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  1. difflock
    Here in NI, uncovered logs have actually got wetter over the summer, with a combination of endless light rain and stonking humidity on the few days the Sun broke through. Since I cut and split some last week, that had been lying over 15 months. marcus
  2. difflock
    Thanks David, exactly my feelings about the 3720 JD, being very well hammered together/unburstable(and I imagine I prefer the Yanmar engine, which I also reckon to be more fuel efficient) , but I reckon the clincher is JD's LoadMatch system, which is tremendous for loader applications. PS We, that is I just purchased a JD 1585 mower for work, which is really really rated by the operator, who used to pilot a Class Jaguar self propelled forage harvester, I am sure he was glad of the JD A/C yesterday in our humid 25 deg heat. The cab is also very nicely tidied up from the Mauser cab on the 15 year old one it replaced. BUT I would have bought a Kubota, except less spec(lower transport speed for 1) than the JD, the standard fit JD A/C being the deciding factor. cheers m Still fancy a 47HP Iseki(which kit I seriously rate) or cloned MF mind.
  3. difflock
    Thank you David! PPS The JD 3720 is 50% more powerful than the 3030 Kubota though, could possibly have a wee bearing on the issue. cheers m
  4. difflock
    Bloody hell, yees is all telling me what ah dinny wanna hear! From a long time Kubota fan, who has only recently warmed to J Deere, through direct personal experience. And also slightly went off Kubota ride on mowers as not being built(penny pinching/cost cutting?)like the late 1990's G17/G19's were. Though being aware that JD are all too good at banging out low-rent specials like perhaps the 3036 range, which are missing the options of their pricer models. But honestly the hours issue is prob less pertinent than the way the tractor was used, serviced and maintained. And I would only be putting little more than hobby hours on, so could accept higher hours, as long as this was reflected in the price. cheers all marcus
  5. difflock
    Still looking for a nominal 45 HP hydro trans tractor with loader. got 2 lined up, only £500.00 difference in price, and VAT on both. one is a Kubota with no cab, Ag tyres and low hours, the other is a 4R JD, with cab but turf tyres and about twice the Kubota's hours, but much fresher looking, I dont really want a cab, but fancy the J Deere, being used to the wee 3720 at work. So, do I know what I like, or merely like what I know. Ah hate making decisions. No doubt if I continue to faff about, someone will buy the 1 I wanted! PS Is there any seasonal element to this type of kit? i.e. is it more likely to be changed between Jan and March, than now in the late summer/ Autumn.
  6. difflock
    Is there no merit in considering a hydraulic drive chainsaw bar, on the end of the dipper arm, alongside the grab, to snick to logs to length, AS one deposits them on/in the horizontal splitter, or cut knotty/branched or bent sections into thin rings for vertical splitting another time. The digger operator is perfectly placed to sort a mixture of timber types. And essentially eliminate chainsaw aches and pains. Since I see a 3-5-8 tonne excavator with a grab as an extension of the operators arm. m
  7. difflock
    In 2 words "FornIcatinG WeT", since I took the day off to concide with the brothers rest day, to process firewood for him. Wot a proper pisser of a day, 3 changes of clothes later still like a drowned rat. However a hot shower, a bottle of London Pride and the smell o a sizzling pan in me nostrils(Black Pudding, 'n the trimmings, at 16:15) so feeling MUCH better. PS Had threatened Senior Management with Weatherspoons, so she got the Fry on. Tee Hee!
  8. difflock
    Using my 17 tonne Krpan, with stupidly simple cheap pto/pull cord winch today. Snagging logs out of a jumbled pile and hoisting them in and up to drop down on a couple of cross logs, to leave a better height for cutting. Effortless single handed operation, and v fast when running at tick-over revs on the 1000 shaft, and "Ah haint broke her yer Sur", which says sommat. One of my more sensible purchases. cheers marcus
  9. difflock
    Dammit, well seeing I am used to catching a 50+ year old wife with 2 knackered knees.
  10. difflock
    Never mind filling the gutters with Leaves and encourgaging Insects.
  11. difflock
    Dean, I hope I am correct in saying that I recall reading a discussion on the greenbuildingforum, in respect of the validity of insulating beneath underfloor heating, this came up in an "Interseasonal Heat Store" thread. Anyway the gist was that any heat "lost" downwards, wasnt really, it simply warmed the ground up, then reached a state of equilibrum. A "mega" storage heater in effect. AS LONG AS round the walls was insulated, and there was not a stream of groundwater flowing under the house stripping the heat away. Which since the early stone built houses were ALWAYS built on a dry place, is highly unlikely. BUT, for the first few winters, one will think the house is unheatable, until the ground warms up food for thought? marcus
  12. difflock
    Sigh:thumbdown:
  13. difflock
    (i) reasonable, but not excessive insulation. (ii)wet underfloor heat, for background heat only(think giant storage heater), & lower return water temps for max boiler efficency. (iii) heating load "topped up", or not, with woodburning stoves. (iv) ideally solar hot water panels for summer DHW , then no boiler needed, during the summer. m
  14. difflock
    Products | Hopes Horticulture Services link to site that was offering the R420 Kubota cheers m
  15. difflock
    Just jealous of your new toy!
  16. difflock
    Scalded cat old boy!
  17. difflock
    yup, cos at least the injin was still the right way up!
  18. difflock
    Sommat ah can comment on, usefully, I find the usual failure mechanism on our jerry cans is the bases bashing/abrading/wearing through, from the usual rough handling on mostly concrete/paved surfaces plus the inevitable "jiggling" about in vehicles. When out working 8 months of the year on a daily basis., But em, use em, check em, crush em, dump em!
  19. difflock
    Sounds proper tastey that! A local business owner ran a 4.6HSE, whiche he bought brand new, which I commented upon, he claimed for all the difference in running costs, (which his business could obviously afford) it was worth it for the effortless performance. Enjoy your toy.
  20. difflock
    Erm, cough cough, a friend told me, honest!
  21. difflock
    Understood, as can wee forestry trailers! For the same reasons.
  22. difflock
    I phoned to enquire, the bloke seemed open enough, it was imported by the 1 and only owner from the states in the '90,s, presumably traded in again sommat else, but was out on demo/appro, so I suspect he used my enquiry as leverage. He said if the potential buyer did not bite he would phone me back. He has not. I did not ask how much he was looking btw. I did a very brief search, and apparently "common as muck" in the states and canada, and reckoned to be idiot proof and very very tough. I still think it is proper cute, and functional, of course. marcus
  23. difflock
    Oh! Ere Mrs! look wot ah found in England, the postage stamp size image would not let me copy, so here is Kubotas offical bumph https://www.kubota.com/product/R420/R420.aspx common as much in America and Canada apparently sexy sexy sexy
  24. difflock
    put helium in the tyres!
  25. difflock
    I favour Boris's Thames estuary island airport at least the money spent thereon would not be entirely wasted. RE the future of air travel, I despair at the heaving masses jetting off cattle-class, to bespoil ever more newly discovered/developed, previously unspoilt areas. Leaving a trail of litter in their wake. Jet fuel should attract the same punitive taxation as road going fuel. Simples!

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