rowan lee
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Thanks for the info. I'm surprised the material in the finished bale looks so intact. Obviously this is necessary for the bale's final structure as I'm sure finely mulched material would not bind as well in the chamber and the finished product would simply fall apart once it has dumped out the back. Material most pass up very quickly through the cutting head and into the chamber, before it is obliterated beyond all recognition. I note two pto shafts on the baler, presumably they both feed into one main shaft that is attached to the tractor, and one of the two is geared up to achieve the necessary rpm for the cutting head?
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How much for Nissan D22 Pickup Load of logs slightly heaped up
rowan lee replied to cessna's topic in Firewood forum
Cheers lads, Must look into this evening. -
Very interesting concept, haven't seen or heard of one of these machines in Ireland yet. Have you seen one in action Tommer? Do you know what sort of diameter material it can handle comfortably? Also is the height of the material being baled an issue?
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How much for Nissan D22 Pickup Load of logs slightly heaped up
rowan lee replied to cessna's topic in Firewood forum
Yeah cool system, haven't seen an unloading system like that before on a jeep, but I like the concept (similar to one of those chain drive conveyor muck spreaders) Is that a gizmo you rigged up yourself, or is it available to buy somewhere? Any video's of your system in action, I would be interested to see how you rig the end of the mat up closest the cab, because in my mind, if you dumped logs in on it as it is in the photo, as soon as you start to wind in the mat, it simply slides out from under the load leaving it behind. -
Yeah fair enough - 10litres of petrol a day is pretty economical considering the work involved in a similar quad/trailer setup, + no sore back.
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Is there an option to get one with a small diesel engine then as well? Would be really cheap to run then, and more powerful one would assume. What hp in that models engine and I assume it's liquid cooled?
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http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/maintenance-help/4208-problem-hakki-pilke-1x37.html
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No the badge says 1967, so late 60's. My younger cousin (the car expert) reckoned it was a 1600cc model but im not sure about that (1300cc me thinks). Of interest in this model is the transmission and the front brakes. There is no clutch, but does have a gear stick so some sort of semi automatic version. The front brakes are disk brakes which Im informed weren't the standard issue of this cars time. Any idea's on jumping a semi automatic car?
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Haven't seen one in the flesh yet, but look pretty handy. One negative ive noticed is the lack of dual joystick controls for the slew/boom/dipper/grab. Individual controls must really take some getting used to for fluid movements and efficiency. Wouldn't say no to a day of that though, nice woods your working in as well J.
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You mean you got wood right
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I think I'll leave that one to you 'gay cowboy'
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well spotted mate. (cheeky monkey more like )
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the old 'rat look' is cool alright. If that is an optional route to take this project then I've already let time and nature do the business for me (like you say get that engine ticking over again, buy a few parts and hammer some old rusty horse shoes onto the front grill)
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yeah your right about scrap alright, Another idea might be this, provided the engine will run [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWLh0UxJDxo&feature=related]vw beatle to beach buggy part 4 - YouTube[/ame] Like i say the chassis is good, shuld really see about that seized engine first.
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not when it takes as long as this for a result anyways:lol:
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Maybe one day, prefer the look of that tracked towing beast though - Ed, yeah not running - SOC, tried jumping it, but this model is semi automatic so no clutch. had a job just freeing up the wheels and bringing it for a wee tow about the yard . True Monkey - true enough as well. Don't judge the old bug by its skin, the engine and pistons look reasonably clean, and apart from the body, nothing else is badly decayed.
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Anyone ever seen one of these sharpening devices before. Wonder if its any good, looks a bit of a menagerie to setup and use. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2idn4mnBIbQ&feature=related]Bedienung des Schärffix 2/2 - YouTube[/ame]
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In fairness it's never gonna look like the one in the second picture is it? (my dreams have just been shattered)
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My mate, is an oldskool toyota cruiser collector and a lad with lots of free time on his hands. He flys out to Australia once a year to buy/rent an old cruiser, drive it around the bush and sometimes ship one home. Recently he embarked on yet another trip down under. Heres a link to his adventure - lots of fantastic pictures of aussie style old series landcruisers he took along the way including a video link for an amazing campervan cruiser convertion he hired out along the way. Oztrailia JunJulAug2011 enjoy!
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Pulled this out of the sheds on the estate recently with my younger cousin who is an inspiring mechanic. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phj0kZKUANY]Ballindoon Barn find - YouTube[/ame] bit of a wreck, body shot, engine seized etc ideally something like this would be great but i was was thinking maybe something like this [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gg5cBdAsR4&list=FLon5mJhm3OfyzvML3ehYauA&index=12&feature=plpp]The redneck tow truck (VW).avi - YouTube[/ame]
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advice on going from splitter to processor
rowan lee replied to Stephen Blair's topic in Firewood forum
Yeah Ive seen those going for about 2-2.5k second hand. Doesn't look to be a whole lot to go wrong with them either. -
Serious stacks there mate A friend came back from a small town in France recently, where the local firewood merchant sells unseasoned m3 of bundled oak billets for only 15 euro a pop. Well cheap if your doing your own, and you still have some fun processing it up into logs your self.
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Nice job mate!
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If you don't use the billet system i assume you just ring up into whatever size, and then split afterwards. Thus you handle again as well - no? (just pointing out that the traditional cut/split method is the same as the billet system in terms of how many times the timber is handled).
