armchairarborist

lamp post it back to previous cut height, bosh and let it grow back uniform all round.. like a big pompom

yeah that would be an ace setup, you could have loads of room around the chipper for storage lockers too, it'd want some serious antivibe as it would shake the truck to bits pretty fast i imagine. you could even airbag the rear of the truck to get the loading height spot on everytime. and you could carry loads of chip in the right trailer and get through loads of work before you get overloaded.

4 tanks in the Merc v8 in the last 8 days!!!

still having trouble with the handbrake kev?

you will also need deep pockets to pay for the fuel.

looks like a yanmar tracked dumper.. sweeet

engine to body earth strap? try a jump lead from engine to body (or battery -), rules out another option

Thanks Folks, bought a glaze buster from evilbay and borrowed a compressor and will get the engine chemically cleaned local. (dishwasher for heads as it did the carb okay!)

 

Why is it best to run it with an additive instead of converting it?

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?

Mine has been doing this for about 2 years still going strong though

haha its not broke till it won't drive no more:thumbup:

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.

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.

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:

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

hmm popular tree that haha

edit, i heard about it, not seen it.

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.

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:

take the lens cover off

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

i saw some tips for sale on ebay years ago

Its abrgain 'cos its alndy and people cna and do pay crazy money for them. Anything else and it'd be half that price. These 200 engines can't be that great if they need rebuilding at only around 200k surely ? I've run sprinters with 100k more than that and they still pulled hard on the original engine.

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:

crack willows aren't to be trusted, big branches crack off as soon as you touch them, or am i getting a bit porky?

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:

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

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.

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

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..