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EH! cough cough!
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I dont think a significent SFP comes into it, a small place, and the owner aint so stupid as to rob Peter to pay Paul. PS Each to their own, but "yer man" the French operator is, I suspect paying gie dear to change every 3000 hours.(seeing as forestry machinery is routinely expected to do 30,000 hours) The lower operating costs, and therefore hire-out costs, ONLY come with higher hour machines. I/we did have some down time, but the machine was absolutly new to the contractor. regards marcus
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Well, loading per se, should be an "on the spot" activity. As for moving spoil, you could consider a small dump trailer, for behind your Alpine. Though a hired in site dumper will"eat" any tractor trailer combo. The brother could not understand why I hired in 2 or 3 (was it perhaps) 10 tonne site dumpers to build the Avenue in to this house. They kept 2 No. 13 tonne 360 diggers flat out busy, stripping topsoil , filling and placing hardcore. marcus ps A combo that works very well in work is an 80hp case tractor with a loader on, towing a 2.5 tonne digger. get to the site, the digger fills the big front bucket on the tractor, with the back of a sheaugh bucket generally. tractor then ferries an absolutly full bucket of spoil/rubbish whatever to the "hard" or a waiting lorry. Works a dream for lifting bonfires. but being replaced by a 3500kg digger on a 7500kg beavertail, supplemented by a plant trailer transported 640 Avant. cheers m
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A decent long established farm based contractor. Running a HGV low-loader on DERV, recently put an 8 wheeler grab lorry on the go. Maintains all his own kit, and immaucatuly maintains, over the winter months. I did say "ish" btw, prob mid 30's by now. I do owe him for 3 days recently (der duck pond job!) cheers m
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Stephen, simply better articulation, obviously! (with the bestest possible straight face) I noted the unusually high mounting point of the digger end of the main boom? Does this be standard fit with the 2-piece main boom. PS Eddie, longer as well as wider tracks. What is the calculated static psi? marcus
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But Elder(or the Boortree bush) is revered for its medicinal and culinary uses:001_tt2::001_tt2:
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The psychology of the group of competitive cyclists in any of these races fascinates me. Each member of the peloton KNOWS exactly his status within the "pack", and will defend the status of the pack against "outsiders" or rouge elements. And yes essentially "Gentlemens" rules apply. Until it filters down to the known, and accepted, best contenders. PS We got the "Giro de Italia" here in NI next weekend.
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Very very unusual tyres on the rubber duck, to UK eyes, as they are wile wide. PS 90 Euro an hour, PLUS Vat. GULP! I get a skilled operator on a very well maintained 13 tonner, for £30.00(ish)/Hr + Vat. m
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PS On the other hand I "gave life", or certainly a better opportunity, to 3 No volunteer seedlings today up the Moss. 2 Beech and one wee Oak (the Oak, almost certainly seeded by a Jay) Cut away the surrounding overshadowing shitty Lodgepole Pine.
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A "Sally Bush" as it is euphemistically referred to here in NI. Break off a branch, toss it like a spear into a wet place, and IT WILL grow. Vigerously! However the Galleys of Venice when it was a sea power were built from Willow.(But not Goat Willow) Light and resilient, with a very good length to girth ratio, and easily worked (while not long cut) Perfect for essentially disposable fighting vessels. m
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Assuming not towing behind a LR or Pick Up. Look at a 360 up to 5 or 6 tonne, or smaller. compared to OWT tractor mounted an absolute KING. And as said "the world is yer oyster" in terms of choice. For me leastwise a "no brainer" And it leaves the tractor free to do proper tractor stuff. m
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But "own brand" dry dog nuts from the local Agri feed merchants. £8.00/15kg and feed "ad lib" Plus the megre table scraps, very mouldy bread etc. And rich tea biscuits (bits of) in bed in the morning while I have my milky coffee. Healthy as trout job done
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Hybrid vigour every time. That was what stuck to our 12 or 13 year old "bastard" Mastiff. When we have been repeatedly told 8 or 9 years is all that could be expected, from these pedigree breeds. His father may (or indeed may not) have been pedigree, but his mother was a mongrel staffie mastiff cross bitch. The Mastiff genes from the father appeared to "win", but the hybrid vigour was all there.
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Gardenmac, You mention your TT's behavouir developing/changing. Interestingly most of our rescue dogs have probably taken a couple of years to "come till" themselves. Generally start out entirely silent (beaten as a pup for barking perhaps), & only "learn" to bark after a couple of years with us. Wor Rottyrador barked (once!) as the Postvan left recently. The first time I have heard him speak in over 2 years. And MOST impressive. He, at about 4 years old, also finally seems to be going through a puppy phase, playing with the other dogs. All very interesting to observe. m
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hmmmm? food for thought:lol:
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Hey 50 kg of Mastiff fitted on my lap, very comfortably. Ah couldnay really see the TV past him, but that did not seem to trouble the big sap. ps wot is it? bitsa bulldog/staffie mix?
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Good point. First place to start is a dog breed Characteristics table. Some large dogs do not need much exercise, if I recall the Great Dane falls in this cotogory, some small dogs need a lot (but the short legs help, relatively speaking) How about a Mexican hairless or Chewawa for the heat. Though windows left partly down/mostly , and a sun screen across the windscreen, and hey if cutting trees, parked in the shade/semi shade. Could/should be workable. Plus checking at tea breaks/lunchtime.
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very nice Rowan
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From me, Great company, check Warm in bed, check. Smelly, check, Irish bred itinerent deterrant, CHECK Noisy, uncheck costly, uncheck If getting a pup, get 2 same sex siblings, they will spend hours knocking/tearing lumps out of each other (as opposed to Italian shoes or furniture) Well at least our last 2 additions have. We are currently in the market for a Bulldog or "Queen Anne" legged Mastiff Bitch to complete our Irish bred itinerent un-welcoming party. m PS I took the Rottador to Dublin today, & he made several new friends, then to visit a sawmill where I let him out to introduce himself to 2 completely strange dogs. Nary a bit of fuss.
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life of bandsaw wheels before re-grinding/reprofiling
difflock replied to difflock's topic in Milling Forum
Clyde at Baker sawmills allowed about once per year in commercial production= 1700 hrs. Hmmm, just need to source a Genny. -
Was looking at a Baker mill today, alledgely only about 2000 hrs, it has been cutting clean Sitka Spruce. BUT! The origional bandwheels, prob for an 1&1/2 wide blade are away for reprofiling? So will this give me any indication of what actual hrs are on the Mill. How often do 1 1/2 or 1 1/4 crowned wheels need re-profiling. It was running a 2" blade and I watched it cutting 100%, in so far as I am capable of being aware. marcus
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PS Intended to mention (& hi Muldonagh) I did actually, after leaving the trailer sitting overnight, get "laired" in that one "russian" Ex slurry tanker tyre was in level with the hub, or perhaps even the axle. In Moss. So I slung a max weight stout log out at max reach of the crane to the other side, got reversed back just enough to insert a couple of 6"-8" poles below the tyre in the rut. Then with my cunning counter balance still deployed, forward with the Difflock engaged, smartly followed by full right lock with the skid brakes on. Phew! Made it, just! Good job I got virtually 90 deg lock with the trailer hitched to the winch plate, cos there was a sheaugh in front o me. I then retrieved my counterweight and parked the crane over the trailer. PS The trailer, with some quite long/overlong sticks was nicely "jinking", that is to say virtually no "nose weight" on the hitch. Cherrs m
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I might attempt to build a "revolver" fed circular saw bladed device, to cut to length. A most elegant solution.(As seen at the APF, and I will take photos this year) The problem with attempting to cut the billet bundles "through and through" is the fact that due to the strapping tension, each billet will twist and move within the bundle thereby fouling and binding the blade. Cheers M
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Broonie, thanks, Well organised/sussed in ma heid like. Output still bes a bit low due to the easily distracted (=lazy) streak. But am getting there.
