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    There's no weld that could cope with those sort of forces. They are made up as a taper fit between cup and shaft. And very expensive- the actual cup is machined from a single billet of steel. About £500. A fire extinguisher would last about five minutes in that role!
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    I'm doing it purely for ease of transport/leaving the tractor free. This post knocker will also be set to fit my colleagues big loader, for reach. I may even put some brackets on it to fit a hired in 7.5t, if there's any room on it left to weld to! It's only a cheap ProTech but I will be making up a spikey bash plate for the mast, that's what it needs. Post cages are bloody useless. We had the machine trying to slide down what to be fair was a slippery but not that steep slope. Rubber tracks have only half the holding capacity of metal tracks on difficult ground.
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    I'm fitting mounts for my tracked dumper to take the tractor mounted drive. It will weigh in at approx 2.3t. Best of both worlds then, but still nowhere near as quick as the dedicated conversions. The idea is to have a post driving unit that can be easily transported and take on some wetter/steeper ground with ease, but as my machine is mechanical it will still require two people. I've used a proper conversion and it's awesome. They are still nowhere near as good as a digger mounted thumper on a reasonably steep slope/uneven ground however. Particularly with rubber tracks, they have a tendancy to rock and move about with each blow, even with the jackleg down.
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    Not neccessarily. The OP should already hold EL insurance. Depends what he pays him at the moment and how much of a cut this guy is willing to take in his money per day/hour in return for job security.
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    Twice I have had this issue, on a 2000 LDV Convoy and a 2006 Ford Ranger. Both times it started going into limp home mode, and after a few months cutting out altogether. Both times the culprit was the fuel filter. Interestingly there were no telltale signs of a blocked filter whatsoever. LDV is an old school turbo and the Ranger a common rail engine. Did you not take it for a diagnostics test? On the LDV the diagnostics were no use whatsoever, as LDVs are basically a meccano set of whatever was going cheap at Ford that particular month. Only fault reported was 'cam sensor'- as the cam belt was done recently it wasn't that. With the Ranger I tried the fuel filter first, and it worked.
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    £6k/ton. HTH
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    Handy and Mitox are the same bar the paint job. Woodstar brand at Screwfit is possibly the cheapest way to buy it. See this thread for more: http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/61971-kind-rock-7-ton-electric-log-splitter.html
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    If you get an MS181, any decent dealer should be able to supply it with the 1.1mm gauge chain rather than the 1.3mm. That's what I do, it runs it much better than the 1.3mm also.
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    Mitox vertical splitter (sold as different brands also) would be ideal for your needs.
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    Husky auto tune is rubbish, and they're just a cheaper make rebranded as husky anyway. Get Bilsom or Howard Leight if you want a radio that tunes in well and stays put. The Husky set kept cutting out when I turned my head. This is the sort of money you will need to part with for a radio that works properly: http://www.sba.co.uk/product/bilsom-radio-hv-ear-defenders-snr31-s461850 Or if you don't need aux in and have a Screwfix near you, they never quibble if you want to take them a week after because you don't like them. But you will like them. http://www.screwfix.com/p/bilsom-radio-ear-defenders-28db-snr/54925?cm_sp=Search-_-SearchRec-_-Area1&_requestid=156710
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    :thumbup:Liking it! Arbtalkers unite!
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    Ax men is on ITV4 at the moment, can't remember what day.
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    Ax men is rubbish. All for the camera. The episode just shown, they lost the linch pin for the rotator grab pin. Cue announcer 'It is unsafe to carry on. Without a spare, Jody (or whatever his name was) has no choice but to shut the site down early' Now this kids running the operation for his dad. If I was his dad I would have throttled the little ****. Firstly for having no spare linch pin, and secondly for not just thinking to use something like the bolt holding the smashed remains of a worklight onto the jib. It's all 'danger this' and major repair that'. When 90% of the time it's something that most people here running their own businesses could fix in a jiffy. Too many temper tantrums for the camera and not enough teamwork.
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    I'd get a white and a red LED cycle lamp from eBay. Under a five for the pair, and they will flash fast enough to give oncoming motorists a fit! Stick them on and at least you've tried to warn them.
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    Depends what type of timber? If it's all local arb arisings, I'd find your local 'man and transit tipper' who will usually be found delivering small quantities of ballast to local builders, or maybe hire a local builder with a tipping transit type vehicle. If you and the lads load it one end and all they have to do is drive to your yard and tip, it should be fairly cheap, man and van is a competitive market. If you do it regularly, I'd get a trailer for your van.
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    Replace the engine with an FS-70- it's 2 mix not 4 mix, and a very nice improvement. Runs a polesaw, hedgecutter and bed tiller very well indeed.
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    Sounds like bollocks to me, the dealer just wants to use the easy way out- oh, that's not the Stihl approved method. Much like the idiot dealer who swore till he was blue in the face that there was no possible way you could use the wider mulching blade on an FS-400. I bought it elsewhere, and never went back. There's no way using a thicker blade would have caused that. The only possible explanation is that your gear head was not tightened sufficiently onto the shaft. If that was the case then a 3mm thick blade would have done the same. The worst case scenario for hitting something with a blade is either the blade shatters, or your drivetrain (usually gear head) is stripped/damaged/twisted. Top tip for future- don't tighten the nut up quite so much. It's better to stop and retighten when you hit something solid than to do damage to your machine. HTH
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    Has to be 100% for agricultural use, by the owner of the land, to run on red. Technically speaking, an ag contractor hauling spuds for a farmer is breaking the law. Should be on white. It's haulage, hire or reward. Massive, massive can of worms. That's an extreme example, the ag contracting industry would collapse overnight it that were ever enforced. But for a groundworks firm, for example, hauling a digger = easy pull for VOSA/HMRC. That said... lotsa of folk do it.
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    Pipped to the post! Once you have your tractor license, you can tow dolly trailer unless I'm much mistaken- it's only tractors with L plates that are restricted here.
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    Yes. The single axle trailer derogation (or two wheels close coupled) is with regards to a 16 year old learning to drive a tractor IIRC. Basically means they can't tow what's termed a dolly trailer. Whether it's legal to use a tractor and trailer to transport plant is a grey area.
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    181 or husky equivalent. Might be tempted by the battery Makita as I used the battery drills all the time when fencing, and have charger set up in the truck. Good point re stopping and starting, however, I would want a proper test of it before purchasing.
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    Mulching blade is better. I wasn't aware of them when I purchased the Brogio heads, we're going back some six or seven years here! The gyroscopic force that the Brogio generated was intense, and I never felt safe using it. It was an odd sensation bashing it against solid objects, and they took a lot longer to spin up again afterwards than a blade does.
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    ms 290?s

    doobin replied to pete23's topic in Chainsaws

    290 is a 'farmer' type saw- power of the 260, weight of the 360, vibration levels not too good either. My neighbour has one, hes had a few problems with it and TBH I don't rate it. 2007 is getting on a bit for a non pro saw also. A 362 will not be particularly happy with a 20" bar but will do it occasionally- I've run a 24" on an old school 034 for a couple of single cuts before. Solid nose bar too. Surprised me, but I wouldn't make a habit of it. I'd go for a 362 with both 13" .325 and 20" 3/8 bars/sprockets. Good alll round then, and not too heavy. You'll get £120 ish on eBay for the 181 so that'll help.
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    Love the woodwalkers, the soles wear out too quick for my liking but Vibram is supposed to be the industry standard, and I do most of my work on concrete.
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    As stated previously, best off the market. I threw £80 worth away with a smile, I hated the things.

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