gensetsteve
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Everything posted by gensetsteve
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Surprising what a good oil change does especially if it feels a bit gritty on the fingers. With fuel costing the same per litre as lube oil its worth changing at half intervals.
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Easy enough job but don't think you will feel that much difference. When people complain of sluggish pick up landrover did a software fix on the throttle. May also be worth getting the airflow metre checked out. A good service with air filter and fuel filter would be worth a try
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e All worth doing but keep your cat they are checking for them on the mot
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Ifor Williams/Other Trailer with Hi-Ab built on.
gensetsteve replied to WillTimberlake's topic in General chat
how does that pick up 500kg at 6 metres or do you mean 6ft -
A poor device fitted at manufacture to improve the emmissions. Very soon in service it starts to coke up and cause more emmissions. It puts hot dirty exhaust fumes back into the engine just after the air filter. Decreases the life of the engine dramatically and soots the oil up within a few hundred miles of a change.
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I have only seen the posch machine work for a few minutes but from what I saw if it jams you have to keep going till it clears. We have never found a good market for scruffy randomly packed bags so we would waste alot of product. I like the fuel wood machine its built like a brick privvy and you can see whats going on. You get a big knot you stop the machine lift cover and chuck one little piece away. I would hire a machine in for a week and see if you can spare the time away from your main activity. Its twice as much work as bagged logs and there is not twice the money in it.
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I normally work on about 80- 100 bags depends if you reject the scruffy bits with knots. bags 50x40 weigh about 4kg
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I bought a new Nissan Navara in 2002 instead of a Hilux because it only had about 100hp compared with nav at 130hp and was 3k cheaper. Big mistake the Hilux performs better than the figures suggest If I bought a hilux we would probably still have it. The Navarra was distroyed in 2 years could not wait to see it gone. Have a 1998 hilux tipper now and its indestructable.
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As long as the wood is not too far away
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I have owned both and would say about the same when towing. The hilux is alot lighter so when solo has bags more power than the defenders.
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try Dave riding I think he is more up your area or chris Gagen I think he does pallets I know Log Barron does.
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With all those qualifications I think there is no room for the rest of us. You should get out and do the work yourself
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Ifor Williams/Other Trailer with Hi-Ab built on.
gensetsteve replied to WillTimberlake's topic in General chat
You could reduce the nose weight by mounting the power pack behind the rear wheel. I thought about doing this years ago but which ever way you work it on a decent trailer you are left with 1000kg payload. We cut it small and get 2500kg on a TT105 tipper. -
I think you can get a universal rot kit on ebay for about £15 screw brkts to any barbecue used to be in homebase as well.
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The description of affordable housing conjures up images of working people getting a foot on the property ladder. But in reality its greedy councils and private companies screwing a good living and stealing land. The only people that can afford the rent on these houses is the long term unemployed who dont pay the rent we do. Rant over, sorry if I derailed it, Its government policy to whack houses up where ever they can so council could even be on your side but powerless.
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When you say diesel mike do you mean tractor. I was possibly looking at a processor with 13hp petrol engine which uses about £10 in a working day. I had thought about fitting a 11-20 hp diesel engine.
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I have a big old gas powered chinese bbq with rotisserie makes fantastic pork roast and chicken is out of this world. There is always a new one on ebay has reasonable reviews and makes about £300. Worth getting the rear infrared burner cos it seals the taste into the meat. You wont get a whole pig on but enough big joints to feed 30-40 people I would have thought. You may even use it for the next ten years.
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You did very well was that including cutting it to 6" or was that done prior how many people worked on it during the week.
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If you get good at it and work hard it should only take 41 weeks to turn that into 50,000 bags.
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Just about everything I have bought on ebay has a problem or hidden damage. Thats why they sell it on there with a crap picture. They are economical with the truth and you need to ask the right questions then you look like a difficult customer. Even when sold inc vat trying to get an invoice like pulling an elephant through the eye of a needle. Wide berth give it.
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How do you make that pay ? in this part of the word its below cost price and I have not added labour to it yet.
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The reason we packed in was people round our way selling at £60 a cu metre loose unless you can get £100 a cube not worth doing imo. The dunno whats in me truck but its going to be cheaper than im down the road brigade have killed it.
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This makes more sense as you could have less weight on a more capable trailer with better safety margin which could improve road safety.
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Probably wont help as they dont like putting things down on paper and a verbal conversation is next to useless. When you ring them they are guarded as to what they say and half the time do not understand all the bull themselves.
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Sounds like one of my mad bargains sometimes it works a treat sometimes you wish you had paid the labour to fit new. Unfortunately alot of new boilers are too electronic and poorly made so fitting used may pay off.
