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  1. difflock
    PS If being used by the owner himself the designer of the Krpan splitter apparently inadvertently and unknowingly left a flaw in the design whereby the disconnection of a wee spring with ones thumb nail, and the subsequent gravity assisted rotation of a connected cam lever. Leave it perfect for one armed operation. For the disabled like. It is REALLY slick.
  2. difflock
    "E" ba gum lad, tha were reared proper saft! That site looks a proper doddle compared to "my" windthrown Moss. Which in places unknown and always unexpected contains misc dumped debris from the local village. Scratches head?, an 4 cyl engine block, now how the feck did that get here. At least a 1/2 mile from the nearest paved access. cheers marcus
  3. difflock
    Apologies! Marshall engineering/Marshall Agric, also do Dalen and the blue paint and hot dip galvanised ones? Happen Jeffery Boreland reps for them and lives local to us, and I have know him this years. I cannot fault it, though really only used on an intermittent basis. The winch should only come on the 20 tonne up models but the engineer in Jeffery said he could not see why it should not fit the 17 tonner. I use it to pull the tree length trees in to where I` am working. Since I slipe them out of the moss full length. I will try and post a link. CHeers marcus try Marshall Agricultural Engineering an there it is Binderberger= blue paint and hot dip galv. sigh
  4. difflock
    This is an easy one. My first, my one and only 1997 purchased Stihl 026. Does all I need and is light too. Might just send her to Spud to be "tweeked":biggrin: if only to innocently wind up the brother who bought an identical saw a couple of years later, having borrowed mine on a couple of occassions. Her could well end up like Paddys hachet. Since I use my very good very local Stihl dealer anyways and always:001_tt2: PS Really only to catch up on the local gossip:lol:.
  5. difflock
    Visually nice but I cannot "like" the bandsawed braces. No strength left in them since the straight grain bisects the super-imposed curve. If the wood splits at all they will fail. No odds I appreciate but it troubles the "engineer" in me. Should be gluelam or steamed. cheers Marcus
  6. difflock
    I can say the 13 tonne petrol engined Thor I used to hire was PAINFULLY slow, and being without auto return this was especially noticable. The 17 tonne PTO Krpan on the other hand is fine and with the auto return, no lost time. Not even sure if it has two speed down stroke, but I never wish for any faster downstroke speed. It is "just right" The wee optional extra PTO winch was only £400.00 odd and is really useful. Hydraulic might have been nicer, but they were all £1000.00 plus extra over the basic splitter. More control with the hydraulic though, if using to position 1.om lengths on their end on the base plate. I would say sommat between 15 and 20 tonne is right. PS the old DB1490 was "hanging" tonight when I was splitting a knotty bit across the grain. Almost strangled her entirely. Only running at 1000 engine on the thousand shaft mind. cheers marcus
  7. difflock
    Quite, expensive, for good quality (Gates) hyd hose, per foot or per metre. The fittings are relativly cheap though. Standard 1/2" should be fine. The key is the flow, which to drive a ram intermittently, and generally only partly "loaded" is not particularly significent. imho
  8. difflock
    Yes, Always have, always will. Why not? Cheers Marcus
  9. difflock
    Heres more (evidence of how little I actually got done:001_tt2:) First photo is my general set-up, with (i) the 2.5m3 cap box I fabricated from discarded fence sections and (ii) Use of winch on splitter to haul trees in for to cut into 1.0m lengths beside the splitter. I pull them in over a couple of crosswise logs to keep the saw clear of the soil when cutting, generally leaves them ready to fall away when cut as well, i.e. not trap the saw. Second Photo is for Rowan, my home made "sappie". Made from (i) a discarded and bent cold chisel cut to a diamond point with a plasma disc. (ii) a length of water pipe beaten to "flare" the end over a crowbar. (iii) a heavy washer welded to the end of the water pipe to give meat to weld the chisel to (iv) a broken and cut to length long tail shovel shaft. Third photo indicates how well the 0.5m3 bundles stack. I may try for 6 layers high, in 3 lines side by side with the 6th layer bridging between the adjacent rows for stability.
  10. difflock
    Heres 2 Both rescue dogs. First is a proper stupid needy bitch, but hey, many a man is married to worse. 2nd is my current favourite large dog Hugo-bugo. A bit dote, mostly biddable, very good with agric livestock and other dogs. Will do anything for a digestive biscuit. The other 2 The Jack Russel and the Bastard Mastiff were both otherwise engaged during this particular photo-shoot
  11. difflock
    Perhaps TCD (Is he the oil specialist) would confirm, but I do not believe that oil can "break down" so easily, i.e. without extreme pressure or sustained high temps. I could be wrong though. Dye leaching or bleaching in sunlight, is however, entirely probable.
  12. difflock
    OK, thanks. I will risk saying I have never yet siezed a 2 stroke in 40 years. I use 2 stroke mix up to six months old. But generally stored in a shady shed. I wouldnay worry about the loss of colour, the oil canny evaporate. Or at least it will evaporate a lot slower then the much more volatile petrol. Cheers Marcus
  13. difflock
    I was using the last couple of fills from the Combi can, it seemed a bit too much like straight petrol in colour. I soldiered on with 2 re-fills worth before finally chickening out and tipping the last 1/2 litre back into the Jerry can and remixing. Which certainly looked a lot "pinker". But then the Combi jar was full. The saw was going 100% and still is, an I am proper anal-rententive about my mixes, and/but the mix had probably being sitting about in daylight even sunlight. Thoughts? Cheers M
  14. difflock
    Am proper jealous:001_wub:
  15. difflock
    Erm! Has anyone considered the eldery couple who were nearly killed by ( I gather/surmise) a motorcycle that was being ridden much too fast for the road/visibility conditions at this junction. Or their families? Our motorcyclist made a selfish decision and died directly as a result of this decision. btw I have good friends who ride motorbikes ...........and fast. Regards Marcus
  16. difflock
    That does sound like a sensible system.
  17. difflock
    That DR splitter is conceptually sound but engineering wise pure crap. Storing the energy in flywheels is a very sound principle.(but one slightly larger stores more energy than two smaller, think steam engines) The rack and pinion need to be much heavier and kept permenantly engaged. Hey it still works on very large quarry face shovels. The pinion is very susceptible to wear the way it is engaged/unengaged. Drive selected via a rotary clutch system would be much better. Or ideally drive via a clutched crank. Cheers Marcus
  18. difflock
    I would say a PTO driven splitter hung on the back of the tractor.(As opposed to a petrol driven one) But I suppose the place to start is the optimum way to process your likely feedstock. Is most/all of it likely to be suitable for processor processing? What lengths will it be in? Ditto diameter? Working on ones own is a proper bugger though, as so many times a second person will more than double production. The key however is "only man-handle once" , then boxs, pallets, bundles whatever suitable for onward mechanical handling. In my opinion, even if only through the "crack" making the time fly. I like my current set up, but it is a long lonely day working on ones own. Cheers Marcus
  19. difflock
    I have heard stories about "Thor" splitters "letting go" ie cracking key welds, when used commercially. This may however be salesman's black propaganda. I know the splitter I used to hire was a 13 tonne Thor and the roll pin or bolt arrangment holding the splitting head on was a weak point, I kept a supply handy and replaced umpteen times in a weekend's use. I suspect it needed shimmed. I do find the Krpan (Ex Marshalls) 17 tonne very good and fast, and one handed in operation, though only for owner operator as such. cheers Marcus
  20. difflock
    Quite staggering ( Cos I canny spell stupiyfing)
  21. difflock
    Rowan, A "sappie" will be one of my forthcoming purchases (or made from scratchs'sis'is) However, as an Ex 8 stone adolescent ( who carried a 50kg bag of cement, on his shoulder, down Dollar Glen in Scotland, for a 1/2 mile or I like to think going on a mile, car park to bridges, WITHOUT STOPPING or resting, in 1982 I think I recall) Nah! thems "wee logs" for sure (must be the Porridge in the morning/Co Antrim air) This could also be why my back creaks bytimes.
  22. difflock
    :001_rolleyes:Sorry:001_tt2: I intended to add Washed down with a hot Vodka Interesting responses though:thumbup:
  23. difflock
    Just wondering, it is really good.
  24. difflock
    Merely trying to see if there was ANY practical way to lift the bigger 1.13 m3 bundles. Rest of photos are the 0.5m3 versions. PS I like your IBU set-up Woodworks, the dia cut roofs are a very tidy arrangment. Appear to be harder to get here in NI, or they were the last time I was looking (= "scungeing")
  25. difflock
    I took a real pleasure in the bit of joinery work. All salvage timber cept for the 8 No up-rights. (but even it was unused from a previous job) Plus I bought the threaded Rod. Photo 1 is the 1.0m3 bundle, too heavy and loose. The rest are "Plan B" photos. Must get back to work so as to be looking busy when the rep calls round about the Herz boiler to avail (hopefully of our yet to be introduced NI) RHI scheme. Cheers Marcus

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