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Goaty

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  1. P.s due to the cab having little space you bang your head over bumps on the frame so hang on to the steering wheel. Ours has weakened and the whole console wobbles.
  2. The nursery has one, also as , the volcan pictured has artic and conventional front steering, both tractors do 40kpm, very twitchy on the volcan especially with implement on rear as it swings it around at speed however on headlands its brilliant you need to be quick and on the ball and you are in the next row. The valient is an 02 reg has had gearbox rebuilt twice, Its manual and they always were tight gears. The transmission housing gets very hot on pto work and you need to have 2 of the gear levers in on one of the tractors to circulate oil if using pto in a static situation. Cant remember which. The valient only has conventional front steering and needs a car park to turn round in. The other thing the geometry of the pto and linkage is very tight so your will need a new pto shaft if you use equipment on another tractor. The lift height is not that high either notice the flail in picture. It grounds the mower if you go over a bump on road. However alot of package in a tight space.
  3. Tip, if you buy technic he will need help. Ive still got all mine in parents loft. Still prefer to wander through a toy shop, hate clothes shopping.
  4. Its evolved to dodge the shots of bad shooters.
  5. Take it the clean up was only a quickie? Maybe more elbow grease or panama cigar style, jack rear up at one side, strap a wire brush on a shaft secured to body side with wire brush over hub. Engage gear enjoy cigar. Read rim.
  6. Is the blue periscope R2D2? Seriously though I imagine transmission and engine are swamped. Did your logs float away? Hope it isnt too much hassle getting all sorted. Be interested how it goes?
  7. I looked in to this a few years ago. I now have a purpose made wood stove with built in boiler. I thought if I wrapped a coil or rows of uprights of copper round my flue it would collect waste heat, this is already done and they are called flue robbers and other names. They are troublesome because the heat is needed up the flue or chimney to exhaust the gas, If it cools to soon you get bad flow of air and heavy creosoting of flue, leading to regular cleaning. However water heaters are made that are a tank with a flue through the middle and a little open fire in a grate underneath. So this principle must work to a degree. Depending on your model of boiler you can take out the fire bricks and fit a tank/back boiler or clip one on the outside. Unless I was doing it in an outbuilding/workshop. I wouldn't tamper with existing stove setup unless there is a made to fit boiler. Because its simple enough to start with but then you have to abide by regs. Other costs incurred such as dump valves, pumps etc. It could end up being a big headache. However I'd be interested if you do have success.
  8. Purple plum, hideous tree, even more hideous specimen. Destroy, the current value of land .Something more worthy could be there.
  9. Aye the lads even used to tuck their legs on the shorts into their pants for a maximum tan.
  10. As a teenager I worked on a tree Nursery, when asked I would say "I work ON a nursery" or "Im a nurseryman. " My weathered injured hands and tanned face working outdoors. Many would say.. "O you like working with children?"
  11. That'll be square, numb,awkward to use and makes reluctant whining noises when on the move.
  12. Why an electric? Some bolt a chainsaw on which you probably already have. Cheap electric or engined products tend not to last if your expectations are commercial. A good sawhorse multiplies production.
  13. A bit of kiwi ingenuity! needed. I'd be reluctant to shovel by hand not that I mind in my own time, but paying by the hour for staff especially on hot days when the have already grafted on the job. Morale as well, staff always joke about how everyone else has.. tippers in this case. Whilst they do it the primitive way. Could you lay a strong sheet on bed of pick up and up the back of cab. Then strap or rope the end of sheet at cab end evenly through to the corners. Then secure rope to equipment in yard and either drive off or a gang of lads pull it. My theory is the chip should do a surf/roll off the back and spill over sides a bit maybe. Peters load tipper is the best way really, calculate the outlay and how many shovel hours to payback. Peter may want to tap the NZ market if he hasn't already.
  14. Haul it up behind you. If it hangs clear its not going to bash you.
  15. I had one but never this trouble. If you take the plastic cover off the top does it have a dividing partition with a hole in it? Tape securely over hole from both sides if no flap already in place to use. Remember to remove in warmer weather.
  16. Normal folk treat them like guard dogs, chuck em a bit of grub and hope they leave them alone.
  17. When they come to collect trees for planting it bewilders us. Four blokes minimum, at least 1 vehicle. To collect 4 rootballed trees. We load them, then they take a 20 minute break read papers , coffee. Say they will be back for more in the afternoon, often never make it. I know a tree officer on same council started on the tools, they keep giving him more stress, responsibility. Same pay. I mentioned about "The Lads" His reply there are more waiting on site and a digger to dig the holes. So... Minimum 4 blokes 1 Digger Minimum 2 vans/trucks. All wear chainsaw protective gear to keep warm all the time and possibly image? When sap starts to rise in spring. They get commercial companies in to help:confused1:
  18. To verify what Taupo said. The Guys that do forestry are more likely to bare knuckle fight to pass time. Do magical substances etc. From what I heard you feel like a little boy in a prison of hardened thugs. Didn't get to try for myself.
  19. Check out the visa read up on it.
  20. But contact them they know their stuff:thumbup1:
  21. Goaty

    Poplar

    Thats the seeds I believe. Fast growing wood not well liked, used to make matches and pallets out of it. High moisture content, rots quickly. Type poplar in the search option on toolbar that should keep you going. Welcome.
  22. Its possibly a good thing they will let her take them out if she pays. In reality the current occupiers probably inherited the sycamores. Maybe they could be dropped on the cheap and someone would take for firewood. IME its easier and quick to drop them and then takes ages to clear up. Offer it up on Arbtalk maybe someone in that area will do the dismantle.
  23. "O dear" Rich Im having second thoughts of posting pictures of my workbench, I might get unthanked zillions of times and lose all my points. It will be like going back to Sonic the hedgehog on the megadrive, were you stay up all night because if you turn off(log out) you have to start all over again! We have all entered the matrix, the deeper you go the more it seems to cave in on you.
  24. Unless you get conned with a fake or an ebay account that isnt legit, but then you wouldn't have a saw. Just fresh air or £5 in scrap. Worth buying new for warranty on that kind of saw.

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