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  1. fergusonforestry
    methinks you may be right
  2. fergusonforestry
    when im going into a tight spot with ours I knuckle the boom behind the cab gotta mind and steer it now and then though also one advantage of having tractor mounted is you can steer the trailer with it sometimes, found that most usefull when ive had to go into somewhere where there's sod all room to turn around to get out just remember to turn before you load only ever used botex tractor cranes meself so cant comment on any others, as for HP as much as you can squeeze in the space available!
  3. fergusonforestry
    had arc eye a few times not nice at all! like someones poured sand in your eye!
  4. fergusonforestry
    im sure many would try yeeehaaa
  5. fergusonforestry
    loving those wheels+tyres
  6. fergusonforestry
    crikey! to be featured anywhere?
  7. fergusonforestry
    brand spanking it was too
  8. fergusonforestry
    nah you want to dig the end into the ground first then you have a missile launcher to
  9. fergusonforestry
    probably ask where the batteries go but as for cotton reels ebay, craft supplies
  10. fergusonforestry
    we tried one out, battery flat in 8 mins give it another five years for battery technology to catch up!
  11. fergusonforestry
    know a guy who used to put his escort van on its side with a digger to work underneath
  12. fergusonforestry
    yep
  13. fergusonforestry
    in some places the guy walking around with a blower behind the grass cutters earns more than some climbers
  14. fergusonforestry
    really liked the krpan I had a go of with remote we have a farmi and its never been right from day 1 it pulls well but had a lot of hassle from the brake
  15. fergusonforestry
    drove that at college might be worthwhile askin them if they have any bandtracks kicking around
  16. fergusonforestry
    jus realised im thinking of our tracked one dunno what the 540 is
  17. fergusonforestry
    tried this but just ended up moving the pain to my head in the morning! but I keep trying just incase
  18. fergusonforestry
    wonder if the wind will head north? im on call next week
  19. fergusonforestry
    I have mostly stopped using leather gloves right enough after hearing that prolonged use of them in damp wet conditions was linked to arthritis
  20. fergusonforestry
    wow that takes me back! that's identical to the one we had in the house when I was growing up ours was solid fuel, coal and peat (not much firewood up in the Hebrides ) did the hot water too, I remember my dad pushing it on rollers 80 yards up a slope to the house and getting it in through the doors by himself! was in much worse nick than that and did us years!
  21. fergusonforestry
    always take these cancer causing stories with a pinch of salt (which also has a cancer risk ) seems everything does these days ive come to the conclusion that its over consumption of a thing that may cause an increased risk, as the ol' saying goes everything in moderation
  22. fergusonforestry
    346xp good wee saw, well I like mine anyway but im sure everyone will have their own recommendation
  23. fergusonforestry
    hp or kw? ours is 35.7kw about 48hp
  24. fergusonforestry
    I know I really should but I love my bread my mother calls me a bread fiend not quite as bad as I was right enough crisps are another big weakness of mine but have been doing quite well in staying of them lately time to start exercising the willpower I think!
  25. fergusonforestry
    an old friend of my dad had one to he felt it made a difference i'd forgotten about that till now, don't think id like it meself don't really like things round my wrists don't ever wear a watch

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