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Another good nut gun is the Hitachi 3/4’ drive corded, uses a fraction of the leccy an air impact uses and will crack truck nuts on/off all day.
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It may be a tad misleading because its an "average". Automation is one factor but does it take into consideration the unemployed,those on job avoidance schemes/further education, the early pensioned off and the expanding elderly population? All of these factors would dilute an average hours worked. Bob
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Things to look out for when buying a used chipper
aspenarb replied to Spoonz's topic in Large equipment
I wouldn't be overly fussed about service items like anvils,knives and bearings. For me it would be engine, rad, signs of welding/fatigue repairs on the tin work , rollers hanging, things like the chute thinning out on the bend ( they are expensive). Running gear and tyres want checking, if the tyres are not worn evenly the suspension unit/beam has probably been twatted over speed bumps all of its working life, they are not cheap. Bob -
It’s all a few months away so I will get clarification and ask the question in the new year, let’s see what they come back with. I still think it’s a nonissue , if there is to be a fuel surcharge so be it. The difference in cost between the two fuels on a typical site clearance job would be negligible. They are tweaking the rules as we speak, leisure craft can send off the duty for fuel used for propulsion or heating, can’t remember which. There may well be the same sort of concession drawn up for ag/forestry involved with construction, it won’t be practicable to drain tanks between jobs that are or aren’t involved in construction. This is where the NFU and FCA should be actively doing their stuff. Bob
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I can understand your concerns Eddie, the way I see it is development companies own vast swages of farm/wood land all over the country. Irrespective of who owns it this land is still farmed, grazed and crops taken from it up until they decide to develop it, we have looked after some parcels of land for developers for over fifteen years. I cant see there being a problem at these early stages, I can understand issues arising from site visits during construction. The new reverse VAT and CIS I don't see as a problem and have lived with it for a long time now. Bob
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Looks like it, all you need to do is phone Flowfit with the serial number off your original motor to make sure its 50cc per rev and the spline is the correct diameter Cant have the rollers fighting each other. Bob
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Is CIS and reverse VAT that big a deal? The reverse VAT is no real problem and any employee PAYE deductions can offset monetary losses to CIS. Bob
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The ebay motor has the wrong end on it, timberwolf motors have a drive spline.That said I would be surprised if Flowfit couldn't supply it. Bob
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We run all our kit and timber to and from site on a lorry, we are normally first in on any development site and insist on sole possession. They all accept that we are Forestry and run on FMOC tickets, it only becomes a "site" as far as we are concerned when we hand it over. Certainly no construction going on at that point. Bob
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The other problem with using ag vehicles on an Olicense is they are never /rarely in a condition to pass a plating or a roadside check. Before we went down the truck route we ran mogs/trailers, one got pulled in a roadside check and was issued with a ticket to go to the nearest brake testing facility, it had to go back a few times before it passed, they just don't get hard enough use at these very slow speeds to bust the glaze/crap off the linings and drums to make the numbers or balance required. Another one of our Mogs was pulled and the driver had the book thrown at him, I wont go into detail but the summons was 3/4" thick when it arrived, it was along the lines of the one in @Justme post above. Trucks are a far better option and so much cheaper to run. Bob
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There are no "grey areas", tractors/fasttracs/mogs can't be used to haul plant/machinery or goods unless plated, run on white and used under Olicense rules. A mog/tractor/fastrack or correctly registered 4x4 truck/pickup with a pto driven chipper up its chuff is within the rules if working within forestry/ag/hort but restrictions apply. There is enough slack been cut for ag/forsetry/hort but not so sure about domestic arb. Bob
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I cant see this affecting any business, they will now be claiming back the 20% vat instead of the 5% and its all tax deductible anyway. The problem facing customs now will be that all white diesel will be bought in bulk and put down to business use and everything they think they have gained will be lost in clawed back expenses , supporting an army of pen pushing chair polishers and to the police dealing with what will be a monumental increase in undetectable business fuel theft/misuse. Most boat owners run a business, I am sure they wont be putting the white diesel they now have to use through the books 😂 Bob
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Give the diameter of the snatch block a bit of thought, there is a minimum recommended pulley diameter for a given rope size. Yale "PB" Pully Blocks to Suit Rope Dia. Range from 7mm to 18mm - LiftingSafety WWW.LIFTINGSAFETY.CO.UK Snatch Block Sheave as used with Tirfor Cable Pullers - from 1000kg to 6400kg - Pulley Block Cable Pullers Bob
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Check the underside of your boots, could be the residue of a barkers egg under there. Bob
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One of the lads on here kept all his saws under a false floor in the back of his van, couldn't see or access them unless the rear doors were open. Bob Its was along the lines of this 3024 × 4032
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Landrover 300tdi.... Will it pull the skin off a rice pudding?
aspenarb replied to swinny's topic in General chat
Our little 300tdi 90 has 300,000 miles on the clock and survived with a fully laden 3.5 ton trailer up its chuff for most of those miles. More than capable of breaking all the towing speed limits and keeping up with trucks when fully loaded. If you are looking for one Chris buy it on condition not year, there are a lot of turds rolled in glitter out there. Bob -
Alternator ppr...? Anyone heard of it or know anything about it?
aspenarb replied to swinny's topic in Large equipment
Alternators are three phase, a pulse wire can be tapped off of any one of the three phase wires before they get to the rectifier. So even if there is no pulse wire you can still connect one, its a simple job. Edit: Forgot to add that these pulses can be counted when the engine is running using the induction gadget on a decent timing light, one that shows rpm. Bob -
What colour ? 480 × 352
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Defenders lend themselves to pto run equipment because they direct drive the pto off the end of the gearbox, no issues with transmitting the power. The winton type prop interrupters or gearbox side plate pto`s are only rated at about 40hp max and dont take kindly to the sort of stress a chipper would throw at it, ok for compressors/generators. Bob
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What machinery is best to move stuff on a slope
aspenarb replied to Slad's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
That`s the one, thats only the top in the pic it was a bit of a lump.There was a narrow boat waiting to pass and it had to be through there by 11.30 or park up for a day, some kind of limit/restrictions on boat movements through the locks atm. Bob -
What machinery is best to move stuff on a slope
aspenarb replied to Slad's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
In the absence of a decent winch tractor or limited access I think a portable capstan will do most jobs, that contraption I made up has been busy this year on a number of jobs. It dragged this suicidal Beech out of the Basingstoke canal and up a 100 foot plus steep bank, lack of snaps because it was pissing down and my ipad was drowned. and some others
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They are still busy here, chewing through rather a lot of chestnut and conny chogs atm.
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The little Kubota I bought back in 2018 is still going strong. Been a very busy machine and not missed a beat.
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I don't think many companies insure tools left in vehicles overnight, I know ours don't, they may if asked but it would probably be cost prohibitive. Bob
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Had the thing for about two years now Mick, the crane is handy enough for this kind of work, good for dragging sticks out of ditches Bob
