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I can answer this one because we have been pulled on it. The answer is no, moving plant and equipment with a tractor or a mog requires them to be plated,on white diesel , used with the right license, O license and taxed. Our driver only got away with all of this because the case timed out due to letters going back and forth , because of this it was dismissed from court. Had it gone on there would have been a very heavy fine and points. Stopped using the mog from that day on because if clever plod get you there is no escape, most spotty young plod dont know the law but the traffic plod definitely do. Bob

I think whats happened here is the tractor rules and regs have not kept pace with the industry. The original concept was for a farmer to drive his fergi between between his fields via a short stint on the roads. Now what has happened is the kit has all slowly gotten a lot bigger and agricultural contractors with the ever increasingly bigger kit is travelling thousands of miles a year with it on the roads between contracts. This is in fact illegal as they are supposed to move them between non estate destinations by low loader. We also have a lot of non agricultural use of tractors on the road like the arb boys and even some ground work contractors using tractors, fast tracks,trailers to move kit about. So yes the rules are due for a shake up , the haulage contractor association is putting a lot of pressure on government regarding the illegal use of tractors for effectively transporting goods on red diesel with no test and no O license as they feel they are being done out of revenue. Bob

bit late now but greasable pins/bushes are best for that application (Quote) You are right but this is how they are made, half of the bushes on these things are plastic which is pants . The bushes that failed had a hole drilled in them to keep the pin located and it was this drilling that was the point of fracture so I never drilled the new ones , I just made the pin longer and used split pins on the outside of them. I dont think long term serviceability comes into it with modern engineering. Bob

You are right it would sound better with a bit of ECHO and a HUSKIER tone. Please dont shoot me . Bob

That is a much better set than the contraption on this transit, that set up is under an old tipper body in the yard so if this gives anymore grief I will swap it over. All these rams have to go this far back because ford have fitted the cross member in the way of the proper location , seems like a fundamental mistake. Anyway straightened out the frame spun up some new steel bushes twice the size of the originals, some new pins and brass bearings on the lathe welded it back together and shoved it all back in . All good again. Bob http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=143064&stc=1&d=1386889936 http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=143065&stc=1&d=1386890147 http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=143066&stc=1&d=1386890225 http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=143067&stc=1&d=1386890319 http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=143068&stc=1&d=1386890388

Its probably much the same beast underneath as our Bedford MK 4x4 watering unit. Just finished five years of watering trees on the motorways and parks so I was thinking of doing the same by fitting a flatbed on the back using twist locks so it can have different bodies or the original tank if need be without all the spannering. Its probably the same as the goddess at about 12ton gross .Tough as old boots. Bob

You bunch of hypocrites, how many of you haven`t tried to dangle cash under the nose of a seller in anticipation of a price reduction? Answers on a post card please. Bob

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+1. For your budget a decent second hand quality mig like arctec or esab would serve you better than a cheap chinky set. These micky mouse import things have no duty cycle and you will spend more time waiting for the thermal overload to click back in than welding. Mig is ok in a draft free workshop environment so if you need to be in the middle of a field get a stick welder/inverter . Also worth pointing out is some of these inverters are not suitable for use with a generator so if you need to use it mobile get one that is. Lastly is the supply plug, junk the three pin 13 amp plugs and wire in a proper 16 amp socket off the mains, you wont believe the difference it makes to the weld. Bob http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=142710&stc=1&d=1386664223

Thats not hard to do, I have seen the same thing happen when the lads were feeding conifer through the chipper. There was a lump of reo bar included in one of the sticks, you would never have seen it. Sometimes its just bad luck, but either way its a brown trouser moment if you happen to be along side the machine. Bob

Our transit tipper had some chip on, when the guys went to tip off the tipper went up about a foot and suddenly dropped like a stone. The ram had pushed its way out of its frame and mangled all the bracing .It always struggles to tip because the greedy boards take most of the load up behind the cab rather than evenly across the bed as it would have been designed for. Could have been nasty. Went to get it off and all the bushes are seized solid so had to attack it with the hot spanner. Got the frame in on the bench for rebuild so I will beef it up and post some pickys of it. Bob http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=142643&stc=1&d=1386615888 http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=142644&stc=1&d=1386615940 http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=142645&stc=1&d=1386616003 http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=142646&stc=1&d=1386616082 http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=142647&stc=1&d=1386616140

It all changes with 4x4 vehicles. Below from a towing guide. Bob I want to transport heavy mechanical equipment across business sites If you are looking to tow anything heavier than 2,000kg, the list of suitable cars starts to get smaller, and moving up to the 3,500kg, the list shrinks even more. Below is a list of the cars that can tow 3,500kg. Land Rover Defender Mitsubishi Shogun Land Rover Discovery Jeep Grand Cherokee BMW X6 Isuzu Trooper Kia Sorento Toyota Land Cruiser Range Rover Mercedes-Benz GL Mercedes-Benz M-Class Volkswagen Touareg When towing for business, if you add a trailer, taking the total weight over 3,500kg, then a tachograph, in most cases, should be fitted. Most vehicle manufacturers will offer a tachograph as a cost option.

Two wheel drive tractor(50-60hp) and a pto winch will set you back £2000, and solve most of your problems.(quote) I was thinking the same and the tractor would sell for the same when your finished with it. Bob

Eddy I dont think you can hold the environmental high ground with the use of 100/200cc shot of 2t depending on what you are using, this pale`s into insignificance when you think of the gallons of associated fuel used in the chipping and transportation of timber off site. Bob

It might pay to get a load collected by a timber haulier, most have on board weighers so you would be able to gauge volumes off that. Bob

Because of this thread I have had a look at the spec/grade of oil that stihl recommend and car lube meets the requirement . API,TC . JASO FB Considering the amount we use and the fact we have had no problems I think I will stick with it. At £8 a gallon vs stihl prices someone needs to come up with a valid argument for me to change my mind. Bob http://www.dhequipment.com/Stihl_info/WhyBuyOilScreen.pdf http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=142424&stc=1&d=1386445789

But as below from Stihl its what is recommended. Coupled to the fact we have had no failures related to lubricants in 30 years is it really a problem? Bob When using STIHL 2 stroke lubricant: Mix at 50:1 (20mls oil per 1 litre fuel) When using any other brand of air cooled 2 stroke: Mix at 25:1 (40mls oil per 1 litre fuel) As petrol has limited shelf life, always mix with fresh regular unleaded, purchased from a reputable large volume fuel supplier

We use car lube 2t ( about £8 a gallon) at a ratio of 25:1 in all the saws husky or stihl and have never had a problem . To avoid confusion we use the same mix in all the strimmers , hedge cutters and blowers which I know is wrong but I feel a tad to much is better than not enough. Mixing 2 Stroke Fuel | STIHL Bob

The man did well but a quick reccy of his past would knock the halo into another orbit. ?Saint? Mandela? Not So Fast! Bob

My advise would be to buy on condition and not the year. There are some really up together old ones out there and some very late dogs. Bob

You will always struggle to convince those that have not run the BFG allterrain that they really are the best tyre for a 4X4. I must be the tightest git on here but I dont mind paying out the difference because like the above post says they will still be good at 50k miles. Not the best in deep mud but the best all rounder by a long chalk..Also very sure footed in the wet. Bob

Guy the log dumped his Navara at our workshops because it "stopped". He is a mate so I attacked it last week to see what was wrong with it. The timing chain had broken so I thought ok a few bent valves and a new chain kit that wont take long. Wrong. You cant get the timing cover off the front of the engine because the oil pump hangs down about 15mm so it wont come forward, so the sump has to come off. You cant get the sump off because there are two bolts that hold it on inside the bellhousing.So its engine out but you cant pull it forward because the diff casing is in the way so that has to be dropped.. What a complete of a motor. The two bolts that stop the sump coming off http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=141934&stc=1&d=1386023775 The oil pump in the front cover that stops it being brought forward http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=141935&stc=1&d=1386023983 The tensioner that broke up http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=141936&stc=1&d=1386024133 Sprocket with teeth knocked off http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=141937&stc=1&d=1386024261 4 bent valves in the head. http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=141939&stc=1&d=1386024375 Bob

I remember those days. It has never been easy to buy a house but going back then we drove £50 wrecks and never had the modern day trappings sucking our wallets dry.The biggest difference is there were loads of old houses that could be bought cheaply and done up back then , I bought quite a few and kept them as renters which is as good as if not better than any pension plan . As it turns out the kids can have them which is probably just as well because i cant see them going without all their must haves which keep them skint and unable to save for a deposit. Its just different times. Bob

Not good. Paul Walker dead at 40: 'Fast and Furious' star killed in fiery car crash - NY Daily News Bob

When you stop and look at the housing stocks of this country you will notice that the only decent properties were built prior to the need for planning consent. I dont hold with green belt policies of this country, if a decent house is built on a decent sized plot there will be more trees, plants , hedges and wildlife habitat there than any farmers chemically enhanced and subsidised field. The quality of life for the inhabitants will also be improved. I am not saying sprawl housing all over the place but give it decent space. There are plenty of places to build without encroaching on valued farm land or trying to condense the population into a matchboxes in overpopulated towns. Rant over. Bob