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Most lose what they can under a hedge, the rest gets lost when its loaded onto an open truck or trailer and twatted back to the yard.:) Bob

I ran a RHD 6.2 ltr chevy pick up for years, spares no problem and dirt cheap, pulled a trailer like nothing else and non to shabby on fuel either. I can feel another one coming on Bob

That would depend on where you are located. Bob

In fairness to the structural engineer its not really his job. Anyone using equipment like this below ground should carry out their own survey, its not hard to locate phone and electrical cables using a cat but mdpe services like gas and water can be tricky. reminds me of this thread Bob

Perhaps a balance weight has parted company with the flywheel. that or you have been employing my guys on the side. Bob

You need one of these Mr Girdle https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Smart-universal-fitting-7-way-bypass-relay-TEB7AS-Towbar-Towing-canbus-wiring/321086115886?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D53343%26meid%3D5d50d57b831b426c82276dfcdcf6a569%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D12%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D163183785379%26itm%3D321086115886&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851 Run another fused power source to it and connect it onto the rear wiring harness , everything non led on the vehicle including the towbar wire into this unit. It basically just senses voltage and switches the relevant circuit taking its power from the other source. Your led relay wont know its there. Bob

Robi is a good petrol drill, picked up the one below s/h yonks ago and its been reliable. The good thing about them is they all have a centrifugal clutch that kills the power the second you let go of the throttle so if you get snagged up it wont take you for a ride Bt45 seems to be the No1 choice and hold their money but Robi, Tanaka and Echo all make similar, usually a lot cheaper too. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tanaka-Petrol-Powered-Drill-Japanese-TED-270-LS-Free-Stihl-Oil/132727888556?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2763.l2649 Got this one of Ebay and it has no problem drilling big holes in oak posts.

In the shed .............. Pm sent Bob

There are a few old lt77`s in the container Lee, sort out the carriage and you are more than welcome to one. These are the long input shaft boxes but the short shafts can be put in them easily enough, nothing scary inside an lt77 and they are very cheap to rebuild. The only special tool needed is the one that removes the collar on the rear of gearbox mainshaft, dont wreck the collar because they have been discontinued and are not the same as the later boxes ( unless someone has run a batch off since ). Have a homegrown slide hammer tool I knocked up for this if you get stuck. They either fall off or they are a bitch. Bob

The new u27-4 turned up today. I like the extra wide pin hitch , it should with a bit of luck last a bit longer than the Kubota offerings . Extra services, need to get in the manual and have a read up on what switches do what.

I think the answer to that is down to the efficiency of the team leaders. Our domestic tree team side of things pretty much run their own show, the lads on tracks and landscape manage ok without too much of my time , forestry work is generally long term and never that pressing in as much as you get as far as you get and the rest runs into the next year, site clearance is balls out within a tight schedule and you have to be there . Other than that most of my time is spent on maintenance, running about making sure materials and kit are in place, the odd spell in a machine when needed and some office work , most of the man management, H&S , pricing and paperwork is full on and done by the two in the office. Bob

Because my lads cant keep their traps shut and discuss their earnings over tea breaks I have to pay them all the same . In reality some are worth double what I pay and others half, I also keep tabs on the onus of earnings per man before I make anything which is currently around £200 a day per man . Bob

Only if you believe the figures thrown about Mick. Take out the government job avoidance schemes like further education and add that to the numbers on permanent sick notes, early retirees and the unemployable that just bounce their unproductive arses around from one job to the next there would be a different picture painted . Bob

Its a bit of a yawnathon but worth having a squint at the pdf http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/19/pdfs/ukpga_20180019_en.pdf. It seems that sub 750kg unbraked trailers will be exempt which I assume will also eliminate the smaller chippers.( page 12 section 13). Haulage permits wtf? Most will be better off with a proper truck if this kicks in. Bob

I have mulched off vast areas of neglected coppice over last few years, nobody seems that interested in it around here anymore and the ones that still do a bit just seem to tit about leaving a mess. Bob

Got a couple of Stihl`s to go in the machines a while back, bang on for the odd occasion you need to cut your way out of a cab. Not a replacement for a proper saw but worthwhile keeping one in the cab or truck. Shame they dont make a cig lighter charger for them. Bob

A lot of these hitch`s throw the bucket geometry to feck, the whites hitch on the three tonner makes the bucket fall short of the dozer blade for crumbing up and also spills when loading over the top of a tipper . The older machines without a quick hitch keeps the bucket flat to the dozer blade and wont leave half a shovel on the floor, the one below leaves a barrow load out of reach. Bob This full in. Full in and crowd

Its on the to get list Matthew Mick Dundee knocked up a four feet wide steel curved grading tool that bolts in place of the teeth on a bucket, that forms the small camber on the scalps prior to rolling. Works well but that to could do with a power tilt, may get him to add a ram. Bob Edit. Just getting around to butchering a Pel job I bought a few years ago, its getting a 2ltr perkins, extra pumps, services and caged up. Will take some snaps.

Should be here in the next week or two Lee, machine is being supplied by Boss plant. Jon Wiseman their sales manager has been a star, got the machine at a good price, he has sorted out the factory parts and retro fitted the extra services, sorted out a better hitch and kept in touch throughout. Was not happy with the last Whites quickhitch setup on our other machine , gets very sloppy on the buckets in no time , its a very narrow pin bearing so Jon got onto another crowd that are tailor making the hitch to our specs which should be a lot more stable. As soon as the hitch and buckets are made/fitted it should be ready for collection, will get some snaps. http://www.bossplantsales.co.uk/ Bob

We are all in the same boat Al, most of them spend all day on twitterbook or facetube, do the bare minimum and will jump ship for a fiver a day. The colleges are pumping them out full of tickets and failing to teach them any work ethics , often wonder what the drop out rate would be if the first few days at college were spent dragging brash up a steep bank on a hot day. Access to bank of mum and dad does not help either, we get loads of no shows followed by a pathetic call from a parent over a runny nose. There is no need or want to work amongst the majority of nippers these days and its leaving a huge hole in the skills market, we then wonder why we have to rely on foreign labour Bob

That could be the first aid kit if you have just poked a saw into your leg. bob

Its 13hp and the same weight bar a few kg as the rayco RG13 , there is an old willow stump in the yard so I will bounce it off that tomorrow and see how it goes. Bob

The lads doing the domestic work have been moaning their holes off about getting a stump grinder they can throw over a fence so I bought one. Got a T mech , phoned up the guy selling them and he reckoned of the hundreds he has sold only one has come back with problems. So here we go and a grand including delivery later What lurks within ? Comes built up with the exception of the wheels, brake and the frame with the throttle and brake on it, Throttle control is decent with a ratchet/thumb mechanism. Kill switch and deadmans cord Cutter wheel is mounted on a couple of plumber block bearings with the industry norm exposed and vulnerable grease nipples, teeth have a good amount of carbide on them so should take a few sharpens, a new set is £65. Skirts are made of some sort of hard vinyl shite , think this will get changed for some rubber. Fecking thing is blue Started first pull, its on a centrifugal clutch . will see how it goes.

Telehandler with a beak by a long chalk, it picks up the tracked chipper at the same time as dragging the stump grinder up the ramp . Your hydraulic thumbs and rakes are not far behind.