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Mini timber trailer fir using with 2.6t digger
doobin replied to Rwhiteheadfirewood's topic in General chat
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The 180 will run .6 quite well, as you probably know what is important for bodywork is how low you can turn the welder down. From memory the 180 goes right down to ten amps, whereas many cheap machines bottom out around 30 amps.
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I'm a big fan of rent free bottles. Hobbyweld or SGS. You pay a deposit and then no rental, just the fill/exchange fees. You get your deposit back when you don't need a bottle any more. Most motor factors stock them, I like that they bring them out to me, it saves a lot of hassle. You won't look back if you switch to gas- particularly for jobs such as welding a broken bolt, where the gas shield ensures that the weld is solid from the start- ciritical if you've only got a small amount of area to start with (that broken bolt!)
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Gasless MIG is a gimmick. I don't know anyone who uses it professionally. It's basically an auto-feed arc welder, with none of the benefits of a stick welder such as bending the rod around corners or easily changing between different rods for root and cap. It's aimed at DIY'ers who think renting a gas bottle is expensive. If you are insisting on using it and having trouble feeding, check your feed roller channel diameters. 0.8 and 1mm are standard wire sizes. For fluxed wire you need 0.9 (from memory)- obviously it won't feed well if you have the wrong roller in. The Rtech 180 MIG is a great tool on 0.8 wire and does all my little bits and bobs. I keep the 250 on 1mm wire for larger work.
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Way more than your grant scheme will allow unfortunately. Done right, it is very expensive. I'd want £18-20 plus VAT, but I don't do fencing any more as there's not enough in it unless it's a posh back garden with a view over a field.
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Mini timber trailer fir using with 2.6t digger
doobin replied to Rwhiteheadfirewood's topic in General chat
I'd buy or hire in a flatbed tracked dumper. Add some pins. Load it in the woods, tip in a windrow where you want it and tidy up with digger if neccessary. You'll get a lot more done. Alternatively- have you considered just skidding whole trees with the digger? You can move a surprising amount with a 2.6t particularly if working with a gradient. Makes it quick and easy- track to tree, use digger to assist the fell and then reverse back with tree to processing area. All this assumes you have a proper fixed (not swinging) grab and rotator though. -
That’s exactly how I see it
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Mini timber trailer fir using with 2.6t digger
doobin replied to Rwhiteheadfirewood's topic in General chat
You’ll be ok around yard but slow. On site with gradients and turning I wouldn’t bother, especially as you want ‘low impact’! -
Treat yourself to an Rtech, they're not expensive and give good results.
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A decent inverter mig is still pretty small (so long as you go for a 5kg reel model) and will also do arc. No issues with it outside so long as you are sensible with positioning etc. Agreeed a small arc is ‘handier’, but for me the better results I get with mig far outweighs this, especially on larger jobs.
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From Esso: "Although our pumps have E5 labels on them, our Synergy Supreme+ 99 is actually ethanol free (except, due to technical supply reasons, in Devon, Cornwall, North Wales, North England and Scotland). Legislation requires us to place these E5 labels on pumps that dispense unleaded petrol with ‘up to 5% ethanol’, including those that contain no ethanol, which is why we display them on our Synergy Supreme+ 99 pumps." Is this accurate?
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Why is mig so inconvenient for you?
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Esso premium petrol, branded E5 by law, is actually E0, except in cornwall and parts of the north.
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Frankly, you can't really upgrade from a GH1054! My money is on the ball height. Lift it up and see if the problem dimishes or disappears.
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reverse back with the tractor as you drop it. adjust the top link a bit too- I like a hydraulic one to find the sweet spot to get it to bite. on hard ground, you just won’t dig in that much with such a lightweight tractor and winch. It is what it is, your linkage looks to be working perfect out and has plenty more room to drop- you could test this by reversing up to a hole and dropping the winch in.
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Can't see why you'd have a problem harrowing? Reverse fans are fitted as standard to a lot of things these days such as ag spec telehandlers.
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A TPO for that?? Get outta here! 😂
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Towing with anything on skid steer tracks will give you hassle the first corner you encounter. Add a gradient too and you may as well forget it.
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Seems fine to me, plenty of poke and lifts fine.
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Front steer, reverse drive 💪🏻 with the hydro gearbox I really don’t think it can be beat for this work!
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Earlier on this thread you said the front steer was the one to have for banks? Make your mind up ffs 🤣
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I really love this tractor. So good on slopes, you just don’t realise till you have one exactly how much better they are. Yes, I could do this all with the Kubota- but not comfortably and without thinking! The major flail has had a roller and gearbox overhaul and some heavier flails- she’s doing a sterling job in some pretty thick stuff.
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You don't need a helmet for brushcutting- it's just going to make you uncomfortable for no reason on a hot day. You do, howver, ALWAYS need eye protection and ear defenders. I've stopped before and given someone strimming with no eye protection a spare pair of safety glasses- it give me shivers.
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Why are young’ish people leaving the job market?
doobin replied to eggsarascal's topic in The Lounge
Which you will of course declare to HMRC, won’t you? 😉 -
Why are young’ish people leaving the job market?
doobin replied to eggsarascal's topic in The Lounge
Got to agree. Interesting how he’s keen on a a American tax system also. The American dream is a fallacy these days, yet one that keeps millions paying their dues to Uncle Sam, wherever they are in the world, and stops them from complaining when obscene wealth is rubbed in their face due to their unwavering belief that they will be next if they just keep their nose to the grindstone.
