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Simple and quick splitter. Bob Homemade manual wood splitter 2013 - YouTube
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Ok Mark I am sure I can find you a blunt file. Bob
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Probably about a ton Stephen but it was in the bin anyway , we cleaned it up and cut it up as it was up ended. Bob
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Thats near enough, contents of the truck weighed 17.385 so anyone referring to the contents of the bin at 17 ish ton has done really well. There was 2 ton of chip on the transit and 4 of the cubic meter builders bags of rakings which I forgot about which would have been another ton so the true weight of the tree was about 20.385 ton. Surprisingly accurate Sam So NI tree wins the broken chain and blunt file.
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Some of you are good, someone is within 250kg of the weight. Bob
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Just fit a new headlamp unit and drive it , no one will notice. Bob
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There is a whole windblown oak tree in the bin including the stump. Its all chopped up in into handle able pieces because it had to be barrowed out. The chip went away on one transit load and the rest is in the bin which is 60 cu mts. . Tree was 35` tall and app 4` across at ground level. Just for the hell of it I ran the truck over the weighbridge. What did the tree weigh? prize for the nearest winner is a blunt file and a broken 18" chain Bob hthttp://i.arbextras.co.uk/s/attach/jpg.giftp://i.arbextras.co.uk/s/attach/jpg.gif
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I think you should get the hydraulic pressures/flow rates checked before you go on a changing spree. Ten minutes with the right kit will pinpoint the problem. If you haven`t got the gauges see if you can con a mobile hydraulic`s guy to take a squint. Cognitive dissonance is expensive Bob
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We employ some Polish lads and some Kiwi`s , no problems . They are definitely beneficial to our outfit and its not cheap labour its more to do with them doing just that bit more than the english lads will do. Example of this is the drag race out of this yard at night with our lads , its always the Polish lads left here cleaning out the trucks and getting tomorrows kit ready. Bob
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We supply a lot of wood to the log boys and here in Surrey they have all been busy. One guy in particular has been doing up to 10 loads a day even in the summer. I dont know anyone short of wood but on the same token we dont supply wood thats any good for a processor, I know the harvested log wood has gone up but there is no shortage of it. Judging by the amount of mulching work on the books at the moment the harvesting guys must be busy. A lot of people now will leave the heating off and just light the fire/stove for a back ground heat which is just enough in most cases to take the chill out of the whole house, that is a huge saving on gas/oil .Its not a fad thing its here to stay and people that use a fire wont give up on them easily Bob
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It just goes to show that you can get a better machine if you cobble it together yourself. These adapted tracked machines are the nuts, there was one on ebay recently with a small timber crane on it and bolsters, again thats a handy bit of home grown kit. ( men in sheds ) Bob
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I will let you know exactly what they do in a few days, I have used our l200 for a few weeks now and have filled it to the neck and ran it till the fuel light comes on twice. Its now on its third tank so when this is empty again i will do the calculations. I have not been unkind to it but its been used in fair mix of typical pick up jobs, not once been over 60mph but has towed for about 100 miles. When the guy use it it drinks fuel but they do drive like *****. Bob
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my specs if any one intrested so i can gain some exp
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If you were in this area I would take you on with immediate effect, a cutter with spanners background is ideal. Bob -
They seem a lot bigger on the truck Although the lads were told to hand dig them out they took it upon themselves to pop them out with the telehandler forks. Whats the chances of survival with the roots looking like this ? Bob http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=141066&stc=1&d=1384992953
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Well here are the beauties . There are about 100 plants. http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=141063&shttp://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=141064&stc=1&d=1384992455tc=1&d=1384992455
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Men in sheds rule:) Bob
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Move onto the dealers sale`s pitch in a caravan and tell them you wont be leaving untill its fixed. It worked for a guy here in Farnborough Bob
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The neatest set up for a post knocker I have ever seen was a 4x4 dumper that had the skip taken off the front , the guy fitted a tray in its place which he chucked all his hand tools on and a hiab arm at the very front with a knocker a bit like the one on the clip above . It must of had 5mts of reach ,it also had a quick hitch on the back so he could pull all the materials along on a trailer behind him. He had put a lot of thought into it with lockers on the sides and things like work lights , it even had a third service for a hydraulic breaker. It really was an all in one fencing machine. Bob
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If the place has been used as a yard for that long how the hell has it ended up under enforcement? You wont need a consultant to deal with an appeal like this one, you just need to stack up the evidence via dated annual Ariel photographs from a crowd like this Old Aerial Photography from 1917 onwards, a handful of sworn affidavits from credible sources and slap the application in. An appeal officer will see it your way 100%. Bob
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Grumble and Grunt. Bob
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Kieth Curtis of Honeysuckle sawmill fame ran a 48" ish stenner totally non electric. He had a 40hp tractor pto driving it and ran the hydraulic bed off the tractor. Bob
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Once referred to by an industrialist twenty years ago as the yellow peril, wise words from a man that warned of this and now its here. The Chinese have massive resources behind them which are being ploughed into their manufacturing industry, the sweat shops of yesteryear are fast being replaced with massive modern automated plant. The cheap and nasty image of the goods is also rapidly changing, the speed at which they modify/improve their products is astounding. The outcome of all of this is beyond me but one thing is for sure it will destroy the economies of the western world. Bob
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As above ,if your not worried about being in a fashion parade and just want a good reliable truck thats probably the best on fuel out of all of them go for it. The animals we have driving could not kill off the one we have. Bob
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If you are serious about using a 360 with a mulcher head you are better off fitting the extra pump either to the front of the engine or add a section to the original. To use one that has the mod is the difference between night and day, the bigger later machines have computerised flow control via a variable displacement pump so are not a problem. Below is our small seppi mulcher that has a variable displacement drive motor ( the small lever on top of the motor) which can be trimmed to suit the flow rates from one too three ton machines. Bob http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=140707&stc=1&d=1384702893
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Here are some stats DrugScope | DRUG INFORMATION | How many people use drugs? On these stats alone we have a possible problem with at least two or three staff, this is not the case to the best of my knowledge but probable. Without a system for testing your own guys you are better of being blissfully ignorant and praying you are right. In saying that dont be shocked if proven otherwise. Bob
