doobin
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You get more bang for your buck with older trucks than you do with older arb gear, due to the higher prevalence and less specialized nature of older vehicles. Simples. If you had to run either a 2k LDV and a brand new chipper, or a brand new Transit and a 2k chipper, what do you think would give the least hassle/most profit? Image aside.
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Disagree. The truck only gets you from A to B. Gear that earns you money should be the priority to purchase new/on finance if possible.
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Make sure your lad has his CS38! Sorry....
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I'm a Stihl slut, but they got the 4 mix wrong. The kombi attachments are bombproof. Change the engine to an FS-70 2 mix (yes, I know you shouldn't have to!) and you can't go wrong. Either that or wait until they bring out a 2 mix combi unit. It will be the mutts, profitable and with much, much higher residual value than anything else on the market, for good reason.
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You'll need to swap the shafts as the FS-70 is not a combi system, and has a flexible driveshaft which can snap if you jam the cutters.
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Conversion won't be worth the money. You should be able to get an LDV tipper for your budget.
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Is it a general warning light, or a dedicated FUEL filter light? Coming on under load up hills is much more likely to be the air filter, so I'd check that also as it might share a warning light.
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LDV all the way.
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It's a 50/50 opinion split mate. Half of us know they're crap, the other half are living in denial! Seriously, both my FS70s are running sweet and have plenty of power even for a telescopic shaft and polesaw. Are the KM-130 engines currently running? If so then just peel the FS-70 sticker off the new shaft, pop the old 130 engine on and sell it on ebay as an FS-130 with a brand new shaft (say the nipper ran it over or something). You will get £120 easily (an FS55 makes about that all day long), so maybe even £170 as an FS130 with a new shaft on it. A new FS-70 is only £260, result!
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Here you go, problem solved. http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/62516-heads-up-good-replacement-engine-stihl-polesaws-pole-hedgcutters-combi-units.html HTH
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Agree fully with the cash being better tied up in cordwood than in the bank. However, he's not 'making money off the backs of firewood merchants- quite the opposite. This will help some people, and at no cost to themselves. He's making money off the ridiculous RHI. Which you and I are paying for anyway via excessive taxes. Blame the government, not the entrepreneur.
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We'll go 50/50, hows that? Mobile phone blocker and a sparky who knows what he's doing, kerching! You can bet your bottom dollar someone somewhere is running an awesome hustle off these subsidies. It's ridiculous for them (I presume 'them' is the EU? ) to pay so much just for someone to waste wood doing what time will do naturally. As if wood wasn't already enough of an inefficient source of fuel for most users! Crack on and milk it!
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How do you prove to the RHI people how much wood has been run through the system? It looks wide open for exploitation to me.
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Because the string will quickly burn, allowing the paper to unfold and smother the rest of the fuel.
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As an idea it's brilliant. Paper contains a lot of calories, and rolled up like that is probably the best way to extract them without smothering all the other fuel in ash. I shall be copying it- with an old coat hanger! Chris, your royalty cheque is in the post! People will buy it. I don't reckon any of you would be hating on a guy from here who managed to sell logs to some LOMBARD for double the going rate. Good luck to him!
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There's something seriously wrong if it's disengaging the drive with any sort of throttle applied. You should be able to feather the throttle a tiny bit to engage the drive and the engine will labour if the chain can't get moving.
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can ifor trailers carry more than 3500kg - legally.
doobin replied to Matthew Storrs's topic in Large equipment
Legal to tow behind an agricultural tractor at 20mph. Which Matt was contemplating doing with an Ifor, which wouldn't be legal due to having ovverun brakes. You know the ones I mean- like a short bale trailer with a beavertail, usually around the 6 ton mark. Or go the whole hog and get a Cheftian low loader. -
can ifor trailers carry more than 3500kg - legally.
doobin replied to Matthew Storrs's topic in Large equipment
Old beavertail to go behind your tractor, with hydraulic brakes. Sorted. Or hire a local guy with a beavertail. Get a good working relationship going so that he just picks the digger up and meets you on site, and it could well save you more in time than it costs. Plus towing etc isn't cheap regardless, there's always a hidden cost when doing it yourself. -
As per title, Size 8 (Euro 42) Very well worn but might do someone starting out. Well waxed and still watertight, not much sole left. Free to a good home but collection only from near Midhurst, West Sussex.
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You could have bloody well mentioned that when I rang! How much?
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Top tip- simply process your small stuff into 7" logs. Then sell it to the old dear with a tiny open fire. It's ideal. She gets a bit more wood than normal (for Pete's sake don't offer to stack! ) but you don't have to do anything other than run it through a chop saw.
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Looks nice. I've been getting into watches- cheap and cheerful Chinese jobs though. I've got about two dozen now. I'd sooner be sporting a different £10 watch every day of the year than a three and half grand big brand one. Sad hobby i know!
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Just top it up to the top of the rad/mark on expansion bottle. Any excess will be vented as it warms up. Far more important, however, is to check the quality of the fluid with a hydrometer.
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If anyone is currently selling kiln dried logs at a serious premium, then this has a lot of potential to increase profit. Take that, Certainly Wood! Horses for courses. Good luck with it.
