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  1. scbk
    Buy it Bob
  2. scbk
    I would say muck truck is more useful than track barrow (I have both), you can turn on grass without ripping it up or putting boards down. Tends to be faster too. Tracks are more useful when the ground is already chruned up, or in a woodland. When I bought the muck truck max they were only 1600+vat new - they'll be more now, but ask round a couple of dealers. The amount of stuff that muck truck has shifted is unreal, and it's still good as new
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    I've always had Transits and the death of them for me has always been the rust. They seem to be the worst van/truck for rust. Had an old Renault Master for a while, that was better Just bought a mk1 vw crafter (same as a sprinter but vw engine) so will see how that fairs, it was 580 mile drive home with it! My mechanic and his dad both have crafters. Builder guy I've done work for has a crafter tipper, he loves it There's also the MAN tge which is simillar (same?) as the crafter, and is available in twin wheel I think
  4. scbk
    Do you or your mother in law burn firewood? You probably have enough woodland for one house to be self sufficient in firewood. So if you need firewood, you could potter away at that, the odd day here and there, family can help too hopefully?
  5. scbk
    I found the grinder slow/fiddly to set up and use, I got one years ago but not used it in a long time. It doesn't do the depth gauges, so you will still have to do them manually. Got a pferd (stihl) 2in1 file this year, so far I think that is the best (easiest/fastest) way of sharpening chains.
  6. scbk
    Is it not a Honda gx35 copy?
  7. scbk
    I'm normally wrong on estimating too! Your eyes play tricks on you. It was 2 days total, what slows it down is dead elm is pretty tough and stringy, and quite a bit of the logs had been cut too long to fit in the splitter so you had to try and get them end on, which is slow and fiddly.
  8. scbk
    Big pile of oak and elm, around 400-500mm long (for a boiler). They'd been through the pile beforehand with a cone splitter on an excavator to knock it into more manageable lumps, it had clearly been a couple of big trees
  9. scbk
    Not seen it in real life but always liked the idea with this one, a slow ram and a fast ram, and a log lift Hydraulic Tractor Mounted Log Splitter - Made in the UK - Harbrook HARBROOKENGINEERING.CO.UK Heavy Duty Hydraulic Log Splitter made in the UK. 10 & 20 ton twin ram design gives you the best of both worlds - speed & power.
  10. scbk
    What part of the country are you in? Very very poor for fruit on my trees here north of Inverness this year
  11. scbk
    Failing that, what part of the oxdale is it you think needs improving, and could you modify to improve it? Bigger table? Log lift? Different shape of wedge? Bigger pto hydraulic pump? Different valve? Add a conveyor?
  12. scbk
    Give the lad a set of FM ear defenders (or bluetooth) and £20 cash for every full IBC. No new log splitter required.
  13. scbk
    Urgent because weather forecast was it will be chilly tonight and the log shed is empty?! I use (semi chisel) rotatech chains, they're fine, but not as cheap as they used to be
  14. scbk
    The local motor factors (who I'd be buying the oil from anyway), give them the reg and they look it up on their super dooper computer, and get you the right oil and filters. Think it's @aspenarb on here who says he puts 10w40 in everything, they'll all be fine
  15. scbk
    Hi folks, does anyone with a WP36 know the RAL paint codes - for the red and grey that is standard. I do have a proper RAL colour chart book here somewhere, but christ knows where it actually is!
  16. scbk
    I don't know are you planning to do the work yourselves or not? Another thing would be, do have a use there for any big lumps of oak timber you could mill out of this? Oak mantlepieces/posts/stuff for your house? Even if just for the novelty of finding a permanent use for bits of this tree.
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    Holzfformer G372XP

    scbk replied to kram's topic in Chainsaws

    What is the chains you're using, got a link?
  18. scbk
    What island was that? (which is going to lead on to, has it got many rowan?)
  19. scbk
    Mashed them up, rinsed them through a sieve loads of time to try and remove as much of the pulp as possible, then mixed half and half with sharp sand, into pots covered with mesh to hopefully keep the wildlife off. They will be left outside all winter. Also filled a ziplock bag with the seed sand mixture, and put that in the bottom of the fridge to leave until the new year.
  20. scbk
    Well I harvested a good amount of berries, from the local area, from lots of different trees, to hopefully mix up the genetics a bit and leave the majority on the tree for the birds. Patented fruit and berry picking device, put it round your neck - handsfree!
  21. scbk
    Someone will tell me I'm wrong, but I always thought you could only burn material on the site it originated from? I once had someone send the police out to a bonfire I was having on a site, it was a great fire, red hot so very little smoke, and safe as houses too.
  22. scbk
    The only safe option is to swallow the keys, 12hrs+ to shit them out, should be sober by then
  23. scbk
    Honda Izy are good domestic mowers (steel deck so won't last forever) My old man bought a domestic Honda brand new about the year 2000, I had to fit a new deck in 2015, it doesn't really get any tlc. Mower is still running great to this day Just to keep taking this thread off topic, this video is pretty interesting:
  24. scbk
    Out of interest, what was your method, to achieve a 100% failure rate?
  25. scbk
    Quite a common thing on mobile workshop type vans - water/hydro board, plant fitters etc. So if someone buys one of these vans 2nd hand they might be selling the vice and sliding mount cheap ie Irwin Record No.3 Slide Out Vice for Van Racking / Shelving WWW.EBAY.CO.UK <p>Irwin no3 sliding vice for van with fixing blocks. Used but full working condition</p><br /> Same as all the other kit that might be coming out - racking, workbench, 12v sink, night heater, hoist, 12v microwave, water boiler, inverter, pto generator, etc

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