treequip

Well we might tell ourselves that we are looking after trees but as an industry we look after people's needs and desires rather than what's best for the trees

Well said that man :congrats::congrats:

It's a scissor type which does away with the need for a multi stage ram, at the expense of sitting the entire tipper bed higher. Go with a multi stage ram to get the height reasonable

But it's already gone beyond a sum that the OP would be happy to pay from thier own pocket Increased premiums is are unfortunate but let's not forget that the liability exists and while the other party hasn't followed insurance company "rules" in getting multiple quotes, it's what the beak decides that counts. Litigation is risky and can be costly. You venture it at your risk

You would be wrong in thinking that

Have you spoken to the insurerers? Clearly the situation is soured and is going to be problematic so why not just bat it off to the insurers and save yourself the stress. That is after all, what you pay the insurerers for and its what they are good at.

Why isn't your dads insurance dealing with this?

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Well that points at a biological agent,,,,,or something sinister from the Monsanto line up, anyone shaded out, new conservatory nearby perhaps, probably just my suspicious mind

Bob, there are a lot of "youth" who wouldn't know where it begin with plant that uses a "Lucas" key, haven't you got anything with a Kubota in it :laugh1::laugh1: Time was, evryone has a Lucas key about them:001_rolleyes:

In the absence of ground disturbance or waterloging (broken drains and suchlike), my initial suspect would be phytopthora but that's just a guess based on scant info, either way it's not a good outlook It's probably a goner but don't worry, a wood turner will soon be along to say "can I have the wood"

It's unusual for sure. The most common speed control is done with manual control over a flow divider. In order to fix it you will need to sort out whats supposed to be happening. Follow the switch wire to whatever its controlling. Chances are its a solenoid opperated valve. (It kind of has to be). Check the valve has a (hopefully switched) live and a decent earth. Once you have the live check the solenoid coil. It should make a soft click when you opperate the switch or you can use a test lamp/meter. Check the wiring for bad connections and breaks. Chances are that will sort the job but it could be an arter market mod, in which case, all bets are off:laugh1:

How many spare chains are you going to carry and how much time is lost when you run out of spare chains

In the words of the great Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm".......

Don't, you will burst the bubble for all those HND wannabe types:001_rolleyes:

It's not simple, you need a power tool or it won't work, it's also not how the file is supposed to work a file is a linear rather than rotary tool, there are however plenty of cheap battery grinders on the market that work just fine He claims it saves money and assuming you can still find the broken off bit, if you are lucky, the method may just save a percentage point on a quids worth of file. You might get your investment returned in a decade or so

He is wrong, plain and simple. Sharpening is the default option for nearly all professionals. I have known a few that have struggled with it but even those who are pants at it have a go or let someone who can do it The special chain is probably carbide which is all well and good but field sharpening needs power tools.

It's not uncommon. It occurs often on old GRP van bodies

And then CBA collecting when it's offered for free

If I am following this, you have replaced a busted valve with a repaired valve and now it wont work???? Buy a new valve, it will be better than the alternative which is wasting time messing with a busted valve. Welding valves back together is a new one on me.

They are going to bury him down down, deeper and down

Of course it wouldn't, FTR a biner isn't a modification its simply a biner. I don't think you have grasped how this LOLER thing works, a LOLER inspection is to establish the condition of the item. How you use it is up to you. The all components will have a conformity in their own right but as stated, the harness is certified as a unit and is inspected as a single item. In an inspection, most exercise discretion where they can, if an item presented were heading for a fail, say it had an unauthorised mod, the mod can be removed for the inspection. As an example biners are often presented with sticky gates but a quick clean and lube brings them back to a pass. As far as non original parts issue goes, most inspectors know what an assembly looks like, and if they don't, a couple of minutes on google will give the answer so if a part has been changed or substituted, its usually obvious. If an inspector were so minded, they could pass a modified item but it would be at their and possibly their insurers risk. Insurance providers are naturally risk adverse and a policy is likely to have caveats designed to minimise the insurers exposure. The cost of individual items in tree work tends to be relatively low and the mandatory retirement interval for many items is low enough that its often easier to replace them.

No need, if its supplied with (or as a replacement part for) the harness its covered under the harness CE so its not a modification Again, no need, a biner or similar would have its own CE

You are missing the point, you said they don't need to be to be "rated" and the simple fact is they do need to be rated, the attachment points on the harness need to be "rated" to their load same as anything that suspends a load at height.

The point is you said But under LOLER they do need to be rated and the harness needs to be free from modifications.