william127

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👍

True, it's not going to fill the back of my discovery on one set! About 6-8 inches I'd say. One of the great advantages is not having to pull start the thing, deciding whether to let it idle of turn it off. A few weeks ago I had a few bits of poplar, about 10 inches on the back of the truck, I was able to ring it all up (filled a paving crate, a decent boot full 😆) on 1 pair of batteries, while chatting to my Dad. I could throw the rings straight in the crate and move a fresh lump closer to the edge of the truck without a saw noisily idling away, walking itself off the truck 😆 👍

back handle, 12inch bar 👍 If you're cutting sensible sized stuff I can't see a boot full of logs being a problem at all.

Makita 36v, (18vx2), bought mine before Christmas and it's my most used saw now. The job I bought it for was cutting back a conifers hedge, loads of 12ft long branches, back to the fence line up to head height. Can't think of a better saw for that job. Perfect for by the chipper too. Don't think I've used anything between that and my 461 on the last dozen or so tree jobs I've done. Does help that I have 10 batteries but I don't think I've used more than 6 in a day.

Well the mower attachment didn't happen this time- didn't need it for the first job I had in mind for it and there's nothing else currently in the pipeline for it. So I sold it for a decent profit 👍 Loader has done a bit recently though, loading up Ash on one site, and then filling right up with oak to move round for logging up at the farm, as well as doing excellent work as yard dogsbody