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Are we missing the obvious here? If it doesn't move with the assistor rams disconnected then the main lift linkage internally must have an issue. If it has one, obviously. Mine is just external rams.

It came with front links and pto- with a little bit of modification the front links found a home on mine!

Well I put her through the workshop, and got her delivered. Full filters and fluids change, sealant in the tyres, the works. Gotta be honest, I'm really impressed with it. Drives lovely, loader lifts a reasonable amount and comes off easily. Without the loader it's a superb grass cutting machine. The tractor has 2800 hours, which is a savage amount for that size machine. However it seems looked after- the pedal rubbers and floor mat have to have been replaced at those hours. The hydro transmission is strong and pulls you back instantly when you let off the pedal. The deck I think must have been used once! Does a lovely cut. He's chuffed to bits with it- give it a month to get used to it and he will want to sell the old JD. Just waiting on the ‘can I borrow such and such for the linkage’ calls 🤣

God loves a trier, but you my friend, you're special!

To be fair, it was cheap before I looked at it, and luckily I was the first to arrange to view. He was a decent guy, and we agreed an a fair price below the already cheap price in order to cover the cost of repair once I pointed out the issue. I had hoped it would be a £600 rebuild of the pump rather than a replacement motor, but that's life! I'm actually pleasantly surprised that the motor is 'only' £1400'. It'll owe me £6k with the motor and the time spent on it, it'd make more than that if I sold it. Like I said, it was really to stop @dumpertelling me I needed one! 😆 (he might well be right, I won't know until I get it out to work!) This baby for £15k with 6500 hours and servo controls was the real bargain of the year. Gave her a full fluids and filters change yesterday, replaced the sliding pads. Just a few bushes and pins to turn up and fit then she'll be grand. three different people are asking 26k plus vat for similar year models with stick controls and twice the hours.

Have you found, freed and tested the knob that controls the rate of linkage drop? This will stop it descending.

Well it's about as bad as it could be. Firstly it's not the pump, it's the motor and now it turns out the motor shaft and housing are scored beyond repair. Replacement unit £1400 plus VAT. Ah well, still a reasonably priced loader.

I was that drunk I didn't read the post properly- was assuming bucket grab, because THE BUCKET GRAB IS SUPERIOR TO THE LOG GRAB FOR BACK GARDEN TREE WORK!!😆 But as you have the log grab, yeah, a short chunk of telegraph pole with a suitably sized and fixed hook should be fine. Your biggest risk will be the timber splitting along the grain with the forces.

In that case I'd just drill a couple of 12mm holes in the bucket grab corners. When you want to lift a bag, an M12 bow shackle in each corner, each holding the two loops from the sides of the bag. This will give you a touch more lift by being able to crowd the bucket right back, although at the expense of leverage. You could always drill another pair of holes further back. Even a man of your limited fabrication abilities should be able to manage that.😘

I’m not keen on mine. Lots of vibes and feels delicate. Ran it as a saw for the 36” for a few months then said ‘**************** it’ and got an ms881. so if anyone wants a barely used blue thunder let me know.

You need the right tool for the job. That bag lifter looks good. Gripping something else is just adding more weight and leverage for no reason, and you have no margin for error as it is. Put your hand in your pocket mate. (two beers in as requested)

That's an issue with the trailer design, not the tractor! You wouldn't be complaining when that lack of weight on the wheels meant that it skipped across the bog without falling through 😉 Realistically, alpines are not the best tractors for timber extraction.

You're a bona fide subcontractor with your own van and investment in a jetting machine. It's the labour-only subcontractors that are more of an issue.

You can use a battery drill chucked onto the input shaft to replicate drive (you should do this anyway to prime pump/check oil levels). Then mess about with the levers till it makes sense in your head! These transaxles need a very specific grade of expensive oil as per TuffTorque's original spec. Most failures are due to the oil becoming overheated when grass blocks the cooling fan. Mobil 1 5w50 fully synthetic is what I have on the shelf marked up as for that transaxle- available from your local motor factors.

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Nice work. I was sweating just reading your description! Makes me realise how spoilt I am with all the machinery, that would be an hours job for me!

You'll probably be better off selling the log splitter and getting a PTO driven one for your tractor. It's not just the pump you need, it's an oil tank and filtration system too, and by the time you've cobbled one together it'll cost you as much or more as an upgrade and you won't have anything with residual value as it's home built.

What did you buy the processing gear for if you weren't sure of the market? If its for your own use, charge enough locally that you aren't undercutting yourself by processing too cheaply for the competition! We are £450 plus vat per day for a 38hp compact with a 16" cut Jappa processor and 4/6 way knives. Sussex.

It looks a hell of a machine. Are you running Ripper 37s? I'm really happy with the 130Max for the money I paid, but something like yours would be a very nice upgrade. Doubt I will ever do that much to justify it however- must be £15-20k sat there? For me, having concrete and a forklift to run on it mean that I can get a lot more productivity out of the Woodland Mills than your average WM owner setting up in the middle of a field. So it'll do for now, I think it must owe me 6k with the lap sider, extension, subframe etc. It's main limitation is the 30" cut width. What will yours take?

Why does every religious leader end up looking like/being a paedo??

Arb waste is cheap, but hard to process and produces ugly logs that customers don't like. Processor grade timber is expensive, but with the purchase of a processor the whole job is a lot quicker and produces neater logs. It's a trade with low entry barriers, expect a lot of undercutting (you will probably be undercutting others!) And theres the whole Woodsure business to worry about also.

That will increasingly become the case as interest rates rise, new machinery prices rise, and secondhand kit lags as economy outlook and possibly lack of work and rising costs keep a lid on s/h prices with the possibility of some distressed seller bargains. But as a point of order, anyone with newish kit secured at pre-covid prices on five year pre-covid interest rate deals (2% flat rate) may have an easier time than you suspect of making the payments. The interest payable over a year on my many machines is usually around two days hire charges.

That's just a mom and pop team keeping things going. Both of you enjoy the benefits- no childcare fees, extra money on a job goes straight into the family and the children are brought up happily by their parents rather than strangers. It's an ideal situation and I commend you for it. But it doesn't work that way outside of family I'm afraid. One parties gain (not having to pay for childcare) is the other person's loss (the inconvenience of an employee leaving before the job is finished)

Did they ring it up on site or lift it whole?

Employees who have to do school runs are useless. You want a job that fits around school, become a dinner lady. I would not employ the guy you describe. You'll end up having to let him go as school runs and kids off sick become too much of a problem, leaving you wide open to a discrimination case. If he's worth more, pay him more, but invoiced (with UTR) only.