aspenarb

Luigong still out there doing its thing.

Little EZ28 just finished two weeks of gorse/bramble busting.

You wont need any help with a restricted license, all the info is in the pack and its all pretty straight forward. Gets a bit more involved with a standard national or standard international.

Bob

On 13/03/2024 at 20:06, John Shutler said:

@aspenarb bob, can you provide any more info on your blade sharpener? i think you said it was a modified cylinder mower sharpener? 

 

I removed all of the mower fixtures and made an adjustable platform to bolt the blades down onto, its got a sweep of around four feet so you can bolt in multiples of blades at a time. I will dig out some snaps of it.

Bob

DVSA were making noises a few years ago about new legislation regarding cargo nets/tarps on loose loads. Enclosing a tipper may not be a bad shout, only problem I can see would be the swirling of chip when blowing into a closed off box body, could get messy.

Bob

11 hours ago, Whoppa Choppa said:

Questions to Unimog "experts". I know very little about them and tbh have never had any interest. However it was suggested to me that one might provide the answer to secondary forwarding conundrums. Where our timber contractor can't put wood roadside due to site constraints etc, a tractor and trailer has so far provided the missing link. Would however, a Unimog be more suitable for road work? Steep learning curve and I won't be operating it. I've gleaned a little information as follows so far but correct me if I'm wrong. White diesel. Commercial not agricultural restrictions. Next to no hitch weight*. Crane can be mounted on unit. GTW 41 tonnes. Possible upto 23/24 tonnes on trailer. Assume trailer needs triple axles centrally located*. 56mph. Ability to multitask i.e move plant too.

 

Like I say, all new to me. Appreciate your expertise and experience.

 

Cheers then.

Big balanced trailers behind Mogs are horrendous and painfully slow, better off with a truck.

Bob

On 15/02/2024 at 04:45, difflock said:

Like they are now going to be classed as cars with commensurate levels of emissions based car tax!

Cant see what they think they are gaining out of this, they will become net losers with firms declaring all non commercial vehicles as pool cars. Its just an excuse to employ an extra platoon of chair polishing parasites to gnaw away at the cabbage of life,this country is drowning in bullshit.

Bob 

As said a fag paper clearance, worth taking into consideration a tad of float on the rotor shaft bearings or bearing housings. There can be a small amount of wear in the bearings and or the bearing housing which will let the rotor walk, I always load the shaft towards the anvil when doing the clearances. 

Bob

https://www.ate-uk.com/products/750kg-unbraked-rubber-suspension-axle-for-timberwolf-chipper.html

10 hours ago, Dan Maynard said:

In 2001 ?

No, recent years. Speedbumps/humps around here kill the chipper axles, the bumps are worse because the trucks straddle them but the chipper gets launched, the meatheads behind the wheel don't often spare a thought for the chipper. Also worth noting there were two axles made for the timberwolf and they don't interchange.

Bob

3 hours ago, TomBTree said:

Green plant have one that's £1200.00 plus vat.

 

The last unbraked axle I bought for a 150 was £350 and that was from Greenplant.

Bob

A stretched dumper makes a fair mini forwarder, weight over driven wheels and very compact.

Bob

16 hours ago, Lillywhite said:

It’s a good size for arb work, it’s small enough to get into gardens & down footpaths but big enough to actually get something done in a day.

been thinking about a 6 tonner but it will sit in the yard a bit whereas the 3 tonner is out everyday 

 

We used to run a 10 tonner about for the smaller kit, that had a six ton payload and the truck itself was no bigger than a 7.5 tonner.

Bob

I think you can just about legally tow a 2.7/2.8 ton excavator on a something like an IW plant trailer behind a 4x4 or Transit, buckets etc would have to go on the truck and you would have to edge the digger forward a tad so as to have about 100kgs nose weight on the tow hitch.Should be about 100kgs light if you were put over a weighbridge.

Bob

I don't remember a single time when we have had to deal with a customers insurance company, removal costs and provisos go direct to the client, the bun fight with the insurance company is theirs.

Bob

15 hours ago, Steve Bullman said:

What is your preferred method for driving through flood water?

Stop and let someone else go in first, use that dipstick as a dipstick.

Bob

10 hours ago, manco said:

whats his game?

im sure most cars now are compliant. so hes wasting money on cameras and such for a handful of cars that hes stopping?

anyone?

Yep! Cost of the ULEZ/LEZ system was always going to have diminishing returns, with folk slowly shifting to compliant vehicles it will get to a point when the returns are so low the same tech will transfer to pay per mile.The motorist will always be a cash cow no matter who runs the show.

Bob

Still going🤣

On 25/11/2023 at 08:34, doobin said:

How many hours are you up to on that? Any issues?

Lots and it hasn’t missed a beat Ruben, the thing just goes from job to job. Could really do with coming in for some love.

After reading a few reviews I bought this 4000amp gooloo for about £100, model number GP4000. It can wang over a tractor engine for a surprisingly long time.

Massey side guard fell off and got mulched, may have lost its newness.

Bob

Looks like one of those standard weld on filler necks Chris. Might take one of those caps that pulls down with a key.

https://www.dieselcaps.co.uk/3471/filler-necks-mild-steel-filler-neck-40x45x30mm-diesel-fuel-cap/8789

57 minutes ago, billpierce said:

so it seems that a decent hydraulic thumb from jb equipment or digbits is about the same as a decent tined grab from the same.  am i correct thinking a grab will be slightly better at grabbing? charging into brash with etc....i imagine a thumb wont be as useful for gripping brash? i got the digger to do a load of jobs on the farm - i dont do any landscaping so imagine if it comes on a job itll be doing arb only

 

thanks

 

appreciate everyone input

It depends on what you are doing Bill, a rake and hydraulic thumb on a machine can group up/load brash much quicker than just a grab/rotator.Grab/rotator is a great tool if everything is ready to be grabbed.

Bob

Just about any type of grab on a small excavator is useful.I once knocked up a hitch bracket for a small grab on a three ton machine, it grabbed off the breaker line and it swivelled but never had a rotator. You kind of adapt to whatever is in front of you.

Bob

LG still out there doing its thing, raking out and burning rather a lot of Gorse atm

Its a twin pump on these chippers, one section of the pump does most of the work (the feed rollers and one tracking motor), the other pump section is only ever called for when tracking. You could easily eliminate the pump by swapping the pipes over on the pump, you may need to snip off a few cable ties but it would be a quick and easy way to see if the slow track is then on the other side of the machine. 

Bob