doobin
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Everything posted by doobin
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3 point linkage unless it's a specific direct mount for a particular tractor/front of tractor
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Framing nailer then.
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Don't be too hard on them, in sandy or clay ground they can be handy things. Small fencing jobs, drilling holes for planting etc. Digger is the way forward for a lot of holes though, or where there are stones. I use both, and both have their place.
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Alright lads, which one of you told him he could sell the wood to cover the job?
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Completely normal.
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Normal Stihl blade will fit, just be careful as a. it's a flexible shaft so sudden impact could break it and b. if yours is a loop handle model, it's theoretically possible to chop your foot off with it
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Get a wireless alarm system. Many of them have a function where an alarm can be set to 'doorbell' zone where the unit just makes a doorbell noise for that particular sensor.. Added benefit is extra security. About £250 for a setup that can text and ring you from a sim card if an alarm is triggered when the system is armed.
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Once you've bottomed the rams out as you winch the preload in (assuming the excess pressure doesn't blow the seals) then it's simply the loader trying to stop the tractor moving forward without folding up itself. Given that there is a bend in every loader arm which is at approximately 110 degrees to the ground when fully down, it's obvious where the weak point is. Mechanical sympathy says that none of the above examples should happen!
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Cool. Does that setup work well for your type of jobs? I've always fancied a micro, but a 1.5t will usually suffice for me.
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Are you the guy with the micro and grapple?
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If I did a lot of back garden work I would have a micro 360 with a rotating grab on it. Same principle, plus you can do small digger works with it also. Can you get micros with two speed tracking?
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Does the filler also contain the filter? If it does and this is blocked then that's a likely explanation which wants sorting pronto, and the reasons as to why it has blocked investigating thoroughly.
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You don't like your loader much do you?
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Looks. good. That was a crazy garden to use a mini skid steer in! Would have been quicker and easier by hand. For a more open space that'll be a handy tool.
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Show me where on that page it mentions sociology students. The experiments on that page were for medical research- it's commonly known that monkeys are used for this.
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My Makita LXT 18v grinder is great, but I would take a suitcase genny and normal grinder every time if I was wanting to sharpen in the field regularly. It's painfully slow compared to a real grinder, even one running off a genny.
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Wood consumption world wide sustainable/unsustainable
doobin replied to cessna's topic in Firewood forum
It's sustainable with foresight. I mean, that's why the FC was originally set up. Foresight is one thing this country is somewhat lacking in these days, however. As for sustainable as a fuel, I'd be interested to see the calculations as regards land required to heat every home with a woodburner. Possibly far better efficiency to be had from local CHP plants? -
Physiatrics is a North American term for physiotherapy. Treatment that doesn't involve drugs or surgery.
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I have a groundworks client who is applying for planning for a garage near a tree. Council have asked for tree survey. Garage requires only 3 x 1m3 foundations for the brick piers. Could be a good opportunity for someone with an airspade if that would help get it through planning? PM me if you can help and I will send you his number. Thanks.
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A huge amount is is down to the driver, but grippy offroad tyres on a 2WD really make the difference. And snow chains will get you out of almost any situation bar being bellied out. Re the flood above the headlights in the Escort- that was certainly more luck than judgement that you didn't hydrolock it or get swept downstream in a light van with a huge sail area.... Two inches deeper and that'd have been goodbye engine.
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I never understand this. Why stick thick cord in a jet cut and have to keep pulling out the old bit (wasting a good 5" depending upon how short you let it get, and short = inefficient also) when you could just run a blade and do it properly? If you like the serrated stuff then the 4mm can be coerced to run reasonably in an Autocut head.
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Something wrong with the 460 then, they are leagues ahead of the 400, and that was a bloody good machine too! They are M-tronic, never had a problem with mine but it sounds like yours could do with being reset?
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I call bullshit. Sociology is a 'soft' degree option. If anyone is capable of dissecting dead/live brains and interpreting the results thereof then they'd be studying brain surgery. There's no way they'd waste even a dead brain on a sociology student.
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Looks good. How much use is the grab though compared to pallet forks with a log clamp? Or is that in the pipeline? I appreciate you can drag longer lengths with the grab but that's no use in back gardens where you'd want such a small machine.
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Sounds reasonable. Us mechanics have got to make money to you know!
