william127

My collection, please don't ask for model numbers or torque specs, I don't know 😆 The makita was my first one, 18v brushless, compact and reliable but not hugely powerful. The 3 in the second picture came as a package, the 18v has far more power than the 18v makita, its a bit bulkier but not too big, makes short work of most things I've tried it on. 3/8th stubby is great for putting stuff together and gets into some very tight spaces. The powered ratchet is good for speeding things up in spaces when the alternative would be a hand tool 😆 The 90° 1/2 impact is very useful very occasionally 😆 If I was buying from scratch I'd just buy the milwaukee triple pack, the other 2 very rarely get used now.

Something very satisfying about using/having 2 of the same of something sometimes👍 one on the breaker, one on the bucket in this picture 👌

Old engineer I work with calls them shifters, did his apprenticeship in Huddersfield in the 60s. Mate in his 20s also calls them shifters, he was in the navy.

It's what's on my Giant, seem to work well enough in the mud for me. I've not had it stuck yet, including on the augering job pictured and on a regular soil pushing up job. Can see why you'd want to swap back for long hard standing jobs, or narrow access obviously👍

Haven't had the opportunity to use my mill in an age, had a local guy wanting me to do a day or so at a very expensive local place. Just couldn't make it work so he hired it without me, bit of a risk but it seems to have gone well. A quick test on a little bit of Ash before i delivered it really made me want to do more! Back safe and sound, apart from us loosing both keys between us 😆 new ones in post. Couple of pictures from Welland steam fair yesterday 👌

Nearly done, need to give it another quick coat of hammerite and then bolt the tines on properly. Realised the only bit that's my idea not shamelessly copied from here is the quick and easy way of just poking the tines through and pinching them down , and thats hardly original 🤣👍 Total cost is looking- Rsj 15 quid (bought 2 while I was there) Tines, £1 each, £10 Nuts bolts washers, sub £10. Paint and studding from stock, but let's say £10. Consumables £10 £55. Time- 1 hour running about, 2 hours to make it, an hour extra sanding and painting. If I end up liking it when I use it and I feel the need I'll add a proper headstock for the loader. Or if it works OK on the forks I suppose I could just add a digger headstock, 1 rake, 2 machines. (OBVIOUSLY the forks are upside down in the picture, I wasn't turning them over just to check my measurements! They're light but not that light 😆 )

Lifetime supply🤣 mixture of angles, sorted and boxed. Rest of the stuff can go back in an auction, probably get half the money back👍

Very smart 👍👍

You're probably right.. If there are some cheap tines in the farm sale I'm on my way to I have an idea for an ultra cheap, ultra quick one but if not I'll probably just order one 👍

I've used them for brackets before 👍 Did you get a rake or a muck fork from them?👍 Tempted to make my own rake but the next couple of weeks are manic, be nice to just have one on its way to me!

My new to me 217r, next to the 215r that influenced my choice😀👍

I'm looking for a rake and a muck fork for my Giant, takes the same attachments as a Cast, MultiOne or Avant (needs to be small enough though of course). Before I order the rake from Stag, if anyone's got one they want to sell let me know. With the muck fork I've not found a new one, so any suggestions or again a used one would be good 👍 I'd also consider a grapple bucket if anyone has one for sale👍

5ft? That tractor looks spot on👍

Giant out on Thursday, moving logs, mucking out a cow pen, moving and leveling soil. It handled full ibcs of dried chestnut ok but I doubt it would have done it with them fresh, or a decent firewood 😆 Unbelievably I've only done 5 hours and half a tank of fuel on it in 5 months! Yet I know it's been out on site work enough to earn its monthly payment every month and done all the yard work I've needed it to. Shows how efficient it is I suppose, and the hours (and sweat!)it saves are far more important than the hours it's run. 👍👍

Got my 1.5 ton digger from Harry, then a few months later sold him a micro digger. Both deals were easy, I always keep an eye on what he's got advertised 👍 Machine looks like a lot for the money, I'd be interested if I didn't have one already👍