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  1. Dan Curtis
    I do get the point but what do you do in those situations when you have a chipper that can't be pushed by hand? I've never burnt out a clutch yet nor needed to reverse 'for ages' to get the right angle. Do it slowly and use a banksman who knows what they're doing and you can get it in first try
  2. Dan Curtis
    Obviously there will be exceptions but as a general rule, if the truck will fit backwards, so will the chipper! I do know of one beast of a man who can move a 2t chipper on rough ground alone but I doubt there are many like him. He can also back a high sided 7.5t with a TW150 when he needs to
  3. Dan Curtis
    I'd sooner learn to reverse with one on than spend every arrival on site taking the chipper off, pushing into place, backing the truck up and putting the chipper on again. It doesn't take long to get the hang of it.
  4. Dan Curtis
    What's the obsession with being able to move a chipper by hand? I know there are jobs where you might not be taking chip away but for the most part, the truck and chipper will be together. Can people not reverse with a chipper on?
  5. Dan Curtis
    We still have an old stamp of my grandfather's, the phone number is; Loddon 2
  6. Dan Curtis
    Brings back memories from my series. Whilst standing in a pizza shop waiting for my order, I glanced out the window to see my exhaust lying against the kerb
  7. Dan Curtis
    Mine did that when milling. Try cracking the fuel cap and trying to start again. If it starts it might be the tank breathers, mine has two and one was blocked causing a vacuum after a little bit of running
  8. Dan Curtis
    I realise that, it was more a stream of consciousness. Maybe you could get into a group with other contractors doing the same thing, stockpile your bales then wham them all through a biomass chipper. Though this is obviously flawed. Round here there's anglia wood fuels who run a big crane fed chipper on a lorry. Someone like that might be interested in LOTS of brash to chip, species dependant...... still just thinking out loud
  9. Dan Curtis
    River bank protection, sea defence, hurdles, fencing, horse jumps, decoy duck tunnels/forcers, wetland creation (like a beaver dam), pre made dead hedging, game lifters, wind breaks, winter fodder, eco friendly deer fencing for coppice/plantations/certain crops, habitat piles for bugs, hedgehogs etc, bonfires for events, weather resisting covers for straw stacks......
  10. Dan Curtis
    Have you considered getting the trailer and fitting a winch to your truck? You could stick to the rides and winch the more inaccessible timber to yourself for loading. In really wet conditions with as little as an extra hank of rope, a few big slings and shackles you could even set up a skyline to bring timber out of lumpy, boggy areas with the truck out on drier ground. You'd need a decent winch but it would be cheaper than going the tractor route.
  11. Dan Curtis
    No worse than turning up with a mog! From memory they might have been a bit smaller than standard bin lorries. I'll see if I can dig it out.
  12. Dan Curtis
    I think the Japanese use brash compactor lorries. I saw it in an old essential arb. Looks a great idea and much quieter than a chipper. They seemed very similar to bin wagons
  13. Dan Curtis
    3 months today. I can't see any work being done for a while yet but it was good to be up. Mostly I got in the way and took a few photos. I found doing everything slowly is a good way to eat up time, it might sound stupid but it worked for me! First few weeks I was too drugged to concentrate on books or TV, was kind of just in a daze. I walked a lot, though it took time to build it up, the motion hurt after a while. Keep us posted on how you get on with yours
  14. Dan Curtis
    Good luck when you have it. I'm going on site tomorrow and may try to get myself up a tree. I won't be doing any work, just want to see how it feels.
  15. Dan Curtis

    Hiab Trailer

    Dan Curtis replied to Joel77's topic in Arb-Trucks

    And it was horrific to tow!
  16. Dan Curtis
    I wonder if he's aware of Ash dieback, could be dangerous posting leaves about
  17. Dan Curtis
    How many used zigzags will make it to ten years? Surely the friction plates will wear out before then?! Rendering the warranty a very clever but almost meaningless bit of PR.... Sent from my GT-I9505 using Arbtalk mobile app
  18. Dan Curtis
    If you're typing coherently after two weeks, you're doing well. I was to fried on painkillers to even think at that stage:lol: Best of luck with your recovery
  19. Dan Curtis
    Was there any difference between how long you were told you'd need off and how much you actually had (or needed) off? I've had physio this morning and I'm now ok to start bulking up, welded myself a dumbell with a couple of solid wheels and some water pipe. Should do the trick.
  20. Dan Curtis
    Was that actually the same answers as you'd got? I tried and got very close using some different worldwide species. Don't worry about the book, pop it in the Xmas raffle:001_smile:
  21. Dan Curtis
    Any good?
  22. Dan Curtis
    Ouch, hope your recovery goes well.
  23. Dan Curtis
    If they're anything like my local hospital with date making, you'll get a call a fortnight before Yeah, the surgeon seemed keen for me to see a particular physio, not just the one at the local gp. Movement is coming back now, but I do feel a bit of a wally with a withered arm, all the muscle disappeared fairly quickly whilst in the sling. One thing I learned from mine, when you wake up in the morning, you're not tangled in the covers, it's the sling, so don't try to wrestle your way out before waking up fully:cursing:
  24. Dan Curtis
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  25. Dan Curtis
    Thanks, you too. I slipped on a tree whilst having my arm caught on the rope. I wasn't told at the time but the surgeon was pretty sure I dislocated it which is what caused the damage. Took nearly 3 years from accident to surgery for me, they couldn't get a diagnosis right until I went to see the head shoulder man at the hospital. From then it was a few months wait for surgery. I'm now back in physio having had the surgery in May. Long term I might be climbing again in September.... Fingers crossed. Sent from my GT-I9505 using Arbtalk mobile app

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