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@Rough Hewn was looking at some winter work advertised on Arbtalk. The Ad read Forestry, months work for a cutter in Devon, log cabin supplied, immediate start. Rough thought that will do, it beats sleeping in the van so made contact, got the address and off he went. Drove for hours up hill and down dale and eventually with a mile still to go came to a deep running ford, he thought fuck driving through that so grabbed his kit and used the stepping stones to cross. After a long trudge up this muddy track he spotted a silver sprinter coupled to a trailer with a mini forwarder on it and thought must be getting close now , right enough a few hundred yards further on was the log cabin. By now its getting dark so Rough who is covered in shite decided to take a shower, as he gets out of the shower there is a bang on the door so he throws a towel around his waist and answers it. Stood there is a bearded 6`8” tall twenty stone monster of a bloke wearing a pink cod piece ,chequered shirt , cowboy hat and carrying a pack of beer. You fancy partying , drinking and fucking he asked, Rough thought fuck it why not there is nothing else going on around here and agrees to go , Rough asked how many going and where is it ? Big fella said just the two of us sweet cheeks right here and right now. Bob

Can be Chris, a lot of MDPE mains have a tracer wire ialongside them these days so they can be traced using the genny, the genny will also sound through water in a main. Warning tapes can also have the tracer wire in them so they can be detected. Mains that are not live can also be detected with the genny through the swa, Drains and sewers can detected if a cheap roll of cable is taped to a fibreglass cable pulling roll and stuffed down them. Depth and position can also be accurately determined if you take your time to learn how to use them, the list goes on but they are a lot more than just a cable detector. Bob Service marker tapes with tracer wires https://gasproducts.co.uk/caution-buried-gas-main-detectable-underground-marker-tape.html MDPE tracer wires https://store.jdpipes.co.uk/blue-tracer-wire/ Strap a cable to one of these and shove it down any drains or pipes that need locating.

A cat is not much use without a genny and neither are any use unless you know how to use one. They can do far more than just detect electricity cables . Dont forget the squeeze offs Bob

Only after basic training Khriss.

I suppose it depends on whether its forestry , clearance work or domestic arb, this time of year you need to be in the woods or on site at first light. For domestics I dont suppose Mrs Miggins would be best chuffed with a team firing up saws in her drive at 7am. Bob

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If I had you on board e6Gz I would have a pressure pad on the dash rigged up so I could monitor how long your cloggs were perched up there. Bob

I have told all of them that this is happening and that we will have a week of initiation just so they can get to grips with it.I put it to them that its a way of them earning an extra few quid if they put in the hours without the need to write everything in the diary and to kick the late starters/early finishers where it hurts most . No one seems adverse to the idea. I was talking to the book keeper about the clocking in machine and workers hours , she was saying that a lot of companies track their machines and trucks. They are monitored from the time the machine starts/stops and from the moment the works truck pulls on/off site, thats a bit extreme but she was saying its completely stopped all the disputes with customers over machine drivers hours. Bob

Anyone else run this system? Thought I would give this a wizz so the "last in first out" brigade were penalised accordingly. Seems a fairer way of keeping track of hours and rewarding those that put in that extra bit of time. What say the Arbtalk collective?

Noticed this perched on one of the trailers, must have been the hinge from hell. About four chains died

I have a dewalt 18v cordless grinder Mr flock and its not the sort of tool that would be a match for anything in the corded range. Great for occasional very small jobs like cutting wire out of a mulcher but not any good for anything that takes more than five minutes. I would have thought the 125mm range would just kill it off quicker. Bob

Something like this Stubby Reg before march 1st 2015 are both mot and tax exempt. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2014-Renault-Kangoo-ML20-ZE-Electric-van-NO-VAT-NO-VAT/232955425558?hash=item363d39b316:g:K1AAAOSwgTRbuMvG:rk:2:pf:0 Blurb https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mot-special-notice-10-18-electric-goods-vehicles-exemptions/mot-special-notice-10-18-electric-goods-vehicles-exemptions Bob

A friend has bought a leccy van, I think its a Vauxhall. Sort of escort sized thing and all electric with no engine, he gets a sixty mile range out of it on a charge and is impressed with it. Does all he needs on a day to day basis and the thing is tax free and mot exempt, whats not to like? Bob

The conversion is covered in here Wes ( page 26) Bob

I am retro fitting ( with the help of Danny at Greenplant) the timberwolf leccy stress control system to my Morbark wtc , its a really basic system and picks up the engine speed signal from the alternator. Bob

Thats where the OP will end up if that windblown he is dancing around on stands up Bob

Ours is very close to 3tons, add two guys and other kit and its getting heavy, I fitted the nissan 3.5 four pot and that thing pulls like a train , its also happy at just off idle all day running the picker. . Tow hitch put the chipper way too close to the basket on ours so I incorporated a pullout drawbar with the hydraulic winch cradle built on top.

Mrs Miggins will be impressed Bob

Al from memory they are an oddball 11mm which is not a grease nipple size, there are companies drilling and tapping an 11mm bolt and fitting grease nipples to them https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STIHL-hedge-trimmer-grease-nipple-Fits-strimmers-etc-07811201109-HL75-KM/123365163656?hash=item1cb9230288:g:uUoAAOSwhzRaY6w-:rk:2:pf:0 Bob

The main reason I gave up on sarnies

Down to the greasy spoon for me, stuff like below with a coffee for less than a tenner Poke the sarnies, soup in a flask and yesterdays curry where the sun dont shine

Allianz do our fleetplan inc things like the cherrypicker and tractors on the road. 4x4`s are about £1500 pa for any driver with no restrictions on age or license smut . Bob

I took on a couple of lads a few years ago that were going on to engineering courses when they left school ( both sons of mates) , I put them with my fitter/welder at the time . I unofficially gave them £30 a day but in reality they were a liability and totally disinterested in anything other than their mobile phones and facetube. I also had to jump through loads of hoops with the school , I had to be interviewed and they came around to check on facilities in the workplace , insurances and probably the pedo register. Unless these kids are actually serious about work and not looking for some kind of government job avoidance scheme I would give it a miss. Bob

Yes it has all the swim gear, I have smoked this thing about and its a horrible thing to drive. The step up box is something I need to research, there are plenty of references on the net about them but nothing factual . I have the 6BT ready for it but may go with the V555 cummins instead because the pics I have seen on the net show the engine snuggly under the jet drive units whereas the height of the 6bt may be making hard work of it. Obviously not a problem with the swim gear removed but I am not doing that V8 cummins Something I need to do

Catweazel I never intended running theStalwart as a petrol, just need to get it running and on to the low loader. That straight eight RR is coming out and a 210 bhp 6bt cummins is going in. There have been a few diesel conversions done on these for the military by AF Budge using the Perkins Phaser, really need to go find one and take a few snaps for some ideas. Bob