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You could be right, I’ll check the adaptors.

Nope, jic. I measured it all up. Bobcat are just rebranded doosan, they are European built.

My bobcat e19 was the same. On both sets of aux. Very annoying, I ended up putting four adaptors on, wasn’t sure that they’d mate correctly as it was a bulkhead type fitting without the cone! Luckily it worked and we are now bsp and down to dn06 rather than the ridiculous dn08 size couplers that come as standard. Im pretty sure the threads aren’t quite the same. A couple of turns and then no go on the sizes I had, other sizes may vary.

14 or 12mm are often Chinese M8 heads. Bloody annoying.

The look like young swan mussels.

To be specific, it won't stop weeds gowing in the substrate above it. White geotextile may allow weeds to grow for a short while in the soil below it, but not with stones etc blocking the light. Genuine Terram is tough, and I'd put more faith in it's abilities to stop things like knotweed from piercing through than I would the generic black landscape fabric.

Arb is horticultural until you get caught...🙄

They are very good, and cheaper than a lot on the market.

There's a big demand for chestnut fencing products currently and short supply. However that is probably more down to a lack of people willing to do the splitting etc than a lack of supply of timber.

Terram 1000 without question for stuff requiring a geotextile. But for garden stuff pretty much anything will do. Avoid woven ones though, they may be tougher but they don’t drain very quickly at all and they fray easily.

Easier money in plastering mate!!!

Yup, that's my monkey. 🤣

Squeezed in a quick day with the E19 doing some garden clearance. Hit it hard last year with the E27, went back this year to do a bit more and get into the nooks and crannies behind sheds etc where I couldn't fit last time. Would I rather have had the E27 on the grab? Hell yeah but she won't fit. Would I rather have had the grapple than rotating grab for this job? Nope. She handles it well all things considered. Saves a lot of backache. I almost miss zero tail. Nver thought I'd say that but actually for this size machine it's nice. But then it wouldn't handle the grab and rotator at all, plus the roof is handy for standing on- it's been a while since I had a machine with a four post steel canopy.

It’s all bullshit. That’s why you’ll tend to find me in the garden of a posh house, cups of tea by the hour and payment as soon as the job is done.

No, the thick positive wire is connected directly to the battery and therefore live all the time. The solenoid connects it to the starter when you turn the key to start. The starter earths back through the chassis so the chassis to earth terminal strap needs to be good also. if you are sure you have no voltage on the thick wire then that’s your problem. Check the battery terminals again, take apart the ring terminals that are bolted on to the battery terminal itself and polish them back to copper.

After struggling to replace all the gear fluids (axles, gearbox and transfer box) on my dumper with a 500cc hand syringe, I was fed up. So much pressure needed that whatever gun I’ve ever used always leaks from the seal on the screw cap. Hard work, and no gun ever seems to draw up from a can so you end up unscrewing the cap and pouring the can in, getting oily in the process. So I bought one of these. It turned up yesterday and made it a pleasure to change the gearbox and diff oils on my tipper. It will both suck and blow (stop sniggering at the back) so you can use it for drawing out old oil if the drain bung is inaccessible. 3L Automatic Transmission Fluid Pump Oil Filling Dispenser&Evacuator Change Tool WWW.EBAY.CO.UK Pneumatic ATF Oil Dispenser is a specialty kit, designed for efficient undercar transmission fluid...

Yeah, no power going to the start wire. Start with the switch and work back from there, assuming battery voltage normal. althoygh that big thick wire should be connected directly to battery so should read the same as the battery voltage. Check battery voltage. Check battery terminals. Check earth terminals.

That's not particularly impractical. Red diesel is going, you have a year to get ready, schedule your buying accordingly. Not rocket science to be fair. What is ridiculous is the multitude of expemptions they have left that are open to abuse and surely will be abused, just as the agricultural exemption is abused day in across the land for transporting plant. If it was actually going to be policed I could reluctantly get behind it, as yet another stealth tax. What I can't abide is this no-mans-land whereby a business is forced to choose between breaking the law (but probably not gonna get caught) and being straight but loosing out on work to a huge proportion of other businesses. Every single one of you on here who runs a tractor or mog for removing a domestic tree, or building site clearance, or indeed anything that isn't the primary industry of bona fide forestry is breaking the law. No ifs or buts. Yet I understand why you do it- you're very unlikely to be pulled up on it, if you do get pulled it will more than have paid for the fine, and above all- everyone else does it!

I'd say they want shooting permission.

Red diesel ruling: no grace period for finishing reserves WWW.THECONSTRUCTIONINDEX.CO.UK Users of red diesel will not be allowed to use up old stock after the tax rebate expires on 1st April 2022, the Treasury... And don't worry lads, the pikies can still use it. Special exemption for travelling funfairs 🙄 And golf clubs, cause there is no way you could expect an MP or wanker (SIC) to pay extra for their weekend's jolly is there?

The guidance says there will be no grace period, and all stocks must be used up and storage tanks cleaned prior to the switchover. It's all bollocks, the same people (usually with Daddies tractor and Daddies diesel) will continue to haul chip and logs, plant and muck on public roads with tractors whilst claiming they are agricultural. When on site, they will continue to use red in their diggers. It should have been all white, with a rebate for farmers based upon machine hours or something, with the same penalties on their SFP for falsifying diesel records as for other non compliance issues. Not this halfway house. The cost of primary aggregates will shoot up, and everything associated with them. Which is probably what the government want. Diesel theft from building sites will rocket also, now the fuel can be sold directly to end users down the pub. I'm not sure what I will do. I don't use a lot, but if prices don't rise across the board for machine hire then I will keep running red. I've never had a road vehicle dipped, and I've always been straight as a die on that (own white tank). I can't see them having the manpower to dip diggers too.

I fitted my splitter with a spool block and lever with a detent on the return, so you can set it going back up and throw the split log onto the pile whilst it does.

I’ve been amazed at the punishment my tiger grip has taken. You must be near retirement then.... Buy exponentially more machines as you get older and your body gets more ****************ed, then sell them all for cash come retirement!

Eat it.

Agree, my FS460s are up to seven years old and have been worked hard. Not much goes wrong with them. The 490 on the other hand is a disappointment. More weight, not much more power, and noticeably worse anti vibes. Best avoided and step straight up to a 560 if you really need that kind of horsepower.