richy_B
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Good point, would be easy to get 'in the zone' and forget to refill the chain oil.
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I agree, they are not the kind of thing you want to be lugging a few miles through the woods but compact enough to leave in the back of the pickup. Will get you out of a pickle. I used mine daily for a few seasons when working on a river project where you had no chance of getting a tractor/mechanical winch near. Pulled out trolleys, broken willow limbs, motorbikes and so on. Took it apart a few times to give it a proper clean but generally pretty hard to break and require little maintenance. Just clean the cable off and gave it a blast with wd40 when putting away.
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The great thing is they will last you decades. Mine is secondhand and have had it 10 years and still looks/performs perfectly.
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Lots of good advice on here already but I'll put my tuppence worth in. Definitely get some spare shear pins, I've broken loads on my t532(although I do use a longer bar). I get all my strops from Damar. They are good quality and price. I'd recommend getting 5 ton 'endless' slings. Get a few sizes atleast, 2 metres, 3 metres, 4 metres and 5 metres is good (half the size obviously because if the loop). Gives you the option of anchoring around some big trees (and not having too much slack/loose strop if you are on small trees). http://slingsandstraps.co.uk/roundslings-5ton I don't use snatch blocks or shackles with hand winches. There is always a risk of the cable snapping (I've seen a few but never anything dramatic). You can dampen down the risk by putting some carpet/similar over the cable. It takes a bit of the energy out of it should it snap. Hope that helps
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Put the boot in....
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I have a 175amp Anderson plug on the rear of my L200, it's a really useful addition. I switched my ifor tipper so it's runs off the car instead of its own battery, I also run a flatbed trailer mounted winch from it. Could easily make up some jump cables to connect to it, 12v grinder, fuel transfer pump if you were carrying a tank of red to site. Well worth doing in my opinion.
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It's luck of the draw. I am aware of people running red in everything for decades (personal cars, vans) and just never get a pull. I've never used red inappropriately as I don't like 'getting away with it' but in fairness I've never had a vehicle checked and have been in the industry over 10 years.
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I haven't got it to hand but I was quoted about £6,800 odd, EX VAT but obviously reclaimable.
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Is there anything out there that covers equipment still? Some grants for new woodland creation and improvement but I think they exclude equipment. There was a Woodfuels production one by FSC last year that could fund towards equipment but I think it ceased and wasn't likely to return. To the original post, perhaps it is worth investing in the right kit from the start. I think it's around £6.5k from riko from a 3t trailer with crane (I'd got a for a 3t trailer and 60% fill it). That sounds like a lot of money but it's not necessarily what you buy it for but what you sell it for.... I'd imagine you could get 3 years use out of it and easily sell it on for £3-5k. So it's costing you under a grand a year. You could make that back in increased productivity in a couple of weeks.
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It's a good choice. They are perfectly suited to an alpine.
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There is a lot to be said for some wiggle room. I've found on some plant trailers you just haven't got the room to achieve good weight distribution. Something like an lm125 with ramps could work. If it's behind a 4x4 the 1.75m width is a bonus as it's the same or smaller than the vehicle. Comparitevly cheap as well.
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Raging!!!! Ryanair, what a rip off! Never, never again!
richy_B replied to PeteB's topic in The Lounge
What has always got me is I, as a 105kg man pay the same as a 55kg girl but then they argue with you about your bag being a few kg over.. -
Mine is road registered and I do some short trips of 2-3km from my base occasionally. They are painfully slow and I feel a bit vulnerable when I do it though.
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They look awesome. I just Googled it and watch a promo video on youtube. I'm going to get one as I often buy a couple of months worth of red at a time.
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As the time I bet it was just panic. The minutes after are often worse as the reality of what nearly happened sets in. I had a very near miss on a boat and after I began to go into shock pretty much. Still feel a bit anxious when I think about it nearly 8 years later.
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Daft carry on. All that weight and bad angle/twist on the grab - obviously going to cock up. Lucky the grab didn't get flung further. 15 minutes extra and they could have stropped it and taken it down in three/four pieces. Cutting corners....
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+1, If you can't find a demo/guide video of it on youtube it probably doesn't exist!
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You almost don't want to get it dirty!
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Good size logs.
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I use flowfit quite a bit. They have loads of good stuff that might help you - http://www.flowfitonline.com/clutches-and-gearboxes/agricultural-pto-pump-assemblies
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This is very useful to know. I operate pretty much exclusively in London amd have kept away from lorries because of the LEZ issues.
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If you are darting your own goods for sale - firewood for example - are you tacho exempt?
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I had an enquiry about chipping some brash piles left from previous works - 'I've got a serious issue with piles and people keep tripping over them' was the exact phrase used....
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A telehandler would be my best option but I don't think my budget will stretch far enough for something decent. A neighbouring contractor at our site has a JCB teletruk, which seems to be an awesome little machine but finding one in budget is an issue.
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If you want to be more employable skip the B+E and get a C1, or better a C1+e or the full fat C+e. The world and his wife has cs38,39. Being able to drive a 7.5t and >750kg chipper will set you apart.
