william127

I want to do this, should be a handy set up. With a hydraulic splitter, not a pto. Probably the oxdale tm400. I have the pto version on the tractor, nice little splitter.

No problem mate, thanks for replying at all, big chunk of questions😅👍 I'll be looking into the intermecatto grab, seen lots of recommendations for them. Do you know the model number of the one you've just bought? I've got a hyundai micro chipper that's been gathering dust, partly because it's a pain to move on my own. I'll be bringing it back to life then I'll be doing what you've done with the fork pocket underneath and hopefully getting a bit more use out of it. The dealer that supplied me my Giant made me a general purpose bucket for £500 when I bought the machine -the people who traded it in kept their attachments for the new one. It's a very sturdy bucket, really pleased with it for the money. Pallet forks will be getting bought in January ready for a paving job. It's currently on the widest available wheels, I'll get the narrowest ones when I need them. I'm going to be building a bracket to run my auger on it as I can see that being handy on it. I'm also thinking of a little log splitter on it, maybe an oxdale tm400 as the pto version is serving me well. Stick a pair of fork pockets on the bottom, pick the splitter up for a nice mobile, height adjustable splitter that can also move wood👍👍

Had -12 in the yard in Hertfordshire this morning! Trying to tarp up the chipper with straps that were as rigid as steel rulers 😅😅

Well this is unbelievable 😅😅 Tile came, set up the Bluetooth. Lost it before I put it on my keys😅😅😅😅🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ According to the App, its in Wickes car park, but not where I parked, so I think it might be in a massive pile of snow🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️😅😅 I'm going to have a look on my way home tonight 🤞

Any more photos of the tool itself? Can never have enough home made attachments 😅😅👍

Quick update, customer had the people who did their extension foundations drive the posts with a pile driver on a digger in the end. The builders have dropped the sleepers in and I'm currently working on the line of a anchors, then back filling and leveling the garden. It's worked out very nicely 👍👍

New auger working well👌👌 9 steels ready to fit in about 30 minutes 👍👍

Just ordered one👍 Odds on me loosing my keys before it arrives?😅😅😅 Another one I had was last year, filling in a hollow block wall with concrete my phone fell out my pocket. Luckily I had Bluetooth headphones on, only realised I'd dropped it because the signal started dropping out😅😅 Took a good 10 minutes to find it, under a bush😅😅😅

On this job, 3 years ago today according to Facebook memories, I spent 2 hours looking for my van keys- including digging up and sifting 3 barrows of concrete!! Turned out They'd fallen off the top of the big red toolbox and got caught up near the top, so no matter how many times I looked on the floor, I'd never have seen them🤬🤬🤬🤬 New years eve a few weeks later I did genuinely loose them, had spares for everything except the Mac Box. I'd noted down the key code for the (second hand) box when I got it, got told it would take at least 4 weeks vor a replacement!!! Drilled the lock, replaced it with a handle. 2 days later my Dad found the keys in the middle of a field🥺🥺🥺🤬🤬

When you're on a day rate 😅😅 I'd say I do mine every other day, but as I mainly work on my own that is probably every 8 hours tops👍

That makes sense, I have thicknessed a fair amount of material off of some of these boards though so I'm confident I'll be able to bring them back to flat if the cut isn't the best👍

Current thought is this: Get a heavy timber, like a new softwood sleeper, always got one or 2 of them. Lay that on the bed of the mill, secure it down. Get 2 timbers the finished thickness (plus say 5mm for finishing) I want, screw one down to the sleeper. Lay the slab to be cut on the sleeper, butted up to the above timber. Screw the second timber to the sleeper, so that the slab is wedged securely between the 2. Set the blade so it just skims the screwed down timber. Carefully cut👍🤞 (All screws will be Carefully sunk well below the surface!)

I I'll look into this as my first option 👍 If it doesn't work out I can just crack on with thicknessing (think I'll set it up outside😅).

I haven't, I will get some and have a play👍 We are putting up a salvaged mezzanine floor in my welding mates workshop in the near future. There are 75 brackets to be welded on, I plan on using it as an opportunity to become halfway competent with his mig welder🤞👍 then I'll be able to use that when doing workshop based jobs.

I guess it wouldn't be if I had a mig setup😅🤦‍♂️ I'm quite happy to have a go with my mates in his workshop when I get the chance👍 I suppose its just my arc welder is really handy, one smallish case with machine, leads, rods, easy to put in the truck, doesn't take up much storage space. It's comparatively cheap to buy as well, which was quite important when I bought it. Main thing is I an finally getting to grips with one kind of welding and actually starting to enjoy it, rather than just ending up pissed off with it👍

I bought this pallet of offcuts a few months ago, worked out great value- about 2 quid a piece, if that. Trouble is I'm finding them too thick for a lot of the jobs I'd like to do- router templated boards for example. One of the pictures shows the before and after thicknesses of a board I did. I'm currently putting them through my little triton thicknesser at the moment, which is obviously time consuming, messy and a bit wasteful. I'm thinking of trying to put them through the sawmill to cut them to a closer size, which should also give me a usable thin slice off the top. Obviously clamping them down safely is likely to be a bit of a challenge. Any suggestions on the best way to do it? Or any other thoughts/ideas? Thanks.

Could have been me😅😅 I'm slowly getting to grips with my arc welding (I know mig is supposed to be easier but stick is a lot more convenient), to the point where I can plan a job with a weld in and have a hope of it passing a hammer test😅👍 just need to practice, practice ,practice now and try and get tidier. I welded 2 plates together all the way round and through some holes in the middle, then tacked up the brackets on top. Now I know that it fits, I will get my mate to fully weld the brackets on, then I can tidy it all up. No doubt it would have been more efficient and certainly a better finish to have him do the whole thing, but that defeats the object of me getting stuck in to learn and improve 👍👍 Oh and to keep in with the thread title, the bucket I cut the brackets off is well and truly broken! Although it may get made into a bbq, another practice opportunity 👍

My mate had this on his 16 plate 2.2. Came up with that message as he was towing a trailer from Hertfordshire to North Wales for a scout camp...He had to wait in a services while another mate drove up to him in his 2002 defender, then they swapped trucks! Took it to ford, it was the ad blue injector, don't think it was a particularly cheap fix. This was the 3rd or 4th time the ad blue had caused him issues. He sold the truck shortly after... My Dad has also had trouble with the ad blue on his 2018 3.2 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Finally got my gx390 from my tracked dumper running again. After replacing the coil then the switch and key assembly with no progress, last night I realised that 2 of the wires are black and easily fitted the wrong way round. Turned them round, job done👍👍 Putting it all back together tomorrow. 20221125_163226.mp4

I have a towbar on my muck truck, I'm sure it could move 2 ton, on flat tarmac though. Mine could move my 1.4 ton chipper on flat road planings, but can't do it up a slope on the same surface. Looking forward to seeing how well my mini loader will shifts it, could make things a lot easier 🤞👍

Anyone interested in giving me a price /day rate and availability for driving these steels? There will be 14 of them. Good access for a 2.7 ton machine. I will be on site to labour/level, customer is great to work for. Customer wants to go ahead with it and is only interested in having them driven, not concreted in. Job is in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire.

What model Digga is it please Dan? Cheers

Definitely want one of these for my yard loader, make handling timber, brash and even scrap easier and safer. I bet it'd be one of those things where as soon as it arrives I wish I'd bought it years ago😅😒

A few people in the traffic? The vast majority more like! Obstructing the motorway like this should get them 6 months in an 'oil free' prison- no heat, no oil/gas cookers, no plastic tooth brushes, no man made clothes etc, that might sort out how committed they are. This is if they survive the water cannon induced fall from a gantry of course...

Did see this on Facebook earlier, looks promising👍