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Big manky Poplar picked up off site this week. Straight onto pile to go out for biomass!!!

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

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

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!!!!!

LA is your idle bud. HL your high and low fueling

Cheers Thank you 😊

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

Bought this old girl recently just because I fancied it 😀

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 😮 😞

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?

That's nasty diesel bug....

Looks like water

Yeah just make small and manageable. Other week on a lawn, ringing up no no due to sawdust. Up coming job in a woodland at side of a path ok as can blow it all into under growth. I suppose 16" rings better than nowt. Just to break down to get the bugger away that's all. Get it dragged or lifted to tractor without it rolling off down a hill 😆 I had even wondered about using grapple instead of rotating grab as it opens wider I think, weighs a lot less but also has longer fingers / tines to go down and around timber to grab...? I had wondered about breaking timber down at yard and chipping with a heizo but not gone further with that yet.

He is the usual culprit. Been doing this for years he has, all he has mostly ever done.

So as a follow up. Turns out my machine is dual acting only. I bought the jb equipment flail and plumbed it in correctly as the motor only should go one way. No case drain needed. My kubota runs the flail fine. To make sure I don't press the pedal the other way I have a piece of 3 1/2" x 1 1/2" I shove under the pedal at that side lol 😆 😂 I also bought the shear for the digger and it was a mass8ve help on a job not long ago.... horrible blackthorn over a building. Just snip and up and away happy days 😊

These screw splitters for diggers... 2.6t etc What are they like at breaking down 36" diameter timber at say 6' long? Does it help to bore into the wood with a ground saw etc bore in 15" a few bores down the length then crack on with splitter? I've had a few and have some more to come removals where there's not loads of room for timber trailer etc, some restricted access. Rather than cutting it into 2' chunks and man handling with the digger I wondered about cracking it down and switching back to the grab to remove from site..... I'm talking gnarly crap too .... big fat sycamore with unions etc... Poplar? Is it really chewy and harder work? Conifer etc I suppose it handles different timber differently. Cheers 🍻

No, if I'm not using it for a week or two etc or going away like I did the other week I just drained a good bit of juice out of it.o ly took like 3-4 mins to get 110 ltr out other week. As its more sporadic use of tractor no point it being sat there. Huge tanks even when 1/4 full can loose you a load of diesel if they come looking. I was hoping they'd come back a few times when it was nearly empty then decide it wasn't worth coming again if then needed X amount to fill their orders if you get me

That what you can only just see is the middle bearing of the flywheel on a 1928 ... the casing has come apart and you can see the bearings now 😞 Mad a rumble at the end of Fridays Job so now needs new flywheel bearings 😞 least I caught it quick though hopefully

I bought this beast few weeks back hell of a thing! 20250617_194920.mp4

Looks like he might be back doing a bit of porridge soon. Should give a bit of rest bite on the diesel front.

https://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/25237931.itinerant-man-stole-diesel-stay-road/

Ya git 😞

I try 😆

Yup lift pumps are for buttons.... I replaced one on my teleporter not long ago just incase it was leaking into the sump as level had been rising... even cheaper than yours I think

That must only be for pee wee outfits. There is and always has been a value albeit small in the timber and chip. Letting that go to waste or giving it away is not good business and never will be