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  1. mattyboy
    is it easy enough to take off the drive belts and put them back on at the same tension? Im not much of a mechanic but have learnt to change blades and service rest of the machine myself
  2. mattyboy
    My tw125 is 10 years old, but i have noticed in the last week a bit of a squealing noise coming on and off when using it. Its not had the flywheel bearings done and am thinking this could be making the noise? Is it about time after ten years to change them anyway or any ideas what the noise could be?
  3. mattyboy
    Spectrum plant, my machine has started doing a squealing noise think it may be the flywheel bearings too...
  4. mattyboy
    i generally always have it heaped up behind the headboard and gently sloping towards the rear as i thought this would be the best way to carry the load. Would it be better to even it out more to have a flat top to the load of chip you think? Can try this
  5. mattyboy
    I have a regular cab L200 with tipping chip box, when i have around 2-3 cube of chip in the back i feel a little floaty driving at speeds above around 40mph. I have 5+1 leaf springs on the rear but standard suspension bits all around i think, what can anyone recommend to aid the drive of this truck with weight in the back, it doesnt feel great! maybe get some even more heavy duty rear springs and heavy duty shocks on the rear?
  6. mattyboy
    at the end of the video I cannot believe that the 2 thieves only got a £75 fine each! WTF!!!! How is that an incentive to not go out robbing again? possible upside steal thousands of pounds worth of kit vs possible worst case scenario a £75 fine! WTF!!
  7. mattyboy
    or does it come with a couple of files when ordered on chainsawbars website? ;)
  8. mattyboy
    what size round file for the echo 2511 which i have just bought from chainsaw bars website? I have 5/32 obviously but is this an even smaller chain that would benefit from a smaller round file? Maybe rob D will know?
  9. mattyboy
    what are they paying you working for a LA then?
  10. mattyboy
    do people concrete in the posts for cleft fencing like this or best to just tamp down with earth stone sand mix or whatever youve dug the hole out with?
  11. mattyboy
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  12. mattyboy
    Got a tipper with normal low steel dropsides but obvs want to make some high sides and back and part roof out of marine ply. Funds do not allow an ally build atm. Thing that was getting me stuck was how to fix the ply box to the tipper bed so that when I tip the box don't fall off also! How have you guys done it?
  13. mattyboy
    ginko is salt tolerant too, will try and get them to plant that!
  14. mattyboy
    very nice!
  15. mattyboy
    Alrite rob! things are good ta, How you keeping? Think I will advise the customer to fell the 2 clumps, like you say there really isn't another option! It seems a bit of a no brainer now but the customer really wanted to keep them.. struggling to think of another tree to replant that would thrive in a coastal location that isn't sycamore. Garden is less than half mile from west facing bit of coast you see..
  16. mattyboy
    and 3 is growing near the wall but not really much of a problem for a long time i think
  17. mattyboy
    2 is growing next to a wall
  18. mattyboy
    Here are the 3 groups of sycamore. 1 is growing right on top of the wall.
  19. mattyboy
    Ok will get a picture tomorrow chaps
  20. mattyboy
    Customer has asked whats best to do to stop semi mature sycamores roots that are very near a stone wall from in the future bending and disfiguring the stone walls appearance. Best to fell kill stump and replant suitable species? coppice? or pollard and maintain every 3 years? or reduction every 3 years? They would like to keep some sort of tree there ideally. Letters on a postcard!
  21. mattyboy
    Customer has 20 year old weeping beech tree. Its health and vigour are generally good but it is leaning more to one side and customer says its getting worse. I guess a weeping beech is supposed to sag and lean a bit but is putting some sort of prop best to do or tie it to stop leaning any further? My concern with doing something like this is that it will not be a long term solution as it grows with this support it will only become less able to stand by itself if you follow?
  22. mattyboy
    Thanks boys! Will deffo not do that then!
  23. mattyboy
    Will pampass grass be ok to chip through timberwolf chipper? My only concern is it getting all stringy and wrapping and getting stuck in the moving parts. Anyone done this?
  24. mattyboy
    ok thanks for your reply max. Anyone else have any experience of any growth coming from (mistakenly) pollarding a cherry? oops
  25. mattyboy
    It coppices so surely it would pollard also as this is essentially just a high coppice?

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