difflock

Cept, hawk,'n spit, they are a JCB product, which marque my father fell out with 50 years ago. Some family traditions need to be upheld one understands.

Look at Godon Agricultural/Cowlings Agricultural Cowlings have an absolute honey of an L4100HST Kubota, i.e. 41Hp and hydrostatic transmission, on wide agri tyres, with a proper Kubota loader. My kinda indestructible (i.e no dry clutch) all round useful multipurpose tool

no no! NO! it ud be a 515-40Agri The smallest telehandler JCB do, but still too new to be affordable.

TSK TSK there were some seriously sexy fat trellerborg tyres on there. Since rubber dont rust!

I admit to being shocked at the "presentation" of ANY of the advertised kit. Did the "insiders" hope the Bord ud let it go for scrap, price wise, leastwise, i.e. none of this public auction nonsense?(if it looked neglected enough) Is all I can figger.

I got the money, but being lazy as Sheaugh Water(i.e. tucked in beside Senior Managment, at 19:30 hours after a wonderful chicken dinner) I could never "make her pay", as somebody on here(Mutley) says "he who dies with the most toys wins", on that basis, well I am probably well on my way to winning! Ah do so lust after oddball machinery though. sigh!

erm! yeese will talk me inta it yet, I were joking .. .. .. kinda .. .. .! on tother hand there is a wee honey o a 40 HP HST Kubota on fat agric tyres with no cab, which ah could seriously get the hots for! It ud be more expensive though (i ud hope)

see!! Sanderson wit winch.docx

http://www.wilsonsauctions.com/specialist-search-results/1302

wills-mills I discounted the Moffat as being v cumbersome and wide to access buildings/gaps. Bob, The Scaeffer suggestion brings be back to an earlier notion to mount my tractor forklift mast, to the front of a 1tonne hi-tip dumper(in lieu of the skip) which idea I recently set-aside as being way too easy to topple sideways! Cos an ah dinny bounce like ah usetay! Kinda rationalizing(Hmmm??) I really want a 35 to 45 HP hydrostatic drive Compact tractor with a loader, will lift and transport (transporting on 3 pt linkage mounted pallet toes if needs be) as much as I need, and otherwise all-round useful. Regards all and thanks for the ideas Marcus

Prefer to be able to tow on a plant trailer, as not. The JCB 926/930, a bit large and cumbersome, even if relatievely bombproof/indestructable.

Dent, thanks for reminding me about the JCB 2CX option, Kramer I am aware of, since a few about local, due to a local dealership(as was) Skid steer, not interested. The Attack, hmmmm a possibility, but rather deal in NI or from a recognised reputable UK dealer. To save travelling to kick tyres.

thanks Bob, my eyes glazed over when searching for "forklift", bloody hell, theres millions of the dammed things for sale! And I was considering gas, or even electric, since I would only be running it intermittently. Figgering owt diesel, would carry an uncessary(to me) price premium. I REALLY REALLY WANT a babby telehandler, but way too expensive to be justifiable against my actual needs. I hired a 4512 Wiedemann for a work job, and proper fell in love with its nimbleness and all round versitility.

Ah!, on Ausa's website, with a wee video clip as well, quite good articulation,& being aware of the solid looking industrial tyres, I would need to consider retyring, but since 2WD , that is a straightforward operation. But tyres/traction workable as is my my surfaces. They seem to be aimed at fruit & vegetable growers for the home (Spanish) market, i.e. bring produce from the fields and load onto a lorry, so no great height(3.0m) of lift either. But kinda "fit" with my likely or imagined use. like lifting & stacking my 0.5m3 bundles of billets, weighing 250kg wet/150kg dry cheers marcus

My next purchase. I will need to traverse areas of consolidated hardcore, but not "mud", though sommat on floaty tyres (like a Wiedemann 4512 or an Ausa Taurulift 144, but both too expensive, being new to the market) ud be absolutly perfect. A JCB Teletruk, therefore looks the most likely candidate, but v heavy/too heavy to tow. However if I dont need "reach", or can live without reach, should I/would I be wise to consider the Ausa C11 off-road forkift currently on offer on ebay. Ausa Forklift.ausa C11 . Ausa . Forklift | eBay I dont need to lift more than a tonne, and something so apparently simple has a certain appeal:confused1: Though I much rather have hydrostatic drive than gears.

We use Bowcom paint, supplied direct from the factory, I also watched a Belfast Council employee, literally "whizzing" round several pitches with their (somewhat under-engineered )ride on trike arrangment. very impressive Overmarking is simple and fast. striking out if the lines are lost, slow and tedious. Especially if the goal posts are misaligned(not unheard of btw) ONLY wash the nozzles with detergent or supplied cleaner, NEVER the steel bristle from a wire brush. sigh! m

I can predict that he will snap the chain brake on, do a double forward somersault, followed by a Parachute Landing Fall, roll forward onto the balls of his feet, nonchantly give the rope the merest tug, and have the trunk land 3" from his toes as he gives a bow. How? Simple, he is obviously SAS trained. How do I know? By the choice of headgear. I blame watching too much Sherlock Holmes btw.

Short of very-oversized and helium filled tyres on the plant trailer, a 33U, running at a nominal 3500kg operating weight is a straight no-no for 3500kg towing. Which was why I specced our wee Mitsu 7500kg beavertail to carry 4000kg, having already bought the 33U the year before, knowing it were a no-no in respect of 3500kg towing limit. I would ave loved to spec a Engon, but £10,000.00 extra over the sub £25,000.00 purchase cost was going to be impossible to justify to a LA purcheser. That said I bought the digger as much as a multi-purpose hydraulic power source, with added reach, as as a digger, it has spent this week sifting tyre wire, rims and other ferrous from bonfire remains, with a simple basic Scott sourced grab, thereby saving quite a few thousand in disposal costs. It can also reasonably "sort" rubbish into recycable, versus non recycable in the correct hands. That and the wee hydraulic drive hedge knife already more than justified the digger purchase. Apart from digging the odd grave. Next up is the hydraulic guillitione shear for heavier branch/limb pruning. cheers marcus

Some excellent stuff in that link Chippy, thanks.

Some of the vast range of "silicone gun" type adhesives like Tec7 and Stixall(an Evostick product) are very very good, and I have used to fix various domestic odds and ends, if used as directed, also impressed by Gorilla glue, for wood, and Cascamite/Extramite, ditto for wood in the past. Ideally need to find a trade rep for 3M or Loctite, or other big name manufacturer, and see what "factory" spec stuff they can get. Since I used to know the "heid buck Cat" for Loctite Ireland. But always "horses for courses" PS Agree about modern SuperGlue, being shite. link for QBOND http://qbond.net/

All a knife needs to be, nothing less, nothing more, and hey if the Victorians hadda had engineering plastics, they certainly would not have used leather for a sheath.

I understood line speed was the key difference between recovery winches and forestry winches, so it could be painfully slow.

bloody hell, 60,000k or miles, and still like new, for anyone with a an requirment for such a vehicle, a "no brainer"! erm wos it plated at? ok 7500kg, so what payload left? As little as 2 tonne perhaps?

Aye, but then one ud need to live at 3 different addresses, at least officially for the benefits, or come to think, 6 addresses, 2 by 2 by 2 twice over.

I figger in the natural scheme of things, we are most likely to be working long hours providing funds for an uncertain future, while we are young strong and motivated, but also while our own children are young or growing up, then in our later years lovingly watch the grandchildren with a doting eye as their parents, our children, fly about like blue arsed flies, repeating our "mistakes". A certain rythm and balance to it all, across the generations. Which is why, really, 3 generations need to live under the one roof, or closeby in the immediate community.