agrimog

yes, when you bolt the sawmill onto the chassis, it ceases to be a trailer and becomes a piece of specialist plant, or an agricultural implement. A trailer is designed to carry a load, and be easily loaded and unloaded, would you class a caravan as a load carrying trailer.....same reasoning,

and chock full of electronics that arent user servicable.

check out there videos on you tube. and on there website, very informitive on setting it up and using it

the minute you bolt the sawmill onto your trailer, it ceases to be a trailer, it then becomes a piece of plant, or an agricultural implement, and a whole different set of rules comes into play........its not a trailer anymore, as it doesnt carry any loads. and as for building material, the woodlands drawing calls for a 6x2x1/8 box, the best uk option is 100x50x5, this gives a beam with the "Z" (bending load) very similar, watch how you build it and your all up weight will just under 750kg, so no brakes needed. if you look at the woodland drawing, it shows a ladder pattern of 1x1's along the top, these are to clear the bolts holding the rails together, if you;ve got the newer versions of the mill with the 16mm levelling screws, you bont need these 1x1's, ataching the bilts direct to the 100x50's gives enough clearance and allows for the mill to be trued up very easily, taking out any twist and bending, just make sure the suport legs are up to the task of taking the weight of the timber your going to place on it.

a garden can be as big as you like, A, is it on ground atached to, and enclosed with the property, and B, does it consist of mixed hardwoods, or is it primarily softwood/evergreen. these should tell you whether its a garden or a plantation, and a felling licence isnt any grief

got one on a jinmi 254, cracking winch, pulls above its spec, but as was said earlier be carfull about birdnesting the winch line, dont know whether its the type of cable there supplying or the way it spools on, I suspect the cable because the other winch setup, a tajfun, looks identical, but is using cable that came from clarkes, and never had a problem with that

everyone seems to be missing an important point here, the inspection calls for a compitent person, go and read what H&S deem as a copitent person, a lot of inspectors will be starting to look for other jobs. I have been through this with a crane fitted to a mog, put a timber grab on it......its a loader, no loller reqd, put a hook on it, its a crane, loller reqd, who can do the loller ? a compitent person, as an owner operator, I am deemed to be a compitent person and can carry out the loller, bur H&S would rather I didnt, note, not cant not do it, just rather I wouldnt, getting confused yet ?....... go back to the start of everything H&S say....its an ADVISORY statement, ie they wont commit to anything preferring to leave it to someone else to make a desicion. so as a one man climbing operation, are you compitent to loller your own gear......yes, in the eyes of big brother YOU ARE A COMPITENT PERSON ........dont believe me, look it up for yourself

as a follow up, how many of your LA's want the cans and bottles clean in the recycling bins, and how many of you have clicked onto the fact that the LA is selling this stuff on, now did you know you are legally entitled to bill your time as a subcontractor, and include a costing for any sundries used(you pay for your water....pass a % on to the LA), they will try to tell you to piss off, but a threat of a court case for non payment of bills soon wakens there ideas up

try on here :- Chinese Tractors

everyone whines and complains when LA's change things, well get off your a@@es and do something about it, your council tax is a contract between yourself and the LA, and what would you do in business if someone broke the contract......exactly the same rules apply, but the powers that be wont admit to it, if a few hundred folk were to ring up and tell them, NO, we dont agree with your changes, we are stopping paying till its sorted, they might actually start doing there job......they are PUBLIC SERVANTS by the way, we are there bosses, not the other way round. try speaking to them in that manner, I've doneit, and suddenly they startlistening, when they get told NO, thats not how it works, you listen to me,a few legalismns flung in also helps

timber is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it, the magority of "hobby" turners want it all for free, "buts only a little hobby, I dont make anything out of it", til you see the stands at any craft fair, or look online, Im with jonny69 on this one now, no up front cash, goes in the bonfire, on into my own pile

the blue smoke is std, all mogs do it, its called mogstink,when it stops, then youve got problems

and as a real piss off, my LT2 is registred as a camper, so car rules apply, a bed and a cooker, and a class4 test.......lol

connect is classed as commercial, pickups are dual class

with the move to electronic auto tune, I would be looking at echo or dolmar, both dont have it yet

its big country with a lot to see, he needs to be a little more specific about the area and time off year, almost like a "how long is a bit of string " question

an ugly one, hit it with an axe anyway, just to be sure its not dangerous....lol

from when I walk out the door till when I walk back in, all is written out in the quote, if I have to stay on site, theres a different price for that as well. lunch is dependant on what, and where Im cutting, but as im not in the "office", its paid at the same rate as cutting, usually 20-30 mins, cuppa and some food.

it is a lot easier to undo than an alpine or a bowline on a bight, and a proper truckers hitch is a nightmare on sythnetic rope, it was designed around the old hemp ropes

to be honest, having looked at the availability of all the bandsaw machines on the market today, the one I would definatley not buy secondhand would be a woodmizer, to many "specialised" bits on it, and to expensive for what it is, better, cheaper, better engineered stuff out there

I live in scotland, used to be empployed as a mobile fitter by a company based in bristol, when they terminited my contract they tried totell me I coulnt work for any of there competiors, or contact any of there clients, I laughed in the ***** face and told him Id do as I pleased and there wasnt a thing he could do, scotish law overides english law in scotland, and i had a right to work as what ever I wanted, the look on his face was priceless

if you are only going to be dragging , no lifting, screwfix/toolstation also have shackles and marrilion links at really good prices

its not a grey area, if your mog is registerd as an agricultural machine, its not allowed on the motorway, if its an HGV, it is, and once registerd as an agri it is near immpossible to change it back, asif you ever would

long enough to wrap around the hung tree, put a "D" shackle througth the eyes and hook your lugall cable to the shackle, same at the other fixed end. so a couple of 2mtr ones and maybe a 3mtr one, if theres a lot of small timber get a couple of 1mtr ones, but the deciding factor is the dia of the trees your cutting

ps just looked in toolstation, under a fiver for a 1 tonne sling, and under 20 for a 2mtr 2 tonne one