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LGP Eddie

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  1. I absolutely agree with you, that is a total recipe for disaster there! I've just shown it to my wife who was head of security for the largest theme park in the country for some 5 years, and she's nearly fell off the chair! They obviously put on some massive displays and the firing zone security is always their responsibility? Leave it to your site owners to provide you with a totally secure firing zone, and only press that button when you have the all clear from them and yourselves all is safe to proceed. If they can't provide the safe window for the display to proceed, it's down to them and you should have a good enough contract to ensure all your costs are covered in this instance. Simply running around chasing kids in a zone full of huge display fireworks, and letting them off even with the chance of someone getting in could cost you more than the losses of cancelling? In regard to the actual question of force? It's a total no, unless someone is in actual danger? If you have to stop 20 men working for one idiot, that's how it has to be? Air horn is the obvious one to help prevent them or shock them into moving. But if they're in a clearly marked risk zone, and they should have passed some physical barrier to clearly mark this. Then it's a simple case of ask them to move or you will call the Police immediately as they are preventing essential works. The only circumstance to touch them is if something was actually going to harm them and you physically push them from the danger to prevent injury. In all honesty it should never come to this? Eddie.
  2. That's the one's. The guy doing the scrap project was very switched on as to the odd bit that may be worth salvaging? They very carefully cut the glass nose off them, before I dispatched them. Of everything I've ever broken up Plane wise, these were simply a piece of tissue paper!!! It was anticipated to take a whole day at RAF Scampton to make them ready for the baler that would arrive the following day. It was a lovely summer evening and the guys cut the nose off them to get a good start for morning, I'd got the machine there so said I'd play with the first whilst they cut the nose off the other. I'd completely torn it apart before they'd got the nose off the other in under 20 minutes! Needless to say we had a steady day next day! If your Dad got one anywhere near 60,000ft in one of them tin cans, he deserves a medal I can tell you! Eddie.
  3. That mission was incredible! I had the honour if you can call it that, of breaking up a complete Victor Tanker at RAF Lyneham with a 20 tonne excavator fitted with a grapple. They were huge things, and it was scary the amount of fuel left in tanks, lines etc! The same week I dispatched 5 fully serviceable Phantoms and 2 Canberra bombers, all ripped apart and baled up for scrap. It was pretty heartbreaking at times, and a lot of the ground crew were visibly upset as they towed the Phantoms to their fate. As for the Vulcan, I watched it at the Goodwood festival of speed, I was truly moved by seeing such an awesome machine in action. I hope they keep it flying forever. Eddie.
  4. I think it was probably a scene we couldn't possibly begin to imagine? He obviously continued to utilise his skills after the war and continued into the civilian plant game. He eventually went to college and jumped the fence to surveying, but ended up managing a fleet of large construction plant. There is an image of a Dozer at work in Belsen if you simply google 'Belsen' and look under images. I didn't think it appropriate to post up, but it gives a horrid insight and would be nice to think it turned out to be one of these guys at the controls? I was on Foot and Mouth and those images will remain with me, let alone so many bodies you need a Dozer to move them! Eddie.
  5. What a brilliant thread, I could read these all day! My late Father was an anti aircraft gunner on HMS London, and I'd like to get the new Arctic Star medal that was released as he served on the Atlantic Convoys, but sadly my Mum won't really speak about it. My late brother passed his medals to his son, and I'm still furious about it. I'm my fathers surviving son and they mean an awful lot to me. I also had an Uncle who was always a bit of a hero to me, absolutely huge guy who gained your respect the second he set foot in the room. He was heavily into large construction plant (big Dozers etc) which obviously fascinated me. Sadly he passed away all too soon, but I'd like to find out more of him after being told by my Mum he was a shadow of the lad who went to war. He drove a Dozer in the war and ended up burying bodies at Belsen with one, which obviously had a massive effect on him.
  6. The 1.5 km thing I think you're getting slightly mixed up with is the 'limited use vehicles' category? Eddie.
  7. I spent 3 months commuting daily with a TD5 110 hi cap and Indespension plant trailer loaded with a CAT 302.5 in tow? No real issues, I'd expect you were pretty experienced at towing so should handle it easily and it would pull it better than a 2.4 naturally aspirated Hi Lux could drag a 1.5 tonner? The trailer shown would get you down to legal easily with your Takeuchi, allowing plenty of scope for some bit's and bobs in the hi cap to spread the load better. My point regarding the tractor was aimed at commercial use of a tractor to tow an excavator to projects that may not be classed as agricultural or forestry and all the other questions that could be raised regarding fuel, licence etc etc?? It's a minefield out there and long overdue for some straightforward clarification. Eddie.
  8. In what circumstances would this be legal do you think? Eddie.
  9. Not knowing your exact machine/attachments weights at this point, but this may be possibly the only real alternative trailer option out there at present? Excavator Plant Trailer, Digger Trailer,3.5t Gross (Trailer 500kgs ONLY) | eBay They've been advertised a while and made fairly locally to me? The claim is a 500kg trailer capable of carrying the full 3000kg of machine legally? The 500kg of attachments should fairly easily become ballast in the towing vehicle (you're going to need it) keeping things legal? The days of towing easily are eroding fast I'm certain? You'll need a tacho fitting and once the vehicle has a tacho you'll need to be keeping records of all the journeys and work you're undertaking. Obviously exemptions apply, but don't get caught a yard out of the radius from base, or they'll have you big time. Mot's for trailers is just around the corner I'd assume too? What about a driver CPC is your setup is towing 3500kg commercially? I really don't have the answers myself, it's such a mess it's untrue, with everyone telling a different story with regard to towing these days? I was last led to believe if even if the trailer is empty they can now have you on what the trailer is actually plated to carry plus the gross weight on the plate on the towing vehicle if it exceeds 3500kg? In my own instance hitching a trailer of even 1000kg gross on the plate empty, onto a Defender 90 at 2550kg gross would have me into all the tacho regulations? I've looked at the lightest decent Ifor available at 275kg, then having it plated down to 925kg? this would keep me totally under all regulations, and allow 650kg which is enough for an odd bucket, attachment or Fuel Cube if necessary. Plenty are towing so illegally it's untrue, but the noose is getting tighter and the Insurance companies will wriggle straight out of paying should it all go wrong and found to be an illegal setup? The Jobs on it's arse! Eddie
  10. I thought that was the case? Your machine has the ability to be much better setup than that with all the auxiliaries you have? You really need to look into getting that 'Hammer' circuit to be two way, giving you two double acting auxiliary circuits at the same time. Trust me in all honesty the difference will be night and day? In my own instance, I can be tilting/rotating and closing the grab all at the same time, you really don't want to be changing over functions if necessary and you really are so close to the optimum setup with all the extra circuits you currently have. Did CAT not provide you with a solution for the grab setup? It's a great advert for what a well setup machine can bring to a job? Eddie.
  11. Talk me through how you're controlling that grab now Stephen please? Eddie.
  12. A rake is a really good idea Stephen, the one I've now got that simply fits onto the Selector Grab is awesome! It's so fast to keep raking up at any angle you like and then drop it off in seconds to load the dumper, then straight back on again. A lot better than a round of timber in the grab, and leaves a lovely finish. I had a great trip today to see possibly the best standard 8 tonne machine in the country? A really awesome bit of kit, and the two piece boom gives brilliant geometry. Eddie.
  13. Stephen, I've never seen so many pipes down a machine in this class, a few pounds worth there I can tell you. I really need to see the manual with regard to the two buttons on the levers as they could be a couple of things? From what I can see you obviously have a single way 'Hammer Circuit' (the two closest to the cab) which will be larger bore and should operate from one button only or possibly the pedal? The next pair of smaller hoses will be the auxiliary circuit which is proportional and worked off the rocker type switch. This will also probably have some way of setting the flow to suit attachments better from the dash. The final pair with the taps, very unusually look to be T's into the bucket circuit? This is something you would normally see on high spec european machines, and basically if I'm correct you should simply turn the taps which will lock the bucket ram and activate the circuit? If this is indeed the case, then the machine is perfectly setup for what would be a free swinging grab setup, where your auxiliary circuit would provide rotation via the rocker switch, and you would open/close the grab very intuitively with what would have been the bucket control. In your instance with a fully mounted grab, you need to find out if the other button or possibly another tap turns your Hammer circuit into Two Way operation? I can't quite grasp how it would, but assuming you've an offset pedal it could be possible you end up with Two Way via the pedal? If this is actually the case then the job is sorted from the off? You can have the rotate on the pedal and open/close on the proportional rocker switch, which would be the best setup. Looks a fair bit of kit Stephen, I'll have to get a look at one. Eddie.
  14. Looking good there Stephen, the first scratch is the hardest! Regarding your pipes and grab, basically you have a normal 'Hammer' circuit which will be full flow and free return to tank operated by the single button and the other should be a very nice double acting proportional circuit that is operated by the rocker type switch for two way control. Unfortunately you require a second double acting circuit, because your grab is fixed type not free swinging where you would simply tap into the bucket ram pipework to provide the second double acting circuit. I've had a quick look and there is actually a second double acting circuit option which is pretty trick on this size of machine which would be the perfect setup from CAT. Failing that you have several other options including turning your hammer circuit into two way or even changing over the offset boom to provide the two way you require. I'd look at the first option from CAT as it would be absolutely fantastic with the two double acting circuits on the sticks from the start. The second circuit will most likely not be proportional, just two buttons and generally you would use this which will have less control for the rotate. It'll be good to see how it goes, and she'll be capable of a fair bit of work in a shift especially with the grab. Eddie.
  15. Yes that's the beast. I've hopefully got the deal done on it's replacement now so it'll have to go at some point after xmas. Eddie.
  16. Still got her, it's a really tidy Patu. There's a video here of us having a play. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY-MzBecdUQ]VIDEO0054.mp4 - YouTube[/ame] Eddie.
  17. I must say I was anticipating an answer of Roofmount Valtra but I like your thinking with that setup? We got on ok with mine once we'd got setup, but it just doesn't quite workout with an Excavator loading it and tractor running it for us. Your dumper idea should be better and a single operator much more efficient. We found it took some fair size gear no issues and it's actual pulling power was awesome. With regard to twisty stuff, you wouldn't believe the difference from the beginning of our project to the end in terms of what we could get through and it was all down to the operator gaining experience. Eddie.
  18. What are you planning to run the Stroker on? Eddie.
  19. I knew you'd like it, and I've sent it to Greg to dream about too! You'd never believe it Stephen, but the slopes I've been raking mulch off of late are so steep your old girl won't go up them in parts!! It's still a beast and can shift a serious amount of material on a shortish haul though. I can't see Greg trading up to that Prinoth just yet! Eddie.
  20. Looking forward to seeing how it goes Stephen, you'll not sleep tonight, but if you do dream of this!!! [Other] Prinoth Panther - Forwarders, Year of manufacture: 2013 - Mascus UK Eddie.
  21. Time for a tracker unit in a length? Plenty of non subscription units about and can be tracked on a phone easy as. Just to see their face when you cut it open! The odds in favour of it ever being found in a timber stack would be needle in a haystack? A mate has a fully operational Chainsaw in his truck fitted with tracker and you'd never know? He's been cleaned out a couple of times along with most of his local friends. If that tracker one goes missing, he'll not be short of a few friends to go and collect! Eddie.
  22. I've seen plenty of gas bottle versions including the one at a friends workshop that virtually collapsed on itself. However last time I was in there I had to do a double take at it's replacement! Talk about heavy duty, those are truck rims and the lid was 15mm plate! It's performance is unreal, get it hot and it just sits there and radiates so much heat it's fantastic. I think it'll be there for a while, even with it's lucky handle! Eddie.
  23. You need to speak to Gregor McArthur at McArthur Forest Services. I had all Sunday morning with him and he's truly a guy who knows his Mulching stuff and passionate about it! His attention to detail is fantastic and probably guilty of not advertising enough just what a range of conversions he gets involved in. I had the exact same conversation regarding the powerpack route and if you're pockets are deep enough, a very surprising solution is possible from him. Eddie.
  24. I visited Cragside earlier this year for the first time and it's stunning! Those pictures here are a fantastic view not many will ever get! Top Job! I thought this was brilliant in the grounds. Eddie.

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