monkeybusiness
-
Posts
3,924 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
7
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Classifieds
Tip Site Directory
Blogs
Articles
News
Arborist Reviews
Arbtalk Knot Guide
Gallery
Store
Freelancers directory
Everything posted by monkeybusiness
-
We essentially lost last year with family bereavement and planning department inertia - this year it will happen though!!!
-
There is a Nugent dealer near here that is advertising big discounts on new in-stock trailers on Facebook.
-
Yeah - FR Jones basically went on an all-out mission to destroy the market for all other chainsaw and arb kit suppliers by ‘stacking high and selling cheap’. I can’t help but think suppliers are now sick of having their products devalued and are possibly holding back supply. Either that or FR Jones are struggling for money and don’t pay their suppliers. I won’t spend money with them again, too risky.
-
Sorbus are always brilliant - we don’t bother talking to anyone else.
-
Pto chippers fed via a roof mount or mounted crane suffer from the operator not being able to see the feed rollers - much more efficient feeding them with a machine in my experience. But you obviously have to drag another machine to the job.
-
Yeah, it was/is a katsu and is apparently made from the same moulds etc as the genuine Makita equivalent. It is a very nicely made tool tbh, I wouldn’t quickly tell it apart from a makita. But the first one did go on fire which was not very confidence inspiring!!!
-
I bought a makita copy 18v brushless router from Amazon. It went on fire the very first time I used it!!! However, they sent another out and I’ve tried to get it to burn up but it works perfectly. I’d never leave it unattended with a battery fitted though.
-
Are the wheels a different offset? Try fitting one of the Savero tyres to one of your existing 13’’ wheels fitted to that trailer and see if it moves the tyre away from the bolt head.
-
Is the correct answer! We’ve had all types of tyres on trailers and these Saveros are far and away the best from a hard-wearing and resilient perspective. (When fitting make sure the thicker wall is fitted to the outside - I’ve bought them built up onto rims before now and some were mounted backwards - it’ll make sense if you look at a tyre).
-
I’ve got a new 2.8l hilux and that used all of its adblue in the first 1500 miles (and it’s a right ballache to refill as it goes in under the bonnet and is only supposed to be topped up during the 10000 mile service). It’s bloody thirsty too if used for towing - I’ve binned it off now, it’s become the wife’s car. My MAN TGE is coming up to 8000 miles and I’ve not put any adblue in it yet. It’s doing exactly the same work as the hilux and is pretty thirsty but it’s a great thing. I had 4x Navaras before the hilux and the last of those (newest shape but no adblue) was the best truck I’ve ever had - kicked the arse out of the current Toyota if I’m honest.
-
Here are the bits, need to sort the wiring to the front of the tractor to test it though (which probably won’t happen this week)
-
Are new boats many many times more expensive than second hand? I assumed they held their value fairly well (but am not pretending to know anything about that market).
-
I like Kane, but when you get paid £200k plus a week and your job is simply to kick a ball into a net then you shouldn’t ever miss a goal entirely from the penalty spot. ****************wittery of the highest order!
-
I’m literally in the process of doing this - I’ve just bought the motor and got the coupling today, just need to make up the mounting bracket and some hoses and we will see what it can pull!
-
The woman is a complete twat as far as I’m concerned, I doubt it would be possible for anyone to have a conversation with her without her finding something to take offence over. It’s a total stitch-up job, very unfair that she’s been given the air time she has IMO.
-
GreenMech Evo205DT (fixed base tracked) and Tri Axle Stolen.
monkeybusiness replied to PeteB's topic in Stolen Equipment
They require power but work well even buried deep in a machine. I still don’t see why they aren’t simply an integral part of the control box. The machine could still be stolen but it would be more difficult to bypass/remove the tracker, and would be far more difficult to subsequently put back to ‘normal’ use. Telematics is common on agricultural and construction machinery nowadays - the manufacturers know where machines are and what they are doing. I can’t personally see it being a massive step up to include this tech (at a basic level) in woodchippers. -
GreenMech Evo205DT (fixed base tracked) and Tri Axle Stolen.
monkeybusiness replied to PeteB's topic in Stolen Equipment
As an owner I’d look at it as a very positive selling point if a particular manufacturer offered a factory installed tracking system. Even if the location data was only accessible to the manufacturer it would be a brilliant USP. -
David Cuddy gives good advice about machine maintenance here.
-
GreenMech Evo205DT (fixed base tracked) and Tri Axle Stolen.
monkeybusiness replied to PeteB's topic in Stolen Equipment
I’m surprised manufacturers don’t build them in to the control boxes as standard so they couldn’t be removed/bypassed etc without affecting the operation of the machine. -
If it’s to do with monkeys I’m all over it, that’s what I live for!
-
I doubt many on this thread will want to read this… A story about Bitcoin and monkeys - Chatfield CHATFIELDPRIVATECLIENT.COM A lot of monkeys lived near a village. One day a merchant came to the village to buy the monkeys. He...
-
I bought a Brian James plant trailer a few years ago after having a bit of a fallout with IW over a ‘Friday built’ trailer of theirs. It felt like an upgrade when I collected it but turned out to be a load of crap - kept cracking through the body. I leant it to a mate a year or so ago and don’t miss it!!!
-
It’s pretty normal for 3pl to drop only by gravity/weight (not forced down). You can drop it and then reverse a bit to get some bite if necessary. Depending on how your linkage control works make sure it can continue to float/drop further when the winch pulls itself into the ground (ie it isn’t locked into position). This can be an issue sometimes with electric controlled linkages if you turn the tractor off and back on for example.
-
Is that the neighbour’s house? If so I’d suggest they are having your tree forced upon them somewhat… Emotional attachment aside, that’s not really a great choice of tree for that location I’m afraid.
