Gary Prentice

The Irish potatoe famine was caused by an oomycete, Phytophthora, and the main reason for its rapid spread was the almost monocultural varieties planted at the time.

No hydraulic flow may have been easier to diagnose, albeit a lot more expensive to repair.

So after messing about testing as much of the electrics as I could, the problem still appeared to be in the hydraulic block/manifold. The coils were energising when switched so we pulled the actuators (is that what they’re called?) off to find the internal rod siezed and immovable. Tapped it with a hammer and small drift, carefully, and a tiny slither of wood came out with the oil After reassemby, running perfectly. The top up on Thursday morning was from a brand new drum, so possibly the contamination came about by a less than clean funnel or inadequate cleaning around the filler cap. If nothing else, we’ve learnt a bit more to add to the fault-finding/trouble shooting book of knowledge.

My twin sister is an ex heroin addict Timon. All I can say is that, ultimately, the decision to change was yours - so respect for that. Good man

Not in my experience, no worse then any of the others I’ve ever used. But, I think they’re well thought out to work on and to mend.

There goes my Sunday thanks for all the help everyone.

Battery was disconnected before welding. ill check the earths tomorrow. Hoping it’s not electric, I hate electrics on that machine

Battery was disconnected during the welding. just really odd if an electric fault developed after a fairly small fluid loss. I think last night we only put a litre or so in, trying to find out where the leak was

Needles not leaves

Which is still wrong as holm oak and holly would then be classed as softwoods ( non- deciduous) and where would deciduous conifers (larch, swamp cypress & dawn redwood) be?

Excuse my ignorance Mike, but which bit is the solenoid? The black relay-like box with the little light that lights up when you touch the switch to forward/reverse the roller? The pipe from the tank to the pump exits at the bottom of the tank, as does the return, so I think the pump is ok. We drained probably ten litres, maybe more, from the tank to weld it.

I'm not sure what particular opinion you're talking about, but I'll disagree anyway on principle..

Yesterday our ST6 had an hydraulic leak which, I think, caused the rollers to lose power. They'd turn (forward and reverse) slowly then stop. The leak was in the top of the hydraulic tank, which forms the bottom of the rotor chamber, so we drained the tank, welded up the crack and then re-assembled everything. But, now we've only got forward/in operation of the feed rollers. The emergency mechanic stop doesn't work, the electrical stop button doesn't work and the rollers won't go into reverse! Using the backwards/forwards control buttons, the lights on the electric modules attached to the manifold (?) hydraulic control thingy switch on and off, both turning off when you touch the stop button ( but the rollers still continues to run!) Think that somethings airlocked, somehow, we've tried bleeding the system. Some of the pipes have a hole in the attachment nut, so when you loosen the nut and wiggle the pipe oil/air can escape. But no change. We have tried running the machine for 15-20 minutes to see if it self bleeds - no change, but most of the time checking the tank the oil's got air bubbles in it. Now officially totally stumped, we're thinking that because the rollers are in-feeding instead of reversing, this isn't a stress control/ rev sensor/electrical issue but who knows. Any thoughts or experiences, has anyone changed the hydraulic oil and had problems?

Just that it's rare, and not recorded on birch or maple. I can't remember which one it was on. What sort of time of year does it fruit?

Is there something more common but similar to corraloides, that might grow on maple or birch? I've seen something very similar, like coral, on a couple of trees at a local school.

Alder

If you're getting sensible, I'm leaving the forum

I'm lost for words, I really am.

Not as nice as yours David, but..

No, it isn't!

You couldn't make it up......

Read Rylands as suggested. Any owner has to keeps things on his own property under control, be it a dog, horse or tree. When it escapes and affects others it down to him. You can park your rolls Royce or your bycicle on your land without considering the condition of your neighbours tree. It doesn’t matter if it’s healthy or been dead for donkeys years. It isn’t a consideration, if it escapes, falls or otherwise trespasses onto your land it’s down to the owner. Why do you think councils fell their own trees, or allows TPOd trees to be felled when they are causing subsidence? They don’t blame the homeowner for having a house near a big tree or argue about candyfloss foundations. it really isn’t a difficult concept to grasp!

Rubbish. The shed owner can build on his own land and expect the tree owner to take reasonable precautions to prevent anything on his land injuring the neighbours. You can’t be prevented from using your own land as you wish because your neighbours trees might fall over or drop a branch.