aspenarb
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I agree, I backed the ply up with that self coloured 3mm plastic/ali sandwiched board on one of the trucks and its not half as tatty looking. Not really a substitute for the box bodies though, they come up on ebay cheap every now and then. this one was a bargain.
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Put some temporary sides on the Hilux tipper years ago but they are still on there:thumbdown: , they still make me ill to look at them. Bob
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You may do better starting up in Sussex, Stubby was only moaning about the lack of competition the other day http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/91769-tree-surgeons-like-confetti.html Bob
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My advice would be to hire the various options and see which one suits prior to purchase . Bob
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Oh yes:thumbup1: £4.80 inc the coffee at the local greasy spoon
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Both are a good looking tyre but I think you would be better off putting a set on a second set of rims and swapping over for just the winter months, perhaps keep your road tyres on rims for the summer or when you sell it. These aggressive treads are great for what you intend to use them for but not for general road or high speed motorway work. Bob
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That were "nuthin" but an hours for T kangoo
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Your slush fund starts to diminish Bob
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Clean and properly dry prior to use , I swear by the stuff, a wholesaler we use were knocking it out in black for a tenner a gallon about five years ago so I got about twenty of them and use it on all the motors. The black one looks better on a chassis. You need to get the stuff as hot as possible prior to use and run it through a Schutz gun, when its hot, it then gets into everywhere and sticks properly. http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=191752&stc=1&d=1445197162
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You don't need an academic study; common sense says it....
aspenarb replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in The Lounge
There is that, also an art form, symbolic and tribal in some countries and those dinky discrete ones the chicks have ................................. kinell. Bob -
You don't need an academic study; common sense says it....
aspenarb replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in The Lounge
Who writes this cr@p? Most of the folk I know who have tattoos have woken up after a night on the lash to find them mysteriously etched on their skin. Bob -
Some useful input there , thanks. The dilemma now is how far away from home is regarded as too far? I am thinking of drawing a line at an hours travel each way. The loss of on site productivity and motoring expenses tips the balance in favour of staying away. I am seriously considering buying an artic welfare unit with bunks, kitchen,bathroom and lounge.This could be stocked up with food and drink ,they then keep all of the staying away money and all the tools go in underslung lockers. I would get at least 3 hours a day extra graft per man. Thats if they could bare to be kept in the same place for 24/7 without eating the faces off each other. Has anyone here stayed in on site welfare units? Bob
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I picked up this 2stroke drill off ebay a few years ago its brilliant. Bob
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The boys have given the 13ton Komatsu a bit of a battering on a very rough hilly 20acre rake and burn job in Oxford, definitely broken George our one eyed painter optimistically ordered a tin of touch up paint Clock the code, its been done on a spectrum analyser so should be spot on for Komatsu
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I dont really know to be honest, we have one of those towing generator lighting towers for work lights and even that is a horrendous light for glare and shadows. A while back one of the lads on here put up a post on some seriously powerful lamps on his truck that seemed to tick all the boxes but they were very expensive. The ones you are looking at are the same as the ones I have bought and they will do for reversing , worklights throw a broader light over a bigger area. I am watching this thread with interest because I too would like some reasonably priced worklights. Bob
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As a reversing light the one you found will be fine, a friend of mine has two down each side of his lorry and two on the back. I borrowed it for a few weeks and its so nice to be able to use the mirrors in the dark even if reversing round corners. I bought a box of ten and am going to fit them on my trucks, as a work light they are rubbish. Bob
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Original or not its an essential piece of kit to have on board. Many a day been saved with the trusty old tirfor Bob
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Extra few holes in the flywheel and casing so a locking pin can be inserted to keep the flywheel still when changing blades/tightening bolts. Tiz a royal pain on your own Bob
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Jon will be on to Brain James ( Brian James`s clever brother) for a a trailer for that. Bob
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defender 90 and triple axle 14ft ifor williams?
aspenarb replied to mowingjamie's topic in Arb-Trucks
The closer the towball can get to the rear axle the better, I cant think of any other 4x4 that has as little overhang as the 90. Good choice. Bob -
Matty price it at what you consider it to be worth, " the rates" in some area`s are hardly worth getting out of bed for. Also if there is no mechanical intervention its probably not going to be a chased contract. Also check the spec, the last one we did like this was to leave everything less than knee high for the sprayers. Bob
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No helmet:001_smile: how stupid. Bob
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Full english at the greasy spoon for me The lads though:thumbdown:
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Our old Bulldozer has a push fan on it and that works really well, if that was to pull from the front like the chippers it would spend more time having the rads blown out than working. Its not an insurmountable engineering challenge it just needs a bit more thought. If the fan was shrouded properly you could opt where the cooling air was ducted from. I can feel some mods coming on Bob Or something like this http://www.cleanfix.org/benefits
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I am surprised the chipper manufacturers have not changed the direction of the fan on chippers, its never made sense to me for them to suck from the direction that the chute is pointing. It would also keep the engine bay alot cleaner. It also does not make sense to try and cool an engine by pulling the hot air from the radiator over it:confused1: Bob
