then it's a nice bit of intelligent design. Shame they can't sort their bearings out though! OMT - take the radiator out altogether if it is totally blocked - poking stuff through it with bad access will damage the fins and possible puncture the core. Get hold of an air line (as big a compressor as possible as this is a very air hungry operation) and blast as much crud out as you can, working systematically from one side to the next. Start by blowing it back out the way it came in, and then back the other way. Repeat the process in 12 months time...

Not exactly related to the original post but I love this video - [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mr_pCrhTkk]Alvis Stalwart - YouTube[/ame] It is possible I saw it on here first though, but I can't remember which thread it was in. That unusuallocomotion website is one of the best ways of wasting hours of your life I have ever seen - it is brilliant! I had steered clear of it for ages but you've got me re-addicted... As for the Kiwi hedge cutter - absolutely perfect in every possible way!

I've had the same levels of service from Greenmech - they are a fantastic British manufacturing company with an unbelievably knowledgeable and helpful team. As they manufacture their machines temselves, they hold a massive parts inventory so there is never a delay in shipping on the rare occasion things go bang! Mac and Jason both appear able to diagnose any issue down the phone and have managed to explain how to get the machine up and running again to a mechanically inept buffoon (me) without even seeing it. Top marks Greenmech!

The site in mind definitely won't support a standard quad - taking one on might end up being a stupid idea full stop TBH! You couldn't walk across the land, you'd sink very quickly.

I agree - they do look amazing though! I would imagine they are super expensive too. I don't think they will be suitable for my application. JWheelz look very promising, as stocked by Fieldens. Has anyone used these? The info suggests they can provide enough flotation to make some quads totally buoyant (I'm only looking at putting them on a 4x4 trx 300 which is nice and light to start). The other bonus is that they don't affect steering etc on flat ground. I think you'd have to be a bit careful giving it some beans on anything other than super flat ground though, as I'm sure they would instantly change handling characteristics if they come into contact with the floor! I love the look of those mud plugging tyres, but the idea on this site is to try and avoid digging big holes in the first place preferably.

Building tracks isn't really an option as it is a massive site and we need to get all over it. I'm considering an Argocat, but was wandering if I could adapt a quad as I already have one. As for tracks to fit on the quad, I'm not sure how that would work without massive modification (I assume it would have to be skid steer for a start, which would necessitate a rear diff for one thing). I'd like to see one though, it sounds ace! I'm not too concerned about twitchy steering as it would only be a low speed application - however it is important that the quad would still be steerable (I'm not sure if dual wheels would make the steering ridiculously heavy)? Cheers for the input so far - keep it coming!

As per the title - has anyone fitted duals to a quad? There are kits available abroad but I can't see anything available in the UK. I've possibly got a very wet marshy site to deal with and am contemplating this approach but would like to hear any feedback from anyone with experience of this set up.