gensetsteve
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I found sycamore the worst for stinging the eyes. Then you rub them and push the pollen in as well.
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I am not mocking you. I will never fully understand what is going on around the world because everything I hear is second hand and unfortunately will be biased. Not sure who you are arguing with or calling a numpty was there some posts removed ?
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I worked for a very low ranking expendable part of the British Army I think they called us contractors. will see more chopsticks and less mc Donalds soon then.
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I auction every thing. I get twice as much for each generator without putting my name or warranty on it. I have put junk in with £600 reserve and it sold for £3000 . Auction no come backs, buyer beware, auctions are full of old tight wealthy bargain hunters on very good pensions with too much time on there hands.
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It was me Avon Tyres were famous a few years ago for going out of shape cooper are owned by Avon. I have not heard so much about the problem recently so they may of sorted it. I think Michelin probably still have the best quality although dont always get it right. BFG are owned by Michelin. I put a pair of heavy tyres (BFG AT) on my d22 years ago and it ruined the handling. Something to look at is the weight of these high load tough tyres. Most of these pickups are fairly light and not much heavier than a Mondeo the wheel and tyre is un sprung weight. The Bridgestones that came with the vehicle were the best for on road use. If you dont need off road grip and heavy side walls go for something milder.
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Pirelli Scorpion one year old half worn, out of shape. Skipped I think quality of tyres is on the way down.
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I think most of the dodge trucks we made had large tool store and tipper on the back all went to the SEB. 22 mpg is good been running a 60 plate D4 since christmas and that has averaged 21 mpg
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I can remember working on these trucks when new in the mid 80's. I was a 16 year old apprentice and let loose with a petrol disc cutter to shorten the rear chassis by 4ft. I must have re wired over 100 sets of rear lights. I think they were the dodge 50 with 2 wheel drive but we had a few 4x4 ones over the years. Unfortunately Locomotors went bust in the 90's. There is still a good pool of knowledge around Andover as JJ conversions and Andover trailers sucked up alot of the engineers. I liked the torqey engine and positive gearbox on the dodge and spent hours driving them around our large yard but never actually drove one on the road that I can remember. The pics on here look superb and I am sure they make great Arb trucks. I completely agree I would rather push the boundrys legally than than be over weight. I hope I have not derailed your thread too much. Hope to see some of these trucks.
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Verdo are a mile up the road from me and people buy a tipper full of rejects cheap. I dont bother it just about burns with out heat. I like the hotmax better but best is beech.
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HELP WANTED: Building log store/barn and need some poles in Sussex
gensetsteve replied to Skyhigh_Arb's topic in General chat
I look forward to your progress I am about to start building one but only 9ft high. Would be interested in what fixings you are using and joint methods. -
When we had a processor it was easier to remove chain than climb round with a file. I used to grind hard to case harden the tips to last longer as we would always use a grinder. Electric grinders are almost a must for processors as the bar is held firm and cant cut bananas like a chain saw so teeth need to be even.
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Thats excellent for a small machine I thought the biggest avant was 1000kg close in ?
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I was out in the amazon lunch time had a 10 plate cabstar behind I was not canning it but making progress and he was right behind me for about 4 miles.
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Business Banking: NatWest vs Barclays ???
gensetsteve replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in Business Management
reviews, meetings are an opportunity to sell you some ppi or similar. Once you have a crap endowment or pension round your neck you look at banks in a whole different light. -
Off-road capabilities of two wheel drive vehicles
gensetsteve replied to j.symonds's topic in Arb-Trucks
I noticed our hilux getting worse in 2 wheel drive spinning a wheel even when not towing. I worked out the shoes were dragging. There is a lever on the back plate in the hilux which seizes and ratchets the shoes on but does not allow them to release eventually the shoes just wear out. Worth stripping and maintaining especially if you are not going 4x4 now. -
I know the manager of a Tesco extra who worked his way up from the bottom in not much time. 100k a year plus bonus could be worth you making a side ways move in retail. Could be better than beating your knucles off in the rain for £10 an hour.
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Standbys get changed due to liquidation. Suddenly undersize for load, application so critical cant trust a 15 year old set. A canopied modernish 100kva should weigh under 2000kg so could put on plant trailer behind 4x4. That 200kva rolls in the auction pic will probably weigh 4-5 tonnes. I collected a 70kva open Dorman once and it was too heavy to tow. Hire sets are a lucky dip and you never know how many hours they have done the clocks often pack up after a few thousand hours so could be on its 5 th clock.
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I normally work 250 hrs is 6000 miles if that makes sense. You dont see many standby sets with 2000 hrs on the clock they normally run 30 mins a year may be a couple of hrs in bad weather. After 15 years they still look like new save a bit of corrosion on the canopy. Once a set has run 2000 hrs its difficult to work out what its really done. Hr clocks are £10
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bulk bags per 25t forestry truck load
gensetsteve replied to geraintnigeria's topic in Firewood forum
Pine is one of the heaviest wood their is when its green. Depends on size of bag but I would say 40 1 metre cube bags more than that is a bonus. -
Imo the old Dormans were awful and rolls not much better. The parts are now getting difficult and expensive. A 40 year old 125kva c6 rolls will scoff £15 an hour in diesel. A mid nineties perkins phaser £6 We find 40yr old standby sets are a night mare we give £500 and allow £1000 for hiab and transport. Send them to auction they make £1500 - £3000 If you service an old set and put it to work within a year the avr, windings, crg alt, water pump, piston liners and radiator will have failed. You want a 10-15 year old silent set with 200 hrs on the clock. Up to 15,000 hrs is ok if its been looked after. We often see sets with a new main Alternator after 7000 hrs. we used to get 40,000 hrs out of some of our 3152 and 6354 but skip a few oil changes and leave it running on light load and they were stuffed at 15,000 hrs
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This is the sort of machine we will end up with looks like a 526. They do a machine about half the size which still picks up 2.7 tonnes. 80% of the time the avant size machine would be perfect for us but the other 20% we need to pick up 2000kg + so I either compromise and get a bigger machine or buy two machines. I like the jcb 527- 50
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I had cider with my dinner so it all makes perfect sense to me. Enjoying the rest of the day looking forward to the heatwave
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Good quality gear in there jon ours is always full off waitrose shoppers from next door. Kids cereals crisps etc all good. 1/2 tonne of mature cheddar £4 good steaks ( get the 21 day matured ) and they do tools for getting your keys out the drain
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No there is 4 people on here that can translate the above says we got some apples from gutter outside aldi and jims now giving me a piggy back up Snowdon
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A 30 hp direct on line would need a 97 kva to start it. Your motors are soft start but you also need to start the 10 hp and may want a dust extractor in the future so you are probably back up to 100 kva. I would look for a mid 90's silent perkins powered fg wilson. The old 70's stuff scoffs the diesel. the 90,s stuff good on fuel without getting too electronic.
