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I stumbled on this the other day, it seems odd that the climber is trying to sue his employers customer and not the person employing him. Chichester tree surgeon loses National Trust damages claim - Chichester Observer Bob

Last time we did one of these I forgot to award the jockey wheel that had a high speed mishap on the M3 so its yours:) http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=148483&stc=1&d=1392155153

Have you been in the yard with the bathroom scales? Bob

16.420 so you are the closest:) Bob

I will get my coat Bob

I dont think you will kill a 650 hiab on the slew , that thing on the trailer has done 10 years of daily slog and its mounted on the trailer which rises to the front so its always slewing uphill . The pump number is a dowty ip3052ctdfb which is 16.75 cc per revolution, this is run on a two cylinder lister engine at 1500rpm and I would say its an ideal combo.It does not show it on the plate but if you point the boom straight up and the jib straight down so its up close to the trailer it bill pick up about 6 ton. Bobhttp://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=148285&stc=1&d=1392038633http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.phttp://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=148287&stc=1&d=1392038633hp?attachmentid=148286&stc=1&d=1392038633

How about the roughest with the most hours and still in daily use ??????? I think I own the champion. Pic to follow. Bob

We do lots of rake and burn and the stumps are normally buried out of sight in the lop and top. If you look at the rake on the machine on the truck you will notice a tyne missing, this must be 6" by about 2" solid steel about 3` long and that just ripped off on a stump. Very hard going because as you rake back you are building a mountain making impossible to see where anything is. Bob

I know its stupid and there are problems with idiots killing themselves over this but this one made me laugh. My nipper plays rugby for Chobham and this was done by one of his team mates. The second vid was an adaptation by another player. Worth a minute to watch. Bob

The number crunching is sort of irrelevant when we get things like double the normal rainfall in a month. I wonder if they dont just number crunch the stats and think flooding only affects X percent of the population and cant justify the spending for so few. Either way its not an option to leave things as they are. Dont the insurers opt out of flood damage claims in flood hot spots ? Bob

The slewing on the 650 is really strong, the slew rams are about 4" in diameter. We have a timber trailer that goes behind the mog and thats got a Botex crane on it. Plenty of reach but sadly lacking in lift but then you can have it both ways, something with loads of reach and lift would probably be too heavy. You cant see the push out on the 650 because its retracted but it goes out to about 6mts. The mog ended up with a pto driven pump on the back to operate the crane, that livened it up a bit Bob

I use a top seat 650 Hiab on our trailer and it serves us well. As said above they are slow and are a bit short on reach but for what we do its not a problem. Its got enough grunt to lift a 3` diameter oak stick 20` long which is ideal for what we do. Brick grabs give more reach and are normally a lot cheaper but they dont fold up.The upside of the 650 is it will handle a monster of a grab ,ours opens up to 8`, the trailer runs a donkey engine for the hydraulics. Bob Modified brick grab on the back of the 6x6 project truck. As you can see there is no chance of it folding up but it has got lift at 8ton meter. and 8mtr reach Bob

20 Minutes Online Videoportal - La pire route du monde? Bob

That was dealt with years ago. Bob Environment Agency - The Thames Barrier

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There is a stream that runs through my place ,the EA used to send 4 guys down here every year with cutters and hand tools to clear all vegetation / debris etc. Its nearly a mile long and it was my responsibility to gather up and dispose of the arising. I have not seen them in 20 years now so I just do it with a 360. Some knob stopped me a while ago and told me I was destroying the natural habitat.What could be worse for the banks habitat flooding or me on a machine once a year? Bob

These guys that head these departments are running with their shoe laces tied together . The red tape and B@llS@@t mountains soak up most of the funds for these works , the paperwork involved in getting the most basic projects of the ground is mind numbing. If and when the governments ,councils and other works departments cut this utter nonsense we may see value for money structured services return. Until then most of the funding for any work on ditches, rivers and roads will be used up by paper pushers. Bob

They should have gone to specsavers Bob

I have had a good read up on this and an "expert" has come up with this. To the OP: If your engine has a DPF then do not add 2-stroke oil as it will foul it up. ULSD (Both Euro and US) is additized with lubricity enhancers to make up for the lubricity components which were removed along with the sulphur. Currently the max wear scar rating on US ULSD is 520um and Euro ULSD is ~460um(IIRC). Lower is better. Diesel common rail manufacturers add coatings to the internals of their HPFP pumps when they're going to be fitted to vehicles which use diesel that has a little lower lubricity. US for example. As for additives there is a plethora of products out there, but IMO nothing works better than biodiesel @ 2% (B2) for lubricity. It's just enough to be more than adequate and not so much that it'll cause problems if it's not up to par in terms of quality. So its plain old cooking oil at the rate of 200:1 , now do we go for Mezola or Crisp and dry @ £1.50 ish a ltr Bob

January of last year was the change over point for derv. Until then Ag diesel was old school, it was changed over to low sulphur on that date to meet modern tractors common rail inj requirements. The only difference now in red to road derv is the colour and whatever Shell/BP or whoever like to blend in with it. Cetane is diesels equivelant of Octane and i know different suppliers play with the content of that, also a few other burn clean bits and pieces go in there. Old school pumps will benefit from a tad of oil but quantities and grades are a contentious issue. Ordinary engine oil is ok to use but would need a thorough mixing prior to going in the tank, two stroke seems to be an expensive and unnecessary addition. Bob

Nothing 4 angle drives and about 20` of pto shafts wont fix Bob

Our old Nuffield winch tractor goes places our 4x4 tractors and Mogs cant get through. Many occasions its had to drive through where they are stuck up to the belly plates and winch them out. I think its more to do with the fact they weigh nothing and are sat on a relatively large footprint. Bob

Five beaten up and robbed 020`s , some need carbs , one needs a new piston. I will just have to work my way through them, I hate putting stuff together others have butchered. I found these chucked under the bench:thumbdown: Bob http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=147877&stc=1&d=1391631943

We have a weighbridge just across the road so I think i will take the transit over there empty and again when loaded just to see if we are running the thing overweight. Will let you know how it fares up. Bob

Tack this onto the end of this thread if you like. This snotty load of poplar will be going on the weighbridge tomorrow. Its not tearing the tyres off the rims like it does with oak and beech and is only about 2/3rds loaded because of the silly way it was cut. I wonder ??????????????????? Bobhttp://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=147875&stc=1&d=1391629022