aspenarb
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If you were to remove the chip box for test you would have to add ballast to the chassis because the brake compensator would be at the top of its travel ( virtually no rear brakes). You need a bit of weight on the back so they can get a reading when its in the rollers and to stop them just locking. Bob
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Fingers sprung a leak Bill, not a good place to lose skin Dumper clutch got fried by one of the not so bright members of the landscape team
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Its just a hairbrained scheme by the NHS to pigeon hole and label people . Posted this before on the weightloss thread , my nipper is 6`8" and twenty stone so he too is obese . Bob
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He got a long way through the bridge before the digger hit anything, https://www.google.com/maps/@52.2741909,-3.3309767,3a,75y,314.76h,94.05t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sZNW3CeBuPirOPcCCQPMGCA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DZNW3CeBuPirOPcCCQPMGCA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D71.554565%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656. Bob
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I think a bridge inspection/survey is now north of 100k, all this aside I would wonder if his insurers will cough up if he is not running compliant. Not saying he isnt but all to often they are not running by the rules, a local builder was done recently for running a tractor/lowloader to move his digger about. Bob
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It all depends which type of plod attend the scene, if local plod turn up probably not a lot. They just tend to sort out the clean up and go calling it an "accident". If traffic plod turn up the shit will definitely hit the fan and the charge sheet will probably be as thick as a phone book. Bob
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Allianz Commercial do our fleetplan, only stipulation is valid full uk license. They dont want to know about any driver history or points. Bob
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When I went for my HGV medical about ten years the quack said I was obese according to my BMI . On the last medical a few months ago the quack said they dont use BMI as a reliable indication of health or fitness anymore and that my weight was fine. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/bmi-stop-measuring-weight-height-health-measure-fitness-fat-a7894951.html
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Not so sure you would want the sort of tracks/roads we put in at home. Most of these are woodland or country estate tracks/roads, last one we did at a house was hundreds of meters long and about 4mts wide with railway sleepers for edgings. That came out at about £60 per linear meter for sub base, membrane ,scalps and sleepers. Last 200mts before the road we topped off with planeings
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Hate these things swinging about all over the place which is why I made the one below. Staked to the ground with a four stoke engine on a reduction box, no drama and it runs all day.
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A small woodland walk of about a kilometer, sub base, membrane and scalps with no edges. Just needs a rake and roll on the way out. Dinky little temporary bridge out of concrete sleepers to get the machines over. And a steel fence + a load of kissing gates to keep out the hooligans.
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The belittling of ground staff really does piss me off, "brash draggers" is a horrible term to use for trainee ground staff. Bottom line here is they are all team members , good ground crew can make a very ordinary climber look good in the same way crap ground staff can slow down a decent climber. Everyone being switched on and up to speed with the works program is probably the single most important thing, its all about coordination ,staying safe and team work. Bob Edit: Just realised the above is a rant Ground staff . Preferably first aiders , saw tickets, citb if poss , aerial rescue , mechanically sympathetic , safety aware and know your rigging/knots Bob
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Well done @White Noise, most folk would wring their necks because of what they are,. I too would save them, I am the sort of prick that stops the machine to move a frog rather than flatten it . Bob
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My eldest nipper bought one, I hooked it up to my IW trailer and only got a mile up the road before I turned it around and swapped it for my kennel. I have never experienced a truck thats as rough to drive with a trailer up its chuff, they need to supply them with a neck brace. Way too much truck behind the rear axle, great when empty though. Bob
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I was trawling through some gumph on diesel resistant sealants and came across this article https://acc-silicones.com/products/adhesives/diesel-resistant-rtv-silicone-sealants If you fancy giving it a try I would be interested to know how you get on. Not cheap https://www.silmid.com/silicones/specialty-silicones/acc-as1810-black-diesel-resistant-silicone-rtv-310ml-cartridge/ Bob
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Instant gasket/silicone turns to shite, as @muttley9050 points out your better off with nitrile gasket. A tw tank sealed with gasket goo
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I Just had a squint at this and other than parting with the registration fee and keeping the details of Mrs Miggins .69 Butthole Rd, Titsbury, Berks away from prying eyes there does not seem much to do. https://government.diginomica.com/2018/01/22/gdpr-compliance-here-are-the-14-things-you-actually-need-to-do/ Extract 9. Smaller firms have less to do Smaller firms – those defined as having 250 employees or less – do not have to comply with all GDPR rules as standard. If your organisation falls into this band, there’s no need to have documentation of why personal data is being collected and processed, the information you’re storing or how long for. Smaller firms are not required to maintain a record of processing activities unless this carries a risk to the rights and freedoms of data subjects, it is a regular occurrence, or it relates to certain data like criminal convictions and offences.
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They`ll never take me alive! What a load of old tosh , as if the country needs more fat arses polishing chairs at our expense. feckum. Bob
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Depends on what you intend doing with it. Bob
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For the few quid they cost you cant beat the CD workshop/parts manuals , save a fortune in time and wrongly ordered parts. Nothing worse than beating your way through the traffic to gorp at a screen looking for the part to find they dont have it, then beat your way back a few days later to collect it. Just phone through the part number, job done. Bob I have printed off copies of the relevant workshop/parts manuals and laminated them to make them workshop proof.
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Twin axle versus tri axle trailers - pros and cons?
aspenarb replied to Big J's topic in Large equipment
@Big J you would appreciate the virtues of a tilt bed over any other trailer in the winter, there is nothing worse than wrestling skids covered in mud back into the hiding holes up the chuff of a trailer. You may lose a few kilos of payload but as your load is only two tonish that wont matter. They make a lot more sense for moving plant. Bob -
Feast your eyes on this one John, 4x4 and 45mts on an 18ton chassis with 30mts of outreach https://www.mascus.co.uk/construction/used-truck-mounted-aerial-platforms/wumag-wt-450-allrad-4x4/vjpirjtk.html
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Blade access run these 35mtr mewp`s on an 18 ton 4x4 truck John, Zero swing is also a bit handy working roadside https://bladeaccess.co.uk/hire/truck-mounted-platform-hire/35m-truck-mounted-platform-hire-t35at/ Bob
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They are not the great big lumps of old anymore Paul , I was thinking along the lines of the one below but just a bit more reach. Bob
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We are spending a tad too much on a regular basis hiring in 30mtr plus cherry pickers, was thinking of purchasing something in the 32-35mtr range on a 4x4 truck chassis but thy seem very thin on the ground. If anyone knows of anything along these lines that is up for grabs I would be interested. Bob
