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  1. agrimog
    fit a divorced transfer box behind the gearbox, a locker(not lsd) in the back axle and a front diff and drive shafts , remember the ratios must match, not to difficult a conversion.....and by the way whats so good about landrovers???, they get stuck as well!!!!
  2. agrimog
    it comes down to the old story, jobs for the boys......what did everyone do before LOLER,PUWER, CS certs were all pushed by HSE,(all of which have no legal enforcement by the way, check into if you like), if you are climbing, you check all your kit before you lift a foot off the ground, you know your kit inside out, and unlike an outsider, you know how many hits on the fatigue cycle any part of your kit has taken. unless someone is carrying out NDT testing on kit they wont be any wiser than the user, if you choose to check and sign off your own kit, whos going to say sorry but that is against the law, you cant do that, what law?. as long as we accept everything that certain bodies say they will keep trying to screw more cash out of us for jumped up requirments that they dream up
  3. agrimog
    just watched this weeks apology, what a fiasco, whre in hell did he find his spanish "expert", I wouldnt let the guy trim hedges, never mind fell trees, not one decent cut in the six they showed. this will send completly the wrong message out to joe public. He should have brung in a local guy who actualy knew what they were doing
  4. agrimog
    the whole point of the grinder is consistency of teeth, Dave can you guarentee everyone of you teeth are identical, this is what I look for in my chains, it gives a near perfect cut when milling, I've been sharpening chains for near 4o years and reckon to be pretty good at it, but theres no way I can match the accuracy of a well set up mechanical grinder, it comes down to horses for courses, you wouldnt use one of theseif you were cutting in the woods all day, but you might when you got home to true everything back up, milling, yes definately, arborial work, probably not one or two sharpens a day wont justify it, but as Rob says dont knock it till you try it, I think you might be surprised
  5. agrimog
    aye very good, but how many of you actually get your torque wrenches regularly checked for the correct calibration, or are they just stuffed back into the tool box till the next time?
  6. agrimog
    this is going to bring the "cowboys" out in force, anyone with a saw on the eastern seaboard is going to be trying to outbid for emergency jobs, wont be surprised if there isnt at least on serious accident during the clean up
  7. agrimog
    most of our american friends seem to be advising using synthetic, but ive found a good quality 75-90 non hypoy with a GL4 spec to do fine, do not use hypoy or any GL5 spec oils as the additives in these dont agree with some of the bearing surfaces inside the mog boxes
  8. agrimog
    unless the mog is fitted with the factory lockout plates on the front suspension that mogs going to go through a lot of springs and shocks!!!, not a good idea to fit a loader on something with front suspension, the american military had there mogs with the front loader/back hoe combination fitted with special shocks that could be "locked" to prevent ducking & diving when in use. if you want something to act as a front loader, get a tractor, accept the fact your going everywhere at 20mph, if you want something to tow big loads and hump and dump stuff, get a mog, but not one at 10k, you could end up very out of pocket, and unless you are a very competent mechanic, the running costs can get pricey
  9. agrimog
    the 4-5 change thing is a well known mog problem,what type of oil are you using in the gearbox, does it only happen when the box is "COLD" does it come and go. if you go onto the benzworld forums and into the unimog section, do a search for shifting problems, theres about 3 pages of info on different causes and cures. My own box can sometimes be a bit sticky when it cold, but is fine once eveything warms up, but its very fussy about the oil i put in it
  10. agrimog
    down here in the southwest of scotland thees going to be a need for old fashioned cutters soon, a lot of the forests were planted 40-50years ago, before everybody was using machinery, harvesters cant work on near vertical slopes or into valleys and in areas where its so wet, the ducks sink. I cut my teeth in these areas and its still fun to watch the young "operators" trying to use a harvester in places when you tell them "forget it mate, thans a saw job", but then again theyve been to college, got the "tickets" , so they must know best........lol
  11. agrimog
    it all comes back to one simple thing, common sense, there is no such thing as dangerous tools, only stupid users. If you stand the splitter on the ground, and dont touch it, will it trap and cut your fingers off...NO, so it must be the user doing something wrong, not the machine
  12. agrimog
    just remember the basics with your hydraulics and your homemade splitter will be fine, speed is governed by flow, ie litres, or gallons, per mim, the higher the no. the faster and power is pressure, psi, and ram diameter, so you want a large dia ram, 5" or 6" with a rod of 2" or larger(big dia rod=faster return stroke) and a pump with an output of 200-250 bar and a flow of 10gpm or greater
  13. agrimog
    yes, merc commercial, they can usually beat the "specialists" every time, and they supply the right bits, but make sure youve got the full chassis no for them, the DPC system wont work right without it,(Im lucky, got a really switched on storeman in our local one, and he knows how to work the merc systems.)
  14. agrimog
    its another step by "big brother" to make the system so complicated that everybody will end up having to retake assesments because nobody will know what all the no.s and letters mean......more jobs for muppets trying to convince others of there own importance. The old system worked fine, just some office monkeys couldnt justify there own importance with it so, surprise surprise, all change, as with other things I now find some spotty faced nyaff trying to tell me Im not qualified to carry out a job Ive been doing, safely I might add, for 30 years, and Ill have to sit an assesment by him, Im starting to get very pissed off by all these so called new "experts " that are starting to turn up in this inustry, most of them under 30, there is no way they can have the skills and experience of folk who have worked with timber for more years than theyve been on the planet, just my feelings
  15. agrimog
    if you do most of your work within about a 20mile radius, a tractor could be a good idea, but any further and your going to spend most of your time traveling(forget all the thoughts of a fancy tractor with a 40/50kph gearbox--you can only do 20 mph , and unless your doing forestry, youll be runing on white!!!), some of the older 50-80bhp tractors will run a chipper all day on not a lot of fuel, but be very carefull with the splitter, some of the older tractors dont have the flow rates or pressures to run the bigger splitters(you can get round this with pto driven pumps, but it will add to the cost)
  16. agrimog
    google rocket stoves, theres lots of sites detailing how to make them
  17. agrimog
    as an ex serviceman I would be a little wary of the valtra, being an ex RAF one its more than likely to have spent its life in an ESA(bomb dump) and as such will have been abused by the dumpys(dont ask!!!!) the jcb will probably have spent its life loading stores onto hook life pallets and had an easier life, but depending on what you want it for, the valtra has probably never had anything other than the weight on its rear linkage or run the pto, whearas the jcb will never have been used near its limits. you really need to inspect them before you contemplate buying from withams
  18. agrimog
    heating oil, please clarify, 28 second or 32 second, both classed as heating oils, better known as kerosine and gas oil, your diesel engine will run on both, and as for the lubricating properties, since the introduction of ultra low sulphur diesel fuel, there about the same, if you are worried add 10% two stroke oil. and as for all the fuss about vosa and customs, it matters not one iota what fuel you run plant on, it doesnt have a V5 or a registration no. you can run it on whatever you like, they dont care. as a perfect example of iterchangeability the military now operate on a one fuel in the theatre of operation policy, and guess what it is......JP8, or FS11, better known as aviation fuel, jetA1........or as we used to call it ESSO blue. so all the military vehicles that are diesel seem to run on "heating oil" no bother
  19. agrimog
    more good businesses have been ruined by the "bean counters" than were ever ruined by bad workmanship, once the vultures get there claws in, its the death knell for common sense, all they can see is £signs.
  20. agrimog
    as I said Rob, I will be watching this one with great interest, portability, and ease of setup being paramount as a great deal of where I mill isnt the most accesable of sites, a combination of M7 and big mill means i can get most places, but I am always looking for a "better" setup, so much so that I am in the process of building my own bandmill, biased towards the ability to get it into places that would prove impossible for whats out there at the moment.
  21. agrimog
    sorry to burst everyones bubble, but this type of rail csm has been on the go in the usa for years now, if you look on you tube youll find dozens of versions of the designfrom tiny little portable ones to monsters using large 4stroke engines to drive them, the BIG question is just how portable is granbergs design, and how long does it take to set up on site, does it produce boards any quicker, or better than any of the saw benches, or mills on the market at the moment. I will watch this one develop with interest as I myself mill some big logs,
  22. agrimog
    a lot to be said for the pick-up hitch on the mog, your going to have to be pretty clever to unhitch something from it
  23. agrimog
    trading standards are "hot" on this one, describing the article for sale as a ton bag of logs is deliberately misleading the buyer as the contents dont weigh a ton, there was a guy round here selling ton bags of logs, and advertising in our local paper as such, trading standards prosecuted him, and the add now reads builders bag of logs, depending on the type and moisture content, these bags can weigh anything from 250 to 600 kgs, so if a smart member of the public reports you , it could lead to a visit from trading standards
  24. agrimog
    so, Treemonkey, by your reasoning, plod could prosecute everyone for speeding by intent, as i said before its an urban myth, You must break a statute to be prosecuted, guilty by intent is not a crime, contary to what plod might think, they all seem to forget they are PUBLIC SERVANTS, there job is to serve us, not make up laws to suit themselves
  25. agrimog
    the tailgate on most pickups is designed to be a part of the load bed, as long as the load is secured, you wont have a problem

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