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We ran MX120 2-stroke Suzi engines in Rover box mowers on Cem duty. Absolutly stonking good engine, never missed a beat for a good no of years running prob 6 hrs a day for 6 months of the year. Run on meticulously mixed red stihl at 50:1 When we no longer could buy replacments the last 2 were kept on for several years past their "best before" date.

I got our local contractor on the phone today. Voila! They run a Wiedenmann Super 500, apparently very pleased with its performance, and would be keen to take on our work. About £20,000.00 (less reasonable LA discount), to purchase, so workable either way! marcus

Bob, I seriously figger an old single chop Tarrup or similar and an 1980's sized silage trailer, I have suggested contacting our very active local classic tractor club, hopefully they could sort out some sort of PR exercise deal, most of the sites will be adjacent 12th or Halloween bonfire sites, ergo expect rubbish, though fewer old gearboxs, now scrap is worth of collecting, or has been. But I would not expect the arisings to have any fodder value. The Council do however run their own green waste recycling operation, so that will be the disposal site, prob del in a humungeously expensive and expensive to run green waste bin lorry. sigh all quite mad! marcus

Bob, "BINGO", Your experience is exactly what our Council is planning. Any my pref would be to contract it out to a local contractor, who specializes in a mix of Agri and sports pitch construction and maint etc. but 2nd choice would be to buy the Amazon and spot hire a suitable tractor, if ours arnt suitable. btw. Exactly the type of comment/info I was after, and indeed it confirms my gut feelings based on 25 years experience grass cutting. Job Done! PS I can only presume you run the Amazone kit because it is the best you are aware of? cheers Marcus

I imagine I will recommend the only machine I am aware of this no of years, an Amozone, (and probably one of the larger trailed GDS ones), high tip flail collecters, then into a skip or direct into the back of the green waste 8 wheeler BigBite refuse truck. We already got 2 Agri tractors an 80HP Case and the wee honey of a JD 3720. Still need to sort the issue of us running Agric spec tractors on the road mind, regardless of the colour of the diesel, and we run on clear anyway. Next up will be an HGV beavertail to transport this kit. Marcus PS Unsure of total acreage, but some sites are quite small with narrow akward access/weak bridges etc. Typical Council operation. So I figger the JD 3720 would be the most likely contender.

A daft enterprise if I ever heard of one, since "they" think (i) either a farmer will do it for free i.e for the value of the dog **** and rubbish strewn grass. I suggested a 40 year old single chop rather than a modern Big M or Class Katana might be more appropriate technology for disgesting the somewhat varied fodder:confused1:. OR (ii) Purchase a dedicated machine to be used for one month of the year, capable of cutting quite a few Ha of heavy hay meadow. And transport the arising 20 odd miles for disposal at a green waste site. A small round baler was mentioned:lol: All For £15,000 or £20,000:lol: So, thoughts please. Marcus

I liked her £1,000,000.00 garden extenstion. 1970''s building was generally proper poor anyway.

Fergus is making me a sign reading; "My other tractor is a Porsche" for my beloved DB 1490, or perhaps "My Skoda is faster than my Porsche" Ps I ud then needa buy a Porsche tractor!

It all depends! Dig a small bucket in at full boom reach and use a strop round the dipper arm near ground level perhaps? And put the bucket on arse about face to form a better anchor. Also depends a lot on the angle of the re-direct, minimal deflection, should not be an issue, getting on for 180 deg = 16 tonne of virtually doubled line pull, assuming winching in 8 tonne.

A joint venture wit Nissan or somesuch, is it not? Der Gay wagen pick-up, factory spec natch, is the real mccoy. Or one o them new Aussie Army yokes!

Ah hav a plan to use the 17 tonne splitter downstroke to, via a wire strop, to "winch" the bundle down tight before strapping, in which case I could possibly get away with using blue rope, with or *without those clever patented plastic german Knotti thingamabobs. *Without simply by throwing on a farmers hitch with a flick of the back of the wrist. But got plenty of polyproplene strapping to use first. Just need to up productivity:blushing:

An update on my glacial slow progress to date. Note the 1/2m3 bundles have stayed tight, and they have been sitting exposed outside since early last September. I stack reasonably carefully, then winch up the strapping, then "beat" the protruding billets into line with a long (18"/2') shafted 3lb club hammer (one handed job) then retension:thumbup1: Note despite the log grab pinching in tightly, they go back to the round when set down. Then simply lifted with the borrowed JD and pallet forks, though I would intend to make a 2 toed/pronged frame outta 76mm tubing, with tapered ends to easier thread through the stacked bundles.(or 2 buckrake tines more likely, why re-invent the wheel!) The stacked bundles also "breath" very well, and lend themselves to easy covering, and the easy securing of said covers. Also easy to stack high in the shed, and again, allowing for really good airflow through the stack. Marcus

JHC! WTF is your problem?, this addressed to all those numb-nuts who, in the linked article, made out like he was some kinda airborne Attilla the Hun cum Adolf cum Stalin cum Pol Pot cross-bred wit Idi Amin, 'n a wee dose o ISIS thrown in forby. Get a life, and a grasp of realities, likelyhood of risk/harmful outcome etc. etc. PS Note the one sensible opinion from the professional Pilot! Marcus

:thumbup: Nice one :thumbup: Would "a celeberation of a life lived" be an appropriate comment? PS. My 84 year old, and ailing Mother recently asked me to stop by the local Undertaker recently to leave in a bequest for a recently deceased relative. I dropped her off at the door and sat myself back in the car, when I saw Mum re-emerging from the "shop" I got out to help her back into the car. The undertaker, after my mother was safely in behind the closed door then asked?, "And, how is your mother keeping?" I merely replied that I understood his professional undertakers judgment, should be a better judge of my mothers life expectancy than any relatively uninformed opinion of mine. Which I repeated to my mother when I got back in the car, having noted the quizzical look on her face. She, my Mum, proper snorted with laughter at my account of our exchange. Marcus

Got boils on yer arse or sommat!

(i) Senior Managment never finishes hers. (ii) I sit behind a desk most days, and simply do not work up an appatite (also being near 60 is a factor) (iii) I only got 3 teeth, and 2 of them are very loose.(seriously and ashamedly) PS When I were a lad . . . ah cud fair eat . . . but I never were inclined to pay for a steak, unfortunate, when i had a set of teeth. Sigh But no teeth need to consume Guiness and champ, so no danger o starving to death!

Home made bread, fresh from the breadmaker, butter 'n "leftover" rare Sirloin steak, from last night. 15 secs in the micro wave to remove the fridge chill. A pickle of salt. Perfect!

I noted our local electricty supply company, NIE (as was anyway) never stopped using creosote to treat their poles. I "jarred" our head of Environmental Health on day re the Topic. Because no other product was as good. Despite all the research and copper based Greenwash products. Simples!

A loop sewn into the front of the wife's Public School issue type of green serge knickers. Would work just as well. Bloody indestructible they were.

Well aving seen 57 this past weekend, came home from work, put the winch on the ould DB, scoffed a 1/2 bottle o wine wi me tae, an off up the Moss. (i) Broke nothing! (ii) Climbed a tree, (it was a heavy backleaner, & in danger of crushing me wee Oaks) I probably would not have done at 17, got the wire rope hauled up about 5m and yoked. (iii) Routed winch rope round behind a sound fresh cut stump, to hold it down and get the pull angle right. (iv) Pretensioned the winch rope to ease the tree back, knew I had judged it right as the gob was trying to close on the saw, gobbed er out to just past 1/2 way, paused, watched and studied, tree never stirred, snicked the ears, and put the felling cut in to leave a good 3 or 4" hinge. Tree still never stirred. (v)Then back to the tractor & Winched her down, exactly as I had planned, and bang on target.. Textbook or not it worked. Would I have done it when younger, hmmm? I like to think it takes the ould dog for the hard road.:lol:

oops!, missed that outstanding clue!

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absolutly no need to stop up ditchs (or sheaughs ) all moss moss n more moss, NO sheaughs to stop up. back up this afternoon, I just keep find more n more Oaks, and the odd Beech, I would love to know the vector for the Acorns, carried at least a 1/2 mile to a mile "as the crow flies", but prob Grey Squirrells or Jays? Might need to hire a microlight and take a look from aloft. or buy a quad copter n camera:lol: cheers m

What had been cut-out Moss, and overgrown by Birch, is now home to an amazing no of naturally seeded Oaks, with a few beauitful Beech in places. I am currently felling the overshadowing birch so they, the Oaks, will grow stocky, and hopefully therefore less likely to suffer windthrow later in their life(after I am long gone!) Leaving the Birch where they fall to feed fungi n bugs n beetles n such etc. Taking a surprising pleasure and satisfaction in doing so. marcus

I desire to be "burped" through a Wood Chipper into my own private (but anyone else is free to enjoy) area of woodland, to feed nature in return for nature feeding me. Fairs fair!