aspenarb
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Thats the one Al but no biscuit because I reckon JB told you, a few miles from Arbrep http://www.arbrepservices.co.uk/contact/ https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.1164404,-0.9107553,624m/data=!3m1!1e3?dcr=0
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Two stroke has torn off more of my dash, a wasp went in there and he thought he would get it.
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May as well hijack @Tom D `s thread Where am I ?
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Tough call this, for us it has to be 4x4 truck mounted. I cant think of a situation where we have needed a tracked machine. As for the type of mewp it needs to have zero tail swing, nothing worse than having to worry about traffic hitting the back of the mewp . We have a small landy mewp which serves us well but my finger keeps stroking the buy it now button on this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2001-MAN-4x4-4WD-Unimog-Skyking-Access-Platform-Cherry-Picker-26-Metre-/361861155926?hash=item54409b0c56:g:efYAAOSwux5YXUQS Bob
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I have been doing home brew from a kit for a few years now, favourite in the house seems to be the Chardonnay .
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You were lucky it was just a Vosa bod, if you get plod and Vosa together that would have been a big fine and points for the driver. This is an old post but something that Vosa have a purge on regularly , note the teaspoon of ballast in the back of the transit and the associated fine http://landscapejuicenetwork.com/forum/topics/surrey-police-target-unsafe-contractor-vehicles?context=category-Vehicles
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Nothing fancy here just a snotty landrover mewp, gets lots of use. Bob
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I believe so Stubbs, click on the map and the circle ( centre) moves to your location. Bob
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Wind toy,some may find it useful. https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=5.35,49.45,815/loc=-2.498,53.605
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As its a council job you should check that its ok to use glyphosate , quite a lot of them wont allow it.. Bob
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Back a mulcher over it , it will be gone in minutes. Then get a decent 360 with a rake and grub out the stumps/laterals. Bob
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Horrible things to use with the hoses tails hanging off the back Powerpacks need to run on water soluble bio hydraulic oil because the chain lube bleeds off the systems oil. And the all important chain tethered wedges
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In the absence of a workshop manual I find the exploded view of the parts manuals can be quite handy. Below is just a random one but there are loads to choose from Bob Loads more here https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=al-ko+bm5001r+parts+diagram&client=firefox-b&dcr=0&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjjiablx5fWAhUkCMAKHaFYChkQ_AUICygC&biw=1280&bih=833#imgdii=vQxzcdsJm5WP4M:&imgrc=ks9LIVRXlc0ZdM:
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How time flies, got the little LG 6 tonner back to the yard today for a service and fit the new rake. Its been out on track building/ landscape work for a full year now and not missed a beat. A few war wounds
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Thats the start of the end Mr Git , give that man the dcm Massey is back in half for another clutch damper, that as near as makes no difference two years the HD one lasted. See page 13. Twas graunching about so much I had to turn the music up And the Hilux wheel has lost its newness
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I want the old Arbtalk back....not the website but the ethos
aspenarb replied to beechwood's topic in General chat
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Use for White Poplar other than second rate firewood?
aspenarb replied to clique2's topic in General chat
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I don't know if its my lousy internet connection but everything on this site seems to take an age to load, painfully slow at times so quite often I don't bother. Bob
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Had varying degrees of success with OKO but its not something I would rely on. Foam filled is worth looking at but expensive, alternatively these are good http://www.marathonind.com/Flat-Free-Tires-Lawnmower-Tires.aspx After being tortured to death with stabbed tyres on our amazon cut and collect I fitted the flat free`s , no problems since . Bob
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Tarting up all the kit ATM @TIMON so included the stake knocker. Added a foot bar across the bottom of the knocker which helps stop the stake rotating.
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A couple of lads working in the woods in Ireland ,one would dig a hole, he would dig, dig, dig, the other would come behind him and fill the hole, fill, fill, fill. These two lads worked furiously. One digging a hole, the other filling it up again. @eggsarascal watching from afar in his van with his feet on the dash couldn't believe how hard these men were working, but couldn't understand what they were doing. Finally he had to ask them what they were doing. He said to the lad digging the hole "I appreciate how hard you work, but what are you doing? You dig a hole and your partner comes behind you and fills it up again!" The lad replied, "Oh yeah, must look funny, but the guy who plants the trees is off sick today." Bob
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Quiet in this department so I am going to bore you shitless with a stake knocker Mick made up for the landscape lads. Over 1000 450mm wooden stakes to bang in on hard old ground to support the timber edge of a footpath. Just a big slide hammer, initially was not heavy enough so added another lump onto the hammer, works a treat , easy to keep upright , dont need to bend over , dont need to trust the other guy with a hammer and wont damage the stakes. You can go back to sleep now
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About £300 for the kit my mush, that includes new bolts. FRM truck and trailer spares http://www.frmspares.co.uk/ Bob
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Try before you buy Simon, I would suggest hiring or at the very least trialling a machine with attachments for a few days.There is a big difference using a 360 with a flail vs a mulcher, almost all machines will run a flail with some degree of success but a mulching head will need a few more HP behind it, flow rates are meaningless without the HP to back them up and most 8/10 ton machines run in the fifty to seventy HP bracket. Take off pumping losses at the lions share of 25% plus twenty HP for just the machine and there is not a lot of poke left for a mulcher. There is a very good reason Justin runs a bigger 360 with a relatively small mulching head., it has the power and the flow rate.to do the job. Bob
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A huge improvement and a lot kinder on the eyes Bob
