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Will an ex bomb trailer even be road legal? Id imagine it’ll be a pig to tow. Surely there are more suitable base trailers for such a conversion?

Well to compare with a logbullet I was thinking alpine with forestry trailer.

Looks a proper sweet setup mate!

How much more efficient would you say the logbullet is over an apine?

Very hard to make sufficient tonnage from what I gather.

Not a pto splitter- I think you mean just a hydraulic splitter? Works great, just rest it upon a suitably large log stood vertically in order to obtain the best working height. The Sherpa produces around 20l a minute flow, at a pressure greater than a beaver pack. So actually not bad on a log splitter. Re the holes- just find yourself a man with a mag drill. Where are you based?

Warren Buffet , via Berkshire Hathaway (of which he owns around 16% of the economic interest) owns a large share (not by any means most) of US railways because his investment strategy is, and has always been, to invest in companies that produce or offer services that the majority need.

If they are the ones for the 130 max then I’ll have them

Sorry mate, totally missed this! That grab I use sometimes under a rotator, sometimes direct mount to digger, sometimes on the Sherpa. Whatever the job calls for. To be honest I've only used it once on the sherpa. I've since bought an even lighter Intermecatto which is perfect for use on the Sherpa or E10 for handling timber. I use the grapple bucket a fair bit, it's much better for garden jobs. I can't see the attraction on dragging long lengths with a sherpa, just take a micro chipper in and chip into the bucket. The high volume bucket holds the same as the normal 118cm bucket, just within a 76cm width. Handy when using the narrow wheels for access and also sometimes on normal wheels but with tight corners (you don't have to worry so much about catching walls with the edge of the bucket). With me at 80kg and and extra 30kg counterweight, it will handle a full bucket of Type 1 but you need to be very careful lifting it to load into a tipper for example. Soil is not too bad as lighter. These loaders are all about quick repetetive cycles, not max lift. I bought the genuine Sherpa forks, they are well made scaled down pallet forks. Limited uses but still come out occasionally. Wheels and tyres I have a set of the widest turf wheels on most days. For narrow access the narrow muck truck type are OK but soon make a mess and make it less stable. I've not found the need to make it narrow except for a couple of specific jobs- most of the time it stays on the wide wheels and is still able to get in everywhere and be very useful. I'd certainly order it with wide wheels as well to start with.

Just get a few steel barbell weights with the 1" hole (not olympic hole size). Make sure they are steel not plastic filled with sand. A pair of suitable M24 bolts and nuts (or studding), a four large m24 washers and use the two holes in the sides at the back. I am around 80kg as operator, and I find 15kg a side perfect.

Laying eucalyptus sounds interesting, any pics?

Whats the crane you have there?

I wouldn’t trust trust.

The 1.3 Multijet diesel is also chain driven. Seems OK, but sluggish in the Panda compared to the same motor in the Corsa. Never gave me any trouble in the Corsa save an injector seal. I'm going to add a tuning chip, but not wind it up too far as I know the gearboxes can't take that much torque.

That thing will be utterly useless. The Chinese lie about every measurement, and watts are no exception. You'd be better off investigating why your truck won't keep you warm at tickover. Check the thermostat isn't stuck. For a quick fix, stick some cardboard over the radiator. Other than that, for reasomable portable heat and emergency home heating, consider a Japanese kerosene heater. https://toyotomi.co.uk/shop/zibro-heaters-rs29-wick-burner-3-0kw/I've got one for my office at the yard and it's great. You don't need to vent to outside, and my carbon monoxide alarm is telling me I'm not dead ye111111111111111111111111111111111 😂

The Panda is pretty good really. Very capable offroad, reasonable on diesel. A joy to park compared to any of my other vehicles. Would tow a small trailer with your Sherpa no bother too. It's certainly the answer to the perennial question- what car for a self employed handcutter.

They’ll have to be bloody good to beat Nokian.

I’m just about to buy cross climates for the panda because I can’t seem to find Nokian anymore. Have you found any in 15”? Typically I’d just found a new set at very good money (40 plus vat a tyre) for the corsa before I sold it to a mate. Think they might be stopping importing them 😞

Can’t beat a winter tyre even just for wet muddy back roads. im a big fan of Nokian Weatherproof. Cheap but good, they’ve worn well.

They're a bog standard design, you can get similar from Toolstation etc. I have a few pairs that I bought for cold weather, but they are such a pain to get on and you can't feel a thing using them. https://www.screwfix.com/p/uci-aquatek-thermo-full-dip-latex-thermal-gloves-orange-large/182gx

Even if you use dry oak, it’ll then move ‘the other way’ as it moistens. Oak cut and left to reach your ambient humidity would be best bet. You should be ok with a field gate style, I’m pretty sure these are made from green oak anyhow. I once had a joinery friend make a pair of oak t and g gates. From joinery spec oak. He is a clever lad, and on the CAD design he allowed an extra couple of mil between each board. Still moves like mad, he had to come back three times to plane down and re-do joints.

Yup, I’m well aware of that. I’m talking mainly about adverts posted in groups.

It’s viable as a Saturday job for the full time employed at that rate. Not much else though!

But then you run the risk of having expensive stock next year if prices come down again. Better to have it on par with current cord prices IMHO. What are people being quoted for cordwod? I was quoted £2500 cash for an arctic of processor ash last week!

Facebook marketplace is full of fairly fresh diggers. For sale 'due to change in business direction' It'll accelerate greatly after Christmas when the shit really hits the fan.