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Big Bolt

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  1. this is what i use in tight woodland , but 100m a day by hand is aboute right
  2. i have always used a good adjustable , normaly a good timber merchant or diy shop have contacts with saw blade sorters ,as they do a weekly pick up of blunt ones sharpen and deliver the next week
  3. wait until apf and ask for a test drive ( WISH )
  4. first things first mpg or is it gpm !!!!
  5. josharb87 have you got a contact there buddy ? i was thinking are they a snowmobile track
  6. Hi im after a pair of tracks for a iron horse , been qouted £ 682 each + carriage so looks like £1400 for a pair:thumbdown: , anyone got a pair sitting in the barn ?
  7. for small winches the cable is a throw away item , ramsey do a kit that layers the rope on spool in , but not under tension , when spooling in try and get a pully block set up to align the rope straight onto the winch , to stop corner build up , you could use plasma rope it will take a bit more stress .if rope is crushed spool of at end of day and re layer , dont leave it on crushed . get a capstain winch and plasma rope .
  8. What did the home owner say , he must of known if he purchased the property , but i presume the tree hugger sold it to a property developer , with the clause in it , then sold again to house owner with no clause in it , so fell it and let the property developer pay as he did not declear the convenant on the tree , somthing like that was there any paper work for said tree .
  9. wait until the junkies are under then drop it , be a shame to waist it
  10. have you given nick channer on here a buss he is from your way
  11. Cant see any trouble with that i run a basic renault 75/14 exelent tractor just understand its limits , yours would be ideal around them tight little lanes:thumbup1:
  12. it could range from 35 to 65 as said a lot of variabls
  13. this stand was purchased from entec a few years ago £ 125 and it mounts around a 6 inch grinder 5 mins to sharpen a set of blades it payed fot it self in a couple of months , it gives a concave finish .
  14. Hi Buddy nice holder , your on my radar for a copy of the manual , when the nice person down the road give,s them back , there is a a60 on ebay at the mo
  15. are you sure it was edf and not some snotter trying to get you details
  16. yep mine at school had a ink well in the top right hand corner with a china ink pot in it used to fill it up every week from a jug , the good old days
  17. just drive with due care and attention dont do anything wrong and if stopped plead that you driving to the law as you know it and if they can explain it to you then you will abied by it .
  18. trouble with some tailgate's that are bottom hinge is the ground contact before you reach full tip then move forward to loose load and it scraps along ground / or if you are tipping onto a pile you cant get close as it wont drop down .
  19. yes you can / have a look at the boxer uk web site .
  20. elg you are correct about the dumping my old man was in the navy and after the war he went out into the channel and dumped ammo, spare engines , rations , for weeks , could not be sold as it was lend /lease
  21. Thanks for the replies keep them coming acsses is the proplem being a footpath cycle way . and for those who dont know what a boxer is, i am having a demo day on monday to see the best option
  22. the P30 is good on the Holder It has a 180 k weight , would love somthing bigger but the jobs i go for are in the wet areas and anything heavy would be gone .+ i can take it to work on the trailer. The posts on the wet part are 3m they go in ok for the first 2ft then it is compacted sand and shingle , box strainers are all we do around here even on the dry parts / smaller timbers though . this fence was for Highland cattle
  23. Hi all I have been asked to sort out 10 km of path it should be 5m wide but in places it is down to 2m , the trouble is grass / rubbish is converging in from the sides and it needs scraping back. The path is made of compacted ballest i was going to use my boxer with a sharpend blade to scrape across the top , dont fancy doing it by hand , anyone use /know of other equipment to do this any ideas would be welcome

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