doobin
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Will look dog rough IMHO. Sleeper ends vary by 10mm, much better to use a neat post or angle iron to hide the join. Will they be able to see both sides then? What's the purpose of this wall?
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Someone 'dealer' on FB was listing a new 750kg unbraked ifor with cage sides for £2400 plus VAT the other day. That can't be retail- surely they are just trying to price gouge?
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On my alpine (Antonio Carrarro with very similar looking spool block) the 'position' lever is simply a spool lever connected to the linkage rams with a float detent on one side, power up the other and neutral in the middle. Even if in neutral it would still float to an extent due to the single acting rams.
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The accumulator I would say is for 'soft ride' when carrying heavy linkage mounted implements. All tractor linkages float in my experience, whether through being single acting rams or having a float setting built in to the spool. The knob could well be just a flow restrictor to stop heavy implements from slamming down into the ground when you lower the linkage, almost all tractors have this in some form.
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Trailer prices will be following digger prices back down shortly. Make sure he doesn't overpay. What kind of trailer is he after?
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You just drop the flail on the ground and drive. Draft control is for automatically lifting a ground engaging implement such as a plough up a little if the tractor is struggling.
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Generally the spool block will be fed from the steering column, which in turn is fed from an engine driven pump. So that’s two pipes into the valve block. Two more will go to the linkage, probably via the accumulator. so follow the others to reveal all!!
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You can't stick arb chip through a boiler!
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You'll be competing as a greenhorn (aged 45!!) with basic tickets and no experience, against a thousand fit, keen young lads with basic tickets fresh out of college- many with some experience having just been laid off from their first job as the recession starts to bite. Can I have some of what you're smoking?
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What would your business be like if you had regular commercial clients?
doobin replied to HRG's topic in Business Management
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Your local fencing merchant will often have Stokbord.
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A very strong case for a micro chipper here. It’s a different way of working, yet often far far more efficient. The time savings from feeding the brash into the chipper at the base of the tree rather than dragging far outweigh having to sned up a little more. Couple that with a an electric wheelbarrow with high sides and a decent ramp into the tipper body and you have a very effective setup for narrow alley jobs. Too many are blinded thinking big chipper = efficiency, or mini loader dragging to big loader is the ultimate. The lack of mess from a mini chipper can’t be overstated, and Lord knows I love my loaders. It’s not an either or scenario either. Mini chippers are very cheap, no harm in having one sitting at the yard for the odd job like this.
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How much a day should I charge for the hire of my firewood processor ?
doobin replied to cessna's topic in Firewood forum
You'd have to frame it as 'first day is operated hire only whilst your bloke gets to grips with the machine'. -
Are there spools hidden under the front nose of the tractor? The lever block on my Carraro does linkage on one, double acting spool on another (and had an outlet at the front for this too) and single acting spool on the third. like dumper says, we need clear pictures of the whole tractor from multiple angles.
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How much a day should I charge for the hire of my firewood processor ?
doobin replied to cessna's topic in Firewood forum
I’d want £500 a day for me and a jappa 355+ on the back of a compact tractor. that woodland mills looks a similar spec- not seen them before. Don’t sell yourself short- £300 is micro digger rate. -
That's a great idea.
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It probably seemed ample during the days of hand loading, drum brakes and single leaf springs. I'd say it was due an upgrade. Say 5t with six monthly checks but car license OK and no O-license rubbish so long as only for own goods.
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The outer ones will stop the inner ones sinking enough to bite. You should be able to find offroad tyres that will suit. The only way they would not be rated would be the load capacity, but all the tyres I've put on my pickup have been rated plenty sufficient for 1.5t per axle. Dual wheels you'd have no problems with load rating but you'd have to have a play to see what would fit together without the sidewalls touching.
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Stockboard all the way, it’s all you need for a mini skid. I’d leave a whole board for turning though. It’s not just the room needed for the wheels, it’s having enough that the whole board doesn’t slide
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What use are bigger cutters? That’s making extra work for the sake of it.
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Yes. As mentioned I used to use my 3/4” Makita a lot, since buying the Milwaukee 1/2” mid torque (and the 3/4 variant) I hardly ever reach for the 3/4”
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Yup, next step up from an Arb digger for mechanisation 👍🏻
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I hate to tell you this mate but a lot of what you’ve done uou may struggle with on the loader. These little loaders can’t handle any kind of leverage- they overload straight away. Their lift capacities are tiny to begin with. The towball needs to be straight on the backplate - if you have a trailer with any sort of nose weight a ball on the forks is a non starter. Even if it does manage to lift it the leverage of the forks will amplify a feedback loop and it won’t turn either due to the distance from the skid steer turning centre and the ball mount on the forks. Same with the auger cradle- the leverage combined with the swing of the auger (even just the motor) will make it a right handful. Sorry to be bearer of bad news etc.
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How can you effectively advertise your business?
doobin replied to CharonWest's topic in Business Management
Bark is absolute dross, the worst customers and by and large, the worst tradesmen. My neighbours went against my advice/recommendations recently and got some roofers in off Bark. Shit job and still leaks.
