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armchairarborist

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  1. looks like a yanmar tracked dumper.. sweeet
  2. engine to body earth strap? try a jump lead from engine to body (or battery -), rules out another option
  3. i'd only use the millers VSP (valve seat protection?) stuff, made all my old motors go pretty quick, and without changing the valve seats. it puts the lead (and more) in ya pencil:thumbup: if you contact millersoils.com they can advise you if it'll work and show you the data on how fast valve seats wear (on your head type) without protection on unleaded, did i mention their stuff is an octane booster too?
  4. haha its not broke till it won't drive no more:thumbup:
  5. my money is on a bent arm/rod caused by sliding down an iced road into a kerb, then to keep the wheels straight it's been adjusted all on one side as gollum says, the tracking is easily set with a spanner and molegrips but check for bent bits.
  6. get your front wheel alignment checked, you can do it yourself with a tape measure, check for bent steering components that may have been hidden by adjusting the alignment, park next to another ranger and compare bits to see if anything is out of place.
  7. i was working close to there when it was really windy the other week, if its still standing it must be ok, there was a beech in the same ditch(i imagine) behind the new appartments that i'd be more worried about:thumbup:
  8. my woman gets 40p from plod shop, her mum gets 19p, i get nowt except a smile when i set a car alarm off when towing uphill
  9. hmm popular tree that haha edit, i heard about it, not seen it.
  10. i wouldn't convert the heads to unleaded mate, just slap in a bottle of millers VSP, it's got a higher octane rating too. heads clean up sweet in the dishwasher..shh.
  11. a truck i had years ago had been fibreglassed in the rear tub, brilliant idea, all smooth,flat and hardwearing, even gravel just swept out a breeze. bit slippy in the wet though:thumbup:
  12. have a look at pg250 2011 stihl catalogue, there's one leaning against the doorpost, wouldn't be hard to get a couple made up by a metalworker type
  13. i saw some tips for sale on ebay years ago
  14. by rebuilding it is expected to pop a few bits in, shells etc, at approx 250k and it will happily do another 250k before needing them again. i have only ever heard of one 200tdi throwing a con rod and thats sat in my dads workshop as a showpiece because its so rare an occurance:thumbup:
  15. crack willows aren't to be trusted, big branches crack off as soon as you touch them, or am i getting a bit porky?
  16. dump them on the kitchen floor, then collect them off the radiator the next day, dunno how it happens but i find its best to remove money from the pockets first:thumbup:
  17. tracked dumper? low ground pressure due to tracks, my small dumpy will carry 750kg or drag a fair bit more depending how much weight is on it, you could even lay down fibre mats if the ground is fragile
  18. a client of mine has one, it really needs to be dry sawdust as too much moisture would prevent the cellulose from compressing into pellets as easily, not a problem for this guy as he works with very dry wood in his joinery shop.
  19. cheers guys, i was (without looking for my current card) looking for the cs number for the rigging course i did a couple of years back, am i right in thinking thats whats labelled as cs41-section felling? i'm sure it was just called rigging
  20. anyone point me in the direction of the whole list of cs numbers and what they all mean please? google doesn't understand what i'm asking..
  21. same here haha hard work when ya outa breath though:thumbup:
  22. nothing wrong with burning wet wood, though i suspect thats what caused my chimney fire last week, lovely 8ft flames roaring out of the pot, nicely contrasting against the night sky, i think it'll not need a sweep this year now:thumbup:

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