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swinny

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  • Birthday 02/06/1989

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  1. Roadside sycamore winch fell from this week. One farmer making things hard work so had to change plans and fell tree into a different field! Haven't used this grab in years! Maybe 8 or so and got it out to sell on. Used it on this job and thought it was mega handy! Saves messing about with forks and timber sliding about. Might just keep it now 😆
  2. Snapped out big goat willow from a few weeks back. Used timber trailer to lift it off wall and off the stump
  3. He might have wordee it poorly Dave or not the correct info. Have you actually seen what he sent in?
  4. Big manky Poplar picked up off site this week. Straight onto pile to go out for biomass!!!
  5. Using the kubota yesterday to drag and wrestle these Poplar sticks to road side for the timber trailer. Didn't bother with grab as knew it wouldn't open wide enough. Push them up at one end with bucket and get chain under then drag / wiggle them down the hill. Happy days
  6. Nah... come on. Man may need it for 18 month -2 years or so Hire money is pissing it away. Money in an asset is still there
  7. I've just bought a digger sight unseen 😆 but was cheap and got a bit of a spanking 😆 If it was me I'd be proper anal from now on on checking things. Pins and bushes play. King pin play. Slew ring play. Any leaks..... tracks, chains, sprockets all costly... tip up either side and check idlers.... Make sure all hydraulic functions work seamlessly and smooth.can it pick itself off the floor... Tracks well, 2 speed works if got it. Check antifreeze, engine oil etc. Radiators for condition and if clean... something rarely cleaned and shows! Run it with rad cap off and make sure coolant not circling all the time as in no stat in place. Id even ask if you could check the final drive oil levels to make sure it has bloody oil in! At 2k a pop or so on an old machine that can take shine off things. Take a bloody good torch... look into the diesel tank and into the hyd tank for milky oil. I know your probs looking at an older machine so will get some of the above problems but everything within reason is fixable! I was looking at machines recently and even when spending 8-14k you were getting 18 year old machines plus with big hours ... all with play in things and most with issues. Good luck 👍 😮 One thing can be said though.... if you bought a right machine and spent more money and looked after it you'd probably recoup the brass better.... Buy and old beater... stuff breaks and you pile a fortune into it and maybe recover the brass if lucky? Hard decision to make Ohhh and keep main brands if possible for parts avaliablity!!!!!
  8. LA is your idle bud. HL your high and low fueling
  9. Cheers Thank you 😊
  10. They alloy bashlins? If so please can you let me know...... from the very bottom of the bit you put your foot in, what is the distance up to the tip of the spike? I take it on short gaffs? Want to see how far up the spike is. I tried ally gecko years ago and didn't like for that reason. My steel bashlins the spike is very close to the level of the bottom of your foot on short gaffs. Love them
  11. Bought this old girl recently just because I fancied it 😀
  12. A friend of mine using my digger to shift the boulders put of the border and rip the stumps out on a commercial job that had to be done on a weekend 😮 😞
  13. What a sod! Have used the tractor a little recently so had put some in.... only put a good bit in on Friday and done over the weekend. Bastards Need to get sorted on this so does anyone know if these wild life cameras are OK on clarity wise of picture or am I pissing into the wind?
  14. That's nasty diesel bug....
  15. Looks like water

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