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My ranger was like that this year! Garage couldnt fit it in for mot when needed and its mainly used as a saturday quoting motor so sat about a lot. so Mot lapsed by a couple of weeks... then another week or so before mot then Fail..... I tried to rebook for first thing in the morning so I could give it a good run up to temp etc but they couldnt. I dropped it in with them and they left it running whilst they finished off an mot >30mins or so and it passed no problem. Never had an issue with emmisions before. My issues was it was sat about and then not brought properly up to operating temperature when tested thats all.

Bump for the evening shift

Ahhhh splicing forum ffs doh! Anyone move this? Was supposed to be large machinery forum!

Just on with going through a chipper at the moment. The clutch area was a right mess etc... In the picture you see the bellhousing off the engine and the actual shaft that goes through clutch into a bearing at the flywheel end. This powers a pulley with 4 belts and the only way to tension is to slide engine which puts strain on this bearing straight away. So, I noticed lots of play when I removed the drive belts.... like a spoon in a bowl. Flywheel end bearing was knackered but so much so it wore the housing the bearing sat in. Clutch splines knackered and worn more on one side also! Engine 73hp ish. The current bearing on that shaft is OK but it is a double roller bearing. Tough but allows for wiggle / sortnof self alignment. Certainly enabled the stir the bowl technique here! I would have thought it would be better with a regular tough roller bearing? as nothing is supposed to move at all. Or is the original fine and the other components gave up first?

Mine will smoke for easily 5mins or more..... then clears... not good. Just gna strip some more just now and have a look

Happy days Mick, See this is what I like from viewing on here about greenmech. There seems to be a good solid support and people to turn to. That's what convinced me to buy a safetrak a few months back. Means a lot to have people there willing to help!

Hi there, yes it's just for the no stress.... I know the old clock before it went crap read 2600rpm flat out. Going to play with the settings when I've got it back together

Yes but they are in America.... guy called Kurt. I've one I've yet to fit to my bandit when I get time and sort my ppr settings out. You can program it to come in when you want then.... cheap enough too till bloody royal mail hold it ransome and want approx 70 quid off you to release it ! 🙄

Took the chipper out of service last week and only just managed to get around to looking at it. Oil pressure is 42 psi when cold and solid 35psi when warm. Compression tests today reveal 380 psi across all 4 cylinders. Starts first time and runs and sounds well. Might not be as bad as I first thought. My issue is blue smoke on a cold start up. With my above findings I'm leaning towards just valve stem oil seals. And service the injectors..... see what it looks like when I take the heads off.... hopefully bores look OK and valves are OK when I've stripped the heads Down. Fingers crossed!

Not broke but hanging on by a thread. Ffs! Hopefully be able to find a company to sort me a pressure plate out

I know flat out the machine runs 2600rpm or so the old display said..... I will start on this guesstimate route 😀

If I remove the alternator is it easier to work out? I've not a clue what I'm looking for .... anyone help? Many thanks

Just getting round to this now.... and I've taken covers off and found that my Alternator pulley is 70mm and the crank is 140mm PPR = P x R /2 “P” is the number of poles in the alternator. “R” is the pulley ratio. Determine the pulley ratio by dividing the crank pulley diameter by the alternator pulley diameter So my r value is 2.... How do I work out how many poles on this alternator? It's the last piece of the puzzle lol 😆 helllllllpppppp 😀

Where's that video showing the dipsticks that work for glendales fell a tree next to transit that falls on the transit? I've seen another where a lad chogs a big bit off it cart wheels off and takes out a brick pillar... Kinda sums the intelligence of some of the workers up there for me...... Where are your team leaders and good staff? Surely you can't just be sending out a van full of newbies to every job?

Lad on fb imports them think it's Rob Taylor, Eden Valley machines and something cladding .... in his name.... Worth a shot

The ladder thing is more for trimming really. And your right about top of a ladder and cutting etc. Some will say occupational hazard etc It was a shit grueling job but you got to the end. Each one will be different. Some will be a piece of piss walk through the top. You will find also ones that have been repeatedly topped and or trimmed, the middles start rotting and snap under your foot! Conifer hedges are shit end of! Lol 😆

Yes and sooner you cut a space clear for your self more room to move.... also clear a good path to throw shit out as nowt more frustrating than things hanging up!

Yup been there 😆

Conifer hedge reductions are a shitty job esp the big ones.... you get in the middle and go ffs why am i here.... you just have to crack on and get to the end of it. I learnt years ago the more you winge about a task the less gets done. Crack on and get it finished.

There is always folk that will not be happy with the task at hand and always think there are better ways. The owner of the company will most likely have a lot more experience than said staff and will have assessed the best way to do the job, access requirements and time to do the works. Sometimes a bollock can be dropped. You cannot inspect every inch of the hedge and take it as it is what it is.... If you have to bang a ladder in the side to get it done just do it..... a hedge like that will be quite wide so in places the ladder going into the hedge is gna help you reach the back. One other thing is to put a plank accross top of ladder also to stop it sinking in. I've surfed many a wobbly fat wide beech hedge on top with 2 ladders lol cutting off one, going to another and so on. This was just for trimming purposes though. Mewps for this are a pita.... and costly. cutting with a gypsy stick then fishing the bits out is shit on the arms and ages to fish stuff out and generally leave crap in there. scaffold? no thanks. The lads did a good job by the looks of it but sour milk comes to mind with this post working ontop of a ladder against hse and I'm on a day rate for employer only.... Sorry just how i see it. Lads did good in the time they were there! good finish and from pics 3 days looked good. Just unfortunate for them it was whispy in places

Some jobs are just what they are. WHy were you fannying around with a silky? Thats cut and chuck with a top handle saw work.

Hi everyone, Just thought I'd post on here if anyone has a bigger old stump grinder knocking about even if it needs some work that they would be willing to sell? Currently running 252 vermeer so want something with more hp and punch and speed and weight! Looking for least 35hp plus, even a towable one etc bigger the better. Just thought I'd throw it out there

Who through though? And what sort of brass? This is a 4m40l 74hp..... looks about 1500 quid to rebuild top end just materials

I know what you mean about engines etc! All crappy sensors and electrics etc! My engines getting worn on this as its knocking non and bought it second hand. Considered a swap for another unit but may end up just a top end rebuild on this at some point. Love the simplicity of air cooled, first I've ever had. Currently there's not masses of second hand machines about and prices are strong. Saw a bandit 90 recently 2016 600 hrs.... so will have some electricity with it and sensors etc.... it weighed 450 kg more than mine! And was 27k plus vat strong money for me personally. It'll not do the job 20k better than mine. Can't go back anyhow to little chippers so the old git be here to stay or swapped for another big dinosaur at some point lol 😆 Never seem drum chippers etc so far in flesh. No one round here has one and no body talks to each other. Looking forwards to the Apf to open up my eyes as to what I've been missing out on for years lol 😆

I can see insurance point but typical twats wi going about us just getting on with job.... long as all the bullshit in the method statement and risk ass then surely covered? They only really ask about hazardous sites and motorways.... Should people inform them whe they do a crane job? It's like them saying you xan only go round the house.... not over, under or through lol 😆