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On AT`s or Muds that are paired up on twin wheelers you do need to make sure there is a decent gap between the sidewalls when loaded or they will burst. The heat generated with sidewalls touching will take the tyres out. Bob
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Should make for a nice setup Lee. I think you will be grateful of the brakes/handbrake, that could be a bit of a handful on uneven ground if it was uncoupled. The axle centered and the associated rear overhang will focus your mind a bit if anything like driving a rear lift rigid truck, the overhang can end up taking up both lanes on a turn. Bob
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Tirfor only gets a few outings a year and today was one of them, A gurt stump roadside that needed ripping out and no space for a big machine or the Boughton, used an adjacent tree to anchor off and teased it out with the tirfor /mini digger.
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A predominately outside and varied work life. How has yours been?
aspenarb replied to Baldbloke's topic in The Lounge
Its a failing of the education system as far as I am concerned, schooling is so tick box and league table orientated these days that gcse`s etc are worthless, employers are now only looking for A level students which normally means staying on for another couple of years. For those not interested in a career requiring all this crap early release should be an option. Intelligence, common sense and business acumen are either in someone or not, it's certainly not something you can learn from a bunch of lefty school teachers. Many a school drop out has done well for themselves, the likes of Richard Branson and most of the multi-millionaire property developers are school dropouts. Fixed that for you Mario Bob -
A predominately outside and varied work life. How has yours been?
aspenarb replied to Baldbloke's topic in The Lounge
That's me Mick Was expelled from school for unruly behavior ( being a complete twat) which was a bit of a shame because I was actually doing well there. Got straight into engineering of varied sorts from the age of sixteen which evolved in later years to building and adapting forestry machines , was doing this for about ten years when a customer who was also a good friend of mine had a stroke, his wife was also seeking a divorce at the time. Long story short, he was running his own forestry business and I ended up having to buy it complete with machines and staff. So thrown in the deep end about thirty years ago, I took on all of his guys at the time so was in good company and able to learn fast Still here and enjoy it but its not in my blood. Bob- 199 replies
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DVSA have been pulling 3.5 tonners and trailers for a long time, a lad I know with one of those cab over engine pickups with a roller door box behind the cab for tools ( cab star type thing) was pulled at Leatherhead and had to order a taxi for his passenger because the front axle was over with both of them in it. They are also onto the tractors and trailers now, they know some of the big HP tractors are north of ten tons, with a max trailer weight of eighteen tons and combinations maxing at 31 tons there is not much in the way of a legal payload no matter which way you load it. Proper size trucks are looking like better value these days. Bob
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Need, greed and feed With age and weariness it subsides a little but generally unless there is a goal you may as well hang up your boots. Bob
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Is that not the poor chap that had a fall and was left paralysed? Bob
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We are in clay here and I replanted lots of Laurel , took the advice of the greenfingered collective here and they have all survived. Bob
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Just fit a flick switch on the trailer that switches the fogs over to reverse lights ( blue wire) . I have done this before and fitted led reversing lights down both sides and the back of the trailer Bob
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I always feed a length of ratchet strap webbing under the rollers ( top or bottom rollers) to aid in lifting out/in the rollers. Makes easier work of it. Bob
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Thats the trouble and proves its all in the mind , the fairy wakes guys with a stiffy which some poor sods lose the second they open their eyes and spot the munter on the pillow next to them, sagging arse/tits, a gunt, bingo wings and a face like a slapped arse are not conducive to a raging stiffy. I think the NHS should supply older guys with younger chicks first instead of dishing out eruption pills just in case the problem`s not a medical one . Best I go now Bob
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I am now fifty eleven, am I still allowed in here ? Bob
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Not seen her in a while Mick but its about somewhere, it will show up when its hungry Bob
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Just a Pyramid scheme disguised as a currency, hyped to get the interest and folk on the wagon then dumped by those in the know a long time ago.There are going to be a lot of gullible losers left wondering what went wrong Bob
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Clutch is slipping on the Ranger Bob
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Making Aspen dealers richer unless I am mistaken, we also get through far too much of it to stray from the 205 ltr barrels supplied by @Rye Oil Ltd. Shameless plug for you Jon Bob
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There may well be a better grade of logwood available behind those gates for forum members , pm me if you need a few sticks and I will put them to one side. Bob
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kiNnel e6gz, as Picaso said " The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls" Think you best get the kin hoover out 8od
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Great truck to drive but shite engine, tipper works out well on them. You will need the HD springs
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It really does hinge on what your customer is expecting, a tractor mulcher will bash the tops off the stumps in situ and level the brash, its never going to be a lawn. For a better finish as its only four hundred stumps I would probably grind them with the big stump grinder and mulch the brash. Power rake and burn the lot is another option. Bob
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Can you not rake up the brash, grub out the stumps and process them in with the biomass? Bob
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Only because the older man is normally stuck with a fire breathing, argumentative, menopausal dragon that is slowly morphing into something that looks like its mother and that will only talk to you if you slap an HRT patch on its arse. I for one would take great delight in flossing with Kylie`s G string, probably use Geri`s to tow start the truck Bob
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That lampost has got zip written all over it Bob
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Mini forwarder at home in hardwoods
aspenarb replied to Big J's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
On that note Big J have you got a daywork rate figured out for that machine/operator and some idea of cost per mile for transport ? Bob
