markieg31

Yeah I have mixed opinions about this. I think you may be implying that the older wagon looks like it could be a caravan club member, although this may not be what your trying to insinuate but it is often said. But I never see anything but blinging new transits when they roll into town to do the rounds. Takes a bit of commitment to keep an older wagon running. Sometimes the customer prefers not to see an expensive top of the range pick up to come and do a quote, thinking that the bill is going to be paying for the extravagant motor. Obviously initial impression count but I think that as long as you your self turn up clean and tidy and are polite then that does the job. I don't advertise so it's majority word of mouth. Let the work and the ropey mk 7 do the talking. Hopefully the customer doesn't mind me asking for jump leads when the chipper won't start🤦 - I wouldn't actually do that.

I have never had my ropeguide stuck, my friend has had his mutisaver stuck a number of times. I used to use a ring to ring cambium save, I was blown away by the difference in friction between the two. As for cinch up when up close and longer for further away that too can be achieved with the rope guide. Minehead is due replacement, will be wincing when that one gets ordered but it is a brilliant piece of kit!

By Eck! 18years! Was the bus in fair good nick when you became the captain? Trouble is when I get a new, to me, vehicle someone has had the best of it! I am just not convinced that new vehicles will fair as well as the older ones. Friend with a 3 year old iveco, had since new, and paint is peeling of in places, shocker.

How long have you had the million pound transit mark? I don't think my Mk7 has turned over that much since me taking on its ownership in 2020. Had pistons replaced at the start of this year and now it is using water and pressuring the coolant system. Replacement engines seem to fetch a lot of money, and no guarantees they will be any good. At a bit of a cross roads with it.

The cup holders in the MK7 are perfect for a bottle of ale or cider, cans do however need a shim or a steady hand on the tiller.

Jesus some of us are just glutton for punishment! Tree work, lost my main climber colleague and back to working on my own and getting various subbies in to ground for me, can be tricky, sometimes I am having to go reg coats on the job if no one available. My back has gone recently. Fine if I am working and moving around throughout the day but this morning got out of bed and it took me an hour to move from my hands and knees to standing. Yes other business is a farm

True dat. Back to the transit love in, so many vehicles I go in have absolutely pants dashboards. Lack of cup holders and places to stash you copy of escort. These are supposed to be work vehicles. The MK7 transit dash is the absolute tits IMO. All the cup holders you could want, storage on top drivers and passenger side, the flappy bit in the middle.

I have had a couple of transits, Mk6 90bhp did spend two days welding to get it through it's first MOT with me but my god did that get a spanking from there on in. One of the 90bhp ones and living in porlock gets a damn good flogging starting it's day going either up dunkery or up the infamous porlock hill. Didn't have a tool box on that one so 10ft of bed to cram with oak rings or chip! Sold it for more than I purchased then replaced with a Mk7 100bhp variant which came from some settled travelers in Ipswich who kindly put the number plate on another transit and commited an astonishing amount of traffic violations in multiple boroughs of London. One private plate later and the PCNs have ceased. The van has been fantastic, being lower power version it benefits from a lower gear ratio diff which is perfect for the topography of my a local area. I had a custom body built and it really has been great up until the timing chain slipped. Had that replaced. Slipped again, engine in pieces new pistons etc. had another year out of it and now it is using water after bursting a host of pipes. I really think that the MWB transit is the puppy, comfortable, cheap parts and can get in some tight spots that the longer ones just can't. I think the engine had a hard life prior to my ownership. The oil that came out the engine was so black, the type that stains anything it touches! 2006 Mk7 £140 a year road tax!!! I would put another engine in but they seem to be expensive and everyone advertised has done 70k miles and their is no guarantee it's any better than the one its replacing. I am also running a chipper of the same vintage, been plagued with breakdowns. I think I am cursed, a chip on my shoulder, didn't have loads of money growing up so we always made do and I have been a firm believer in that with the old kit you can still do the job. I don't really aspire to own new kit, see it more as a liability, to have it all sat there. I certainly don't despise anyone operating with new kit. Sometimes what your not paying in finance payments your paying to the dealer in repair bills.

Good morning all. Got a timberwolf 150ftr in the workshop. After replacing bearings and a few other jobs and noticed that both track motors have decided they are going to start leaking oil. I pulled off one of the back covers and unfortunately it is not a hydraulic hose or connection that is the problem. Oil is definitely a transmission type of oil. Was hoping someone may have had some experience in this department and offer some words of wisdom before I wade in there. Hoping it is just a seal that has let go, seems odd both have started about the same time. Machine is nearly 20 years old. Hopefully I can start insuring it as a classic for some reduced premiums

You can give dog bit your serial number, it does depend how old your machine is as they only started supplying track bases from, I think, 2009.

Resurrecting an old thread here but did this eve happen? Did you get hold of a kit and did it extend the life of the undersized bearings?

Okay will give them a go, thanks.

Good evening after a set of idler wheels, as in the main ones, opposite end to the sprockets. On green plant they are £760 each! Strikes me as quite steep. Ones for the 190 tracked are half the price! Would anyone have any leads on something more in line with the price of the ones for the 190?

Thanks for the reply Conor, I have yet to jack it up and investigate any further but my assumption is that the idler wheel, that tensions the track, has knackered bearings, I just didn't know if the bearing was actually replaceable. Will jack it up and have the tracks off over Christmas to get a better picture of what's going on.

One punch can be lethal, wonder how many people previously hadn't pressed charges. Only been assaulted by a colleague before, guy was a mental case.

Hello, new to the world of tracked machines and have dived in on an aged old 150 ftr. Tracks are starting to make a clicking noise and feels hot around bearing area after tracking about. I was wondering if there is a replaceable bearing in there or do you just have to stump up and buy the whole wheel. Many thanks Mark

The new one, is the one with the hi visibility stripes on it. Not sure if it is effectively the same jacket but slightly different colour way. The keiu jacket has been one on the list for a while and recently noticed a different version, which looks good but wondered if it performed the same

The original sip keiu jacket always seemed well received. Has any one got the newer version? Is it up to spec?

Good day folks, as per title I am after a discharge chute for a tp150. If you have one please get in contact, 079six9023182 [email protected] Thanks

The biggest thing for me, at the smaller end is, the time and money. I can not belive that two ropes can be 'dangerous'. It will be a make things more challanging for sure. I cant belive small one man banders will take this up as it is effectively a mexican stand off. Other arborists in my area probably dont even know about ropegate so how am i going to get any work if i am pricing to do it slower, all be it safer, with two ropes. It just wont happen so i will be forced to stick to the old system if i want to put food on the table and keep a roof over my head. As said on larger comercial stuff i don't think it will matter as most of it is about paper work than actually what happens on site. For me most of the fatalities could be atributed to poor training and or poor work positioning, may be more monitoring and mentoring of individuals and assessors upping the game on the candidates they let loose.

There seems to be a big thing about spreading bio char on farm fields. I personally think it is pure coblers but it maybe an avenue to investigate.

Been doing a few recently. It is easier to sound out when they are in leaf as you can see the leaf loss to gauge to what extent the die back has taken hold. Bit harder in winter!

Same as other knackerd trees.

I am owed monies. I am not sure what the situation is but it is correct that it was part of NBC and i have had an email saying that if your owed money you will recieve a message from creditors. I take it i should kiss good bye to the money owed as i am sure i will be at the bottom of the list as it is only a days call outs for a team. All employees of blackdown that i know had left not too long a go.