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I remember seeing a real fast ‘traditional style’ hydraulic splitter on the Ryetec stand at the APF last time - I know nothing more about it than that though I’m afraid!

For what they are those bearings are extremely expensive from Iveco (they are in this country anyway!). It’s cheaper to get the prop shaft entirely overhauled by a specialist (Firow are a firm local to us who manufacture propshafts) than buy the bits! Make sure you mark the flanges at both ends to ensure it bolts back on in the exact same alignment - the truck will shake like a shitting dog if not...

Can’t believe there are no Clearviews in the list - best stoves out there IMO. We’ve also got a Jotul which is also very good.

Have you climbed the stairs in your house tonight? Was it scary? Chances are that was some dead tree....

The insurance co have provided cover for 3rd parties, they are under obligation to pay out to those affected 3rd parties. The insurance company may subsequently seek damages from the insured if they see fit.

I would think that his insurance will have to pay out to the affected 3rd parties. Renewal time will be painful though...

Ground Control insisted on the lads having leaf blower tickets on the WPD contract (I believe at the client’s request). These are lads that they are employing (and who are qualified, experienced and authorised) to operate chainsaws from a rope and harness whilst tied into an anchor point of unknown strength next to live electrical power lines... You have to question the thought process of those making the rules sometimes! Unfortunately that type of brainless tick-box exercise undoubtedly dreamt up by someone sat behind a desk thinking up ways of reducing accidents can then possibly lead to other much more important health and safety messages not being taken as seriously as they should IMO.

200x400 infeed?!!! Wowsers!!

LGP Eddie (and Gray Git also I think) converted forestry winches to hydraulic drive for running off spools - might be worth considering to then mount on the front of your loader?

This is exactly my thought process too, but the enforcement officer appears to see it differently...

Thanks for the reply. What is it a change of use to do you know? If it were an agricultural crop (spuds for example) would it still be change of use?

Hi - I know it’s been kind of covered in the past but does anyone know definitively the rules regarding the storage on agricultural land of unprocessed timber generated through forestry operations? The timber is stored for further forwarding/delivery to end user, no processing takes place. The agricultural land does not adjoin the forestry land from where the timber originates, it is brought in for resale to end users. This is in England. Should there be change of use, and if so what to?! Cheers!

Was that Volvo for sale on here up in Scotland? I wish I’d bought that at the time, give me a shout if you ever move it on...

Why does it seem to happen with such relative frequency on that contract when compared to elsewhere? Time pressure? Inexperienced operatives? Too experienced/complacent operatives? Is there a drug/alcohol culture amongst the workforce? Long hours with a lot of travelling leading to tiredness? Too many hoops to jump through so corners are cut when nobody is looking? Climbers having to use different work methods/systems that they aren't necessarily familiar with leading to mistakes being made? Poor/inadequate PPE stipulations leading to lack of proper control of work tools/karabiner function/fatigue etc? Hazard reporting not being acted upon? It isn't that large a contract in reality, and yet there appears to have been continuous problems with people falling out of trees/getting injured in various ways. There seems to be something very wrong somewhere - it would be interesting to know exactly what and why.

I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the falls have been down to weak regrowth attachment points failing. Fountains constantly revisit the same trees again and again and again and then only cut the smallest amount the contract will allow off to do the work as cheaply as possible. They should be aiming to fell and subsequently replace more trees - it would be safer than sending climbers back up badly topped/sided carbuncles year after year IMO, no matter how many times the oppos are tied in.

A mate had a van nicked in March and hasn’t had a payout yet - he’s insured with Trust...

Chorley Nissan and Bristol Street Motors both came up as offering the cheapest deals when I bought mine.

I don’t think you can title a thread ‘Pikeys’, but I get the impression that’s what is meant here. Obviously there are any number of travellers out there with different backgrounds/reasons/beliefs in law and order - some good and some bad. Unfortunately there seems to be a disproportionately large group of scumbags who fall under the ‘traveller’ label who are actual living breathing theiving horrible bastards that seem to live outside the law and are protected by their ilk. The way our politically correct society works means that they are categorised as travellers in exactly the same way that hippies, itinerants, those that chose to lead that life and everyone else with no fixed abode is - it is seemingly impossible to refer to these theiving travelling criminal gangs in any way which doesn’t pose offence! The problem seems to be compounded by the rest of the travelling fraternity doing nothing to distance themselves from the bad’uns (I would imagine there are many ‘good’ travellers turning a blind eye to what they know is going on right under their noses). Maybe a better thread title would be ‘Naughty Travellers’ - it would then allow us non-travelling folk to discuss such matters without causing offence possibly?

Very sad, he seemed a decent chap. I feel really sorry for his poor family, what horrible news.

I’d imagine they wear in the v - can you swap the blades to double their use before sharpening (ie are all 4 blades the same)?

Don't know tbh - I guess they aren't really built primarily for road work and they want as little to get ripped off in the woods as possible!

I don’t know anything about the Forst machines tbh - is that the hydraulic tank it’s welded to? From the pic I guessed it was the bottom of the rotor housing (hence my confusion).

How/where is the oil leaking from - surely not out of the crack as it just looks like a support bracket?

I’ve got an 11 tonne KTS with an extendable rear bunk (when shortened it finishes immediately behind rear axle). There hasn’t ever been a situation where I’ve thought it is too big (occasionally wish it was bigger, but wouldn’t want the pay-off in usability tbh), and I use it almost exclusively for arb jobs (drives, lawns, side of houses, basically anywhere we can get it!). Steering drawbar is essential - once you’ve had one you won’t believe how you could ever manage without. As already said, get the widest tyres you can. I’ve only got 2 wheel braking and it’s fine on 99% of what we do, but I have had a couple of scary moments coming downhill loaded in the woods with everything locked up and no sign of slowing down/stopping!... (back on the power and keep it going where pointed - far from ideal and very scary!). I’m not sure if the second axle’s brakes would stop that occurence, but it can’t hurt (I will get 4 wheel braking next time). If using for arb I would suggest getting extra bunks/bolsters (as we don’t tend to deal in uniform pieces, and a short bay would be very useful!), with lift out pins (it’s amazing what you can drag on with a crane!). Get the biggest crane you can afford (reach and lift), and if you aren’t in the production forwarding game don’t worry about speed - it will be fast enough through your spools. My crane can be mounted on the 3pl (and at purchase that was a box ticked) - in reality I doubt it will ever be taken off the trailer though, as it would be a really cumbersome lump and I’m not sure where the spool block would go in that application. Driven axle(s) are the only real upgrade I’d go for on mine - I came very close to swapping for a different make with drive but it had fixed pins and that wouldn’t work for me so the KTS is still here grafting (and is well worth considering IME).

It’s all about the geometry - I’ll bet it’s fine once it gets started? Not really much you can do in terms of raising pump pressure on those 12v power packs AFAIK - all you can really do is move the base or top of the ram’s position to give it better leverage to get things moving (but you will subsequently lose tip angle).