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  1. gensetsteve
    I got it now I am getting g e muddled with the BJ must be my age . I was concerned about the rubber suspension but they did look beefier than the indispension ones we used to kill years ago.
  2. gensetsteve
    The Bj is 3500kg but carries 2700kg. I am the Op I sometimes keep an eye on whats available as sometimes I need to buy a trailer quickly and dont have time to look. I have a 16ft ifor but need mesh sides and weighing up whether to change the lot in one go. The BJ dealer offfered £1800 for mine IW offered £1000. I find Iw never offer more than £1000 for anything
  3. gensetsteve
    Part of the floor is metal with holes in for the hooks I think any muck would just fall through. The dealer did say the ifor would stand overloading and abuse better. But the BJ would be fine with 2700kg on sir. May be worth having a look at their latest offering on line and in the dealers. I have had good service from my 8 year old ifor but the new one is exactly the same and the finish is no where near as good. I have seen new IW trailers where the chassis is so bent after galvanising one wheel is off the ground.
  4. gensetsteve
    I hate it when people move me cones its like an invasion of my personal space The school run is always chaos and to loose 4 spaces probably made things worse. Have you ever had someone cross the road and step over the trailer draw bar just as you pull away. Luckily he was a porter at the hospital we were working at right potty mouth as well
  5. gensetsteve
    Have they used the same axles for years or have they changed them recently. The axles I saw yesterday looked strong. The construction and finish looked much better than the ifor. They have a steel channel running either side to strap down to. The last new ifor flatbed I bought new I paid for tie downs and asked them to bolt through chassis where possible ( even one side would be good. They bolted them to the wood floor the first time we used them pulled the floor up.
  6. gensetsteve
    I decided 18 months ago I would be better off concentrating on generators. I was right. If lots of people stop doing logs and we have a hard winter next year it will be like 2010 all over again.
  7. gensetsteve
    You could try a different make of jockey wheel with smaller throw on the handle ? . I saw some BJ's tonight look better made and finished than the stuff IW are turning out and prices exactly the same. Nice looking kindling
  8. gensetsteve
    Interested in your thoughts. Got a few Ifors find them now expensive and very dated. Getting a bit sick of the crap galvanising one wheel off the deck and pointing the wrong way type assembly.
  9. gensetsteve
    The other problem is if a large machine gets stolen when new and the insurance gets paid out do you want it back 5 times over the next ten years. If you do get it back what happens to the pay out and the man that bought it forth hand after ten years ?
  10. gensetsteve
    Honda with a cat pump
  11. gensetsteve
    I have been using the chainsaw to cut about 2 ft of flare of the end. It was another reason for getting a lucas mill but I have a feeling it will then give problems on the kindlet.
  12. gensetsteve
    You never know if another problem is the same as yours. But alot of my problems were tweaking the woodmizer to cope with the wood or the naff blade. I got a decent blade then set the blade up so it was level with the bed. I now find every cut is spot on if it starts to climb or fall its down to 3 things. 1. I have taken too much off one side of the truck and need to turn it over. 2. I am milling right near the bottom of the tree. I dont know the tech speak but where the tree start to turn into roots. 3. the blade is knackered. If the blade ever jumps off the machine its toast and needs to be sent away and reset.
  13. gensetsteve
    Crappy looking stuff though cant imagine people taking stuff like that in this country. Get complaints if every other log does not have a piece of holly and a robin stuck to it over here.
  14. gensetsteve
    I had problems with mine for about a week on and off. In the end I spent two days pulling my hair out. Got the manual out and set the blade guides to the book. tried 4 different new blades and changed the belts on the pulleys. Because mine is 3 phase and pushed by a new 60 kva generator there is no engine to blame so in some ways easier to set up. Does your blade wander up and down in the timber and does it smoke. The blades can blunt very quick and need to be sharpened and set just right. As big J pointed out to me the blades are very small but if set up right can do some good boards.
  15. gensetsteve
    Cummins better made more reliable. The electronic perkins engines very good on fuel
  16. gensetsteve
    I have been pondering on a peterson or Lucas mill for a while. I get a few large butts of poplar. My woodmizer is about 20" max and alot of what I get is 36" and larger. I dont need accuracy as it will go through the kindlet. Why is your woodmizer slow clive is it an engine problem ?
  17. gensetsteve
    There is a pile of demolition timber the size of a football pitch at Raymond Brown at Barton Stacey about 30 miles from Slough. They try sending theres to Holland so the rate must be poor at slough.
  18. gensetsteve
    Or the manufacturers could pay the going rate then there would not be a problem.
  19. gensetsteve
    I produce a metre of fine dry softwood sawdust a day when making kindling. I used to give it to someone making briquettes he has packed it in. if anyone wants it nr Andover hants for free I have about 5 metres at the moment.
  20. gensetsteve
    I didnt notice her feet maybe she dropped the bar on it. She not got any PPE on oh no that was another thread
  21. gensetsteve
    My brothers girlfriend tried it and got a new car. I tried it on the wife she got a new car and I got a piece of junk so it does not always work
  22. gensetsteve
    If the rest fails to work tears may be good
  23. gensetsteve
    Dont loose any more sleep over it. Whether they pay for it or not its a few lumps of metal at the end of the day and no one was hurt. Things like this happen in business its a shame it happened early on in your business. Hope you get a good outcome
  24. gensetsteve
    I tend to keep 2.0% stuff around so if I really fancy a couple of cans during the week it does not feel so bad. Asda do 4 cans for a quid not great but drinkable. Most lagers now are nearly 5% continental strength which due to lack of fluid is probably 4 times the strength of the cheap stuff.
  25. gensetsteve
    Your comment about my clap trap remark has left my self esteem at an all time low, I am off to empty the fridge ( starting with the beer ) will give the self harming thing a miss though

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