doobin
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A credit card or two each side, tap it down and tighten. Simples.
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You sure don’t want to be flat rate if you are buying a lot of fencing materials!
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Can you tell the difference? One is an aggressive denizen of the jungle, whose body parts are revered in some low IQ cultures for having supposed mystical powers. The other is just a tiger...
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I only came in here for the meme of a clown saying ‘I’ll cut your trees down for the wood…right after you mow my lawn for the dogshit’ Disappointed.
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- cotoneaster yew tree
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Why not both?
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You're more of a man than me, I like my 10' ramps! The rake looks great, drill the tops of the fork pockets for M16 and weld a nut on top. Then you can lock them in place with an M16 bolt.
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Usual generic Chinese machine with the same engine and drum as all the others. All the usual points and caveats apply. They are not legal to tow on the road, so unles you plan on doing a lot of towing it around big gardens etc, you might want to conside the other chassis design (trolley type) as they are narrower.
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It costs me around £300 interest per year, fixed for five years. That's how cheap money is at the moment.
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Don’t lease. Hire purchase so that you own it at the end. Five years finance at 2.3% flat rate is what I’m doing. there’s no security as such on the key start model either. It’s just a generic Honda ignition, you could start it with a screwdriver.
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Those blue drawers and shelves were won off a job yesterday! 😍 I have even more drawers the other side of the shot.
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Welding a couple of bits of channel onto the chinky chipper to make it easy to pick up and move where we need it.
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Nice! Welcome to the club mate. Lets see who can rack up the hours fastest! I'm on 32 hours currently.
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Love it. Perfect partner to the E10, long narrow passageway to the materials. Sod using a dumper. I even managed to grade the stone out nearly perfect- did have flat concrete to start off on though!
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Can't see that would challenge it in the slightest! Which loader do you run and what model shear are you considering?
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Leaving it running isn't really what it needs. Generally it just needs a good thrash, 50mph in third up a hill sort of thing in order to clear out carbon from the exhaust system. It never hurts to run some decent (ie. not Redex) injector cleaner either- I add it to the bulk tank. If a motor is not used too often or only for running around, there's a few little things like this you need to do in order to get them through the MOT. Handbrakes for example- my Vito van needs a bit of enthusiastic handrake action on the way to the test centre otherwise the efficiency isn't enough. There's nothing wrong with the emmissions or the handbrake in this instance- both just need a bit of thrashing.
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Sounds like an ideal machine. Pressure is what matters with tree shears, you won't know until you try a particular machine/shear combo but I'd say you'll be OK on that size stuff. Most of the issues seem to be on larger carriers trying to slice 12" of hardwood. @LGP Eddie knows a thing or two about the above.
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Those mates look ace. I need to get myself some. You should be able to load it no bother, just go up forwards and don't stand on the back, so as to keep all the weight on the front. The next model up ('Smal', yellow paint) has electric start and better wheel motors- well worth the extra £1000. Every time I use mine on a job it saves me a few hours labour. Today it was just a glorified wheelbarrow laying out hedging plants, but ideal as I also had a few piles of rakings to loose over a fence across the field also. I'm going to weld some brackets onto one of my forklift crates so as to have a lightweight carry box for it- it'll be really useful and still function as a forklift crate if needed. The tines were a bit small for holding the forklift crate, and it'll be better off properly mounted to stop any sideways sliding.
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Thing is, it’s so easy to make a half descent action, it boggles the mind why there are still so many shit high actions out there! Half of them should ship with a bottle slide they’re that bad 🤣 A zero fret removes the need for precise nut setting, so a low action should in theory be easy for even the cheapest manufacturer to achieve.
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Most likely inboard brakes- thats the norm for a lot of machines. Can still burn out, especially if handbrake also uses them and gets left on. Make sure the linkage is adjusted so it's pulling all it can pull.
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Whole thread on them and others here mate, have a good read through and most of your questions will be answered. I tried both WorkyQuad and the Sherpa and prefered the Sherpa. Try both and see which you prefer- the concept of either is a huge labour saver and there's bugger all in it price wise (Sherpa have a basic model £2k cheaper) Gem Plant will be your nearest WorkyQuad dealer. For Sherpa, Compact Loaders UK are who you need to talk to. If you want to have a play with a Sherpa, PM me- I'm just South of Haslemere and as you will see from the other thread, have a lot of attachments! Only bought it a month ago but it's a game changer, even though I already have a MultiOne 8.4
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You can never have too many loaders…
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This guy gets it!! it’ll be the best purchaser you ever make mate. Splash out on attachments too.
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I said it all along throughout the Covid bollocks- that bitch is power hungry and dangerous. The Welsh tosser isn't much better either. Devoloution needs to be stopped. Either all out independence, sink or swim, or back 'under the yoke' of Westminster.
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They are unfortunately not compatiable. The Cast skids use the same pickup system as Avant/MultiOne, which is much easier to hitch on and make new brackets for than the Sherpa. The MicroBull system looks pretty complex to fab brackets for too, based upon my memory of trying one. You wouldn't want to go down the route of an adaptor bracket either, you'd loose too much capacity to the extra leverage.
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I'd have said that about a Sherpa before trying one too... I was very impressed with the manouverability of the 220 based upon a five miniute play in the dealers (I'd just bought a tractor but seemed rude not to try it)
