aspenarb

The UK doesn’t really get the kind of cold snaps that would necessitate the use of winter diesel, 99% of the waxing problem is moisture in the fuel. If the holding tanks and the machine tanks/filter bowls are regularly drained of any water you shouldn’t get a problem.Water content is the main reason some machines suffer with waxing and others don’t. Bob

Get a bigger trailer If you dont want a truck you can always put a dolly under the front of the trailer and pull it with the tractor. Bob

Recently bought this 3/4” drive nut gun off aliexpress, advertised as 3000nm of torque ( it’s not) but does make short work of truck wheel nuts. Not had it long enough to evaluate,first impressions are good. Bob

Ye of little faith, 60mph wind and driving rain won’t stop them 😂 Bob

That will feck them😂

Its worth studying the rule book, PMI's can be stretched out to 8 or 12 weekly intervals if the mileage is low, low is comparative to something like a 7.5 tonner on mulitidrops that runs around the clock with multiples of drivers,worth considering because all PMI's from April of next year need to include a laden brake test. In our game because driving is only a small proportion of the days work the drivers hours can be recorded in a drivers hours book rather than the digi card or analogue disc. All these need to be put into order before you turn a wheel. Bob

Gas axe is my go to for bearings on shafts, takes seconds. Bob

We have this high tip, useful bit of kit but logistically its a bit of a nightmare when used on domestics if the job only warrants a truck and chipper. Bob

Been on here since 2013, where the hell did that time go 👴 Bob

Thats sad. I have always been able to leave the truck wide open and leave mine alone in the woods for hours on end, they would go off but always have been within calling distance.They were partial to a dip in my lunch box if I forgot to put the lid on properly.

Down to one dash hound now, could never get out of the yard without them.Thought they had gone off hunting one day so set off on my travels, checked my mirror as I got onto the main road and the sods were chasing me down the road..

First place to look these engines with a noise like this is the camshaft. These Kohler engines will wipe out cam lobes if they are left idling too long, they rely on splash lubrication which just doesn't happen that well at tickover. Easy enough to check, as @Stubby suggests check valve clearance, if miles out it will be a cam lobe or lifter. Not hard or expensive to change, other than that its going to be the bottom end. Bob

Looks to me like a sheered off section of the rotor shaft , the bit towards the back of the machine. You need to stop using it before somebody gets hurt.

Possibly, bought a 1220 from Wessex tractors many moons ago, they said it was a rebadged Iseki. Either way it will pay to find out if its a model that was rebadged, spares will be more straight forward.

Ford/New Holland rebadged some of the small Iseki tractors, if you can find the equivalent model number you may have more luck with parts at a Ford/New Holland dealer. Bob