aspenarb
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Well its started out ok, I had my heart set on taking this stick of Oak back to the yard for milling. Its about 5` in diameter and I thought there would be a few table tops in there. It was leaning back quite a lot so we decided to winch it in. That will be firewood then Then the lads who were out on another job stump grinding found some cables buried less than an inch under ground. And even less in places. So not such a good day. Bob
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What about this one Stubbs ? http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=215072&stc=1&d=1482230842
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Or the chequered shirt Bob
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I think the load rating is more important. Bob
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6/10 . But + 2 for using a Husky and - 3 for a Stihl. - 1 for dog rough wedges but + 3 for putting that up on a Sunday night. Bob
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At last Justme, where have you been ? Interesting the mention of trailer widths by Josh, it appears to be 2.3mts but there is no difference if going wider other than the max with appropriate markers.
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I got a big book of words here 305mm or a max of 2.9 meters width . After that marker boards and two days notice to police. It also goes on to say these projections need lights fitted if they are further back than 1 meter from the vehicles lights if used after dark and side marker lights if extending more than 400mm past the vehicles side marking lights. Bob
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Aside of the anvils the roller box edge wears, with the roller box on and no rollers in you will see what I mean. Bring the inner knive round to the anvil and with wear in the box you will be able to see where smaller twigs can get dragged in without being chipped. I changed knives/anvils on one occasion and the chip quality was still poor , constantly blocking the chute with stingy stuff like conny ( no problem with larger diameters) . Checked anvil clearance which on a TW is quite big anyway and all was in spec , I spotted this wear in the corner and welded it up. The thing now chips perfectly so its well worth looking at and its only a five minute job, its as important as the anvil really. Next time yours is in bits have a look and you will see what I mean. Bob
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Mick the area the arrow is pointing to can be problematic, wear in this area causes the wood to splinter and get dragged in around the corner unchipped ( long wispy bits). It gets missed by the knives and anvil , its well worth getting this built up with weld while its in bits. Hard surface rods would be best, never understood why TW never took the anvil up that side, its as bigger wear factor as the anvil itself and its made of chocolate. Bob
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True words, the only way forward. Bob
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Yes Ian the whole lot from the trucks down to a whacker plate. Bob
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I don't have a clue TCD but its in Mick Dundee`s VW tranporter with 175,000 miles on the clock , thats all its had for the last five + years and has not missed a beat. Bob
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We use 10/40 semisynthetic in everything, there is no confusion as to what oil to use in this camp. Supplied in black barrels by some dodgy outfit in Rye but cant think of their name
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At the bottom of Ty`s link there was a best tipper category and the Renault Master comes out on top with a 300kg bigger payload than the Transit, engines up to 133hp so none too shabby. Best payload for 3.5t tipper | Parkers The question should really be which tipper can get back from the tip quickest, there is not half an hours chipping capacity in any of them. With Vosa ramping up the pulls it may be better spending less on a truck and a bit more on running legal capacity like the 6.5 tonners, not physically bigger but over double the payload. Bob
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Very nice back saver Simon, how wide is it ? Bob Edit forget that I have just read the post above
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Yep Its a landrover capastan driven by a loncin 6.5hp engine thats got a 2/1 reduction box on the side. Other than the frame and pins Mick made all I did was adapt the drive shaft and spin up a hub on the lathe for the prop/wobble drive. Punches well past its weight Vid [ame] [/ame]
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Portable petrol winch. Tips pls.
aspenarb replied to Stoke Wood Project's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
My home grown capstan has had its first outing today, its on an island dragging/ripping out willow complete with stumps . Cant get any machines out there so its proving invaluable. [ame] [/ame] -
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aspenarb replied to kevinjohnsonmbe's topic in Business Management
Is that @ £31.25 a week Kevin Bob -
They were open by the time I got up And the thick plottens Bob
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This gear also makes an excellent repair, clock the demo vid. [ame] [/ame]
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Just started using semi synthetic because of the later saws, Rye oils sent some with a barrel of chain oil a few months ago. No issues so far. Bob
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I can see those being handy for fishing out fuel filters in chainsaws I bought a cheapy 3/8 drive shallow/deep socket set made by bergen to throw in the truck about a year ago, no sizes missing and its both metric/AF. Its poked up with in the field abuse , missing a breaker bar and a wobble drive but other than than all good. BERGEN 3 8 Socket Set Metric & AF Shallow & Deep Sockets 50 Piece B1084
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I hate mine, struggle to see whats in it and the fillers always stick or leak. Upside is none of the lads have tried to chore it out of the van because its pants , at least I get to keep a can Bob
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Depends which of the four you are John, desperate here for the last in the list. Bob
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Our fitter can do them in about an hour Sky, it takes me about two:blushing: I always go for the solid flywheel conversion which is about £250 complete, they last two years + if there are no clowns driving them. Bob
