difflock
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If it means I can legally tow a trailer/mill longer than 7m (which it would be, being 31') without buying another vehicle, would probably be cost effective. I know a trailer builder who should either modify the rig for me, and therefore plate it. Or simply, after a satisfactory inspection of my own modification works, plate it. It would also, jesting aside, give me valuable space in the back of the locked van for transport and secure storage. It would also be sufficiently different so as to attract attention. Though that might just be a red-rag to VOSA
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I am aware of the potential cornerning instability:thumbup1: But hey! if it is not illegal. Though I imagine it should be possible (or perhaps technically feasible) to engineer a solution. I like innovative solutions:lol: marcus
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Since a 5th wheel set-up is allowed to be 12.2m long (tlr) and 15.5m overall length, regardless of the weight of the towing vehicle. And sub 3500kg is Tacho exempt? And I got the Steyr Puch Van. Can I mount a fifth wheel coupling on the Van roof:001_rolleyes:. To save buying a pick-up, or butchering the Van Or is there some maximium hitch height requirment. With the legal since 2011 electric brakes:thumbup: marcus
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Funney enough me an Clive at work was wondering how we both ended up with wives what warnay a patch on our respective Mothers, in respect of carrying a Victorian wardrobe or other decent furniture. I suppose times, how they have a changed.
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What were the hours? Which side of 30,000? Because in relation to 2nd hand tractor prices £16,500.00 is mere "wee buttons" Though I appreciate the hydraulic and electronic complexities of a harvester make maintenance of an over-age/under-maintained machine quite daunting. That said modern tractors are probably as bad with electronic/hydraulic complexity. Was there not a post/thread about a Finnish made tractor 3pt linkage mounted harvester head system. Surely this concept makes sense for Melodens proposed usuage. m -
Indeed, Or winter logging "up the Moss" Twas the wee 355 Valmet wit der loader I wuz fer looking at. To service my new WoodKing from TimberMizer:001_rolleyes:
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Thanks Pumpy. "caevat empor" an all that! (i) I would be viewing and trying item if at all poss. (ii) Putting in a "silly low" bid, to attempt to keep myself right. After all a bargain is only a bargain if it is; "something one dont need, at a price one can afford" cheers marcus
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There is one coming up on the 20th. Containing an item or 2 I could consider bidding on. But! I understand from the "terms and conditions" being C. 2. Submitted bids are binding offers for the conclusion of a contract to which the bidder is bound for a period of 14 days following the tender deadline. The highest bidder has no claim for acceptance of his bid. Means that if my silly low bid:001_tt2: is the only or highest bid. Withams are not oblidged to let the item go? Yes? So how much BELOW the "guide price" can one risk going. 25%, perhaps? Cheers M
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I have decided that iffen I am oblidged to use shitty Sitka. I will "go large" to compensate for the finger thick growth rings. To swing a set of "wrought iron" style gates, spanning a 6.0m gap. Aiming for a 30-50 year lifespan. Anyway downsized to 500mm to allow covering with a 600mm paving slab. m For some reason I cannot "warm" to the Hudson product.
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see below, should sufficiently pickle the shitty Sitka in-situ. Other gates swung from 2 salvaged ex Narrow Gauge railway field-gate posts, solid Mourne granite, about 12" square, by 8 feet long. I had fun getting them set up on my own. gaults gate posts.pdf
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oops thanks 7thdevil heart might well win out yet. specially iffen I kin drum up another purchaser to go 1/2ers on the transatlantic carriage. Already planning the 600mm square wooden gate posts fabricated from 4 no 300mm square sections bolted together diagonally (with 16mm/20mm threaded rod), with all but the last 18" of each inner face chamfered off to form a cresote resovoir feeding into holes bored outwards into each quarter section. marcus
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oh er! Rover, how very perspective:001_tt2: Clive at work allows i WILL, yet, TALK MYSELF INTO BUYING A SAWMILL:lol: I am the worlds worst decision maker. Cept in respect of (i) Picking a wife/life partner (ii) buying land (iii) buying antique furniture PS this Sawmill indecision is ABSOLUTLY NOWT compared to my car buying decision making. Mind I only do that every 12 to 15 years regards, Marcus
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A 1600 TK, with the optional manual toe-boards. with a 27 HP KOHLER or a or a LT20MG25SDH3 woodmizer with the hydraulic gubbins and a25 HP Kohler prices for either are within a couple % of other, assuming I got the import duty right at 2.2% for the TK. Incl for carriage to N IRELAND TK Pros, heavier built, hydraulic head motions, fractionally larger engine. TK Cons, not "CE" compliant, not UK spec trailer, no hydraulic toe boards, no setworks.(not that I want them) WM Pros, easily re-salable, Euro spec, full Euro compliant running gear, spares availability, hydraulic toe-boards, full metric setworks. WM Cons, 12V head motions rather than hydraulic, cantilever design. decisions decisions Heart says TimberKing Head says WoodMizer
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What I took odd, was the complete absence of wind, at the time the ice came ashore. No wind noise in the footage. No trees blowing in the wind. So was this the result of a gentle zephyr over square miles of surface ice on the lake. Or the result of an earlier storm getting the ice moving. There was also something weird about the creeping mechanism. Where was the leading edge of the ice getting the energy from, since the ice appeared to be in a very flat sheet. Though I suppose if the ice was acting like a fluid that would explain it.
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Gonna build me a tractor shed!(hopefully)
difflock replied to chris hennelly's topic in General chat
How would a suitable sized Blueline type building suit. Steel Buildings & Metal Buildings | Bleline Buildings Limited I fancy trying one, since there is a reasonably local agent running down his current stock. And yes Seek forgivness rather than asking permission, assuming you can be reasonably discreet. regards marcus -
I first came across "Tulip Tree" wood a very few years ago at a home-builders exhibition in Belfast. Used in very expensive internal joinery work. Because it is, if I remember correctly, "diminsonally stable" Despite being about as heavy and strong as good Balsa wood. I suspect it is also very kind on planer blades, and "takes" a good finish. but It grossly failed my very discreet "thumbnail" test. It is Poplar re-badged, just like Windscale was re-badged Sellafield. Also used in Nth America as "sidings" Also makes good matchs, as I understand. PS Apparently Poplar bark shingles last for 50 to 75 years. cheers m
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Testament that Stihl been focussing on the wrong end of the saw in recent years.
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It's time i came out - i'm Presbyopic
difflock replied to Arbtech Tree Services's topic in General chat
I was unaware that particular condition existed outside of Ulster. Generally being worsened by the July heat. m -
And ding!, ding! Woodmizer re-enters the fray, just today. After I braced them vis-a-vis their glaring US/UK price disparity Watch this space:biggrin: This "no secrets" internet indeed bes a very powerful tool. In terms of transatlantic price comparisons. m
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RIP Odin the Logging Clydesdale.
difflock replied to TRADITIONAL LOGGERS's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Sorry to hear that TL Commerisations -
Exactly! They wont! Of choice. But they will scratch on an unprotected (by barbed wire) post or strainer. And some of the 1/2 bred Continental beef breeds are somewhat large.
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Only advantage with the rear mounted crane, is better reach to the rear when one has reversed in as far as poss. ps I like the close mounted winch to winch the stuff within the cranes reach. tidy
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Kawasaki Mules and J Deere Gators been in use a long time in switched on farming circles. 2 seats and a decent loadbed.
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I recovered a "bogged" 7.5tonne Iveco tipper, by myself with recourse to tools. Vehicle was reported "bogged" to me, I went and inspect vehicle and site. vehicle was stuck facing uphill on a sideslope with a cut on the front wheels. Fortunately the ground was sufficiently hard but greasy that the rear wheels had mostly simply spun. I simply , with a little driver dexterity, reversed the lorry back a bit, realigned the front wheels, drove off downhill, gathered momentum and swung back uphill, safely and without incident reaching the hard. DOH! Ditto the VW 4*4 with the 14' IW trailer parked facing uphill on damp grass. It got stuck when they tried to pull away. If it had, and it could easily have been, been parked facing dowhill, it would not have got stuck. At all. Read the ground/slope/terrain.
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Cant understand that with the Dogs, Our dogs negotiate barbed wire fences daily/routinely without harm or issue, mostly diving below the lower barbed. Of course they be proper Country bred dogs. Barbed wire fences are also a doddle to climb or cross. When I work with barbed wire, i.e fencing, but only occassionally mind, I use my bare hands, without incident, incl rolling up the old stuff neatly. Seriously!
