gensetsteve
-
Posts
6,701 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Classifieds
Tip Site Directory
Blogs
Articles
News
Arborist Reviews
Arbtalk Knot Guide
Gallery
Store
Freelancers directory
Everything posted by gensetsteve
-
The crew cab transit tipper is vosas vehicle of choice. They stop everyone almost guaranteed to be overweight and the chassis crack just behind the cab.
-
I have used the wrap but after a few months it breaks up in the sun and blows round the yard.
-
Whose the most famous person you have worked for?
gensetsteve replied to Barry_Skyland's topic in The Lounge
ok did the big house in Windsor with the long drive when I was an Apprentice. Since running my business did most of the F1 team generators in the front of the trailers. Frank Williams, Mcclaren, Eddy Jordan,Tyrell. Mansions ( they no longer own ) Frank Williams, Phil Collins -
Whose the most famous person you have worked for?
gensetsteve replied to Barry_Skyland's topic in The Lounge
Not tree work but generators. If I name them I will look a right big head -
You can buy a car for about £6000 and there is alot more work in building a car than a crude trailer.
-
Beat me by a minute
-
Do a search online in your area for a company that makes curtain sides for trucks and sheets for the top. They have to pay to skip the old ones. Also I buy the fabric new and its not expensive considering the quality 10x4 £50-£80
-
The way h&s is going you wont be able to get the ladders without using scaffolding.
-
LM166 with sides and mesh £3400.00 + vat nearly the same price as a small car. There is very little technology they have not changed in 25 years and no engine ?
-
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.
-
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
-
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.
-
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
-
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.
-
REF what the price of hard wood cord now thanks
gensetsteve replied to mendiplogs's topic in Firewood forum
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. -
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
-
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.
-
Theoretical, working on a suspected stolen saw??
gensetsteve replied to Rich2484's topic in Chainsaws
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 ? -
Honda with a cat pump
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
Cummins better made more reliable. The electronic perkins engines very good on fuel
-
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 ?
