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  1. For once it looks like the assailant could handle their weapon relatively competently. These sorts of jobs are usually a right mess of curved cuts until the trees finally gives up!
  2. They work great. I’ve had no issues. When you look at the threads you will see how they hold. The guys at Supertrax speak the truth. I used to use larger ones on a rubber tracked digger too. They make working on damp timber in the woods so much more pleasant. They will scratch concrete badly and as for wooden floors, don’t even go there! I still feel terrible about a session in a small town pub- after dancing all night to the cover band, I looked down at the floor as the disco lights swept across it and decided that I’d better leave before the main lights came on after the last song! supatrax will advise you as to what stud to go for for the thickness of sole. I bought some last month for an old pair of boots and couldn’t believe how cheap they still were.
  3. I would highly recommend running that airline to the front passenger footwell instead. Whilst you're at it, add a T as well (what kind of airbag kit doesn't have a tee??) As you have it is dangerous- one airbag fails and the truck drops suddenly to one side. They should be linked. Then add one of these: Ring RTC1000 Rapid Digital Tyre Inflator 12V - Screwfix WWW.SCREWFIX.COM Order Ring RTC1000 Rapid Digital Tyre Inflator 12V at Screwfix.com. Screwfix customers rate this product 4.8/5... Nice and quick, set the desired pressure, press the button and she will inflate to that and then cut off. No matter what, the airbags and pipework will bleed out slowly over time. You will also find yourself wanting to adjust the pressure more than you might think. 10-20PSI is comfortable for an empty truck and driver. Wind it up to 80PSI with a fully loaded trailer and it'll take all the bob and sway out when towing. If you've got this in the cab it's real simple, and you're never caught short. There's a bleed valve on it too to dump pressure if needed. It's a real gamechanger, I have it on two Mazda type Rangers.
  4. I've already said **************** it and slabbed the lot. Listed on marketplace at £45 a board and got an enquiry already. Time is money and so is firewood....
  5. Possibly a little too early to cut. Better than too late I guess. What do we reckon, leave in in a field for six months before cutting the rest or carry on?
  6. I'll post some pics in a bit, it's just a basic 600mm DRO slide mounted where the scale was. Sadly 600mm is an inch too short for the full travel of the 130max (so I placed a pair of G clamps to prevent the mill head going to full height) and I can't find anything larger in the UK. It's also started to give me ghost readings so I probably need to spend on something better but the largest DRO specialist in the UK was less than helpful hence just going for Chinese tat off Amazon. A DRO makes it very easy but you still need to account for kerf. Much simple mental maths tho! If you don't have a DRO, by far the easest way is to place a set square set to the desired measurement on top of the cant and wind the mill up until the blade kisses it. Accounts for kerf too that way.
  7. Well I had no reply to my email abotu logbullet insurance! I mentioned you, maybe thats why? 🤣Perhaps you could send me his direct number?
  8. Thanks guys.
  9. You’ll need a large loader with a decent hp engine (read: expensive model with all the emissions bollocks) to do that. I’d buy a loader to suit what you want to lift, and then spend what you would have spent on the expensive Avant flail on a secondhand compact tractor and flail. Much more efficient being pto drive. I don’t run any attachments save a grab and sweeper on my loader.
  10. How long before they come for Neil Oliver, I wonder? This whole thing is daft. Women are attracted to high status men, and Brand in his prime was a perfect example. Now that his name has been dragged through the mud by his stance on COVID, he's not so attractive and a few have decided that actually they never really liked him. Or been tempted by the chance of a payout, whether a bung from an as yet unknown third party or damages as part of a 'me too' class action.
  11. I'd like to get one to keep the processor (Jappa 355+) cleaner. I'm also thinking it would be great for the bandsaw mill, so wanting single phase. The Jappa model looks a bit weedy. The Rabauld Xylair looks much more manly with heavier construction and double the KW. Does anyone have experience of using a sawdust extractor on a chainsaw processor? Is it worth the effort?
  12. Going to rescue some from the firewood pile. If it looks OK inside what thickness slabs should I do? Approx 24" diameter. Thinking 3"? To sell on once seasoned.
  13. M16 studding resin fixed to the bottom, stuck the pillar back on and bricked up. Then drilled a 30mm hole at the back three courses up and poured in an SBR enriched slurry with flow additive. With agitation from some m6 studding that filled the whole thing three courses up. It was loose rubble fill so the original plan of resin both sides wasn't an option. So next time it's hit it will break there!
  14. Wow, 3t rating?? You’re still lifting much more weight than you need its good for you tho, will keep you fit 🤣
  15. Yesterday I installed some posts I’d milled for the local church.
  16. This afternoon I milled 500 inch square ash stakes for a local wicker coffin manufacturer. LogBullet making life seriously easy. The DRO also proved useful for such a repetitive job.
  17. What concentration of tfr? Caustic? What brand?
  18. What concentration of tfr? Caustic? What brand?
  19. doobin

    DHL

    The local Hermes bloke is useless too. Considered the recycling bin a suitable 'safe place' ffs. Or just leaves the parcel on the front step without even knocking.
  20. There’s a trailer mounted unit for sale on Facebook currently
  21. I use the chains professionally up to 36” and have no complaints at all for the money. Can’t comment on the bars as never tried them.
  22. Well thanks to the FETF grant, I joined the LogBullet club yesterday.
  23. Amazing the effort these little machine save. I used to be so skeptical but I wouldn’t be without it now, even though I have a Multione too.
  24. Bolam’s sister still cries herself to sleep.

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