aspenarb
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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
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Take a squint Chris. FISA and FCA clash over welfare guidance WWW.FORESTRYJOURNAL.CO.UK Last month, the Forestry Contractors Association (FCA) made a formal request to the Forest...
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A bear is not allowed a dump or a piss in the woods anymore. According to the powers that be we have to have a welfare unit so I got a Groundhog, tow along job which hydraulically lowers to the floor. Has a gas genny, chemical loo, a sink and a rest room. Not a bad little lot, its on a civils job at the moment and then its off across the heath. Bob
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Now thats what you call a post hole borer
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Ifor Williams Tipping Trailer - manual pump
aspenarb replied to Arctostaphylos uva-ursi's topic in Maintenance help
We use Anderson couplings on any trailers that need a battery feed, it may be a bit more work running feeds to the back of a truck but its a lot less faffing about. Bob -
I would imagine the crane alone is worth more than they are asking for truck, its the sort of thing that would be out every day once folk knew it was available. Looks old school without all the leccy lock out gear so whoever gets to pull the levers needs to know what he is doing, even that old Cormac of ours is more than capable of putting the truck on its side. Bob A stick of Euc at this distance is nothing for the crane but the truck gets a light leg the other side.
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Ours has not missed a beat, the only damage has come from our guys ratchet strapping the thing down in the trailer. I will weld a few lugs on it so it can be tied down properly at some point. Teeth last well but do only come in sets, when I get time I will spin up a new wheel on the lathe and get it onto the rayco teeth. All in all its been a good little grinder. Bob
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Ten year rule applies, if something's not been of any use in ten years it never will so get rid of it. That includes the wife/chick, just need to practice what I preach . Bob
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Looking at the pulley size I would say they lack belt contact which is why they eat/melt belts, a sensible mod would be go up a size or two on both both pulleys and go for longer belts. You can use this calc for working out belt length for what you have or a mod if you choose to go that way, Pulley Calculator. RPM, Belt Length, Belt-Surface Speed, Animated Diagrams Metric WWW.BLOCKLAYER.COM Bob
