armchairarborist

my dream arb vehicle would be a landy 110 or similar with a chipper mounted on the back of it firing chip into a box type tipping trailer, the chipper itself could be surrounded by tool storage boxes, chapter 8 boxes, fuel store maybe even a small welfare unit if it is a 130. feed chip into it from either rear corner of the vehicle then the chute going to trailer would be a sealed flexipipe to stop dropping bits over the road. obvious issues include infeed hopper height which would need to be quite low and the chipper would have to go everywhere the landy went, i.e. to do quotes/ general runaround jobs, on the plus side you get a useful truck that shouldnt ever be overloaded if its built right and assume a 1t trailer you can get 2.5t of woodchip/logs. shoot me down if its wrong guys..

couldn't work it out at first.. its the print off the bottle jack, thats a long hinge:thumbup1:

i just had a quick look for the logbook and cant find it.. will it be stated on the plate under the bonnet? i need to nip under there tomorrow anyway..

i'll dig the logbook out tomorrow and have a looksee.. hopefully its the latter:thumbup1:

funny that, i used the old push iron today for the first time in 3years, had to nip down to the yard, landy wasnt back from having its clutch fitted and the woman was out in her disco, the downhill bit was brilliant.. but me bum still hurts from the 2minute uphill bit that made my legs turn to jelly, might have to take it out a bit more regular now the tyres are inflated, i see them dudes who spend hundreds on bikes and lycra and helmets shades etc and laugh because im having just as much fun as them but for much cheaper.. and everybody can see their nob haha

dropped this birch against direction of lean, took some fair beating with a freshly cut oak wedge and the axehead, it was in the quarrybottom so was quite tall.

would it not be stronger using a piece off folded plate ,like the origanal chasis, as appossed to 2,bits of plate stuck together

yes probably, im not claiming to be an expert welder/fabricator but its got to be better than the rust.. hopefully converting to a tipper when i get the bits so i can strengthen it when the backbody is out of the way:thumbup1:

update on my truck, just got it back from garage today with a shiny new clutch and slave cylinder for only £258.00, i dont know how he can do it that cheap.. not a rip off as i saw him do most of it:thumbup1: only problem is now the wipers are stuck switched on, pulled the fuse till i get a few mins to trace the fault..

haha, having computer issues this week, havn't worked out how to get pics from backup memory thingy onto new computer:blushing:, new machine doesnt seem to have a card reader either:blushing:.. or is it just an excuse to keep my lovely hinges from prying eyes for a bit longer..?

all my bad ones i cut a thin disk and hide quickly..

any distance, £1 per mile one way if its not in my town..

how ya supposed to fit anything in the back with that big numb cage? not to mention increased chance of a rollover due to higher centre of gravity, nice motor but remove cage, heighten tow hitch, add swamp tyres and mud..

watched half of it at midnight then fell asleep, good job it got skyplussed.. that guy with teeth missing going all extras working hard then was wrecked by mid morning then chased down the hillside by angry bees was well funny.

sounds like they really wanted it.. was it a nice one? have you got any pics you can put up?

its a goat..

ooh an excuse to buy the landy rag:thumbup:

dont forget your weights, 1litre of water=1kg, and it doesn't sit still on corners like woodchip

new fangled ideas eh? whats wrong with a good old wheelbarrow? stick a board in it and you have yourself a headrest:thumbup1:. this ones done me proud, someone even stole it from a jobsite once but i spotted the handles sticking over a wall and reclaimed it:thumbup:

if i had my own mewp i'd have a chair in it so i could have a sit down and enjoy the view. if i dared go to the top that is..

booked the telly off our lass.. just hope i remember now:thumbup:

hold the bags in a stream and the logs will float into the sack.. or use a metal sheet bent to dimensions of the sack, like a U channel, then remove metal when done..

the guy was gobsmacked with the bench, Andy (treequip) knocked it up in a couple of mins, the rest of that lime log is going to be used as a bridge roughly where it lays. i wanted a go on the quad but mister customer man hadnt charged the battery and it was automatic so no bumpstarting..

been recommended eagle eye app for remote monitoring of my cctv. just need an ifone now..

treated ourselves to a new marlow 14mm bull rope last week from jonesie, 50m for just over 100 quid, its ready for a wash already thanks to a nice greasy sycamore and lime in the rain:thumbup: well happy with it..

couple from last week,