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I have a Woodwarm double sided stove. It’s awesome! Heats the whole house. Not sure they make them anymore though. 

1 hour ago, doobin said:

Biggest downside looks to be the high infeed over the handlebars. 

It does look high, I agree!

Does anyone on here currently run a Perruzzo tracked chipper? I see Ryetec are selling them now. I realise they’re not essentially a cs100 but I really like the mobility of a tracked base unit. Was thinking of using one in a 8x5 caged ifor tipper. Any feedback on pros and cons appreciated and if anyone has a second hand one they want to sell!

2 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

 

 

It’s not the same Kris that’s on here is it? 🤣

 

 

Hope not!🤣🤣🤣

13 hours ago, steve@black said:

I'd be interested to see what a pole roundhouse looks like . 

Have a look at Kris Harbour on YouTube. He’s annoying as hell but his roundhouse is cool!

Tbh I think anything that is nice and straight for the roof beams would be good. Do you know of any lodgepole pine I could buy? I’m thinking perhaps I need to just ring some timber merchants…

2 minutes ago, Stere said:

Alder isn't  durable rots very fast but apparently durable if kept wet etc so its an odd one  I don't really understand its properties -  but i don't think it wouls be suitable unless your round house is a crannog on a lake / bog and needspiles 🙂

 

 

 

 

Ah, fair enough. I knew it t was durable in water. Larch, chestnut, cedar or oak I guess!

Hi all, I’m planning on building a pole roundhouse with a self supporting reciprocating roof and I need to source suitable poles of larch/alder/chestnut that will be weather durable. Probably ranging from 4” to about 10” diameter and 4-5 m length. I can collect with a 12ft trailer and happy to buy standing if necessary. The closer to the Mendips the better! Thanks 

On 12/10/2021 at 14:09, Steve Bullman said:

Just teasing of course.

 

 

Perfect, thanks Steve! For me having that little tab on my Home Screen makes all the difference. 

What phone do you have?

You know you can just make the unread posts page into an icon like an app right?

Have you bought the flail yet?

They simply weren’t piped up like that as many Minis were simply single acting at the time and unusual to be two way facility.
 
Not a huge job to put a tap in and back to tank on the return if required.
 
 
Eddie.

I’m being dense but I can find any tap or handle

I’m being dense but I can find any tap or handle

There’s a tap/handle on the outside front of the machine next to the king post, think on the right of the king post as you look at it from the cab. Just needs turning from double to single- couldn’t be easier

There’s a tap/handle on the outside front of the machine next to the king post, think on the right of the king post as you look at it from the cab. Just needs turning from double to single- couldn’t be easier

Takeuchi TB016. Can anyone tell me how to convert the auxiliary circuit from double acting to single acting? It’s currently double and the foot pedal operates a hydraulic thumb. I want to be able to mount a small flail. Is it as simple as unscrewing the bolt under the foot operated tilt pedal so that only one side of the pedal can be depressed or is there something else? Many thanks.

I have a 31 year old 110 tipper. 90% of the time I love the old girl and the other 10% I spend dreaming of a nice reliable hilux. On balance though, if you can tolerate or even embrace the foibles, they make an awesome arb truck.

Thanks everyone for the advice. I’ve bought and fitted a thumb from RSL. Really pleased with it. The instructions say the pressure on the aux circuit should be reduced to 200 bar to avoid damaging the thumb. Does anyone know how to do this on a TB 016?

Depends how high your trailer is and how heavy your timbers are really! If you need maximum height and minimum weight of attachment a thumb would be best, but if you have plenty of height/weight to spare a grab would be more efficient.
I had a thumb on my kubota kx36-3 and that was not as good a machine as a tb016, I lifted and shifted hundreds of tons of timber with it, including some far far too heavy lumps! 
I started out using my ripper tooth as my bucket for lifting but I switched to these RSL bolt on teeth on a 9 inch bucket and that was much much better.
The other good things about a thumb are the fact that you can always have it with you, and they are so cheap that if you decide to upgrade to a grab you have only spent a couple of hundred quid on something that will come in useful for other jobs anyway! 
 

I have a tb016 and for its size it's very powerful. I have had it lifting large lengths of poplar, with a thumb. As woody Paul says a grab will mean you lift less but it'd be so much more useful. Is yours piped for a grab? 

Advice wanted please. I have a TB016 and I’m wondering if it would be up to the job of loading Ash cordwood into a tractor trailer and then onto a processor? The cordwood is probably 8-12” diameter. Firstly do you think the machine would lift that weight and secondly if so, should I go for a bucket and thumb arrangement or bite the bullet and get a grab with rotator? TIA

I was in the same position as you recently and bought my first processor for mainly arb waste. Admittedly I have a tractor so mine is pto but I can thoroughly recommend the Farmi WP36. A very well thought out machine and for 90% of my arb waste it is great. I’d say with one person operating it, it isn’t light years faster than chainsaw and splitter but it’s so easy not having to handle the wood as much.