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Dare I suggest, that if a tractor, or other machine, bought from a large reputable firm like Wilson's, and bought to be worked hard for a living from the get-go, while still under warranty, hours and appearance are no odds, it is a product that merely has to function to earn its keep, i.e. little odds about future re-sale value. It is not bought as an investment, rather a callously depreciated working tool. mth

Indeed Eddie, from a laymans POV they always struck me as being very akward to use, conditioned as I am to our traditional "digger" type geometery, just curious if I missed something, my only thought was from the "gradall" name, in that I suppose for levelling/grading backfill on roadways, or what. But our cousins across the pond are not that stupid, so there must be some niche or reason for this configuration to exist.

Why does the US use Gradeall type machines, but the UK/Europe dont, what differs, this has always puzzled me. See link

Who makes the hydraulic components for Huddig then, that makes them more precise? Anyway he sure bes a quare slick operator! Any idea why they replace the concrete sleepers, do the steel chairs wear out, or is it simply preventitive maintenance based on the design life of the concrete? Mind you doing that for a full shift would be beyond monotonous, so guessing they are on piece work..

One really need to be able to tick "sad" and "confused" for that "on the money" offering Eggs

......... waffle removed

Why many buckets?

I cant figure out how it could be anything else but poor in peaty ground . . .

Good job I choose to ignore(but it took a lot of mindful effort mind!) all that wonderful potential in yer "knob" post Stubby, it sure had the potential to be another "Codwood" thread! mth

Guessing Dutch(from the Dyke cleaning bucket/rake), and from my YouTube viewing I kinda regard the Dutch as the current masters of the various applications of flotation tyre/rubber track technology. Impressive

Per Eddies comment re flotation tyres on wheeled diggers, I, for no particular reason(i.e. I am not in the notion of buying one), and probably triggered by an earlier post by Eddie re a Rubber Duck, was pondering the viability** of a flotation tyre equipped Rubber Duck, against a rubber tracked machine, for all round versility, compared to the virtually solid tyred Rubber Ducks of old, which were DEFINATELY only for hard surfaces. Modern flotation tyre technology is truely amazing, especially with the transport speeds now achievable on flotation tyres, but in this application only suited to an owner operator. **Viability in less than good/peaty/muddy soil conditions that is, especially if equipped with a winch for self recovery. I like to dream!

I dont fancy wearing a chainsaw rated Gimp suit for a year while chained to a tree deep in the woods, but other than that, it all sounds legit.

Well the baffle plate door was only £20.00+VAT + carriage from the Netherlands, so I ordered 2 for £55.00, all up, through Wilsons, Ballymena based with a store in Coleraine. mth

When I was "prospecting" for bandsaw mills, and with the 10 year(ish) ago favourable exchange rate, looking keenly at US stuff, Cooks were a front runner, from my own extensive internet based research, probably thee front runner, and SUBSEQUENTLY backed up by a local Engineer, with significent forestry machinery experience and currently works for Jas P Wilson as a NI/Irish rep(or did until very recent), who stated they would be his first pick. I will try and find his contact details in my phone. Just remembered, Geoffrey Boreland, I will give him a ring to check. Cheers Marcus

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/05/09/danny-baker-apologises-unthinking-gag-deletes-royal-baby-monkey/ There is something well wrong with todays uptight society, that yer man above has been sacked . as result of posting this image, which was quite simply, simply funny. mth

We bought 2 Morso stoves back in 1996/1997/1998, a couple of the larger(Panther perhaps?) models, and were and still are impressed with their build quality and longivity under severe prolonged hard use. We then bought a 3440(Owl) for the garden room, only 2 years ago, visually identical, but smaller then the 1996/1997 ones, and the baffle plate completely burned out over a mere 2 winters, there were other cost cutting measures, a galv ash pan, where the earlier ones were SS, and the most recent stove simply seems lighter made up, too many tinny bits, in below and round the back, so on a subjective level, simply not quite the same feeling of solidity. I need to source a baffle plate, so I will happily post my progress on this endevour. P.S. I get the impression Morso was either bought out by a venture capital type outfit, and then "milked" for all the brand was worth, or there was a(generational perhaps?) change in management and simple cost cutting measures were put in place. Marcus

A senior bloke from Michelin/Telleborg, (and Steve English if I recall correctly) once advised that for maximum field traction and flotation, against the various other variables, simply deflate until the sidewalls just/only just started to crinkle/crumple under load/maximum load. Road use needs a sniff more, but the application of uncommon sense should go a long way. P.S. I recently tried to establish the correct or optimium tyre pressures for a new set of MB standard profile BF Goodrich's on the Steyr Puch Van, but to no definitive avail, it all depends on surface conditions, loading/towing and speeds. So suck it an see! mth

Well, there are points based systems designed or intended to favour those with skills to offer, and UN type points based systems designed and intended to favour the most; dispossessed/unpassported/uneducated/unwanted/lying/young/male etc etc etc, etc etc. Ah kin kinda guess which system the uk has most likely got.

I figger that the not unreasonable presumption was that if Labour had had even ever kinda got their shit together, at all, under credible leadership, i.e. sans Comrades Corbyn, Abbot and McDonnell, they should have shit all over the Conservatives in both the House and at the elections. Since the Conservatives under TM's unique version of Leadership had left themselves stupidly vulnerable. Defeat snatched from the jaws of victory as it were. The liberal democrats deserve no praise for scooping up the protest votes from both Labour and Conservative. mth

An all that despite my sexually uptight Presbyterian upbringing too, proper make a body wonder that does!

Why do I get a premonition of Golden Showers Eggs?

30 is a significent %age to survive, I could live with that figure, thanks.

BUT! Presumably they are required to provide some sort of warranty, and in that respect a £2.5k markup may not be unreasonable, plus haulage costs way-oop-north to be paid for.

"Burn the Witch!"

herps? Sounds like the sterilising fire was probably a good thing!