aspenarb
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Pulled it out of an old atlas copco compressor about ten years ago and its been living under a tarp ever since. I reckon with a drop of squirt and some leads it will fire up and run like a swiss watch Bob
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There is one of those 3 pot perkins engines here Al, as said above the dipstick is in the sump right next to the filter housing. Bob
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I fitted a set of these on the kennel https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/173865744887?ViewItem=&item=173865744887 Good road manners in the wet and dry, none too shabby off road either, Bob
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Not me e6Gs, its probably more like a burst couch .A few useful snippets of information , British paratroopers have just entered Jordan again https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/british-paratroopers-train-in-jordan/ Peter Andre was successful in his recent job application at a foundry because of his knowledge of slags and his ability to handle a big spade. 8oD
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Looks like they have gone tits up. A few bargains to be had http://www.sia-group.co.uk/online-auctions/ Bob
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Its no problem knocking up a new wheel, I have an old clunker of a lathe and mill so it wont cost more than about £30 for a decent blank and a few hours of an evening to spin one up . I just need to find something I can measure and copy. Bob
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It gets used a lot and has not missed a beat, teeth are ok but the bolts supplied break quite often so I have upgraded them. I bought a load of spare teeth but as soon as they are gone I will redrill the wheel to take greenteeth. Bob
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It could possibly work if it was a bespoke build. You have the possibility of 3.5 ton behind a 4x4 , if a 750kg chipper was split in two with the chipper part mounted on the back of the trailer and the power pack on the drawbar to balance it you could mount a side tip chip box in the middle. Admittedly it would be a one trick pony but its more than feasible and would still have a better legal payload than a transit, as its a self contained unit it could also be left working on a job leaving the tow truck free to run about which is more than you can do with a normal truck/chipper combo. Just sayin Bob
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A lot of machine drivers have their machine and van live tracked, head office knows/records when the machine is working and when the van pulls on/off the job. I suppose it saves on arguments when billing clients for daywork based contracts. Bob
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Those wheels are the nuts, got sick to death of my drag about yard tool box having permanently flat tyre and fitted the same, never been a problem since. Bob
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Conor my go to for oddball joints is an old Q&H reference book, joints,tie rods and track rod ends are all listed with the thread diameter, pitch and taper. Your eyes may go squiffy looking through the pages but I would be surprised if you never found something that fits/matches . Sourced the obsolete track rod ends on the Sambron telehandler using the same manual. Bob
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We have PTO`s on a couple of the landrovers, Tanks go under the passenger seat on the 90`s and the pto is run off the back of the transfer case. Extra lever in the cab to engage the pto , transfer box goes into neutral , select 4th gear, release clutch and thats it. You may need a hand throttle. Bob Will dig out some snaps later
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Dan I would have thought this is just a belt alignment or tensioner issue, its not hard to check with a straight edge. 800 × 322 Also worth noting on any machine with multiples of belts to make sure you buy matched sets, belts come + or - a few mm as acceptable limits and the only way to get a matched set ( exactly the same length) is to request they come from the same batch. When buying belts from a supplier its very easy to end up with one belt on the bottom limit and one on the top, you go to tension and one will be loose leaving the tight one doing all the work, after a few re tightens the tight one ends up knobbed in the bottom of the groove doing feck all and the one that was loose is then doing all the work. Hope this makes sense. Bob
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We do lots of this type of clearance Ben, you just need to tough it out. A slew with a rake and lots of labour is the answer, you can then row out and mulch the green waste. It all needs to be separated out unless you are prepared to launch the whole lot into a 20yard bin and pay the price of dealing with it. Last 20yard skip we had for unsorted crap like that was £1700 so it pays to separate into the various components. Bob
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Never understood blokes shaving off/waxing body hair,plucking eyebrows, ears and nostrils. Can understand a women not wanting hairy legs or a min looking like an axe wound on a gorillas back but blokes? Bob
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One of the snotty old transits died , pump packed up and it had death rattle on start up.Attacked it today and put another pump on it and treated it to a new timing chain kit. All done , got to love the Transits, everything on them is so cheap and easy to do Shiny bits And one of the lads sussed out why theTW was a bit sluggish.
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Lots of adaptions and home grown gear in these older skyline threads, I would imagine having to be HSE/loler compliant has forced a few of these older rigs out of business . Imagine writing up the rams for that game Bob
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Really is a nice bit of kit Ian, wouldn't be without it Bob
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I dont think wire of any sort is a good idea for horses, if the feckers can find a way of injuring themselves they will ,£££££££££`s to the vet Just put a road in through an equestrian property, used 6x4 posts and 4x2 rails down both sides , drowned the lot in creosote to stop the nags chewing on them. Bob
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Cheapskate, I bet that makes them sting a bit, I spoil them and use this A cheap and decent pair of cantilever wire cutters, had these a while now and they are the nuts for cutting out fencing wire etc . £10 ish https://www.diy.com/departments/magnusson-diagonal-side-cutter-190mm/1782652_BQ.prd?utm_source=google_cpc&utm_medium=shopping&utm_campaign=PX_GSC_Tools_And_Hardware_+_Generic&ppc_type=shopping&ds_kids=92700029894053686&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhqWgnojU4AIVxYjVCh1riQ0aEAQYByABEgL9aPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
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Not so sure I would want to feed brash raked up off a forest floor that a harvester had trampled all over into my chipper. If your dead against mulching Big J it might pay to get a brash baler in and sell the bales . Bob
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Twin axle versus tri axle trailers - pros and cons?
aspenarb replied to Big J's topic in Large equipment
I think if you can afford to lose the few KG`s of payload the triaxle has over the twin and are running near to its max carrying capacity they are a much nicer trailer to use. If still in doubt hire/use one of each before you buy. Bob -
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I know what you mean, I have just bought a 6 wheel plant lorry with a 28 ton mtr crane with four extensions off a mate . Truck can only carry about 12 ton so only good for one bit of kit at a time which is a pain but its handy for nipping about on smaller jobs, its certainly never going to replace the artic and trailers. . Tore the laterals off this windblown with the crane and chain today to reduce it down which also got rid of most of the soil and then ripped it out of the ground, all done in less than an hour so it does have other uses .
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My ex top gear hilux has to be the all time champion of indestructible trucks, even the retards on the firm have not managed to kill it, I just keep bolting on panels and bumpers as they smash it up .
