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Picked up a new Seppi the other day, the old one has lost its newness after 6000 hours of major abuse.I will keep the old one going for the rough old site work. The new ones have a few more refinements with more guarding and this fancy gizmo that rotates the drive box on the pto to take out the torturous angle of the uj`s when its lifted high. Bob An arm comes off the back of the tractor to this drive box to keep the pto shaft at a better angle with it raised.

You cant knock the Alaskan Kevin , if it wasn`t for Gary from FHC coming down here with one them half the timber we get would not fit on the mill. Bob

Since we got the mill we have planked all the pine. I have cut piles of the stuff, between the landscape boys who seem to use tons of it and the girls with the horses that eat all the rails it all gets used. Bob All of this has gone

Its a strange old set up on the Iveco, the engine only has a bellhousing and clutch on it. There is a prop on this that runs to a gearbox/transfer box combined unit that sits in the middle of the truck, all the axle props and the pto go to this one monster of a box. I will get a snap of it. Bob

True to a point but you cant teach intelligence and business acumen, its either in you or its not. Many a school dropout has done well , Branson is one. There are also plenty of egg heads with brains the size of a planet that live in filthy squats. I know some wealthy property developers that can barely read and write that could buy most of us with their small change. Bob

I think the occasional inconvenience of a side tip are far out weighed by the advantages of a rear mounted crane. Tipping rings off the side can be a challenge when they start rolling under the truck but other than that its no big deal. bob

Bare bones with a crane it will be about the same as my 6x6 Iveco project which is ten ton so it will have a payload of app 16 ton ish Bob

A piece of frayed bailing twine and put one of these on the end of it. Bob http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=175591&stc=1&d=1422997402

Burning green waste that close to a major airport for 5 months, cant for one minute see what the fuss is about. Bob

Have a look at the tilt beds, we have a 3ton IW tilt and it makes easy work of loading tracked plant. You also get to keep all of the flat bed. Tiltbed - New & Used Trailers - Horsebox, Livestock, Plant, Tippers, Car Transporters, Flatbed, Box Van, Spares Bob

Property for sure and fill your boots with it,if my fat fingers are pressing the right buttons mine have returned 3000% over the last 35 years. Bob

Probably the most important and useful of all the H&S requirements. Its a chance to pull the lads in and straighten out any lapses or sloppiness in working practices, its also a good chance to listen to them about their concerns and thoughts. They clear the air so +1 for toolbox talks because they are of value. Bob

Luke I was really just at a loss as to why you were doing this and wondered where along the line it would allow you a slice of the the profit , was it your intention to become a regulated broker or certified supplier of biomass? Is the readily available info like this not accurate enough ? Typical calorific values of fuels . Please dont think I am picking at this because I am not, I am curious and genuinely interested in what you are doing. Bob

Another + for the Karcher, plenty of uk sales and service backup. Keep it in the warm for the winter, a hard frost will write one off. Dont ask me how I know. Bob

Luke at what point in all this do you get a chance to dunk your ladle in the soup? Bob

We have a quad but since this oddball 5 wheel gadget turned up its made the quad almost redundant. It takes a big round bale of hay around our sodden fields and wont leave a mark. The same bale on a trailer behind the quad used to spend all its time stuck in mud and trashing the place. Its like this one. http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=175314&stc=1&d=1422697928

Kinell Mat your are fire today 1. No 2. Yes 3. Yes But its the way of the world. Bob

“Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.” Mark Twain. The truth is the father , son and employer were wreckless ,their employer had failed in his duty to maintain the kit and log accidents. They should have also fined the "adequately trained workers" for using sub standard and dangerous kit, they knew the guards were off. Good job done by the HSE. Bob

The HSE requirements are quite reasonable in terms of RAMS . Its all gone wrong with individual companies interpretation and ass covering policies that ride off the back of it. We had a situation where a company we were contracting too had a problem with one of the tractor drivers certificates because the did not "recognise" it. After a lengthy argument with the site foreman a phone call was made to the HSE who explained to him that all they required of any company in the respect of machine drivers is they have had formal training. In theory your own companies certificates of in house training should be adequate .That is the bottom line,the rest is nothing to do with HSE but the interpretation within independant H&S outfits or companies . This carry on is not the way HSE intended things to be. Bob

Is that ChipperDale ? Bob

I do,it was a bash a contractor we do some work for had to put on. Bob

If you do some homework you will find lots of service items like brake pads , filters etc are the same as other Merc vehicles but dont carry the Mog price tag. Bob

We were hauled into a days H&S meeting a few years ago. Reference was made to a Riddor report that had issues with the extremely high death and injury rate of forestry workers. Riddor basically works on the principle that all accidents, near misses and injuries within the industry should be written down. From what I can remember ( I slipped into a coma after about an hour ) they would expect to see at least 10,000 injuries , accidents and near misses reported before a reported death. Its this information that is used to rectify or adapt working practices to make the industry a safer place to work Because the companies within the industry had been failing to record and create the paper train it made it look like a highly dangerous occupation. Riddor are of the opinion that all accidents need to be analysed even down to things like a splinter, this should be recorded and alternative working methods used to eliminate this. The day ended with an open discussion and the one that sticks in my mind was the lads that were employed clearing the motorway banks with brush cutters. As you can imagine it all got a bit silly but the bottom line was it was suggested that someone stayed in the truck watching the others work while logging things like stones flying past earholes etc in an attempt to create the paperwork necessary to satisfy the H&S requirements of this company. One man stood up and suggested the work was too dangerous and questioned whether the company should even entertain this work. One thing that did pop up was that they had identified those most likely to have an accident and its the over fifties, we apparently would benefit from further training because we had all become sloppy:lol: Bob

Take a decent fitter with you. We are not kind to our kit in this game and there is normally a good reason its sold on. Bob

Great looking lightweight top that , Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut it aint very proof is it. Those Ali sides and back door with those catches dont look very secure, I would not be that happy about leaving kit in there while the truck was left unattended. Innit Bob