Mark Bolam
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Transit cab is pretty good.
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Freaky! Found one crossing my patio 20 minutes ago! Put him on the mulch round the base of the Hawthorn at the bottom of the garden. Popped up for a snap, but Elvis has left the building. Probably off up to the woods for some willow herb!
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MEWP would be quicker than any climber (worms, can, open - interested, not!), but a 35m MEWP would take up as much room as a crane! What is the drop zone like? If you can bang it down in big chunks that could be pretty quick, but as Peter has pointed out, a crane can move the chunks quickly as well. A 110 footer would take some cutting into handball sized lumps! That's only a 90 footer Lorry has on the back of his truck in his avatar!
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Handy for Robson and Cowan, then !
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I'll tell him tomorrow Lorry! She drags brash already. Usually away from the chipper and chews it on the lawn.
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I would say slightly over 3 cube on that load. I bet most run overloaded on big conny jobs. I've seen some huge chip backs on 3.5 tonners.
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Wanted a sweep through in a bar-length, Stevie, and the spec was to have the butts as rounded as possible when they hit the deck as they were going to lie for a while whole (still are), and its hard rolling 70-footers to trim them up! I have plastic wedges, and like them, but metal are better for splitting big rings. And blunting your saw! That's a 660 there mate, with a 36". Covered in cobwebs now.
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That's the problem, Lorry. I could easily hit 4.5t with a big load, which is very tempting if the job is a fair way off but will fit in one load if you push it..... I might swap the lab for a Jack Russell and find a thinner groundie!
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That was in case VOSA are monitoring Arbtalk. Good job I remembered my false plates.....
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Woodland Ash. Can anyone recommend some decent metal wedges? Hi-lifts have their place, but I need to buy some decent metal wedges to replace my battered old early-iron-age ones.
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Total gross was 3.676t. Chaffey wins with 3.7t, only 24kg out! Without the tools, groundie and dog, I might have snuck in under 3.5t. We used to carry a lot more chip than that, or have a load of cord piled on top, and I'm sure plenty do. Empty back, minimal tools and just me the truck goes 2580kg.
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Front and rear both within limits.
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Tidy job Ross. Where was it?
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Fuel 1/3 full, chip was a bit damp, not wet. Answer at 10.
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Should clarify I vountarily took it to a friendly MOT testing station, I wouldn't stop if VOSA pulled me anyway.... You'll never take me alive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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One million pounds......
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So I weigh quarter of a tonne, you cheeky sod?!!!!! Yes, I was in the cab.....
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Stuck this on a weighbridge today to check out my powers of guestimation. Transit DC tipper, me, Steve, dog, usual assortment of saws and kit. Took the funnel out before weighing! Chip is conny and laurel. I'll reveal the weight later. Winner gets a VOSA baseball cap.
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That's what I used to do with women......
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The 'explosive' press up is a good one. Thanks to all who contributed, it's all relevant. Dave, I have used Cyclone to good effect, but it's overpriced. Currently on 2 months worth of pure creatine for £7.95 and eating healthy. I have set PB's on reps with certain weights since I started this thread during Monday Night Bench Press Club. Switching to sets of 8 is a killer, but it is working! Mick, your comments are irrelevant. Everyone on Arbtalk knows you are built like a pipecleaner, and sub Plippy in for any heavy lifting...
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Tub grinder springs to mind, but access is a bitch.
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Logs..do you sell by weight, or volume
Mark Bolam replied to DN22 Gardening's topic in Firewood forum
My all time favourite was some old dear ringing and asking what I charged for a load of logs. £130, or £70 for a half load. Without any questions about type of wood, weight, volume etc., she said - "You are just trying to make yourself money, then". And hung up! I wish I had kept her no., we could ring her now and then for advice on nipple clamps, anal sex, bestiality etc.... -
Evening all. Can anyone help with a no. for a hire place that does a tracked chipper, for a job in Hastings? Minimum 6", weeks hire at least. This is a dirty job with brushwood entwined together that has been soiled by a JCB, so I wouldn't be looking to use my own machine. There is a few ton of cord mixed in as a sweetener (which you could have if you fancy the job yourself). Not my job, I would have a huge bonfire.
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This happened about 4 years ago. First thing I did with my new TW was swap out this crap for a decent Bradley doubleblock locking hitch. I think a TW rep must have nicked a load of hitches and jockey wheels from those trailers outside Halfords one night after a dinner party, and is trying to get rid of them! Totally agree about the money. Would have cost £100 more, max, to have decent hitch and jockey wheel. TW are not the only guilty party here by any means. Plenty of manufacturers are fitting these horrid cheap pressed hitches. It's not good enough.
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I think the risk was too great. This wasn't a forestry situation where if the hinge had failed the tree would have hung or or banged a few other trees about. That would have plunged his town into darkness! Outage and cherry picker would have been the more sensible percentage solution. Not knocking the blokes skill, mind, but he wouldn't get away with it every day for a year.
