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23 minutes ago, swinny said:

Can't remember John's last name but is he Lincolnshire way? From recollection.... if so spot on real nice Chap!

 

 

No, Dalbeatie its self, but also a really lovely & helpful guy.

Just wanted to thank everyone who helped on this. It's all fixed now & I know these threads often show up when people google things in the future so I'm leaving a problem solved explanation in case it should help anyone.

The Auto Control some mentioned, we've never used it, only ever used the basic up & down lift arms buttons. Having the lift arms in the up position so long as to keep them out the way of the forwarding trailer had caused the solenoids to get sticky & weren't operating. On top of that there was no power getting to the buttons in the cab to make them work. Having made this diagnosis, I was fortunate that the wonderful John from Jas P Wilson was a little over an hour away & able to drop down last thing on a rainy Friday. He removed the stuck solenoid under the cab, repaired it & then he & my husband removed the panels inside & found that the whole auto control system had previously been bypassed which make sense as to why we never had any lights on it & none of it seemed to do anything, & the buttons we had been using had been tapped into the cig lighter & it was that fuse that had blown along with a loose wire. Pretty simple really & just proves why I only run old gear. Thanks to John & my husband it was all repaired & working in less than 2 hours & the only "new" part fitted was a fuse! I hope that helps someone of the future.

Cheers,

Nat.

1 minute ago, slack ma girdle said:

 

 

When the arms On mine stopped working there was no orange light (under the red blob).

I have no understanding of electronics,  hence why i called in a mechanic.

Have you checked the fuses under the steering wheel?

I have checked some but with this info from you I may have a better idea of what I'm looking for. I'll go search for one that has something to do with that. Thank you very much.

I have fiddled with all the knobs and tried the arms with the knobs in different positions but still nothing, defo not seen an orange light though, never have.

1 minute ago, slack ma girdle said:

It needed a new electric wire to complete the circuit .

I am not sure what went wrong, as I went off to finish a tree survey, and left  the mechanic to it.

Post a picture with the ignition on of the 3 knobs near the back window .

1 minute ago, GarethM said:

Do they work from the rear mudguard controls ?.

 

Not used a Valtra, but have dropped something off using the rear controls and needed to cycle them to clear the electronic gremlins on McCormick.

No mine doesn't have the rear fender type switches, just the in the cab ones.

3 minutes ago, slack ma girdle said:

Have you got the little orange light next to the P symbol on the RH knob closest to the back window.

Mine linkage stopped working when that light was off. It took ages to work that one out, a lot of head scratching from the mechanic.

No I don't think I have, I have never noticed an orange light before but I can't see one now. I can't get the arms up or down & normally when you push the button you can hear the pump or the engine sort of change you know, you just know it's working, but not now. & the release lever in the rear of the floor isn't doing anything. How did you fix yours, please tell me it's a fuse!

Hello all, haven't been on here in ages. Took my forwarding trailer off my 6600 this eve to put the pto winch on, weirdly, the lift arms won't go up or down. Everything else seems fine, any ideas? Sure I've knocked a switch, or something simple as it was fine last time I had the winch on. Rendered my whole operation useless! Any ideas much appreciated Cheers, Nat.

4 minutes ago, mattyboy said:

I have a friend selling his towable retort if you are still looking?

Yes I would be thanks mate. 

Apologies if this is in the wrong forum, I did look & figures this was the best one. If I’ve broken any rules I apologise sincerely ??

I’m in need of a reasonable sized retort if anyone should be thinking about selling one. Please drop me a line here & I’ll get in touch. Very best wishes, Natta. ???

Same here, emailed recently asking for current prices etc on a felling head and never heard back. Disappointing after great service there in the past. Hope everything’s ok with them. 

Just to say this position is now open again as the last person didn't work out. Feel free to drop me a line if anyone here is still interested & thank you to all those who got in contact before. Good to know there's such interest & nice to hear from so many enthusiastic people. Have a mint day everyone, stay safe & keep grinning! :))?

19 hours ago, Woodworks said:

Looks like a very good conversion rate. By volume what do expect to get from a ring kiln? 

From each kiln I'd expect about 1.5m3 of BBQ charcoal, & around .5m3 of fines to grade down for their different outlets too. 

All kilns emptied, graded & bagged. Been working on making a few new products from my charcoal recently. Have soap, eye liner & toothpaste, & now that I've emptied the kilns I need at least two of them followed by beer, though off for a surf first!?‍♀️?

On 19/05/2019 at 14:11, Conor Wright said:

A number of years ago i was having similar printer related issues so i calmly and deliberately unplugged it, brought it out into the yard and set fire to it.

it hasn't given me a moments trouble since.

I got rid of my smart phone last month, never been happier. ?

11 hours ago, Woodworks said:

Long time no see on here. Hows the Rocket Stove kiln going? 

The drying kiln do you mean? It works real well thanks?

Oak all day. Big bits for milling, rest is firewood & charcoal. I do love playing with a big hardwood?

Hey everyone. No need for anyone to fall out, or for the mods to have to get involved. Though I don't use the site as often anymore they'll remember I'm more than capable of handling myself, & I love good banter?. That said, Jake, I appreciate your kind remarks, though these guys are just craicing, no harm no foul:) If you're genuinely interested in the position then as the ad says drop me a line to the email listed & we can discuss. Have a mint day everyone! 
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Yes we did. Paid our cover every year for 8 years, then needed to make a claim & learned the nightmare that is insurance claims. Our policy was actually with Liverpool & Victoria, Tree surgeon insurance are just brokers. We paid all that time for nothing, couldn't get the help we were told we were entitled to. When we went back to Tree surgeon insurance they said there was nothing they could do as the policy was with Liverpool & Victoria. So why had we taken it out with them? We cancelled the policy right then & will never take out another. £8k wasted for nothing. I now don't believe in personal accident insurance, I just bank the cash that I'd spend on insurance & I'll use that instead when I need to. If you can I'd go straight to the company actually providing cover. The only other time I've ever need to claim insurance in my life was a minor road traffic accident & Farmers Union who insure my truck & trailers were brilliant, couldn't have asked for more help.

Lycetts do ours, hope that helps.

I'm looking for a man or woman, any age & any background with an interest in taking a year out to come live off the grid in my woods & learn woodland management for a small sustainable business. Restoring woodlands, thinning, producing firewood, making charcoal, selecting timber to mill & milling it, making interesting things from the woods, producing and sourcing food locally & getting involved in a great community. Drop me a line if you're interested or know anyone else that might be. Cheers, Natta! [email protected]

We supply hardwood only to a couple of pubs in the area, other than that if they want hardwood only we recommend where possible another supplier as wont do it. Simple. This is who we are, what we do, how we do it & why. If that doesn't fit your needs, we're not suited to you, end of.

:001_tt2:I like it

John, that's very kind of you, pm on way, well not the real PM of course, that'd just be crazy!

Thanks Teepeeat, we're on those sites too & will be posting on them. Just thought it didn't hurt to ask here.