aspenarb
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I ran a Autocraft Cobra for about twenty years, it wasn't as leery as the one Stubby posted but leery enough to scare the crap out of any unsuspecting passengers and me ,it was only 6ltr but knocked out about 550hp with gobs of grunt. Great fun but totally impracticable, you cant leave them anywhere and it gets tiresome having to answer stupid questions everywhere you go. I dont think mine clocked up 10,000 miles in all the time I had it. Bob
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I cant see the problem with being VAT registered even for domestic work, it only affects the likes of Mrs Miggins and she is unlikely to jump ship just to save a few quid. VAT should only make you around 10% dearer overall. Bob
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I have had failures in aftermarket blades and sent them back to the seller for analysis, on both occasions they have been lost or misplaced and despite chasing them up never had an explanation or refund. On both occasions the knives exploded through the chute and thank god there were no injuries. For this reason alone I will only by genuine blades, not saying it can’t happen to genuine blades but I have never seen a failure in one. Bob.
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Have my guys been working for you on the side ? Bob
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What do you think is the most important issue in arboriculture today? Ridding the industry of the never ending money grabbing schemes dreamt up in the name of compliance. HSE in arb was the governments brainchild, they should certify and implement the audit's. Bob (SMAS)- 1 reply
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Spending some lockdown savings on a 2 post lift
aspenarb replied to difflock's topic in General chat
A mate bought a Chinese 4 ton single phase two post lift about four years ago for about £1200 , its only for hobby use and he has had no issues. I got a used Stenhoj off the bay of thieves for £650, thats only needed a set of belts. Bob -
Got a deal on ten units , got Faac at the yard and there must be a hundred gate cycles a day , they have lasted about fifteen years and only just given up . Bob
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You would probably like the one we have just done Mr @Commando This is a completely self contained unit ( Mick Dundee)with the photocells, keypad, gate hinges, motor mounts, camera pole and everything else built in and concealed. Basically just dug it in and put the gate on with no further set up needed. All cables etc between posts run in the buried box section thats keeping the posts in line. One gate with two Faac rams, all electrics are 24v. Bob
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If the drive thats there is of sound make up I would scarify and roll what's there., then top off/roll with the bare minimum of dressing. Nothing worse than driving through a sea of stone and it never stays where its put. We use a guy that has what looks like a mini mulcher on a small sit on machine that planes off existing dressings, makes very easy work of relaying existing build ups. I will dig out a pic of his machine. Bob
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It can be done with conventional gate automation running off truck batteries, an inverter and a solar panel. Good for about twenty gate openings per day if you get it set up properly. Bob
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I was following a transit this morning that had two pallets of turf on it, I would have thought about 2.5 tons on there minimum. All looked about right because it obviously had HD springs but I noticed the bulges on the tires at road level were touching each other, that`s a blowout waiting to happen if it were on a motorway or dual carriageway for more that a few minutes. Bob
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Ian Hampshire runs a tracked mulcher and more importantly knows how to drive it , he is also one of the few old school good guys that knows what a days hire means. https://www.ukfisa.com/membership/membership-listing/ian-j-hampshire-son.html If you get stuck and can wait our tractor mulcher will be in Haslemere in August for about two months. Bob
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I suppose all this hinges on who your buyer is, where we sell to will only pay on a weigh bridge ticket, we are lucky as there is one a few hundred meters from the yard.If the haulier is the buyer you may end up with the short straw, the on truck weighers only work accurately on level ground and that's a rarity in most woodlands. I know skulduggery goes on but there is little to nothing you can really do about it short of watching them load and following them to the depot. Bob
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I think more weight is lost in the stack waiting for it to be collected than goes missing, they seem to be getting more unreliable. I can feel a new timber trailer coming on. Bob
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I think you are referring to the big nut that's on the end of the shaft that retains the bearing housing, that's a normal thread that's best undone with a nut gun. When you have removed this and the small bearing there will be shims in there used to space the assembly for correct anvil clearance. If you are changing the front bearing there is a way of setting it up to avoid axial loading which will knob the bearings in short order. For that you will need some 12mm studding. Bob
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As above. If its still struggling to turn over you will need to eliminate the chipper side of things from the engine, drop off the drive belts ( two minute job) and then try and start it. If it starts you need to look at the rotor and bearings, pop the chute off and check the rotor is not bound up with chip, if thats all clear you need to be looking at bearings. Bob
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Mike I would be very surprised if the lads on here couldn't diagnose the problem and point you in the right direction in less time than it takes to drag it off to someone for repair. Post up some of the symptoms. Bob
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If its only 100 mts you may as well buy ready made, for large quantities there would be a huge saving making your own and the discount on materials spirals. A simple fly press and tooling for the slots/holes ,a crop and you could bang out 100`s of meters of it a day. We made a load to match some existing , its not hard. Bob
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Cant see what the issue is, slab is already down and its the renovation of what was an existing building. Pound to a pinch of salt that's on an old os map somewhere. Bob
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Thats choker chain territory. Bob
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Two days in and wondering why I never bought one thirty years ago, aside of the obvious its so much easier looking through drawings and specs on a desk rather than a car bonnet.The lads will be fighting over this, I can feel another unit coming on Bob
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My choice of chipper would hinge on distance from the nearest decent spares stockist, for us its Timberwolf/Rayco only because we can throw stones at Greenplant from here. Over many years they have provided an excellent service and I dont think I would swap brands unless they did. Bob
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The same way it works when three lads jump into a transit ? Bob
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There is always that but we have to be seen to be doing our bit. My lads are the first to rib me on things like this but they seem to think its worthwhile. Its got heating so at the very least there can be a dry change of clothes on winter work. Bob
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We only use a fresh cheap hardpoint for cutting plastics, as long as you dont allow it to pinch its easy work. Bob
