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I near boked when I heard Lord Smiths plaintive reference to his 30 or 40 years of "Public Service". Gee! I did not realize he was working on a purely voluntary unpaid/unpensioned basis. m
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I am sure the guy from the TV Show "Numbsrs" could calculate out the impossibility of draining "x" amount of rainfall over "y" months, from a, or across a, horizontal plane. The clue lies in the name Somerset Levels regards, Marcus
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I watched a time served mechanic attempting to hammer a lorry sized drivers door window glass back in , with a light ball pein hammer and a scrap of wood. The hammer was effectively "bouncing" back. The window was not moving. I diffidently tried to suggest the a tap with a club hammer or nudge with a 7lb sledge would work much better. Reasoning in my head that the greater mass at lower velocity would achieve more with less risk of breakage, i.e. more pushing that hammering. An absolute failure to communicate. Was all I achieved.
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E'el ave floated away then! Well, all except the Stenner Saw.
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Hiab to log crane conversion
difflock replied to Timbermcpherson's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Did someone once tell me a key difference was slewing capacity. Since "Hiab" type lorry cranes are always set up dead level, despite their generally higher tonne metre capacity, they are easy to rotate. A timber crane on the other hand, will, or indeed can, rarely be properly levelled and will be routinely expected to slew "uphill", which with the leverage of the reach is heavy work. Marcus -
Indeed, and likewise my father was always "hands on" re plumbing (as an adolescent I was fasinated watching him "wipe" a lead joint(though he was not a plumber) and basic mechcanicing. I am still fascinated by the "why" things are done the way they are done. And most often the trades persons do not know, the reason "why" They simply do it that way because that is the way they were taught. regards, Marcus
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Spud, Apologies, I was in no way being serious:lol:, when I "demanded":001_tt2: to know why you should be allowed to fix saws. You were actually an excellent:thumbup: example of the point I am constantly trying to make. That certificates or tickets dont mean diddy-squat: regards Marcus PS I noted my origional post perhaps lacked smilies to clarify my true intent.
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I demand to know why "Spud" is allowed to fix, and indeed tune chainsaws? Without the appropriate "tickets" As in they should probably disintegrate in the users hands. If one buys into the notion that no one can know or be competent merely based on practise and observation: experience*intelligence=competence. just a thought Marcus
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What can training teach, that observation combined with uncommon sense and some modicum of intellect cannot? Absolutly seriously. I keep asking the various "trainers" I meet. What %age of your applicants do you fail? The answer is invariably depressing. We are not all cut out to be rocket scientists, brain surgeons, F1drivers, and work ones way down the skill sets. "Training" is no panacea, or more bluntly. "one cannot make a Silk purse out of a Sows ear" Without any formal training I would have no hesitation in clearing windthrown trees, slowly and methodically, or have the sense not to, if a big digger was a safer better answer. It is all about the appliance of simple mechanics. regards, Marcus edit; slow in typing, like the comment about the 17t 360= a big digger!
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Unfortunately our Northern Ireland Rivers Agency are complete useless tossers. Lazy, inept, work dodging shysters, with a humengeous spend on sosphistaced equipment that is entirely underused, neglected and damaged. From my observations in the local community on local rivers over this past 20 years. With a few exceptions. Throwing money at a problem IS NOT the solution. Leadership and clear direction with a long term plan is required. Not decisions taken by vote chasing short term politicans.
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We hadda take our dog to the Doggy Psycharist, as he had developed very odd habits in respect of pooping. It seems the Dog had become concerned at his masters fascination and preoccupation with lifting (and presumably hoarding) his poops. The dog thought there was something slightly mentally disturbed in such human behavouir.
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I understood there were still 2 specifications of rebated diesel available, perhaps in part due to geography. 1 is simply dyed DERV Tother is sometimes referred to as "Gas Oil" and is a cruder product with higher sulpher and therefore lubricity. However; Having put over 250,000 miles on der TDI Galaxy, on the origional pump and injectors, running on random clear diesel bought from respectable (ie non huckester ) sites. And her was still starting in -15C winter of 2010 ,on a far from new battery. But the fuel filter was changed every 30,000 miles per the service schedule. Stuff yer hocus pocus additives. regards marcus
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I would rather have dog **** than chicken **** any day. And with the current craze for keeping chickens, I would imagined this was a growing problem.
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If that is the successor to the Husquvarna mower we tried a few years ago; (i) Very, very nimble, with excellent deck visibility. (ii) Phenomenal traction on a slope (but ours was the 4WD varient) (iii) But not suitable for slopes due to high CoG (unless absolutly straight up and down) (iv) deck perhaps a bit light made up and mounted. So unsuitable for our Commercial grass operation (slopes, bunking over kerbs, and inexperienced operators cutting, or attempting to cut manhole covers) But a mower I would have bought to operate myself. M
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tractor trailer reccomendations circa 8ton.
difflock replied to Matthew Storrs's topic in Large equipment
A few years ago I phoned the "contact" number provided on Kane's website. About a 2nd hand Kane "Agribuggy"(Nissan Patrol based,if I recall) One of the Kane bros answered. He was more than helpful, happily answering my tyre-kicking questions. I was seriously impressed that such a large firm was still run absolutly "hands-on" by the men who first started the Company. And, yes most of our serious local Silage Contractors run Kane trailers. Simply because they are correctly engineered, with hi-yield steel where appropriate, so to be as LIGHT as possible = more payload. PS I would be curious to know where the fleets of fresh 2nd hand Kane silage trailers go, our local contractors always appear to start each season with a brand new Kane trailer fleet. m -
Heh heh heh!
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£40.00 2nd hand "buzz box" air cooled SIP arc welder. Running off a 13A plug. A wheen of bog standard rods. Weld most any mild steel from a long tail shovel 1.0mm thick up to 16mm/20mm thick plate(multiple passes) Larned on rusty shitty 2nd hand iron. Basically an intutive process. Regards, Marcus
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4x4 Vs 2wd forestry tractors
difflock replied to Richard's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
With only 80 HP it is not hard to fit sufficiently oversize tyres to the rear to easily soak up 80HP in traction. Steering with skid brakes was not uncommon in the 2WD drive days of my youth. Which ground conditions permitting, can make for superb manouverability. However bytimes the driven front wheels of a 4WD just happen to be on dryer or better gripping ground, when both rears are spinning. The beauty of 2WD is tyre size does not matter, run whatever you can fit on the rims, or buy other more suitable rims. Not so simple on a 4wd, requiring to keep the front/rear tyre sizes correct for the inter-axle ratio. -
That was the reason for highlighting the bolting on of the splitting wedge to the shearing blade.
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Despite not having an opinion on this matter I will vehemently disagree. Refresh me, what was your opinion again?
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Flat ground , dry underfoot, no briars, well spaced trees,(like sewer pipes stood on end) virtually no branchs. Life is NOT fair!!
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Hmmm? Unsure of the leg detailing/mounting/jointingin respect of longitudinal stability (i.e. a heavy bloke planting his arse on the end of the table) Will the dovetails not be likely to pull out or leastwise lack strength in that direction (regardless of glue used) To my eye this detail just looks "wrong" regards Marcus
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Yep Codlasher, Apart from the 03:30 rise, a good trip, apart from the un-salted snow covered roads, which I had not bargained on, but the Continental Winter tyres are a joy in those conditions. A very dissapointing afternoon hanging about Stansted too, entirely the wrong time of year for scantily clad holiday bound females. Another advantage of being in my mid fifties, anything under 45 now stands a chance of being considered "hot". Sigh. I simply could not "warm" to the Mill, yes it looked complete etc, perhaps I have just been ogling shiney new American stuff too much. I did not even bid, but certainly did not resent going to look and scratch that particular itch. Perhaps if the saw had still been set up and I could have seen it working and overseen its takedown, I would have formed a different oponion. regards, Marcus
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Actually incorrect, as no "gearing" is involved, as tractor engine rpm's increase, so does Torque and HP, until the lines on the Torque/HP graph cross, torque falling away relative to HP at higher engine rpm's . But easier to strangle a tractor at low engine rpm's than higher ones. cheers m
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Gee, bytimes tis a blessing to be 54 with a 1978 car licence, good for 8250kg GTW. Proper pity I did not "twig" in '97 that I required to apply for retention of the long standing pre'97 car licence 12,000kg GTW and hence sneakily got knocked back to the 8250kg figure, on renewal some years later. Gerrr!
